Ryan Johnson | GoozerNation
Last week, Ryan Johnson at GoozerNation wrote an article lampooning Nintendo for April Fool's, but he does see promise in Nintendo's next-gen console, when many other people have written off the Wii U as a major fail. Inside the article, you'll find the reasons he feels that the Wii U can still come out as a top contender with the PS4 and Microsoft's next console.
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 its certainly under powered compared to the PS4 and Xbox3, if Nintendo can get its act together and focus on games - instead of gimmicks - they can and will come out on top.
Thing the definition of what a game is has become both generalized yet specific. Supposed open tools like what Epic Crytek and Id have been pushing only really support one type of gaming.
Of course they are. There are a lot of confirmed exclusives for the Wii U that will help push units. Bayonetta 2, The Wonderful 101, Pikmin 2, Zelda, Mario Kart, 3D Mario, Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem.
Even Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate saw a boost in Wii U sales. We don't know if the PS4 and Xbox 720 are going to fly off shelves. Did the PS3 and Xbox 360 break any early sales records? Nope, so don't expect those system to destroy the Wii U sales, especially when it will be more expensive.
It's a next gen console in accordance to the term, the main problem is that with the art direction of most Nintendo first party games, there really isn't a game that can show off what it can do.
If they were to come out with a game that looks better than the new Tomb Raider or Uncharted, people would notice and shut up about power, but a lot of their IP's are that kid friendly style and probably didn't even need HD.
Maybe when/if they do a new Metroid Prime game we'll see how great the console can do. Bayonetta 2 is another example of a game that could do this. I don't know how much better the PS4 or the next Xbox are going to be compared to the current versions, but as far as specs the Wii U is probably around 3x-4x as powerful as the Xbox 360/PS3.
I'm not 100% sure about the next PlayStation, 8 gigs sounds like a lot, but it'll probably be split up and offer some for gaming, some for apps or system management, so it'll most likely end up with 4 gigs for gaming, where as the Wii U has 1 gig. It's not a big of a difference as people try and make out.
If Nintendo can show us some games, they could easily pull out a 6-8 million console lead by the time the PS4/720 release later this year, and if there are shortages on those consoles it could be even bigger.
By the end of the year, the wiiU is going to have some fine exclusives and more on the horizon.
If they knock the price down to thae impulse buy sweet spot of £200 by next christmas coupled with Wind Waker HD, Bayonetta 2, Pikmin 3 Wonderful 101 and all the usual suspect s that haven't been announced yet i could see sales pick up no end.
its $400 in australia! for a console with just better specs, people will rather go for PS3/360 since its far cheaper and gets similar games! i dont see the WiiU selling like hotcakes until a huge price drop to atleast $250, but it also needs more exclusives! i rather spend $500-$700 on a PS4 then $400 on WiiU