GAMINGtruth's Greg Bargas takes a look at the past in this Sega Dreamcast and Nintendo Wii U comparison.
"When it comes to the Sega Dreamcast and Nintendo Wii U, there are similarities that can be drawn from the two. Both featured dual-screen technology and released into an industry filled with change turmoil. The two companies were once entangled in console wars, Nintendo indirectly crowned triumphant as SEGA backed out of the development to only focus on software.
In the current age of gaming, will the same now happen to Nintendo? Rough numbers and lack of third-party support might pressure Super Mario to find a new home. Are future consoles in the company's near future? Or, has it too succumbed to same turnover as seemingly untouchable companies like THQ and ATARI?
We could very well see an officially licensed Super Mario PC title. It may seem odd, but it might be the only hope Nintendo has at surviving."
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.
No, because the Dreamcast actually had enjoyable games.
No it isn't. System hasn't been out long enough.to say something like this
Nintendo is a long way from 3rd party publisher people seem to forget that have a very successful console the 3ds, even if the Wii u fails they will at the very least stay in the portable market as they've proven with the gameboy vs game gear and neo geo pockets, ds vs PSP and 3ds vs vita that no one can touch them in the dedicated game handheld market and they would probably still end up releasing a new home console at some time.
I don't think so, given Nintendo's way more popular franchises than Sega ever had. I love Dreamcast though and I'm excited to check out the Wii.
Too early, E3 should be a good sign of things to come.