Some interesting quotes came from Size Five Games founder Dan Marshal on Nintendo and the Wii U. He clams that Nintendo's problem is their established franchises like Mario, Metroid, and Zelda. He goes on to say Mario Galaxy was great but Mario Galaxy 2 was boring and Nintendo releases the same games over and over again to self-destruction. Not only did he forget Nintendo released Three new IPs in The Last Story, Xenoblade, and Pandora's Tower for core gamer's, he doesn't understand Sony and Microsoft both release vast amounts of sequels. Uncharted 1-3, Killzone 1-3, Resistance 1-3, Halo 3, Halo 3 ODST, Halo Reach, Halo 4, Halo Wars, Uncharted Fight for Fortune, Uncharted Golden Abyss and then some. Many of the industries biggest games are sequels or based off established IPs. Why is Nintendo the only company getting called out for it? Even when they reinvent the franchise from Super Metroid to Metroid Prime to Metroid Other M somehow people still claim it's a rehash. Playeressence's Furious Francis takes a look at the blasting of Nintendo's establish franchises and tries to sort out the vast amounts of hypocrisy being thrown around the internet.
As part of its plans to cut 1,900 jobs, Microsoft has reportedly shut down operations at Bethesda France, letting go roughly 15 people
Bethesda France was made up of roughly 15 people... they couldn't of being doing much
Bethesda France mainly did publishing and marketing within the region
Bethesda France focused on publishing and marketing in the region. And 15 people lost their jobs as part of the closure.
I wonder if this is part of Microsoft's strategy to abandoned physical media or possibly gamepass advertising makes their roles redundant you don't need to market a game as hard when the majority of players get the game as part of a sub which already promoted upcoming games
Tbh Microsoft I think Bethesda being 3rd party same with Activision would probably more competitive than thus scenario imo
Sony has recently published a new patent that wants to dynamically handle the games' difficulty and gameplay based on the player's emotions.
This is something I might use. Sometimes I play some good games but they don’t have difficulty option and are a little too easy.
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."
agree completely with this article, with all the rehashes Sony and Microsoft pull outta there asses kinda dumb to call out Nintendo for doing the same (and not even on the same scale Sony, Microsoft shove out sequels)
The longevity of each of their (Nintendo) franchises. It's a argument that'll plague Nintendo for the duration of the company's existence.
They should be praised if anything for sustaining those games over three decades.
How many new franchises did sony make this gen alone? how many did nintendo make in the last ten years?
please this article is off base and a little silly. uncahrted first game was in 2007, resistance 2006, in fact the only 2 games that i know of from sony that has been on each system they have made is wipeout and twisted metal (and TW does not have a game on vita yet).
Every gen you can expect a mario, zelda, metriod, mario kart and 15 mario sports titles. nintendo has made 1 good new franchise in 10 years and that is pikmin.
Sony is releasing 2 new franchises NEXT YEAR ALONE with the last of us and beyond 2 souls. i dont even know what nintendo is releasing next year on wii u.... sorry guys its not even close.
in short its not about how many Sequels nintendo makes or sony makes its about how many new franchises nintendo DOES NOT make compared to the others.
PS3:
Uncharted
Resistance
Heavy Rain
The Last of Us
Beyond 2 Souls
Demon's Souls
PS All-Star
Journey
Heavenly Sword
inFamous
Little Big Planet
ModNation
MAG
MotorStorm
But what Nintendo got? Wii-Sports, Wii Play, Wii-Music and more Wii-ShovelWare? Yeah, and Xenoblade since Nintendo owns Monolith... Lucky them.
PS2:
God of War
Ico
Shadow of the Colossus
Jak & Daxter
Ratchet and Clank
Killzone
Siren
Sly Cooper
Socom
But what Nintendo got? Pikmin and nothing more.
PS1 had:
Legend of Dragoon
Omega Boost
Gran Turismo
Spyro
Crash Bandicoot
Ape Escape
Syphon Filter
MediEvil
But what Nintedo got? The same old franchises but now in 3D and Jet Force Gemini.