Re:Microsoft tried to buy Nintendo, but got laughed out of t...
by mywittyname on Thursday January 07, 2021 @12:30PM
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American companies used to have this attitude. I have always wondered what changed.
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Re:Microsoft tried to buy Nintendo, but got laughed out of t...
by pqhwan on Thursday January 07, 2021 @01:54PM
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It became unnecessary for survival.
Re:Microsoft tried to buy Nintendo, but got laughed out of t...
by 29083011397778 on Thursday January 07, 2021 @04:42PM
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I suspect a comment above you spelled it out: corporations value stock price too highly.
When stock price is all that matters, cutting costs wherever they think they can get away with it is the end result (over a long enough period, I'd assume this will always happen as execs cycle through)
As things (engineering, components, design, UX, etc) are cut, customers notice - and switch to brands that they percieve as having cut less. One example of this I'd assume is Apple.
Re:Microsoft tried to buy Nintendo, but got laughed out of t...
by pqhwan on Thursday January 07, 2021 @05:51PM
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That’s an interesting take, but I was making a different point. Corporations will always do what’s necessary to thrive, and what they need to thrive is largely a function of what society demands. If the corporations are taking down their nationalist trappings, then it’s because we no longer demand them. As far as my globalist politics is concerned, that’s good and well.
Re:Microsoft tried to buy Nintendo, but got laughed out of t...
by Shlobster200107 on Thursday January 07, 2021 @12:44PM
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Erosion of traditional values through marxism, feminism etc. Japan is still holding but not for long.
Re:Microsoft tried to buy Nintendo, but got laughed out of t...
by rrrrrrrrrrrryan on Thursday January 07, 2021 @02:02PM
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For the people lost about the connection:
Fascists value:
- corporatism
- nationalism
- "traditional values"
- masculinity / machismo
This guy is arguing that we've been straying from these (his) ideals, and corporations that don't stay domestic are part of a larger narrative of cultural decline.
Re:Microsoft tried to buy Nintendo, but got laughed out of t...
by bantunes on Thursday January 07, 2021 @12:52PM
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Are you serious?
Re:Microsoft tried to buy Nintendo, but got laughed out of t...
by earthscienceman on Thursday January 07, 2021 @12:55PM
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What? Are you suggesting that a lack of fealty to corporations is a result of the rise of feminism and marxism? Could you give more detail on these connections?