Paul Tamburro:
Nintendo pleased many of their long-time detractors with the Wii. After being chastised by the supposedly "mature" gamer for years concerning their alleged catering to a younger crowd (i.e. not giving Princess Peach a huge pair of mammaries with their own physics), the Wii saw them live up to their reputation and produce titles specifically marketed towards kids and the casual gamer.
This gave the anti-Nintendo masses the opportunity to really stick the knife in and twist, even more so than when someone noticed that the GameCube looked a bit like a handbag. Nintendo's "selling out" to the casual market for financial gain was the cancer that was killing the industry, apparently, and the Wii was the first harbinger of the video game apocalypse. The real gamers were going to continue to play war games on their Xbox 360's, whilst those sissy Nintendo fans waggled their Wiimotes at the TV like a bunch of girls.
Game developers have already started to confirm that they will support the Nintendo Switch 2 with their future titles.
Hanzala from eXputer: "As Nintendo takes out 20 years' worth of stuff from Garry's Mod, I watch in shock, thinking why it continues to hurt and discourage its fans."
The irony that some of the most disgusting business practices come from companies like Disney or Nintendo, i can't even begin to understand what terrible damage was Garrys Mod making to Nintendo bottom line, imho they're getting pretty nervous about where they're heading in the future, handhelds are no longer something exclusive to Nintendo, from Steam Deck to many others, now you can play the latest games and pay a fraction of the price on Steam sales, so it's up to their exclusives, which just on their own would make hard to justify purchasing a closed overpriced hardware with outrageous price policies (Super Mario Odyssey is still 60 euro 6 years later!), and as a home console they're always underperforming compared to Sony or Xbox.
i cam guarantee you, that their exclusives alone is what drives switch sales. they sell in the 10s of millions of copies.
nintendo created their franchises to be sort of nostalgia driven, exclusive only on nintendo.
people will always buy the pkmn games as they always bring in new younger fans amd is family friendly
mario kart, the same thing, mario games in general.
zelda games are system sellers. animal crossing for the casual gamers.
nintendo doesnt need third vame devs essentially. they made sure with the switch and the limitations that they looked more to pc ps and xbox.
its sad, but nintendo is more than fine with what they're doing. they positioned themselves to appeal to the more casual gamers.
but to your point, im not sure why they're doing this rly.
Look at how they handled Nintendo games being streamed or uploaded on YouTube in the past. They killed Yuzu and Citra even when they had nothing to do with ToTK being leaked, not to mention it was basically unplayable on emulation the week it was leaked. Smash Bros tournament, that was fairly recent. They shut down their online services without any care for purchases made. I bought a switch after skipping their last 2 consoles and handhelds but I don't plan on buying anything Nintendo in the future. They take things to the extremes, they legitimately hate their fans. They're honestly right up there with the likes of Acti, EA, and Ubi, only difference is that they disguise themselves as being family friendly all the while being shady.
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."
I want Nintendo to be successful regardless of my feelings towards their first party software
Because of blind and stupid hatred? I can understand being uninterested in a console or even critical, but wanting it to fail?
Yes, let's totally hope that Nintendo's project fails and provides less competition for the industry and hurts the employees at the company. Yeah, that's totally progressive. /sarcasm
You see that is where the problem lies. People think just because you critize the Wii U in any way you want it to fail. Just because you have misgivings about a console doesn't necessarily mean you want it to fail. Me and my friend used to argue all the time which was better Nintendo or Sega but neither of us ever wanted each others system to fail. But over sensitive, over zealous fanboys are running around poking and prodding and saying nonsense about how EVERYONE is jealous about Bayonetta 2 and trolling about how since Sony is in trouble maybe Nintendo can take the franchises from them and all sorts of crap. So as usual it is not hate for the system but for the annoying overzealous fanboys who can't keep it in their pants as if Nintendo is the first new system we have ever had in a hundred years.
Nintendo is not above criticism but many people seem to think they are.Their fans remind me of my pet dog when he gets excited. It is fine until he starts biting,pushing and driving you crazy and then you have to push him away and tie him up to calm him down . We Sony fans have taken ever put down and attack every other fan has handed us but Nintendo fans as usual want to pretend that they are being victimized more then anyone else was when their system first came out.We just recently had to listen to how much PASBR is a clone and how much it will fail because SSB is the greatest.I could easily ask 'Why does everyone want Sony to fail' if I wanted to be over dramatic.
There are some gamers out there in the wild that would like to see the Nintendo Wii U entertainment system meets its early grave for a simple reason. They are threatened by the potential it brings to the videogame spectrum. As of right now the Nintendo Wii U entertainment system is the most powerful, and arguably most innovative gaming home console to ever bless the videogame landscape. Its basically a test of strength and a form of flattery at the same time.
A lot of people within this current generation have made many a joke of the Nintendo Wii entertainment system. Laughing at its graphical capability, and calling its award winning motion control functions childish and gimmicky. Now Nintendo has created a home console that brings to the table more power, and has pretty much covered all complaints of its former console outing. There is nothing to point and laugh at anymore, so it has become a threat to many.
Nintendo has been criticized for many reasons this generation. Not having enough 3rd party support was one of the main target opinions. Now that Nintendo has bent over backward to insure the consumer top notch 3rd party support, that is still not good enough to some. I personally feel that some just know that Nintendo has a legit chance of repeat success with the Nintendo Wii U entertainment system, and they want their brand of choice to win the console wars instead. Thats what it boils down to.
At this point it is becoming of comedic value for Nintendo Elite supporters to read about all of this hate. All of the complaining in the world will not stop the Nintendo Wii U entertainment system and its unique tablet like control functions. Us the Nintendo consumer will purchase our console, play our awarding gaming experiences in fresh new unique ways, and continue to be entertainment by internet trash talk from consumers of competing brands.
When the other competing next generation platforms launch to the world. Hopefully all of this silliness can die down, and everyone can enjoy their respective platform of choice. With a smile.
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Who want it to fail??? Anywhere I go or anywhere I read or hear people talk about it, everyone is phrasing it. I haven't seen anyone saying anything bad about it so far other than the fact that some will hold out on buying the console until a price drop.
The question is, when did people became so in love with Nintendo that they are willing to write a idiotic article like this just to give more attention to the WiiU??