> Wait now you're now making a different point entirely.
No. You misunderstood what I've been saying since the first paragraph of my initial post.
I've been consistently saying that the E-sports is kinda awful, and that that scene is generally at odds with the sort of folks who like playing with fun and interesting toys.
Once the E-sports locusts solidly descend on something, its nature gets changed (by association, at minimum). Nintendo clearly (and correctly) doesn't want that, so they're right to discourage it.
They're a "fun and interesting toy" company, not a "professional, competitive e-sports games" company.
No. You misunderstood what I've been saying since the first paragraph of my initial post.
I've been consistently saying that the E-sports is kinda awful, and that that scene is generally at odds with the sort of folks who like playing with fun and interesting toys.
Once the E-sports locusts solidly descend on something, its nature gets changed (by association, at minimum). Nintendo clearly (and correctly) doesn't want that, so they're right to discourage it.
They're a "fun and interesting toy" company, not a "professional, competitive e-sports games" company.