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Now I have an image in my mind of a kid cast in Joe Pesci's role.Well, I now have to explain to my family why I randomly busted out into a fit of laughter.
And also, why does there appear to be rooms dedicated to 11 year olds who cuss like sailors, and why are they all drawn to me? I've watched Casino, and I think today outdid that!.
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YES, and it use to involve a sharp knife if you fail.Not saying I don't believe you but do you have reference for this? It seems to go against many other Japanese practices which are mostly about honesty and integrity.
I agree it would be nice if they communicated with us more openly but there is a Japanese way of doing things that dictates you don't apologise if you can fix/solve the problem.
Not immediately to hand no. My only means of getting on the internet is via my phone at the moment. I have a PDF file on my laptop about Japanese Business practice and dealing with them, as well as the cultural barriers, that has words to that effect. I'll PM it to you when I get an internet connection again or if I remember to transfer it to my phone. I'm forgetful mind so please remind me if you think I've forgotten.
I can back 86Debris86 claim, Japan has a long history and therefore take their time on making decisions. This kinda explains why Japanease businesses often do very well as they don't rush things and take their time to consider. But saying this PD really probably shouldn't had released GT6 when they did as it is clear by now most of the promoted features were not ready. This maybe should also be considered on the flip and that as PD ate (say if I'm wrong here) promoting to a very westernised market niche that their customers operate oposite to their way of doing things?
If you want any proof just search under Google scholarly - "japanease business culture compared to the west" or something similar and I'm sure you'll find something.
“It is a social expectation in Japan that, if you’ve slipped up, your immediate responsibility is to apologize,” says Luke Nottage, professor of comparative and transnational business law at Sydney Law School, whose work focuses on Japan and the Asia Pacific region.
He adds that “even though apologies are admissible as evidence in Japanese courts, in practice the courts don’t use them. They just think, well, everyone apologizes all the time. This is different to America, where juries, lawyers and judges can make a big deal about apologies, as the social context is very different.”
So Panasonic and Sharp have just performed a time-honored ritual. The apology is such a part of corporate life that Japanese newspapers often round up groups of them during earnings seasons, instead of reporting each one individually. Still, some particularly dramatic, colorful or entirely unnecessary apologies tend to stick out. Here are a selection of the best:
PERFECTLY Said my Amigo, I tip my hat off to ya.Think most had misunderstood my post, I wasn't saying that GT Planet staff were idiots
"There's more to constructivity than stating known facts. But if it suits you to not read anything the staff wrote and pretend we're idiots, so be it."
If you actually read what I said, ...that PD don't give much information about their updates... How are we meant to "constructively" add to the post when no one else has any information besides whathas relayed?
I did read what the staff wrote - yeah this can be used to improve laptimes and possibly lead to improved AI.
But at the end of the day, it's a game not a professional driving tool and as it's a game the majority who own it just want to have something to enjoy and kill of a bit of time. To us this doesn't really add any new enjoyment as it's just basically a fancy ghost replay.
So beforestaff calls us idiots how about you read your forums (i know no easy task as there's 1000's of post) but what I have read alone it is noted most are tired of the chase the rabbit gameplay scenarios and want more racing content added not time trial like scenarios.
I wasn't carrying on about this "freedom of speech", I was stating how are we expected to add anything constructive when we ourselves don't have any other knowledge besides of the information given in the release update info. I didn't have anything constructive to add as I don't know anything else about the update so I didn't contribute.
On this note I don't know about others but negative contribution is constructive also as it points out flaws, you can't go around beleiving everything we do is perfect?
Well said, well put & Amen.So let me get this straight, You're telling that tommorow i can start advertising the best game ever with all these great features in it, And my only obligation to the customer is that the disk has some some software on it?
As a customer this is not my concern, My only concern is that when i see a product marketed as having A B C in it and i buy that product based on A B C being in it then when i open my product it has A B C in it and not just A, I'm the customer, You make the product i buy the product, How hard it is to make is not relevant, If someone makes an earoplane and it crashed because of a poor design, Its ok to say "well you dont know how hard it is to design a plane so stop asking asking asking just give me your money"
No one forced PD to market and hype this game to a degree that none of those features could be ready for release date or even 4months and still counting. They were well aware that those features would not make it at release on the day they were feeding that bs to us, The games industry is killing itself out of greed and not as you say because of the customers, The only mistake customers are making is supporting it with their wallet
This is just a poor excuse in defence of PD, It is not ignorance. what is ignorance is that you presume everyone who bought or were interested in gt come to gtp or at some point thought "ooh i must go and search gt related news to see if pd have released any news about sudden great missing features", I have a few freinds who were very surprised not to find the course creator, B-spec or communitiy feature, Fankly its an hilarious excuse to tout ignorance of the customer in PD's defence,
In any case lets say everyone knew about it, What is an acceptable time frame to add these features? especially after hyping them for months on end until shortly before release? i'd expect them to be in within 2 months which is reasonable, Especially as the majority of gamers move on from a game within a month or 2,
So they plastered it all over the net and the game box did they? Did they put as much effort into letting people know these features would not be on the disc as they initially did into letting us know they would in the game?
The defending of PD and kaz gets more ridiculous with each passing week, What if they checked the day before it was made news? should customers be checking the news every day for every product they plan to buy? Again you're telling i me i can advertise that i am building the great car in the world, The fastest, The most luxurious, The most economic, I can take preorders for £200k for each car then two days before release i can put news on my website saying "its not the fastest at launch day, Its not the most luxurious at launch day, its not the most economic at launch day, its just a mini" and its the customers fault for not thinking "hey i better go check the news today to see if MR.x is keeping his car at launch a mystery"?
I'm now confident you are just trollin, If you are serious with this then i dont know what to tell you
So how long and often should one check the news on a game in futer in order for you to not claim they are ignorant for a developer not fullfiling their hype and marketing?
Yes allow it to stay on PS3 & option to upgrade for the PS4 for a $10 upgrade like the other TITLES have, COD, Battlefield 4, Assassins Creed Etc. They can still make MONEY that way for I would be happy to pay for it just for the better next generation console graphics why not.Surely this information bodes well for GT6. Surely it infers they aren't as focussed on the next game as people first thought and that maybe it'll mean GT6 does get some attention during the year.
I personally haven't played gt6 yet to give a opinion.
I posted based upon the discussion here. My basic point is that all games lack something or can be improved somehow. The thing is most people don't seek out forums when they are satisfied. So you'll always have a majority of people with negative thoughts. I was just trying to offer perspective to that since I've played and been disappointed in both franchises.And that statement makes your entire difficult-to-read post invalid.
You seem to be disagreeing based on the fact Japanese companies have apologised before. I never said they didn't. What I said was some act this way. I never suggested it was the only way they do business. And not all the time. Your example of the train companies apologising when the train is late- what else can they do?- Go back in time and make it on time?Nobody claimed businesses weren't different. But that they don't apologise?
Demonstrably false. The railway companies apologise every time they're even the slightest bit late, and give out late notes for the people inconvenienced.
Even major companies like Panasonic and Sharp apologise, look:
http://qz.com/24241/the-five-best-japanese-corporate-apologies/
If I may quote from the article:
Which then goes on to list some major apologies.
Japanese companies are far more likely, as outlined above, to apologise simply because they can. It doesn't cost them anything and they don't risk liability like western companies might.
Some confusion seems to have arisen about the way the Japanese do business. All I mentioned was a way they do it.
I disagree. I have not played GT6 either, but I know what improvements I wanted to see over GT5 and none of them have been implemented.Rent GT6, then you can give a verdict on it.
Throwaway comment? It's possible justification for PD's silence. I was merely looking to offer a reason for it.But it's a way that some people do business in every single country in the world. In some it's a major one, in some it's rare. But if you're just pointing out that it's possible, that seems about as useful as pointing out that some companies simply steal your money and never give you a product in return at all.
I assumed that you were making a statement that was at least interesting, in that this was a significantly used method of doing business in Japan. I don't believe it is, my experience doesn't lead me to believe it is, and my google-fu doesn't lead me to believe it is.
If you've got sources that say things to the contrary, I'd be interested to see them because the more I know about Japanese business, the better.
But if you're just making throwaway comments that one method of business can be used, then there's really no discussion to be had. The Japanese are not limited in any way, they're as capable of choosing their own behaviour as any other human. The fact that cultural pressure tends to make certain behaviours more common than others is what's interesting, not simply what's possible.
The Japanese are not limited in any way, they're as capable of choosing their own behaviour as any other human.
I have several but only one to hand. I'll PM you it in a moment.If you've got sources that say things to the contrary, I'd be interested to see them because the more I know about Japanese business, the better.
Not sure when it wad decided on a public open forum thread that we all had to back up our statements/oppionions was decided as I missed that one. Could we please leave that at university, over doing that crap I would just like to state an opinion of my own without need to reference it or back it up. It's just someone's opionion and if they're wrong there's no harm here in that, we all make mistakes at times.
Not sure when it wad decided on a public open forum thread that we all had to back up our statements/oppionions was decided as I missed that one. Could we please leave that at university, over doing that crap I would just like to state an opinion of my own without need to reference it or back it up. It's just someone's opionion and if they're wrong there's no harm here in that, we all make mistakes at times.
Got that for yaHowever, any opinion as to be based on rational arguments to be valid. You should not be leaving that at university, or anywhere else. Everytime you say something, it should be backed up with facts, or values and/or preferences. If not, then it's not an opinion, it's just a typical stupid rant. Like this:
You don't have to back up your opinion on the forums if it's about values or preferences, but you have to do so if it's to prove a point without falling in the fallacy trap. Example : GT6 is crap because they promised us X features, and they are not there yet. Or GT6 is crap because even if they managed to add a few things here and there, the game is a massive stepback from previous iterations. (Fact : they removed shuffle races, course Creator is not there yet, etc etc etc)
Now, notice that it's quite easy to demolish fanboys arguments on this forum. First, they are on the minority. They might say they are not, but if I'm looking at the sales, it's obvious otherwise. The fanboys are also the people who are going to post from time to time stuff Like : "I'm complaining about the people that are complaining". Also, a big number of those guys tend to not give a **** about anything that they don't use.
Example : "GT6 is a 10 for me, the game is perfect. I just play online, I don't give a crap about the career mode, I don't give a crap about the livery editor, I'm happy with with I have, so deal with it".
Happened to me, one guy told me to "deal with it" because I was complaining that the career mode was flawed. Of course that guy was just playing online.
Two more arguments fanboys use often :
A) Game was sold as advertised. While that may be true in a way, they forgot that GT series is a first in the gaming industry where a new game makes one step forward and two steps back. Usually, a game takes off the last iteration and goes forward.
B) "It's okay, GT6 is kind of a prologue! They are testing features! We are used to it!" No, we are not. I'm not a beta tester. I want a finished product, or a least a fair attempt at it. Not a cash grab half game.
Edit : speaking of numbers : Never at any point did GT series fall short of at least 9 million sales with a regular title. GT6 is currently sitting at 2,14 million sales. So, it will NOT even reach 3 millions. Damage is done. They may release the course creator next week, it will not change the fact that GT6 is doomed. And I'm very concerned for the future of the franchise as well.
That's what you get not listening to the fans one bit.
That's what intelligent adults do. They discuss or debate a contentious issue rationally and with informed opinion. Since for the past page or so he's been quoting me I'm interested as to what you mean by this and exactly why he should be insulting and not remaining rational?Finally, I want to thank Imari. I don't know how that person manage to stay rational at all times like that, without insults or going crazy, but it's pretty impressive.
Got that for ya.
That's what intelligent adults do. They discuss or debate a contentious issue rationally and with informed opinion. Since for the past page or so he's been quoting me I'm interested as to what you mean by this and exactly why he should be insulting and not remaining rational?
Then I'm probably being overly paranoid as a result of my bad mood. I agree Imari's posts are always on point.He didn't mean @Imari's discussion with you. Just Imari's discussions in general. Always balanced, rational and articulate. Check his post history.
Got that for ya.
In order to have an opinion I must have *created* a successful computer game, while for you it is sufficient to have *played* computer games.
Do you win a lot of arguments?
Very good points of view, thank you good JOB.However, any opinion as to be based on rational arguments to be valid. You should not be leaving that at university, or anywhere else. Everytime you say something, it should be backed up with facts, or values and/or preferences. If not, then it's not an opinion, it's just a typical stupid rant.
You don't have to back up your opinion on the forums if it's about values or preferences, but you have to do so if it's to prove a point without falling in the fallacy trap. Example : GT6 is crap because they promised us X features, and they are not there yet. Or GT6 is crap because even if they managed to add a few things here and there, the game is a massive stepback from previous iterations. (Fact : they removed shuffle races, course Creator is not there yet, etc etc etc)
Now, notice that it's quite easy to demolish fanboys arguments on this forum. First, they are on the minority. They might say they are not, but if I'm looking at the sales, it's obvious otherwise. The fanboys are also the people who are going to post from time to time stuff Like : "I'm complaining about the people that are complaining". Also, a big number of those guys tend to not give a **** about anything that they don't use.
Example : "GT6 is a 10 for me, the game is perfect. I just play online, I don't give a crap about the career mode, I don't give a crap about the livery editor, I'm happy with with I have, so deal with it".
Happened to me, one guy told me to "deal with it" because I was complaining that the career mode was flawed. Of course that guy was just playing online.
Two more arguments fanboys use often :
A) Game was sold as advertised. While that may be true in a way, they forgot that GT series is a first in the gaming industry where a new game makes one step forward and two steps back. Usually, a game takes off the last iteration and goes forward.
B) "It's okay, GT6 is kind of a prologue! They are testing features! We are used to it!" No, we are not. I'm not a beta tester. I want a finished product, or a least a fair attempt at it. Not a cash grab half game.
Finally, I want to thank Imari. I don't know how that person manage to stay rational at all times like that, without insults or going crazy, but it's pretty impressive.
Edit : speaking of numbers : Never at any point did GT series fall short of at least 9 million sales with a regular title. GT6 is currently sitting at 2,14 million sales. So, it will NOT even reach 3 millions. Damage is done. They may release the course creator next week, it will not change the fact that GT6 is doomed. And I'm very concerned for the future of the franchise as well.
That's what you get not listening to the fans one bit.
Chill. It was an attempt at a sort of humour. Clearly I need to try harder.If you mean that my post was a typical stupid rant, then we have nothing to say to each other, forever again.
Very good points of view, thank you good JOB.
I don't understand your motivation for visiting this thread. You always turn up, moan at us for moaning and leave. Why do you do it? I'm honestly asking. I just don't get it.Rediculous, GT6 sales are down from GT5, that doesn't mean its a failure, over 2 million sales is very good under the circumstances, a lot of folks were disappointed that it was on PS3 especially those that were upgrading to PS4 which was released around the same time, how many PS4's have been sold to date? it is the fastest selling console in history, so you can strike all those off of potential GT6 purchases, I think, under the circumstances it has done incredibly well and to be honest the game looks so good who needs next gen...