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The Yuzu Emulator, Nintendo, and Psychological Reactance
Nintendo, a company that has taken pride in shaping the gaming industry, has faced its fair share of ups and downs in the last several years, such as the death of Satoru Iwata nine years ago in 2015 that led to Tatsumi Kimishima before ultimately retiring from Nintendo and letting Shuntaro Furukawa take over, as covered by Crecente (2018), and the lawsuit between Gary Bowser, and the development team of Yuzu. The brand Nintendo has seen its fair share of ups and downs with the success of the Nintendo Switch and a multitude of video games such as The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild, Tears of the Kingdom, and the unforgettably poor launch of Pokemon Scarlet and Violet. Nintendo had to take the
SONY’S LOOMING DISASTER IN THE GAMES INDUSTRY
The famed electronics company Sony, who developed the PlayStation and raised the gaming industry to new heights during the 90s, might soon find itself retiring the PlayStation and allowing it to collect dust by Sega’s Dreamcast. But not for the reasons people think. It isn’t the hardware or even the game titles. In fact, Sony/PlayStation has some of the best in the market. Instead, the fault lies within an archaic management style and lack of innovation and creative thinking. During the recent Microsoft/Activision buyout, Sony argued that Microsoft would use its dominance in the market to ruin Sony’s profits by making the Activision titles exclusive to the Xbox storefront or sabotage the PlayStation versions of the Activision titles, which Microsoft retorted by stating that Activision
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