China zoo under fire for disguising dog as lion

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Former Nintendo marketer chats about the GameCube era  

T'was a good read.  Gives you a lot of insight in how Nintendo as an enterprise is just so much about bureaucracy as it is about gameplay.  Some quotes:

Kyle Mercury said:

The Wii thrived because it changed gamers expectations.  The GameCube and Wii U suffered because gamers expectations have changed.”

Kyle Mercury said:

At the time, Nintendo believed “Geist” — a first person shooter published by Nintendo — would be GameCube’s “Halo Killer”.  ...  Because of Miyamoto’s minor involvement, Nintendo had strong confidence in the title, and everyone inside the meeting reassured Reggie that “Geist” would become a huge hit with the older hardcore gamers who loved “Halo”.

Kyle Mercury said:

At the time, Reggie had been appointed as the new NOA Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing.  Everyone was asked to just nod their heads quietly to everything shown in the presentation.  Nobody wanted to be embarrassed in front of Reggie.

Kyle Mercury said:

Being booked into a Vivid Pictures (the porn studio) release party in LA to show of the pre-launch Gameboy Advance SP hardware.

gamingeek said:

It was difficult to understand if he was talking about NOA or Japan a lot of the time.

Seemed pretty clear to me.  NOA: Yes men that were twarted by the cultural divide with Japan.  Nintendo Japan: completely lost as to why they were being trumped by Sony.  In the end, most of the things he said weren't all that cheerfull, regardless of him talking about NOA or Japan.

Call of Duty: Ghosts Xbox One and PS4 textures are inferior to PC version:

PC game has its own set of assets, says exec producer Mark Rubin.

The PC version of Call of Duty: Ghosts will feature higher resolution textures than those used in the PS4 and Xbox One versions, executive producer Mark Rubin has told Kotaku.

"PC is taking a different tack from previous games [in the series,]" Rubin said.

"Now, PC has its own set of assets," Rubin said. "It's going to look better than any Call of Duty we've ever made on PC."

"They're actually using an even higher version in many cases than the next-gen consoles, from a texture standpoint."

Call of Duty: Ghosts will be released November 5 for current systems, with the PS4 and Xbox One versions yet to be date.

VideoGamer.com Analysis

The next-gen systems already falling behind the PC is a little concerning given that new consoles have been able to outperform PCs at launch in the past. If PC tech is already more powerful than the new consoles, the gulf will likely only become more apparent in the coming years.

Archangel3371 said:

*Hugs copies of Xenoblade Chronicles and Metroid Prime Trilogy*

Finish Xenoblade you Canadian oaf!

SupremeAC said:

Former Nintendo marketer chats about the GameCube era  

T'was a good read.  Gives you a lot of insight in how Nintendo as an enterprise is just so much about bureaucracy as it is about gameplay.  Some quotes:

Giest a Halo killer? LMFFFFFAO.

I actually liked Giest...it had some good ideas and I wouldn't mind seeing another game like that on the Wii U. But in no way was it a killer of anything, nevermind Halo. In fact it wasn't even a shooter so much as a 1st-person adventure game with puzzles. It was nothing like Halo. If Nintendo really thought that was a Halo killer they were on better crack than Sony thinking Killzone was.

Nintendo's best chance at a Halo killer in the Gamecube era would have been to keep Rare and have them make a Perfect Dark like the 1st one but with the full power of the Cube behind it, modern controls, and online play.

How well does anyone expect Prey 2 to sell?