Gamnesia writes: So what exactly does a 'unified platform' for Nintendo mean, and how will it benefit gamers in the future? Nintendo executives like Satoru Iwata and Shigeru Miyamoto have dropped a few hints as to their current thought process, but I'd like to take it a step further and explore just how much could be accomplished with a true unified Nintendo platform.
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.
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.
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.
If you want to talk to Nintendo, send them a message.
Am I the only person who gets annoyed when people make these presumptuous open letter articles?
I hope Nintendo follows none of these people idea's and makes does something unique and original like I'm used to seeing.
Dear Desk Jockey/author
Please stop trying to tell others how to create their consoles when you have no idea how their internal development processes actually work.
Signed,
Someone who doesn't want disaster to strike.
In my opinion, this is how video games trended today & from the past few years:
1) Majority of Hardcore gamers and adult gamers prefer games made for them on Home Console and Home PC for that big game experience.
Winners: PS2, PC, 360, PS3, PS4,
Losers: GameCube & Wii U are full of kiddie games
*Xbox One is losing not because of games but because of negative social perception brought to it by Microsoft themselves.
2) Majority of Casual and Younger gamers prefer games made for them on handheld portable mobile gaming devices.
Winners: PSP, DS, 3DS, Smartphones, Tablets
Losers: PS Vita because it tremendously lacks games for the casual and younger gamers and its kiddie unfriendly cost of memory cards.
I hope both Nintendo and Sony learn their lessons on how to deliver the right games for their right platforms.
Nintendo or Sony unifying game development on their home or mobile platforms would really be good for everyone. As it will ease up game development time, money and effort.
I really hope ARM Architecture catches up with PC X86 Architecture soon so that most video games, no matter how big, can be played on any screen-mobile or home, small or big. When this happens Nintendo or Sony can have their games playable anywhere.
ExtremeTech believes that AMD is developing a hybrid processor, wherein its x86 and ARM cores will be working side by side on the same chip. This will give AMD an upper hand, and allow it to introduce a modified ARM-based chip for the Windows PC environment.
AMD announces 'SkyBridge' chips to bring together X86 and ARM
http://www.pcworld.com/arti...
They want you to pay twice.
Nintendo is the reason why console gaming seems relevant for me, they do unique things that the other 2 dont do yet or arrive doing it later anyways, like motion controls.