GenGAME writes: "It’s official: GameStop is now out of stock of Wii U’s 8GB Basic Set. Inventory cleared just over week after the new system’s price and release date were announced on September 13. GameStop has yet to comment on whether more pre-orders may become available in the future. For now, let’s just assume that Nintendo’s going to have to move mountains to satisfy the existing demand."
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.
Did I miss something and the system's already out, or are they talking about pre-orders?
Regardless, I feel like this whole thing is just an engineered manipulation to cause holiday buzz and boost Nintendo's stock price for the quarter. That the only real things the general consumer and gamer are going to get are headaches and overcharged on the eBay grey market.
Amazing! WiiU is gonna be a big success! I will buy the console as soon as I have the money to do it! So many wonderful games already announced and many will follow! I want Metroid Prime 4!
I hate jerks that buy it just to sell it more expensive on e-bay for Christmas time, grow up and get a real job.
I got em' all. If you want to play mario this year pay up kids or christmas is ruined mwhhahahah
I pre ordered the 32gb model last week. No way will I sell it to make a couple of dollars. I'll just enjoy my time with Mario u and zombie u. And for all you who didn't ore order right away, you snooze you loose. Mawhahah!