Nintendo has claimed that fan campaigns and petitions have no impact on the company's business decisions.

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“ The thing we know [about petitions] is that 100,000 signatures doesn't mean 100,000 sales.

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That's according to Nintendo of America head Reggie Fils-Aime, who told Siliconera that fan requests had little effect on whether the company localised titles or not.The comments were made following questions about Operation Rainfall: a fan campaign that sought the localisation of Japanese Wii games Xenoblade Chronicles, The Last Story and Pandora's Tower . As all three titles were eventually released in the West, the campaign has long been heralded a success. According to Fils-Aime though, it had little impact."I wanted to bring Xenoblade here. The deal was, how much of a localisation effort is it? How many units are we going to sell, are we going to make money? We were literally having this debate while Operation Rainfall was happening, and we were aware that there was interest for the game, but we had to make sure that it was a strong financial proposition."I'm paid to make sure that we're driving the business forward - so we're aware of what's happening, but in the end we've got to do what's best for the company. The thing we know [about petitions] is that 100,000 signatures doesn't mean 100,000 sales."It's not hugely surprising to discover that game companies don't set much store by fan petitions, seeing as we're still without an announcement about GTA V on PC, despite a petition to Rockstar having received over 600,000 signatures

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