GamesIndustry International recently got on the phone with Nintendo of America's Scott Moffitt, executive vice president of sales and marketing, to talk about how Nintendo aims to capitalize on the holiday shopping season with Wii U and 3DS and whether Wii U will be able to generate the same buzz that the original Wii did.
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.
Not really...were pretty fine with our standard controls. Don't fix what isn't broken...right.
I think you'll find most of us core gamers will be playing our Wii U games with the Gamepad Pro.
Gamers will game with whatever they like more. It's easy to see people who are used to pro controllers using them (or thinking this way at least) early on.
But I have a feeling a lot of core gamers like myself will enjoy the gamepad and use it quite a bit over the pro controller. I pre-ordered a pro controller too, but I'm going to give the gamepad a good deal of time to sink into.
I definitely like how it's being used, and it does look pretty comfortable. Though even pro controllers could be designed better, they are very adequate in comfort. I also think it might depend on how your playing. Sitting in a recliner like I will be, the gamepad will be on my lap the whole time, so it should be plenty comfortable. I could see if someone was sitting on a chair as opposed to a couch or a recliner that it might be a little less comfortable.
Either way it's good to have the gamepad, and dropping zombies in on a friend will be a blast, as well as using it for the Aliens motion tracker.
Also can't wait to try the various demos that will utilize it, like the Rayman demo. Probably won't buy the game as I'm not a big platform fan and will have my fill with Mario, but will give the Rayman demo a shot. Hopefully they'll have a scribblenauts one too, as I just can't buy that without trying it first.