Forbes - Potentially big news out of Asia today as China‘s official state-run newspaper, the China Daily, reports that the country is considering ending its ban on the sale of video game consoles which began in 2000.
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.
It would be nice if Sony can get a lot of sales out of this... They really need/deserve it because of the financial issues they're having. Not to mention all of the great things they've done for gamers the past few years.
Off-topic: Why is this picture used so much for Sony articles? Lol, it's pretty hilarious and makes me smile every time, but it's just getting crazy now.
if it does happen sony and nintendo would rule the console market next gen
It would be awesome with such a huge new market. But China is both piracy-land and cheap-knockoff-land, so it won't be an easy conquering.
I hope all 3 manufactures strike gold there. It's so sad that SONY's gaming department is yet to recoup all losses since ps3 launched. They deserve a break, though I still maintain they were very arrogant.
Nintendo deserve it simply because they are Nintendo and they are awesome.
Microsoft. . .well everybody else would be striking gold and it would be sad to see them be the only ones that miss out. Although I don't see Kinect working out in China, what with its space requirements. Also Xbox live being a paid for service is balls. There, I admitted it.