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.
Game developers have already started to confirm that they will support the Nintendo Switch 2 with their future titles.
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.
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."
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.