Hardcore gamers have become accustomed to casually mocking Nintendo systems since the GameCube hit the market in 2001. But, even if you're not entirely sold on Nintendo's vision of console gaming, you have to admit that they have a pretty good handle on their market. This week, Nintendo announced a collection of numbers that showed off their systems' surprising longevity and effectively backhanded the competition.
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.
to some extend I'd agree since they popularized most of the stuff that are now standard in gaming like: rumble, shoulder buttons, analog sticks and even the horrible motion controller. But this is not the whole story though....
I would not say so entirely. Generally the consumers do. Though sometimes an outlet can have somewhat of an influence. Nintendo's ideas have been emulated for a while now. Motion control and handheld gaming to name two things.
Yea they have a good handle on the market...but they pretty much own most of the casual audience, they were smart in doing so...but they're the last people I would turn for to get core gaming.
To be honest, I'd be happy to see Nintendo go the way of Sega, and leave the hardware market to focus solely on software for other consoles.
I like Nintendo games, but I dislike Nintendo hardware. The release of one or two good games from Nintendo each year does not justify the cost of their consoles at all, in my opinion, so I'd much rather see them become a multiplatform development studio that release games on Microsoft/Sony consoles instead.
Obviously, the chances of this ever happening are close to zero I know, but I think it would benefit gamers if it happened. Nintendo less so since they make so much money off hardware.