According to Nintendo of Japan’s official website, the Wii U eShop will have playable demos and HD video features.
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.
Cool beans. :)
It will? That is a good step to compete with Xbox Live in my opinion.
That is great news. Now Nintendo users can finally try out games without having to just dive in and hope for the best.
On a side note, I was over at my local Future Shop at lunch picking up a cell phone screen protector, and they had a Wii U set up to the side of the gaming area. Nobody was around it, so I immediately went over and picked up the gamepad. My first observation, the thing weighs next to nothing. I could barely tell the difference between holding that and a wireless Xbox 360 controller. I flipped through the menu a bit, but Rayman Legends was the only game you can actually play.
That game is amazing, it is beautiful to look at, and it plays really fun. Even though the demo is a single player game, it gets you to use the gamepad screen quite often. I was a little confused at which screen to look at, but I got used to it. It started out having me look at the TV screen while the gamepad showed some images of what looked like different levels. Then at one point in the level, the game switches and now you are using the touch screen to do everything while the on screen character is computer controlled and moves on his own. The transition was awesome, and I am really looking forward to this game when it comes out next year.
I almost made it to launch without handling a Wii U and it could have been a complete surprise come Sunday, but oh well, I'll still be happy when I get to hold the controller again.
The 3DS and everything else has demos. Don't know why the Wii U wouldn't.
Thats cool but this was pretty obvious ever since Nintendo announced the console.