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Ars Technica Defends Nintendo Against Greenpeace Indictment

Ars Technica Defends Nintendo Against Greenpeace Indictment

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In light of all of the postive publicity and hype surrounding Nintendo and the Wii recently, it was a shocker for a lot of gamers to see Greenpeace’s report on Nintendo , which gave the big N a zero out of ten for its “greeness”.  Ars Technica has taken issue with Greenpeace’s scoring, however, and decided to defend Nintendo.

Ars writes, “The research in general appears lazy. Nintendo’s failing grade appears to be based entirely on this entry in the corporate FAQ, which briefly summarizes some of the steps the company has taken to protect the environment. Anything that’s not covered there is simply rated ‘No Information.’…Clearly, Greenpeace did not perform an exhaustive evaluation of chemical use through the manufacturing pipeline…This lack of research undercuts the report’s credibility when it comes to chemical use during manufacturing…”

While it is entirely possible that Nintendo deserves their score, Ars Technica is pointing out that Greenpeace simply didn’t do enough research to come to their conclusion.

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