Retro Studios posted a photo on their Facebook page (which has since been taken down) that shows a new location for their offices. This new building is 2-3 times the size of their old building, indicating that they plan to expand and hired a slew of new employees.
Nintendo President Satoru Iwata mentioned their plans to expand Retro a few days ago, so this move doesn't come as much of a surprise.
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.
In the wake of many studios unfortunately shutting down, and suffering from financial destruction. It is very warming to see one of my all time favorite AAA gaming studios expanding, and gearing up for the next generation of Elite gaming. Times are tough in the gaming industry as of now. Especially with technology moving forward, while development cost of next generation titles will likely sky rocket for some due to over powered hardware, and complex future consoles. We will sadly see many more studios closing due to a lack of profit from resource depleting game development.
Luckily for Retro Studios Nintendo has blessed them with a gaming platform that is lighter on resources, and easy to develop for. Hopefully keeping Retro in business well into the distant future and beyond. I see many a profit being made from game sales on the Nintendo 3DS & Wii U entertainment systems respectively. Retro has virtually never let the Nintendo fan base down before, and likely will carry on the tradition of delivering 1st class Nintendo exclusive offerings for the Nintendo consumer.
The fact that Retro is now looking to hire many new employees is an honor due to the fact that some corporations are fresh of laying off thousands of good people, and hard workers. Hopefully luck changes for the unfortunate and financially lacking gaming corporations out there. Hopefully everyone can return to greener pastures like those of Retro Studios.
Rated E For Everyone
Nintendo sold rare then made retro the new rare. Well played nintendo.
Good. They're one of the best developers in the world right now. They deserve to grow. I can't wait to see what they develop for Wii U and maybe 3DS. I'd love for them to make a new Metroid.
I sense good things.
New IP would have been cool!