For all the problems the 3DS had at the beginning of its life, Nintendo sure has recovered nicely. Many gaming analysts pronounced the 3DS dead and Nintendo to follow shortly after. Journalists across the world wrote doom article after doom article claiming the 3DS dead months after release. Nintendo on the other hand, had other plans. A $80 price cut, 20 free games for early adaptors, a few stellar Mario games, and some blockbuster 3rd party games later Nintendo is once again killing it in sales.
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.
Yes, they might.
The reason why is that Nintendo (and Sony's Vita) are trying too hard to be multitasking machines. When stacked up against smartphones, the 3DS and Vita are going to be less attractive to a lot of people.
On the other hand, if a game dev would simply make a dedicated gaming handheld, it would differentiate itself from the smartphone craze. That's how the DS sold so well in the face of the iPhone.
PlayStation will never lose a consoles race, they said 10 years ago.
This article has probably just jinxed Nintendo.
LOL the 3DS XL has improved hardware compared with the 3ds???
Quote"Nintendo is on a roll with the 3DS. They have fantastic software, improved hardware with the 3DS XL, and an upgraded Eshop experience"
nintendo has children, women, casuals, & even adults that get their handhelds.. I loved every one of my nintendo handhelds from gameboy-3ds xl..
zelda, metroid, & castlevania was the main reason i owned gba-ds.. this new one coming out has me skeptical, but it might be good.. I just hope they dont remove the damn blood cuz thats always been a part of the game.. I really wish it was fully 2d & in beautiful sprites but mistwalker wants their reboot to taint the handhelds as well..
golden sun was a fantastic rpg series, sonic advance series was good too.. 3ds doesnt have much 3rd party yet but some will come to the west hopefully..
I still think vita is a much better handheld personally.. as far as value & well everything about it is better to me but nintendo does have those games that somehow feel great when u complete them.. They have heart n soul.. i will always support nintendos handhelds.. Home consoles on the other hand have burned me for the past 2 generations.. I will play it safe & wait til the time is right for a wii u