GamesBeat's Dan Hsu details why he thinks Nintendo has set the Wii U up for failure.
Nintendo Has Acquired Shiver Entertainment From Embracer Group
Great news it shows that Nintendo intends to continue developing ports of AAA games to its next gen platform
Buying studios from embracer now is a great deal, they must be dirt cheap at this point, Nintendo is a opportunist, they wait until someone fall so they get their best deal
I hope someone buys Piranha Bytes, their future isn't looking good right now. I love their RPGs, they're janky as f***, but they have heart and soul.
Nintendo saw the Mortal Kombat 1 Switch port and were like, "Yeah, these guys are worth acquiring."
You can't make this crap up lol
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.
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.
Great stuff, Shoe. I think Nintendo has made a grievous error in trying to straddle the fence between casual and hardcore. I can't see the casuals ponying up for a new console so soon, and there's little for core gamers but ports.
The Wii U lasts three years before Nintendo makes some kind of drastic change.
"It’s unfortunate that Nintendo wants to do something different, whereas the rest of the industry is trying to standardize controllers.”
Love or hate whichever company you want, i love all 3 and sometimes hate decisions that each of them make, but people who makes comments like these need to GTFO of gaming development.
It's unfortunate that a company tries a different approach and tries something new in the industry? Sell your IP's to a company more beneficial and then please leave.
I agree with the article. I'll be happy if I'm wrong though. Besides the initial launch excitement, Wii U sales will dwindle in 2013. Nintendo hasn't provided any FIRM reason as to why PS3/360 players need to jump over to the Wii U.
All things I've considered, but I'm actually quite excited to get one because it is so damn different.
Of the games I've played, I haven't had much trouble adjusting to the button layout. I will admit it was weird at first. I'm also not fond of analog sticks being on the same plane (even for the PS3). I actually try to stay away from PS3 first-person shooters because the left analog is too low for me, so this might actually be better than that.
And I'm completely down for a somewhat new Mario Bros. game, and of course the console-defining games will come. Would it have been better to see them at launch? Absolutely.
In short: HD Zelda. Sold.
How that translates into grabbing the hardcore and casual market... well, I don't know. I don't think anyone is really going to know at this point.