By Furious Francis, editor-in-chief
Nintendo has always had a massive fan base, who loves their games like Mario, Metroid, and Zelda. Leagues of fans lined up to get the Wii and Wii U on their respective launch days, but one thing is clear. There is a wildly different perception of Nintendo, from the consumers who purchase their products and the media who cover them . If you went off the media's perception of Nintendo and the Wii U, one would think they are the worst company ever. Many major media sites have been insanely critical of the Wii U because it doesn't fit their perceptions of how a console should be. Before you read the rest of the article. Take a look at the latest episode of the Annoyed Gamer on Gametrailers.com. This type of attitude toward Nintendo is widespread in the gaming industry. You can even check out my interview with Craig from Screwattack. He called the system trash before it was even released. Please comment and let us know what you 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.
All very valid points...Nintendo gets more hate from the games media and "hardcore" gamers(I was playing hardcore games on my Nintendo systems before most of these idiots were born)than any other company...
All valid points. The Annoyed Gamer is stupid that its Nintendo's fault for a crappy port that was WB's job. I would bet money if Rocksteady ported it, it would be MUCH better. Michael Pachter, who listens to that nut?
I've enjoyed gaming since 1985 and I guess I have taken it for granted not everyone who games just do it for the enjoyment. Beating up on a product that you don't have to buy, look at, or pay attention to, really makes me envy other peoples free time.
Ok and your point is....
Nintendo was extremely successful for well over 25 years, they created modern mainstream gaming, when they became extremely successful they where betrayed by 3rd party companies, they lived under the shadow of giant. When opportunity arose they betrayed Nintendo especially Japanese developers (Square and co.). Rationale was quite simple support platform holders with dependency on their will, Sega and after all Sony, you can extort them because their success depend on their good will, in this case they can literary create or ruin platform.
Nintendo was not this case not only Nintendo survived their treason but in long therm period they flourished.
Sony and M$ success is completely dependent on their good will.
Nintendo survived EVEN without them or rather despite of them, so they try with bad ports and slander.