I really doubt that. That's opposite what I have been hearing. Even if it really did run horribly, don't you think they would have pulled the plug long ago instead of having it be the first thing in a Nintendo Direct? I mean they still sell ARK: Survival Evolved on Switch, and that looks AND runs like ass.
When you try to buy it (US):
Don't recall ever encountering this before. I purchased Tales of Vesperia just a few hours ago.
Again, did you just skip the reality that Nintendo and Tencent are in bed together? And I do not mean sitting on opposite sides with the door cracked so the parents can make sure that there is no making out. We are talking 50 Shades of Red.
Exactly this, they are just trying to avoid any type of "negative" comments on their twitter feed, let's be realistic here...
Nintendo partnering with Tencent in no way means they approve of the actions of the Chinese government, and avoiding PR Fallout with Blizzard does not mean they are showing solidarity with Hong Kong. Business decisions are business decisions.
Good job. You figured out pretty much every company in this industry works with China
Oh wow you went there huh
Not really, this whole thing seems like a reach and people wanting something to be true that's not necessarily true.
Why is there this weird "they are in bed!" fear mongering going around? Nintendo is still a Japanese company and by all accounts have their differences with China enough that if shit needed to be said they would, despite relations apparently "getting better" due to trade war shenanigans. Nintendo is not gonna pick fights, that's their motto, but they won't walk into them either blindly.
I watched Harb play several rounds last night. It runs like ass. On replays character models were standing still like rag dolls, players werent even appearing, and 30fps on top of it all.
Hilarious if this is an American blackout only. It implies they think non Americans don't care as much about this.Might be a US only stance - my Switch right now
30fps is enough to say runs like ass for a competitive shooter in 2019 alone tho.
I doubt this is ultimately for Hong Kong, but I wouldn't be surprised if the feelings at Nintendo HQ on the issue of China were mixed. On the one hand they absolutely do want to break into the chinese market, but on the other hand Japan and China have never really been on friendly terms and there's a lot of tension between the two countries even now so I could see supporting Hong Kong being popular there because it gives a sense a moral superiority while also would be an issue that lowers the status of their biggest rival in the region. Ultimately this probably has nothing to do with the decision here though
No, it means the different branches each run their own news section, which we already knew.
It's probably a complicated situation because while they obviously want the money in the chinese market, I definitely wouldn't be surprised if some of the major shareholders were also vehemently anti-china on a more general level because Japan and China have animosity towards each other that's literally centuries old and continues to this day where they still have a shitload of disputes with China due to their proximity. I think this decision was done quietly because they don't want to upset their chinese business partners, and might not have happened if they couldn't use the excuse of the game also running like shit, but is probably at least somewhat related to the scandals over the hong kong stuff as well
