Nintendo is an incredible company – they essentially invented the modern videogame market, are responsible for the most recognizable figures in gaming, and have always pushed innovation when they could simply rest on their laurels. However, they’ve also made several huge mistakes, and it’s sort’ve a miracle they’re still a company, let alone a successful one. Here are the five biggest mistakes Nintendo ever made.
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.
Very good choice for number 1.
For some reason I thought the Gamecube sold a lot more than just 22 million.
The Gamecube was a wonderful console with some really great games that I still play to this day. Unlike the Wii, it was mostly aimed at the core crowd, which chose to shun it for some reason. Those who did, though were the ones that missed out.
Even though I use a Wii to play my Gamecube games today, I still prefer the Gamcube version of Zelda Twilight Princess, which I consider to be superior of the two (and yes I have played both versions.) I also fondly remember Paper Mario 2, Chibi Robo, Zelda: The Windwaker, Tales of Syphonia (sadly it's Wii sequel stunk,) Skies of Arcadia and many others.
The system was faster and more powerful than the PS2, but it's biggest mistake was probably that the PS2 had a cooler looking case.
I really hope Nintendo makes a return to supporting the core crowd with the Wii U. Of course you can see why they did what they did with the Wii. People say that they betrayed the core gamer with the Wii, but the truth is that the core crowd abandoned them first during the Gamecube area.
LoL-LoL-LoL !!! I didn't know that Nintendo open their own graves by brake the deal with SONY and make them enter the console market :D That's so ROFL! SONY eat them alive from 96 with PS1 & until 2006 with PS2, 10 whole years Nintendo couldn't even dream of the sales SONY did with PlayStation.
PS2 long pass the 150 million mark and it's the most successful console in video-game history, & other than consoles there is a new war in the way those of the handhelds, VITA is obviously the best handheld in the market the sales is not strong yet but I am sure that in 1-2 years when some good games appear it will start sell like hot cakes it will be a very strong opponent for 3DS & imo it will outsell it eventually.
I love the powerglove....it's so bad
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