With the recent release of Nintendo’s Wii U, much has been made of the company’s continued disinterest in the importance of graphics, even this late in the game. The Wii U, while not a particularly underpowered machine, is not a forward-thinking device. Nintendo, perfectly satisfied with releasing dated technology that is supposedly comparable to the aging Xbox 360 and PS3, continuously writes off the fact that graphics matter to gamers. Whether you’re a retro gamer or someone who obsesses over plant tesselation, graphics are an important component of video games that shouldn’t be ignored.
Game developers have already started to confirm that they will support the Nintendo Switch 2 with their future titles.
Hanzala from eXputer: "As Nintendo takes out 20 years' worth of stuff from Garry's Mod, I watch in shock, thinking why it continues to hurt and discourage its fans."
The irony that some of the most disgusting business practices come from companies like Disney or Nintendo, i can't even begin to understand what terrible damage was Garrys Mod making to Nintendo bottom line, imho they're getting pretty nervous about where they're heading in the future, handhelds are no longer something exclusive to Nintendo, from Steam Deck to many others, now you can play the latest games and pay a fraction of the price on Steam sales, so it's up to their exclusives, which just on their own would make hard to justify purchasing a closed overpriced hardware with outrageous price policies (Super Mario Odyssey is still 60 euro 6 years later!), and as a home console they're always underperforming compared to Sony or Xbox.
i cam guarantee you, that their exclusives alone is what drives switch sales. they sell in the 10s of millions of copies.
nintendo created their franchises to be sort of nostalgia driven, exclusive only on nintendo.
people will always buy the pkmn games as they always bring in new younger fans amd is family friendly
mario kart, the same thing, mario games in general.
zelda games are system sellers. animal crossing for the casual gamers.
nintendo doesnt need third vame devs essentially. they made sure with the switch and the limitations that they looked more to pc ps and xbox.
its sad, but nintendo is more than fine with what they're doing. they positioned themselves to appeal to the more casual gamers.
but to your point, im not sure why they're doing this rly.
Look at how they handled Nintendo games being streamed or uploaded on YouTube in the past. They killed Yuzu and Citra even when they had nothing to do with ToTK being leaked, not to mention it was basically unplayable on emulation the week it was leaked. Smash Bros tournament, that was fairly recent. They shut down their online services without any care for purchases made. I bought a switch after skipping their last 2 consoles and handhelds but I don't plan on buying anything Nintendo in the future. They take things to the extremes, they legitimately hate their fans. They're honestly right up there with the likes of Acti, EA, and Ubi, only difference is that they disguise themselves as being family friendly all the while being shady.
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."
The irony behind this article is Nintendo used to make some of the most graphically advanced systems.
Wii-U is only for those who enjoy Nintendo first party software..
i usually don't care for console graphics, because i already have a PC, but do Nintendo's art styles REALLY need bleeding edge tech? i mean, sure, third party devs are potentially screwed, but nintendo games end up looking amazing. Look at the Mario galaxy games.
the way i see it, if you only plan on owning a Wii U next gen, may God bless your soul, but if you're really getting hung up on graphics, then get a PC, you'll have the best graphics ALWAYS.
it's like console gamers care about graphics, but don't care at the same time. if you're gonna have all the systems, or at least two systems next gen, and you know you're not getting multiplats on the Wii U when the others come out, why do you care in the first place?
i'd like to know please.
Nintendo cannot afford to get into a pissing fight with giants like Microsoft and Sony.
Gaming is their bread and butter and if they sold a mega powerful expensive console at a loss and nobody bought it they are in deep shit. Not like Sony or ms who can rely on their other departments to ease the loss and push the console till it breaks even.
They know what they are doing and they know people buy their systems for their exclusives. There is a reason why they still in the hardware business for more than anyone else while Atari and Sega failed miserably.