Playeressence's Furious Francis discusses the Wii U's current place among the PS3 and Xbox 360, the critics, and Nintendo's strategy going forward.
Hanzala from eXputer: "As Nintendo takes out 20 years' worth of stuff from Garry's Mod, I watch in shock, thinking why it continues to hurt and discourage its fans."
The irony that some of the most disgusting business practices come from companies like Disney or Nintendo, i can't even begin to understand what terrible damage was Garrys Mod making to Nintendo bottom line, imho they're getting pretty nervous about where they're heading in the future, handhelds are no longer something exclusive to Nintendo, from Steam Deck to many others, now you can play the latest games and pay a fraction of the price on Steam sales, so it's up to their exclusives, which just on their own would make hard to justify purchasing a closed overpriced hardware with outrageous price policies (Super Mario Odyssey is still 60 euro 6 years later!), and as a home console they're always underperforming compared to Sony or Xbox.
Look at how they handled Nintendo games being streamed or uploaded on YouTube in the past. They killed Yuzu and Citra even when they had nothing to do with ToTK being leaked, not to mention it was basically unplayable on emulation the week it was leaked. Smash Bros tournament, that was fairly recent. They shut down their online services without any care for purchases made. I bought a switch after skipping their last 2 consoles and handhelds but I don't plan on buying anything Nintendo in the future. They take things to the extremes, they legitimately hate their fans. They're honestly right up there with the likes of Acti, EA, and Ubi, only difference is that they disguise themselves as being family friendly all the while being shady.
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.
Lots of great points made in this article. Like I've said before, the Wii U will become more desirable once it's library expands and probably once a price cut happens (This will probably depend on how Sony and Microsoft price their next consoles). I know I plan on getting one by the end of the year for sure because I know the games available for it will be much improved compared to the offerings it has right now.
With a Vita price cut apparently right around the corner(if the news from Japan this morning is any indication) I know I'll pick one up as well. I'll get a PS4 too but not at launch though as I've promised myself that I would not buy any system at launch and instead wait for it's library to grow. The wait for the 20th is killing me though. Can't wait to see what Sony shows off. And thinking about whatever Nintendo might be working on(Retro Studios especially) has me very excited. 2013 is gonna be a year to remember and I'm glad to be along for the ride.
oh my god, an honest article on the wii u! how did it end up here? oh well, it's so nice to see a fact based article and not some jerry springer bull crap from mike PUKE TER, UH ,PACHTER. the wii u is not doomed, i agree that the wii u has gotten off to a slow start, and just like the article says, wait until the fall, wii u will pick up in sales, and i wonder if PUKER will doom and gloom sony and micro soft if their machines don't sell that well when they come out.. we need more honest and fair articles like this one!! the economy is bad, and there are other factors to consider, big thumbs up to this article for setting things straight!
It's not doomed...I for one am waiting to see what they do with the likes of Zelda n such...I admittedly will get the next Xbox/PS first though. Nintendo will be ok.
The Wii U according to actual stats is performing the same as the ps2 did when it was released and is doing better than both the ps3 and 360 in the same time frame of release.
Just like the 3DS, it will pick up momentum once it hits the fall lineup, Zelda Wind Waker, 3D Mario, and Mario Kart 8. Maybe even Retro Studio's Metroid will make it for fall.