Dali Dimovski of SideQuesting.com writes:
"As a stepping stone console, the Wii mini is a great trojan horse to get people interested in the Wii U. The issue isn’t feature sets and markets, it’s timing."
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.
Indefensible? I hope there aren't people out there who really feel that way.
Considering that there ARE still people out there who want but don't have a Wii, and the biggest reason that they don't have one is cost, this is a great move. If you are buying a new Wii (your first one) in 2012 because it's $99, sleek, and takes up little space, you probably don't have much disposable income, have a small living area, and slow internet if any. So a tiny cheap Wii, that has no Wi-Fi makes perfect sense. Especially since any Wii games still receiving online support from developers could find that online support gone at any time.
People who've missed out, and still have SD tv's can now enjoy awesome games like Super Mario Galaxy, and No More Heroes, etc. Just like people bought a cheap, slim PS2 very late for cheap and enjoyed God of War 1 and 2, Shadow of the Colossus, etc. for $19.99 by buying the greatest hits series.
really ain't a bad move seeing how sony did the same releasing newer models while PS3 was already in the second year into the life cycle. Sony didn't even stop on the slim, they did a redesign of the slim as well. Sometimes you want to go back and play games that are not really next gen, but people see it as a dumb one like "why do you want to look at ps2 graphics?"
@Summons75
wow, I didn't know about that, then they should really cut the price even more. I still own the Wii Console that supports bc. Thinking about picking up a gamecube console.
Since I missed out on a lot of Wii games this gen because I had a PS3, I may end up getting this with Zelda, Mario, Metroid and others.
Granted it seems only good for those who did not desire a Wii earlier and perhaps still kind of do not; but at the price it seems like a worth while venture. That is perhaps the main reason as I see as to why someone would get it.
If this ever does come to the US, I'd buy one, and ebay it a few years later unopened as a collectable item.