For all its magnificent games and past successes, Nintendo has always been a little tone deaf when it comes to detecting and embracing new gaming trends. That brashness is finally catching up with the legendary video game company.
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.
nintendos problem is they saturated the market with wiis, mario, and zelda, and 3ds's. if someone has the wii and 3ds they have no reason to get the wii u at this point because they have nsmb wii, and nsmb 3ds and mario 3d land and mario galaxy. so a nsmb u really not gonna make people jump at getting the 350 dollar wii u.
most people think its just an add on. They think the u in wii u stands for the add on pad things is what people think when i talk to them.
similar to wii fit and how that was an add on.
also wii
-mote
-zapper
-nunchuck
you can see how casuals would make the mistake in assuming its an add on especially since nsmb looks like the past ones if you dont know much about it or play it in depth.
more and more people are like i will get the monster hunter for 3ds no need to get the wii u one or i will get mariokart 3ds and play with that instead of waiting for mario kart wii u.
pretty harsh truths that should be acknowledged
*reads headline*
Answer: Ignorance.
Ok so the article is a little skewed. Comparing any system of the fame and sales of the Wii is a counterproductive article, imo. Wii was like a miracle system... A system wont sale like that maybe ever... And the article fails to mention that Nintendo unlike Sony and MS and JUST a GAMING company. Meaning they don't have power that MS and Sony (not for long "sony" has some real financial problems) have. they could afford to jump on trends and push other properties with their systems back then)
But I do agree that Nintendo rarely jumps on the latest trends, WHY? because that's Nintendo. N would rather innovate and make good games rather than follow other companies! I'm gonna love the next Xbox or PS4 (IDK which I will get yet) But i know that the games will be the same style of games as I been playing on this gen but just prettier.
My Wii U on the other hand, the gampad lets me play differently. That has to mean something. In time more and more gamers will understand what i see now, but only later.