Pocket Gamer's Kristan Reed writes: "Ever since the Nintendo DS emerged to general bewilderment in late 2004, it was only a matter of time before the gap was bridged between the touchscreen and the TV. The only surprise is that it has taken this long to become a reality. As usual, you write Nintendo off at your peril, but yet again people were lining up at E3 to stick the boot in. When will they ever learn?"
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.
'could win the touch generation'?
sure, if you ignore Vita, phones, pads and the plethora of other devices that have been using touch for years
I dont think they can directly compete withh Apple, but in gaming, they could.
If they can come with a plan and tech that can bridge the gap between all digital devices in the home then they have a fair shot. I fear wantever they come up with will be restricted and too nintendo centric(not open enough. Limited by software and hardware plus vision)
I'm not sure what they mean by "touch generation". Seems touch simply augments the "connected generation" a single minded game company can't win in the so called touch generation when nintendo has a isolated technology approach.
Wii U will beat Microsoft's smart glass. MS say "oh yeah well smart glass can hook up to all these gadgets" but thats not the point of Wii U. If you think smart glass will be more relevant than Wii U I have two words for you. Buttons and Mario.
People won't buy Wii U for the sake of making it compatible with televisions and phones. They will buy it for Mario and Zelda. And the buttons are a requirement.
I have a bad feeling about Microsoft's new direction. They seem to be trying to rid controllers of buttons but you need them.