Some reasons why I prefer the Nintendo Wii over the PS3 and 360.
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.
Never owned an N64..
What!?
Nothing wrong with that. Different people have different taste.
You don't have to justify yourself to anybody. Your choice is your choice, and quite frankly those who ignore the Wii missed out on some of the last gen's best games.
I disagree with the Author, the Wii has some top quality games. but in reality, the system has about 30 games I'd ever want to play. And alot of them aren't top quality.
The 360 has over a hundred games i'd want to play, about 30 of them would be considered great games as opposed to the Wii's 10 or so games like Zelda, Mario, Xenoblade etc.
The PS3 is in the same boat as the 360, except it has even more games due to the amount of exclusives it has on it.
I like the Wii, but I certainly would never pick it up over the other two. I don't see how anyone would unless they are casual gamers(majority). In the article you mention two lists of games and then say "and others" at the end, there are not much others besides the ones you mention.
That's all I have to say about it, I'm glad I have the Wii due to the games you mention, but i'm so much more glad I have the 360 and Ps3, and a low end gaming PC for all my Pc gaming needs
Edit--- This article mentions whats good about the Wii, it does not mention why this makes it better than the 360 and Ps3. Because it isn't. You mention being impressed by the graphics of the Wii BECAUSE it's not as powerful as the other systems. This is not a plus to the Wii, it's a plus to the devs, and the other two consoles still have better looking games in both artstyle and of course graphics. Being impressed doesn't make it better.
I also consider motion controls a fault, I think every game that utilized them would be better off with a normal controller, not because I consider motions controls themselves bad, but because the Wii didn't to it that well, and sacrificed precise controls for it.
Edit--- Yes AWbrawler, not all of that list is really any good, I did say about 30 games worth playing. You mention 27, leave out Mario and Zelda. The shooters you mention, no I am not interested in, I can get better elsewhere on two consoles which have a wide array of better shooters(in Many ways) so why would I be interested? Those shooters are outclassed. Monster Hunter tri is one of my favs games this gen, as I said i'm glad to have the Wii. Umbrella Chronicles > Darkside chronicles too./ Many other hiddens gems? - like what?
The wii had some great games no doubt. But I think it's crazy to say it even held a candle to 360 or ps3. Besides the obvious online play and live and psn games the wii can't compete with. This guys argument is mostly single player games, and although Zelda, Mario, and other games he mentions were good fun games. The likes of dragon age, skyrim, mass effect, gears, god of war, uncharted and so on. And even less popular like demons & dark souls, valk chronicles, lost odyssey, just to name a few. Basically 360 and ps3 destroy the wii in every category of gaming. Except maybe local friends and fam multiplayer. Not that the wii wasn't a good system with some fun games, but to say the wii had overall the best games of its gen is just crazy. Or coming from a giant Nintendo fanboy.