Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata has likened pessimistic Wii U responses to concerns expressed about the console's predecessor in 2006.
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.
Really because I thought people just didn't really get their head around the motion control but at least then you announced the specs, knew what you were doing and who your target audience was.
All you guys have really shown off is the controler, like thats the main thing when you should be focusing on the console its self...I mean it's next gen, this is where you show everyone what your console can do. Two E3s you guys have failed of showing this off, two years in a row and you still seem to be focusing on the controler even thought you say that your aiming at the core again.
Honestly the whole "core" thing just seems like a trick to get them to buy the Wii U for more sales from both audiences but if the casual fall for another gimmick again then it's so long core gamers....untill next gen.
Next gen consoles by Sony and MS might not have a big leap in graphics or power but I bet it will still be enough where we can see that we are playing on a next gen console, where we all can see the difference. If third party support see they can make better things on those platforms then you guys will be left in the dust again.
The pessimism is only there because you don't seem to have a clue where you are actually going with this console not to mention little off putting things like the hard drive apparently being small or the name...the Wii U which jsut sounds like an improved Wii not a next gen console. I mean it comes out this year and you havent even released the specs. Can you blame people...
I really do not believe that this is a matter of uniqueness. Sony and Microsoft have both embraced the idea of the 2nd screen, in their own way.
Most of the pessimism that I have heard seems to be based off of Nintendo launching first. The Nintendo Wii was significantly weaker than the PS3 and 360, therefore, some people assume the WiiU to merely be an upgrade to the underpowered Wii and not it's HD competitors.
I do, however, see this interview as a win for Iwata. Imo he is right. Initially the Wii, DS, and 3DS did not recieve warm welcomes.
I understand it, I just don't want it.
Why do I not want it? Lack of games for me to play. I don't want Mario, nor Pikmin. I would like Nintendo to try a new IP, and not Nintendoland, or whatever it was called.
Something to sit with the serious side of gaming. Zelda needs to go a little darker, not gore mind you, just darker, Majora's Mask was dark. And I love that game.
I just want to see more mature games from them, or 3'rd party games. I am not interested in ZombiU... I am about zombie'd out right now.
EDIT:
I already know I will end up with the console for SSB. But I am hoping for more then just that game.
IWATA is just killing the wiiu with every statement he says. he needs to learn to STFU.
Honestly from what Nintendo has presented, its not the Masses that don't seem to understand it, Nintendo itself is really not understanding it or conveying that in their press conferences