Jeremy Pool writes - "I’ll admit it, the title is slightly over-dramatic, and the ‘Big N’ hasn’t really fallen. Yet, with the recent announcement that the long-running Nintendo Power magazine is closing its doors, and as a loyal consumer and fan-boy of Nintendo’s for over two decades, I cannot ignore the perceived decline of a gaming juggernaut."
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.
Microsoft and Sony has the core gamers in their corner. The Wii u is a confused console that has the fanboys only in their corner. Nintendo is losing fanboys from their corner daily and when the next gen systems are released Nintendo will be losing them at a faster rate. Nintendo was trying to fool people into thinking they will cater more to the core gamers but all their previews of the Wii u shows that they are not. Most Nintendo fanboys will start waking up to see Nintendos ploy when they see the Xbox720 and ps4 especially when they realize that Nintendo is trying to fool them with another Wii
You should replace Nintendo with Sony,in that headline.It makes more sense in that context.
Another flambait article and more childish behavior go figure.
if 3rd party doesnt make money off their software on nintendo platforms, they wont make games for it anymore.. Without 3rd party, ps3/360 players wont jump ship.. without ps3/360 players OR casuals to buy wii u, only fans will.. They can become a software only company if they dont want take heavy losses from investors & tech research..
Sony has taken heavy losses from multiple divisions but PS isnt one of em.. PS makes sony money so if anything goes from sony, itl be tv, cameras, & PCs...
They are not falling any more than MS or Sony are falling. What a lame article.