did not read whole thread so bear with me
but i'm p wary about nx in general. but nintendo is kind of awful at communication and has been for ages. esp now that they shut down club nintendo, which was a good way to reach out... well maybe not good, who knows, but it was a method.
also a lot of people are saying a hybrid console, so handheld and home console in one. that is unique. i don't see that as a gimmick. it sure is unique, tho, and that's the most persistent rumour in the mill. it's been the most persistent
i don't see nintendo directs as good communication, either. they're scheduled, rigidly so, and they come like once a month at best. they tell you what is gonna be on it a month ahead. there are no quick bulletins and their twitter is an advertisement churner, rather than a good communication line with important updates. now, i expect that to some degree, but i also expect to see status updates occasionally for when the network is down or scheduled maintenance or a quicklist of update notes or other things like that, i don't know, it just doesn't seem like a line of communication whatsoever. there are no replies that i can see... if there are, you have to scroll down A LOT. and maybe they have a cust support twitter, but really, that should be the main NoA twitter... right? that seems like the obvious go-to, and a specific customer support twitter is basically hidden in plain sight.
basically, nintendo is better at DMCA takedowns than they are at direct communication, and it's kind of sad. i hear their phone-in customer service is fantastic tho. idk, i don't use phone service, but that's what i hear.
anyway, i don't have a lot of faith in current day nintendo. it's a shame, because i like their games (...when they're not butchered with censorship... or franchise names slapped on games unnecessarily...) but the company needs a very serious restructuring and needs to get up to the modern day. not for me, because i'm not that kind of person necessarily, but a good rule of business these days include social media staff and whatnot. it's a bit silly to me (old soul or jaded, you take your pick) but not to a lot of people, clearly. nintendo just keeps on trucking along with these weird archaic decisions.
so i worry, to some degree. 'some degree'. i won't cry the day they decide to go third party if it comes. i won't cry the day they restructure if they do
