With all of the speculation about the launch price of Nintendo's new console, Wii U Only takes a look back at the launch prices of past Nintendo consoles.
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.
Nintendo said we would be "shocked". Anything like their past pricing history would be epic shock.
Nintendo really loves that $199 price tag, now I don't think the Wii U is going to be $199, but I do think $249 just like the original Wii is not out of the realm of possibility. At $249 a lot of people will want one, I don't care how badly they go on about Wii Specs or this or that. I truly believe just about every gamer wants an HD Zelda or Metroid and will want a Wii U if only for those fabulous HD Nintendo first party games.
Adjusted for inflation:
NES a bit less than $200
SNES a bit more than $300
N64 around $280
GC around $250
Wii around $270
I wish we were to get a $250 price tag, but something closer to $300 looks like the price they may go after.
I didn't know the NES was that cheap back then. I owned one and I never actually paid attention to the price.
initially i see it at around $250, but being that the tablet isn't cheap and you will most likely get another if you want to play 2 players i would think that a seperate tablet would run about another 100 bucks. throw in a game or 2 and you're looking at something close to 500...i haven't had friends come over to play anything since the 1st playstation so a 2nd controller will not be a priority to me...
overall, it'll be several months to a year before i even consider buying one, unless they decide to surprise everyone with a new zelda or metroid game in the 1st week of release.