OXCGN:
"Nintendo carries itself with a certain level of pride. Take the 3DS for example.
Releasing an entirely new version of the DS for a market increasingly limited by the advent of the smartphone and by the fact that 3D isn’t something that everyone can experience, Nintendo simply sat back and assumed they would be successful as in the past.
As you may recall, this didn’t happen.
In fact, Nintendo reported their first loss in thirty years, with a 3DS price drop soon after.
There’s clearly a problem here, and Nintendo needs to do what they do best: adapt."
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.
An interesting take. Honestly, any game can be improved with UGC but I think as the author suggests, Nintendo can benefit from it.
Nintendo will not entirely benefit from it. Look at Sony (LBP being the major example). Despite it being a major part of the game and there are some fantastic levels, UGC is often a feature over looked by many. Should Nintendo do it? Defiantly I think a lot of games need UGC.
Nintendo play their IPs pretty close to the vest. You can bet that they won't allow for user content that strays too far from their image.
Woulf it be nice? yes.
But it won't happen because nintendo is paranoid that if tey let user's do this they will only play that game and not any future sequels (a level editor in nmsb wii would make it possible to make levels JUST like levels from NSMB2 and U in example)
Nintendo doesn't need saving.
very stupid premise for this article.