ZI writes: In an in-depth Wii U interview by Japanese site Nikkei, Satoru Iwata revealed that he wants to greatly increase the population of gamers, and not necessarily by making more casual games, but by bringing more non-gaming applications to Nintendo’s systems. He mentions Wii U’s cool new Google Maps Streetview application, which is set to release this month, as well as Youtube, and how a non-gamer who becomes accustomed to using the gamepad for such things becomes interested in using Nintendo’s systems, since there’s non-gaming things that can be done well on it.
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.
That does seem to be a valid principle. It's smooth sailing once the mom is on board.
It's a smart move creating games and other content that parents can enjoy along with their kids, but I don't think it will help quell the argument that "violent video games influence violent behaviour" anyway I think that's untrue for the most part.
This sounds like an excuse to cater to the casuals.
I really like my Wii U, but Google Street maps seems kind of like a silly app. I mean yeah I guess there might be point in time when you may use it, but I don't think it would be my "go to" for maps, for one they are not print/portable.
Whatever floats your boat Nintendo, but mature games are my favorite not to say I don't like Super Monkey Ball and Mario.