G4TV.com takes a look at the eight generation of consoles, starting with Nintendo's Wii U and speculating on what the future holds for Sony and Microsoft. Part of its Epictober month of exclusive content, this is an article that's only available on G4TV.com.
Hanzala from eXputer: "The cruel hammer of Nintendo has fallen. Farewell, 3DS and Wii U, you surely brightened my life and many others; you won't be forgotten."
Hanzla from eXputer inquires: "If Xbox can care about preserving its games and legacy, what exactly is wrong with Nintendo, trying to kill game preservation single-handedly?"
Ahh yes the good old game preservation of saving all your games to a removable hhd on the Xbox 360, taking it round your mates house, setting up multiple tvs to
Be met with “save data corrupted, please re download”
Or how about removing 360 games
From the store
, download them now or else, and, better hope to god that save data doesn’t corrupt, or it’s lost for ever
Nice one ☝️
This is just a scammy PR move to distract from the fact they are going digital only and trying to push streaming and subscriptions only.
No gaming company has pushed harder to remove ownership than Microsoft.
Without discs there is no preservation, preservation can't be done by the rights holders it can only be done by the consumers, anything else is a lie.
Nobody wants this. Sales or the lack of it in the case of XBOX is very telling. I wonder how the adorably all digital series X will fare. Adorably dismal perhaps?
Only time will tell, but for from someone like me suspecting that Xbox is trying to gracefully exit the console market, that "forward compatibility" team is trying to get Xbox games playing on Windows PCs. I mean, it's nice that they're not planning on exiting with a "enjoy your games while the hardware still works" message, so that's nice. They still have a brand to protect via Microsoft so probably feel obligated to have a better exit strategy.
Danish from eXputer: "Nintendo has historically gone against player-made content and emulation of its games. This has done much to harm the company's image."
They need to stop announcing these mods and fan remakes until they're finished. Finish it, upload it, and then if Nintendo dmca's it tough shit. Once it's online, people can share it around, even if the original download gets taken down.
This is all coming from the mouth of short-sighted fandom and grifting madness.
No.... it wont. There is a clear defined reason why they don't. This is nothing new. Make your own shi7 from your own original ideas especially if you are trying to capitalize of it it. Duh.
Yeah, hire people that have zero respect or understanding for an established process. Wow. Yep. Totally makes sense.
I want the new systems as badly as everyone else but I I don't understand articles like this. All speculation. This is like reading one of those gossip magazines.
Give it time folks and when you have real information, then we can talk about it.
Next-Gen Holiday 2012 Plox!!
All three will be announced & release dates will be known. Wii-U & 720 will be on store shelves by 2012's year end. I just hope Sony don't screw around trying to sell another Christmas of PS3's in 2012 & put off the inevitable, allowing both MS & Ninty to get a massive time jump on them this time.
Sony need to release PS4 with the same delicate timing that they did to Sega with the Saturn.....in Australia the Saturn came out, then less than a week later Sony released there 1st foray into the console market......& rattled, humbled, smashed & knocked out 1 half of the competition. Sony need to release in late 2012 without fail to keep up....Otherwise it allows the other 2 to release, get early adoptors on, get more & more developer support, get more & more exclusives & developers onboard, & to lower the price due to there lowering production costs.
Sony currently has a huge advantage in there favor in the fact that most of the most expensive parts are already done for PS4, as the Cell & Blu Ray drive are all but sure things for Sony to re-use in PS4.....to do otherwise would be crazy. They have that time & financial saving on there side big time, as a faster Blu Ray drive is all thats needed due to Blu Rays ability to hold 200gig on a single disk, & also the Cells unique ability to be coupled, tripled, quaddrupled to add 1,2,3 times the power, depending how many of these little buties you stickytape, bubblegum or crazyglue together.
Just get it out Sony, I hate having to wait for one console when all others have released, especially when it is the one I am more inclined to want....I mean I end up buying the other 1 to tire me over until.....
I'm ready for the next Playstation, would buy one today doesn't matter if it cost $500 or $600 I use mine so much I can easily justify it.
I want the PlayStation 4, just not yet I am still enjoying this generation. I want Sony to work on the PS4 and make it well worth it. Make it a better computer entertainment system then the PS3. Also, I would like to not have a $600 launch price lol