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[nightfly]

I really don't understand the hate they have for it. If anything all it does is give a large platform to show off their games, yet it's obvious they hate it with a passion, why?

 

[FoxMcChief]

Because they don't need them.

 

[blacktout]

You should do some light reading on the various scandals within the Smash "community." Just don't do it while you're eating or if your kids are nearby.

 

[kpopSuperstar]

We all hate it.

 

[uncreativename]

Nintendo looking at adult Smash players and Pokemon card and Amibo collectors

 

[ADiTAR]

They are doing a Splatoon League.

 

[LakeOf9]

Because they have good taste

 

[Holammer]

Nintendo had aspirations, remember the Switch reveal trailer? It had a lengthy e-sports bit towards the end.
Maybe it's a product of its time, maybe they just sucked at it, a little bit of column A, a little bit of column B.


(timestamp).

 

[Werewolf Jones]

Because it's embarrassing to be associated with it.

 

[Lord Panda]

Because eSports are retarded.

 

[Sebastian1295]

Because they can't profit off of them.

 

[RoboFu]

Who likes esports?

 

[German Shocks]

Wait, you've never seen The Wizard?

 

[Sgt.Asher]

They just don't care for the most part, splatoon is the only exception and that's pretty low effort.
Then the smash community is embarrassing, while Sakurai thinks smash should be a party game.

 

[Kacho]

You should do some light reading on the various scandals within the Smash "community." Just don't do it while you're eating or if your kids are nearby.

Yep. Ain't worth dealing with those fucking weirdos.

 

[Pataponpon]

Not everything needs to be an eSport, in fact I think its good to have actual party games that arent balanced around super competitve players

 

[LyricalShrike]

Nintendo is it's own biggest platform. It's directs reach millions of live viewers at only a day's notice. It's franchises are some of the highest grossing across all media. One can walk into a random village in a developing and find people who know Mario and Pikachu by face. Nintendo has no need to subsidize an esport program to achieve it's goals.

 

[newtypepilot]

they don't hate it. they just don't give a shit about esports because it's niche and their main demographic are casuals and families.

 

[The_hunter]

Nintendo does run a splatoon league. By and large they see it as a marketing platform.

Also, the smash community is weird.

 

[DreamcastSkies]

There's a whole culture/community to esports. Maybe Nintendo doesn't want to be attached to it?

 

[kevboard]

they literally have their own eSports league for Splatoon it's just not very successful

 

[Hadoukens]

I used to like competitive online games, then gaming expanded to the normies and everything went to crap. I'm not suggesting this as cause and effect, just a lot of enshittifying all at once.

That being said, Nintendo has a pretty big library of party games that could be esports it they actually wanted to, but thankfully they don't.

 

[MLSabre]

No better example to show that they hate it. No, "hate" is too gentle of a word. Despised is a more appropriate word to describe Nintendo's feeling about anything remotely competitive. Especially in regards to the Smash community.

 

[KenaiPhoenix]

Because the whole idea of e-sports is just idiotic.

Gaming tournaments have been a thing since the beginning but in the end is not the companies but we the players the ones that decides what games to play. Most if not all games that where designed to be e-sports have failed because companies never understood that Halo 3, CS, Smash Bros, DOTA was fun to play at first, THEN people start to take it seriousness.

 

[Js562]

They know it's not a sport even with an E..

 

[diffusionx]

because it's cringe

 

[Durin]

Most likely because:

• Nintendo knows they can't completely financially control it
• They don't make that many games that could be esports
• They don't want to deal with the drama that would hurt their image as the safe company for families
• Enough esports are struggling to maintain themselves financially, even the ones with decent viewership.

 

[cash_longfellow]

Because they are locked at 30fps into the year 2078 generation.

 

[Mokus]

Maybe because they don't have the means to actually control something that often gets toxic inside and outside the events/competitions. And supporting it, any drama would include them too and potentially damage their kid friendly image on the long run.

 

[Robb]

You should do some light reading on the various scandals within the Smash "community."

This. Here's a TLDR:

 

[Windle Poons]

Because they can re-re-re-re-re-release a Zelda / Mario remake / remaster every year so they don't need to.

 

[DarkShadowXI]

I buy Nintendo consoles for Nintendo games. I would imagine that's the majority of the user base.

They have a lot of us locked in for life.

 

[Doczu]

I wouldn't want my kids be near any esporter. I know cause i was in a local fighting games community.

I. Wouldn't. Want. My. Kids. Near. Them.

And that was nearly 20 years ago. I can't imagine how degenerate it became.

Nintendo knows it's nit worth the bad PR.

 

[RomanceDawn]

Because these dumb mutha'fletchers ain't got no social skills and can't be controlled. I'm a nerd, a super competitive nerd, but at least I know how to act decent in public. I guess to get that good at a game something is sacrificed. Then when they do get that good they become famous in our gaming circles, that fame twists the odd balls into mini powder kegs just waiting to ruin some ship. Nintendo ain't got no time for that unfortunately but I don't blame them.

 

[Signalis]

Because eSports isn't actually about games, and it's cringe as fuck also.

 

[Polaris]

The most based thing about Nintendo is their deep-seated contempt for the FGC.

 

[Soodanim]

If I were Nintendo I wouldn't look at esports and think "Damn, I really need to get in on that high profit action"

 

[HerjansEagleFeeder]

But they have Smash and Splatoon

 

[NeoIkaruGAF]

You don't stay in business for so long if you don't know what's worth distancing yourself from, even if it could make you a quick buck short term.

 

[Rentahamster]

Two main reasons probably, esports needs Nintendo more than Nintendo needs esports. Also, brand risk.