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Nintendo has raised its employees base salary by 10%

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Re: Nintendo has raised its employees base salary by 10%

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Post by taeric »

keiferski wrote: post #99
epsteingpt wrote: post #25

I recently heard that a trip to Popeye's for a family of 3 recently cost $68 in Florida. In Japan, there's a big issue when a snack raises its price 2 cents (3 yen - source: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/japanese-snack-company-apolog... ) The country for better or worse seems to be frozen in time - salaries have not caught up with the heady levels of SV (or even Europe) but neither have rents or prices for common go…

I watch one of those “apartments for rent in Japan” channels and I’m consistently shocked how inexpensive apartments are in lower tier cities / not Tokyo. Like a studio in an inconvenient part of Fukuoka for $200-250 a month. I guess the salaries are lower, but it’s hard to imagine such cheap rent in the equivalent American city.

I mean... You are looking at a place that is about 250 square feet? There isn't an appetite for offering units that small in the US.

Re: Nintendo has raised its employees base salary by 10%

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Post by kipchak »

mghackerlady wrote: post #142
kipchak wrote: post #95

Earlier quoted context omitted.

AM2R for example was distributed for free and DMCA-ed.

I think they killed it because they were planning on showing off their own remake I think there are 3 rules to avoid getting the ninjas sent after you: 1) Don't try and make money 2) Don't do anything nintendo would realistically do 3) Don't touch mario. This one seems to be the most important. I see mario projects get killed all the time very early on in development, while am2r was allowed to exist until nintendo ex…

I agree, though 2 seems pretty tricky to navigate/predict. For example I wouldn't have guessed Advanced Wars would get a new release after Days of Ruin, or with Earthbound I could maybe see Mother 3 finally getting a US release with how popular Undertale/Deltarune has been. Maybe the best option is to be as under the radar as possible until it's done and out.

Re: Nintendo has raised its employees base salary by 10%

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Post by [deleted] »

doctoboggan wrote: post #178
woodruffw wrote: post #162

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Sure, it’s not impossible to reach. But I think you’ve demonstrated that you need to work to reach it. Particularly in a family context; I don’t eat at Popeye’s but even I know that the whole point of the family menu is that it’s meant to be economical for family meals.

Ordering a main, a side, and a drink isn't really "working to reach it". Your original post was insinuating that the OP or their friend lied about the cost and I was just demonstrating that it's quite plausible to reach it.

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Re: Nintendo has raised its employees base salary by 10%

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Post by olivierestsage »

mghackerlady wrote: post #142
kipchak wrote: post #95

Earlier quoted context omitted.

AM2R for example was distributed for free and DMCA-ed.

I think they killed it because they were planning on showing off their own remake I think there are 3 rules to avoid getting the ninjas sent after you: 1) Don't try and make money 2) Don't do anything nintendo would realistically do 3) Don't touch mario. This one seems to be the most important. I see mario projects get killed all the time very early on in development, while am2r was allowed to exist until nintendo ex…

I feel like a toxic part of this cycle is that a successful fan project has the potential to actually inspire Nintendo to attempt to do the same thing, leading to #2 as a punishment for success.

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Post by tisdadd »

tskj wrote: post #47
engeljohnb wrote: post #22

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I replayed Luigi's Mansion during a long flight the other day, and my wife looked over my shoulder and went "That game looks cool. Is it new?" This is exactly why Nintendo games tend to have strong legacies. Everyone back then could see realistic graphics just on the horizon, but they weren't there yet. Nintendo knew that the play experience is the important thing, and made art and designs that work within the limita…

Interestingly Wind Waker's art style was its main detractor among critics when it was released, which is wild and incomprehensible to me now. One of my favorite games of all time.

My favorite Zelda game for sure, also the first that I played. Cell shading aged much better than the competition for sure but felt weird at the time.

Re: Nintendo has raised its employees base salary by 10%

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Post by keiferski »

taeric wrote: post #181
keiferski wrote: post #99

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I watch one of those “apartments for rent in Japan” channels and I’m consistently shocked how inexpensive apartments are in lower tier cities / not Tokyo. Like a studio in an inconvenient part of Fukuoka for $200-250 a month. I guess the salaries are lower, but it’s hard to imagine such cheap rent in the equivalent American city.

I mean... You are looking at a place that is about 250 square feet? There isn't an appetite for offering units that small in the US.

I don’t agree at all — plenty of college students, 20-30s somethings would love a space like this in NYC, SF, etc. at a lower price point than what’s currently available.

The limits seem to be from legal restrictions on minimum apartment size, not market demand.

Re: Nintendo has raised its employees base salary by 10%

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Post by ifyoubuildit »

namblooc wrote: post #147
Sateeshm wrote: post #131

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As a kid, I always wondered why prices HAVE to keep going up. Seemed like a vicious cycle.

A capitalist society needs inflation in order to produce a desirable outcome. It is a driver of consumption, as opposed to people and organizations hoarding their money in a deflationary environment, as well as investments, because inflation leads to the devaluation of loans over time.

This is the gospel that is taught. It seems to help people tolerate the fruits of their labor being quietly separated from them over time. Just another tax, except the people have even less of a say in this one.

Re: Nintendo has raised its employees base salary by 10%

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Post by micromacrofoot »

chasd00 wrote: post #171
epsteingpt wrote: post #25

I recently heard that a trip to Popeye's for a family of 3 recently cost $68 in Florida. In Japan, there's a big issue when a snack raises its price 2 cents (3 yen - source: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/japanese-snack-company-apolog... ) The country for better or worse seems to be frozen in time - salaries have not caught up with the heady levels of SV (or even Europe) but neither have rents or prices for common go…

> I recently heard that a trip to Popeye's for a family of 3 recently cost $68 in Florida. That’s $22 per person. Would like to see what they ordered. Not saying I don’t believe it but that’s pretty high. My family of 4 can eat chilfila for that and chikfila is kind of pricey for fast food where Popeyes is pretty much trash.

to be fair, it's all trash
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