Writer Leo Stevenson says, "This isn’t going to win me any popularity contests, but I can’t possibly be the only person who was left less than impressed after watching Nintendo’s most recent Nintendo Direct, can I? Sure, I can admit that there was some interesting, even promising, news revealed last night. But for every interesting tidbit there were just as many “announcements” that either only confirmed what we already knew, were “too little too late” or a thin smokescreen frantically attempting to veil the truth. That truth? That the Wii U is struggling to find traction with consumers, is failing to shift the numbers Nintendo were hoping for and is once again a Nintendo console without much of any third-party support."
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.
I think your a glass is half empty kind of guy. I remember when the Atari 2600 was cutting edge tech and have owned almost every console since. Every console has a flat spot after launch, partly as a result of consumer's insatiable need for new thrills, partly due to post Christmas slow down, and probably largely due to overly high expectations.
If you owned an Atari or Sega console then you will be disappointed in the end, but give Nintendo credit, they will deliver most of their promises. Not all, but what company does? Remember, they are in the business of making money and so they will charge whatever they can. Good luck to them I say. I hope you can enjoy your wii u as much as I and my family do in the future. Just as we enjoy our Xbox 360, PS3, 3DS, PSP, etc.
"Too little too late"
The system is two freaking months old. And that particular Nintendo Direct was made to show Nintendo's first party games and partnerships, the intention was not to show third party games. And Iwata pretty much apologized about the lack of first party titles for January and February on the Wii U, I don't see them trying to veil the truth there.
Does that make their situation any better, nope. The Wii U is struggling in for it's first couple of months just like EVERY other system launch. People need to realize that a system doesn't immediately start out as amazing and always needs time to grow. I mean just look at how far the PS3 has come from it's very dark early days. People need to calm the hell down with the Wii U and Vita doom they keep spewing. Those systems are going to be just fine.
Just no pleasing some people!
Looking back at the launch years for 360 and PS3, I think Nintendo are doing fine.
two months in is to little to late.and we should take you serious?
your just hating that's it plan and simple.
most people who own wii u love it.
give it time to get more games.
anyone remember two years ago when the same thing was said about 3ds and 27 million units later its killing it.
and same thing with vita give it some time.I swear the gaming press has become jaded crybabies.not all of them cause there's still some great one's.but alot are spoiled jaded crybabies its the truth.
The Nintendo Direct was for Nintendo published games ONLY. Third Party games will be spoken about a little later, more than likely E3 or just before to help build up some hype.
This was actually said in the direct, if the author actually bothered to listen..