Nintendo clears up Yarnton’s speech, not referring to Halo 3
Remember Nintendo UK boss’ David Yarnton‘s recent speech about Nintendo still catering to the hardcore set? The speech appears to have raised some hackles, particularly this part (in verbatim):
For all the recent talk of record breaking entertainment launches, it might just be that the defining and most influential video game of this generation is a simple game of tennis that the whole family can gather around and play and enjoy together.
Some people thought that “record breaking entertainment launches” quote is a dig aimed at Bungie Studios‘ wildly-popular Halo 3, which helped in Microsoft‘s current Xbox 360 hardware sales jump (as shown by the NPD group in their recent hardware sales chart).
However, Nintendo clarified that Yarnton did not refer to any specific game in his speech, especially not Bungie Studios’ opus. ” We were merely putting Wii Sports into a wider cultural context alongside cinema, books and TV,” said a Nintendo spokesperson, adding that they consider the Halo games as indispensable to the gaming industry.
Well, that certainly helped in stopping a console war storm before it even started…for now, at least.
Via Pro-G
Remember Nintendo UK boss’ David Yarnton‘s recent speech about Nintendo still catering to the hardcore set? The speech appears to have raised some hackles, particularly this part (in verbatim):
For all the recent talk of record breaking entertainment launches, it might just be that the defining and most influential video game of this generation is a simple game of tennis that the whole family can gather around and play and enjoy together.
Some people thought that “record breaking entertainment launches” quote is a dig aimed at Bungie Studios‘ wildly-popular Halo 3, which helped in Microsoft‘s current Xbox 360 hardware sales jump (as shown by the NPD group in their recent hardware sales chart).
However, Nintendo clarified that Yarnton did not refer to any specific game in his speech, especially not Bungie Studios’ opus. ” We were merely putting Wii Sports into a wider cultural context alongside cinema, books and TV,” said a Nintendo spokesperson, adding that they consider the Halo games as indispensable to the gaming industry.
Well, that certainly helped in stopping a console war storm before it even started…for now, at least.
Via Pro-G
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