One of the biggest talking points as we head into this next generation has been graphical power. Even more than in previous generations, comparisons of the power between the newly released Wii U and the upcoming Orbis and Durango have been constant, and never cease to incite fights. The reason, of course, is clear. With the Wii, it was very obvious that Nintendo wasn't trying to compete graphically, and the only real point of contention was whether graphics mattered; purely opinion. Now, however, Nintendo's taken a step into the HD realm, and the argument is no longer whether graphics matter, but if the Wii U is truly powerful enough to 'beat' the competition.
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.
Umm duhhh
that's not the tune some fanboys were singing a couple of months ago....
But considering the hardware the Wii U has the console is way overpriced. No blu-ray playback, no HDD, 7 years old hardware for $350 is one of the biggest rip-off of our time and that's without mentioning its lack of 3rd party support that will only lead to fewer games than its competitors.
This should have been known the moment they introduced the expensive-looking controller on E3 2011. But no, instead we had tons of articles and fanboys believing the Wii U was going to be native 1080p 60fps across all multiplats and here we are now (oh, and some believe we'll magically start seeing 1080p 60fps games later on).
because Nintendo knows that nobody cares about graphics... on Nintendo.
They are outmatched technologically, which is why Nintendo makes better games. They have to, or they would go out of business.
Nintendo was always pushing power and tech but after Iwata took over they went in a different direction.
It's not like they cant develop a over powered system but right now is that wise? will people buy? will people pay the price?
They are the only purist console developer thus far. MS/SONY is just a battle spanning from other tech and now they are about multimedia first and games second.
Nintendo, make mistakes and that is clear but they just need to push advertising and stop pushing the dam controller.