GC writes, "Generation after generation when new consoles come out fans line up on the battlefield with their colors waving bright behind them. Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft have managed to create armies of gamers who sling verbal catapults and fireballs at each other. Like a Hundred Years War these wars go on and begin to sort of die down until rumors begin to surface for the next wave. These rumors only serve to fuel the fires of war. If you’re not familiar with what I’m talking about just visit any gaming website’s forums. Within a few posts you should have seen someone hating on another company’s console while raving why their choice was better. Most of these are supported by opinions that are boasted as facts that they have just made up or simply aren’t true but rumored."
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 wish it could be this way. I'm a gamer who plays on everything. I own a PS3, a Wii, a 3DS, a PSP, a PC. I still even have my old school systems like a PS2, PS1, N64, SNES, a Dreamcast(yes I own a dreamcast), even a Sega Genesis and a NES. I'm hoping to add a Wii U and a Vita to that by the end of the year.
Unfortunately the only system I don't own is an Xbox or an Xbox 360 but that's okay because I have a friend who is willing to loan me his whenever there is an exclusive I want to play (love me some Gears of War and Halo).
And as much as I would like to "calm the waves of war" and have the gaming community actually be a COMMUNITY instead of acting like a bunch of idiots who segregate themselves across borders surrounded by barbed wire fences and landmines, flinging shit at one another for liking different things, it's just not possible right now(and I'm not sure it'll ever be).
Honestly the picture in the article warms my heart because that's the way I would want it to be. However, just looking comments on the articles on the front page of this very site, I know it'll never happen. I just wanna say to the author of this piece that I'm with you, and hope we can put all the fanboy bullcrap behind us and just enjoy games.
And it's a shame your article probably won't garner much attention because it is positve and doesn't start a flame war and as we all know, that's the stuff that gets the hits here.
It would be nice if there was some essence of mutual respect on all accounts. Granted I'm no stranger to getting snippy with others during game related debates, which is something I continue to work on, but it honestly would be nice on the other end of the spectrum as well.
For example, it would be nice if damn near 80% of the arguments I receive over defending something Nintendo related or something mildly critical of something non-Nintendo wasn't always "oh you're just wrong because you're a fanboy."
Okay, I have my preference and you don't like that. That doesn't exactly invalidate my point of view, just as you liking something different doesn't invalidate yours.
I am lucky enough to own most devices expect a Wii U. I enjoy all the exclusive titles each platform brings to the table. Just enjoy it people, it's for entrainment and enjoyment, not rivalry.
Really the only way to fully enjoy this venue of entertainment it to diversify your options. People have preferences but blocking yourself entirely from a boat load of good games is just silly