I was very excited for the Wii U weeks before it’s launch. I was watching videos about it, stocked up on games, and knowledge about the Wii U. The night before launch I can honestly tell you that I could not sleep! The day came, I got the Wii U, and I loved it very much and I still do. But the more I thought about the Wii U, I realized that Nintendo didn’t try as hard with the Wii U as they want us to think.
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.
With the Wii, Nintendo made the hardware and the software for a very specific reason, and they talked about that reason all the time.
"It's time to level the playing field again. It's time for hardcore gamers and newbie gamers to play a game and be even".
And it worked. My mother can kick my butt at Wii Bowling. My wife can kick my butt at Wii Resort Swordfighting. They're not gamers.
With the WiiU, Nintendo doesn't really have any clue what they're doing. It's pretty much
"Hey, we made the WiiU...because. Because...tablets are cool... and we think an extra screen would be neat".
There isn't the same passion as there was with the Wii. There isn't that same desire to expand gaming and truly create a new gaming experience. It's just "here's a tablet that can act as a menu. Cool, huh? Buy it because we're Nintendo".
And it's pretty obvious that Nintendo didn't make the WiiU with hardcore gamers in mind. Now that we're seeing the hardware limitations, that much is obvious.
I think the reason they don't know exactly what they are doing with it yet is because it is still a brand new, unexplored way to play games. In a few years you should start to see games that use the gamepad in innovative ways, after devs have a chance to sit down and brainstorm different ways to use the device in their games.
Hopefully things turn out bomb and awesome gaming experiences come of the gamepad. I'm sure that Nintendo will offer games that use it as intended. 3rd Parties are key to the Wii U success, they can't be lazy and just slap a wii u tablet "patch" on their ports and call it a day.
I love my Wii U so far, my only gripe so far is the battery life of the gamepad. But I just turned the brightness down, it lasts an extra hour and I don't even notice the difference.
Problem is...new consoles are inbound and will certainly leverage anything ninny can do with a simple app for devices we all already own.
I'm certain that most gamers also own a smart phone and likely a tablet (probably iPad).
Ninny didn't do anything but rely on their ips and reputation. I think that's going to erode as soon as consumers see that third party ports on new-gen games won't work on wiiu in an equalness.
8gb of fast ram is rumored for 720. That's more than enough to destroy ninny. And ps4 is likely to equal that. (I've read that MS confirmed 720 as 8gb DDR with $299.99. I'm skeptical....but it's very possible)
SO THE WII U WON'T WIN "CORE" GAMERS DUE TO NO ACHIEVEMENTS AND THE PRO CONTROLLER DOES NOT HAVE A HEADPHONE JACK? THAT IS KINDA DUMB. THE PS3 DIDN'T HAVE AN ACHIEVEMENT SYSTEM FOR SOME TIME, BUT IT WAS STILL CONSIDERED CORE. BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO DOWNLOAD AN UPDATE WHEN YOU FIRST HOOK UP THE CONSOLE TO GET ALL OF THE FUNCTIONALITY IS A PROBLEM? I HAVE DOWNLOADED TWO UPDATES IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS FOR THE 360 AND ONE FOR THE PS3, BUT THEY ARE CONSIDERED CORE. THE ONLY LIMITATION I SEE WITH HARDWARE IS THAT DEVS ARE PORTING GAMES MADE FOR OTHER HARDWARE WITH THE EXPECTATION THAT IT WILL WORK THE EXACT SAME WITH LITTLE TO NO EFFORT. I CAN GO ON AND ON.
Ok. Then I'll say it.
WiiU will ultimately disappoint most hardcore gamers.
PS3 getting achievements a year after release is waaay different. They are established as an expected feature.
Controller issue is pretty massive. It's a huge wtf.
If you can't see that....I can't take you seriously.