One reason some people waited in long lines to be the first to get the new Nintendo Wii U console has nothing to do with the games. With Wii U devices all but guaranteed to be sold out at retailers around the world this Christmas, some buyers immediately put their new consoles on Ebay. Wii Us are already selling for over $500 on the site. There were well over 2,500 consoles listed on the world’s largest auction site just hours after it went on sale on November 18 at the Nintendo World store in New York City and around the globe.
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.
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.
Sell it for a bunch of money, buy another one with games and still have money.
Just looking at ebay and the sensible sellers are the ones getting the hits. Most are buy nows but the guy who has 15 and selling them at $1000 (bid price 800 glad to see no actual bids) is a moron. No one is going to buy that.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/N...
(despite this "There will be a big shortage on Wii u and we have a few to sell" tactic)
$500? Not worth it.
Hell, the WiiU isn't even worth retail price. Far from it.
I was browsing reddit earlier and saw a post where a guy purchased 8 of the delux consoles and was selling each of them for $750.
People like this are ass holes. Yea I know, free market but it's just a douche thing to do.
Edit- I also like that the seller on that one ebay page with the 15 consoles states that "There will be a big shortage on Wii u and we have a few to sell.". Well no shit. There wouldn't be if assholes like you didn't buy all of them to re-sell for jacked up prices.
I walked in target in Mass today and walked out with an 8GB...they had 2 Deluxe there but wanted the white....there was plenty at Target..I went during church hours..
One Asian lady(the cashier said) came with about 16 different people since you can only buy 1 per person...then she attempted again while I as in line and they sent her away...
Another guy was buying before he went to AUS...because they are expensive there
I bet you they are going on Ebay or Craigslist...
I seen people selling target "Reserve Cards for $100 each...
Basic - $500
Deluxe - $650
That's ridiculous...but hey it's capitalism