Comment on Nintendo Switch 2 GameCube controller is only compatible with GameCube games, Nintendo says
Lanusensei87@lemmy.world 6 days ago
“We’ve updated this article to note that Nintendo has made similar disclaimers with its previous retro controllers, which have ended up working with other Switch games. While this is no confirmation that the same will be the case with the GameCube controller, it does at least provide some hope that it won’t be as locked-off as Nintendo says.”
Well at least they got their clicks.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 6 days ago
The headline is not misleading in any way. That’s exactly what Nintendo said.
otp@sh.itjust.works 6 days ago
It’s somewhat misleading. It’s not providing the additional background information, and it leads the headline with the claim (not that Nintendo is making a claim).
I don’t think it’s a bad headline. It’d be hard to include all the information in the headline. But if someone only reads the headline (something like 73% of people), they could end up with a mistaken conclusion. And those people will have been lead in that direction (so, mislead).
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 6 days ago
I think it would be bad form to put their speculation on the headline.
otp@sh.itjust.works 6 days ago
To clarify, I don’t think the writers did anything wrong. The headline will be misleading because Nintendo’s being somewhat misleading.
I don’t know how much the headline could be improved, if at all.
Or if they can’t quote “officially”, they could quote “only”. Which could arguably be more clickbaity, but also clue in a casual reader that there’s more to what Nintendo officially says.