Wednesday, 28 August 2013

The Freebies Of Social Media Networking To Companies

By Rob Sutter


I believe that a litany of tools deserve to have a great deal of attention placed on them, social media networking being seen amongst them. It's the kind of tool that can help any company that prides itself on bringing the best good to a great audience. As a gamer for a number of years, you can make the claim that I focus on the news in this regard; this couldn't be any closer to the truth. However, one about Nintendo raised my ire a number of days ago.

The man behind the Super Smash Bros. series, Masahiro Sakurai, went on record by saying that there would be either a story mode or cut scenes for the next game for both Wii U and 3DS. The reason that he gave, generally speaking, was that he did not want to ruin the experience for those playing for the first time. He believed that they would be able to attain such an experience in that situation. This has, as you could very well imagine, struck a chord with a litany of Nintendo fans.

Fans have been very vocal on the matter, issuing a number of predictions as to why Sakurai made this excuse to the fans. There are those who believe that part of this comes from maintaining resources and not wanting to go over budget. What about adding more features to the game itself in order for it to stand out to an even greater extent than before? It's very hard to say whether or not laziness could have been a factor in Sakurai's aforementioned decision.

Video games, as well as other forms of media, can benefit greatly from the idea of free advertising. The fact that Nintendo is seemingly stripping themselves of that is a tad boggling and it's a situation that deserves the focus of such companies as fishbat, too. Social media networking is integral for any major company, so why is Nintendo ignoring this obviously imperative factor? If you're looking for any semblance of sense on the matter, it is very difficult to find any of it here.

Nonetheless, Nintendo's recent example is one of those which should not be followed. It has done much more to harm the image of one of the biggest gaming moguls as opposed to help it. I believe that the game is still going to sell amazingly despite this piece of news just by the brand alone. The Smash series has done well in gaining copious amounts of fans and I don't think that they are ever going to turn down the opportunity to play the latest installment in the series.




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