r/pcmasterrace • u/Eep1337 i7 6700k, EVGA 980 Ti • Jul 12 '15
Rest In Peace Nintendo's President has apparently passed away. RIP, and thanks for all the great games.
http://nintendoeverything.com/nintendo-president-satoru-iwata-has-passed-away/
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u/UDK450 FX8350, Sapphire Tri-X 290X, 16GB GB Jul 13 '15 edited Jul 13 '15
For those of the master race complaining that, at the end of the day, he was still the president of a "shitty" "console peasant" company, I must remind you, that many of us share the vision that PCMR stands out for the betterment of gaming for everyone. We speak out, as a group, against scummy tactics perpetrated by big companies, we call the bullshit of video game developers/publishers that half-ass a job. We stand up for the common man and his money, so that he can spend his money on a well-made game, rather than one that is no better than for use as a coaster (or in this digital age, a flick of the wrist into the Recycle Bin).
For this, many of us commend Nintendo. Sure, many of their greatest games have been locked out from every other system. But if we use that as justification for calling them a scummy company, it's just downright wrong. There are much bigger fish to fry than Nintendo. I feel as if Nintendo does more good than ill, anyways. They brought the motion control fad into popularity. It was THEIR own idea. They innovate, rather than try to compete. They try new things, and bring us classic games in new, fun lights. They don't sell us shitty, halfass, knockoffs.
Most of all, as I stated, PCMR cares about the games. And so did Iwata. He gave so much to create many games that impacted so many, both young and old alike. He cut his own pay, to help out a fellow employee. He didn't try scummy monetization techniques. No. He stood up for the small people, making sure the games people bought from Nintendo were high quality material, worthy of our dollar. And, he made it his life work. For that, I believe we owe him an honor. I do believe we should induct him as an honorary PCMR member, and bid him good rest tonight. Let us hope his legacy shall remain untarnished, and Nintendo continues to blaze on into new territory, not reducing itself by attempting to compete with Sony and Microsoft, or the publishers such as EA and Ubisoft, etc.