Nintendo was once a proud company, delivering fun titles and uniting gamers; friends and family in fun quality time under the same roof. As times have changed however, Nintendo proves more and more that they have not, locking themselves in a weatherproof time-capsule and being left behind in contrast to the rest of the gaming industry.
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.
While this article does have a point, you can't exactly state how Nintendo continues to live in the past without somewhat specifying how the competition has moved ahead of them. The only point pretty much mentioned or should I say focused on in this article is graphics. Other than that nothing else is really specified. It's a decent topic to discuss but the article needs to go deeper than just graphics. Also that "ridiculous controller" as the article refers to the Wii U gamepad is quite comfortable, maybe they should try it before calling it ridiculous.
Also, I get why Nintendo is always called out for their "gimmicks" since they tend to be the main focus of their systems (at least since the Wii and the DS). But calling out Nintendo on gimmicks is becoming less and less of a relevant point when the other companies also have their own gimmicks. Hell, Sony had the Eye Toy back in the PS2 days and the Vita has a whole bunch of what people refer to as "gimmicks", like the touch screen, back touch panel, front and rear facing cameras, motion sensing etc. and Microsoft has the Kinect and Smartglass as well.
Anyhow, if you don't like Nintendo, that's fine, we're all different, if we we're all the same the world would be pretty damn boring if you ask me. I personally like them the same as I like Sony since they are what I grew up on. One they continue to makes games that I like I'll continue to support them. I'll get a Wii U in the future and a Vita as well to add to my PS3, Wii, PC, 3DS, PSP, PS2, N64, PS1, SNES, Dreamcast(Yes, I have a Dreamcast), Genesis, GBA etc. Fanboys can suck it.
HAHAHAHAAH Nintendo never had stop to live in the oast
I don't like Nintendo and I prob never will, there games just don't appeal to me. But the wii sold a ton, and the 3ds is selling a ton. And people love there franchises, like Zelda , Mario, metroid, ect. Nintendo can kinda do whatever the want, cause they have there fans and there systems always appeal to kids. There so called gimmicks always seem to work out well for them. Although I won't be buying a wiiu I'm sure it's going to do fine, and I think the gamepad is a good idea for Nintendo.
From what I gathered from this article is that Nintendo used to appeal to families. They brought families together and created games people of all ages enjoy. Now it's 2012... and they continue to do just that, and make a heck of a lot of money, and the author doesn't like that. The author then claims that they are living in the past. OK. So Nintendo has always made kid games and when the author was a kid, that was fine. Now that he's an adult is he angry at Nintendo because he is no longer their target market?
I don't know if I'm dense or what but I think the author is telling Nintendo to "adapt to survive" as if they aren't straight up raking in the cash. If the Wii U tanks then Nintendo will have to do some hard thinking about their strategies, but so far things are going great. Let's see if they hit their 5.5 mil projected Wii Us sold by April and then decide whether or not Nintendo knows what they're doing.
Another article where the author doesn't understand the meaning of mature... Longing for boobs in a game isn't exactly a sign of maturity - it's the sign that you haven't seen any in real life. Those of us who have had chance to grow hairs in weird places (I've lost control of my ears and nostrils) just want our games to be fun and addictive.