2017 
I have told you people again and again. You will be made to care.
Microsoft preaches tolerance until it is dominant and then it seeks to silence whimsy. Iwata, CEO of Nintendo, honestly answered questions during an interview with Famitsu. He spoke openly of the Wii U's future. Because he offended dudebros at war with Nintendo Whimsy, he must be punished.
Microsoft and Iwata both chose to put their respective faiths ahead of profits.
What we should not shy away from is that Iwata articulated hardcore gameplay doctrine. He referenced real gaming. Call of Duty is, in fact, shitty according to hardcore gamers. And as gamers society begins to openly tolerate cinematic, dudebro games that really are not really hardcore games, gamer society tends to start loosening up across the board as it descends down a slippery slope.
Iwata has spoke to Nfans, and told them to support true gaming experiences and not just become a troll, as Xboners do. As Shigeru Miyamoto has said,
Our gaming culture has accepted two huge lies. The first is that if you disagree with someone’s console choice, you must attack and troll them. The second is that to be a hardcore gamer you have to own all consoles. Both are nonsense. You don’t have to compromise convictions to be a hardcore gamer.
The casual dudebros believes otherwise. NeoGAF poster Wilson Cruz, in a laughably ridiculous statement, responded to Iwata by saying, “Iwata and his company claim to be creating hardcore gaming experiences, but Iwata’s lies about FPSs fly in the face of what true hardcore gamers believe.”
Actually, Iwata said precisely what true hardcore gamers believe and anyone, including Microsoft, letting NeoGAF be an arbiter of true hardcore gaming is pretty quickly destined for the shit bit.
NeoGAF has now joined much of mass market culture in the US in picking sides in a fight — tolerance for gaming culture, but not for Nfans expressing honest answers to questions asked of their company. The only surprise is that the Nfans of NeoGAF could last there as long as they did. NeoGAF has as much right to do this as you have to go to a different forum. But they have clearly aligned themselves against us in the console wars.
The world is at war with Nintendo and those who put their faith in Nintendo. The silver lining of this act is that many Nfans who decided they could sit on the sidelines and not have to care will have a wake up call — particularly casual Nfans.
Nintendo, however, must show it will stand with those who stand with Wii U and not shy away from this fight lest too many weak and new Nfans go wobbly and silent.
You will be made to care. You will not be given the option of silence or the sidelines.
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