Welcome to the first episode ever of Playeressence X Nintendo. In this vidcast we discuss all things Nintnedo. In this episode Francis discusses Bit Trip Runner 2, Dragon Ball Z Attack of the Saiyans, Fire Emblem X Shin Megami Tensei, Xenoblade 2 and how EA sucks balls! Vote in the poll question below the video! Monolith Soft vs Intelligent Systems
Game developers have already started to confirm that they will support the Nintendo Switch 2 with their future titles.
EA has announced it will engage in a shareholder-pleasing share buyback program just a couple of months after mass layoffs at the studio.
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.
i cam guarantee you, that their exclusives alone is what drives switch sales. they sell in the 10s of millions of copies.
nintendo created their franchises to be sort of nostalgia driven, exclusive only on nintendo.
people will always buy the pkmn games as they always bring in new younger fans amd is family friendly
mario kart, the same thing, mario games in general.
zelda games are system sellers. animal crossing for the casual gamers.
nintendo doesnt need third vame devs essentially. they made sure with the switch and the limitations that they looked more to pc ps and xbox.
its sad, but nintendo is more than fine with what they're doing. they positioned themselves to appeal to the more casual gamers.
but to your point, im not sure why they're doing this rly.
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.
My reasons to dislike EA
1)kills franchises
2)ruins studios
3)anti-consumer tactics
Damn, I should have watched more from Furious Francis. Very good video, will be staying up to date from now on. You tell it like it is, no BS. Much prefer to listen to information from a dedicated gamer, than some guy who is basically being paid to say crap.
Looking forward to seeing more.
Loved it.
Great article. I'll be going to his website on the regular. Its nice to hear gaming from a person that I can take seriously. He's not afraid to say he favors one company over another but he plays games on several consoles regardless. Thats a true gamer in my book.
Man. EA really needs to grow up and try to repair relations. Eliminating an entire outlet for selling products on is absolutely stupid! They are truly letting hard feelings get in the way of making money.