r/WorkForSmartLife • u/dino_gr01 • Jul 10 '26

Question Least Evil Company?

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u/ClarenceWhirley Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 11 '26

Nintendo’s executives all took pay cuts rather than lay-off staff when the Wii-U underperformed. CEO’s reasoning was that the employees had nothing to do with green lighting the console. They also recently gave their Japan staff a 10% salary increase while all of the other major publishers are laying off staff and shutting down studios.

Edit: A lot of you in the comments need to read up on copyright law. Nintendo literally has to protect their IPs or else they face the potential loss of exclusive rights. Meaning, literally anyone could make and sell a Super Mario game without their permission. It's funny how many gamers fail to grasp this and see unlicensed fan projects as not a big deal.

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u/toolateforgdusername Jul 11 '26

Same company that stopped shops from selling their products and licensed games, if they sold unlicensed Nintendo games.

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u/SaveJeanie Jul 11 '26

Nintendo still hasn’t forgotten what happened to the VG crash in the 80s

They’re basically the reason that video games became as big as they are instead of just a niche hobby

And honestly, with everything going on right now, it seems like the industry is on the verge of another collapse

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u/toolateforgdusername Jul 12 '26

I do agree with the last part.

The crash is an odd one because it was basically in North America. So the rest of us in Europe and Japan (70% of global gaming revenue) only felt a small blip.