Every generation, Satoru Iwata tells investors, gamers, and retailers that they will avoid major software droughts because these can kill a platform’s momentum after launch. Satoru Iwata never learns from anything. He always says he has learned from past mistakes, but his actions never show it. Instead, every single generation, all we get from him is a whole bunch of “Please understand” and “I apologize for the inconvenience”.
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.
Huzaifa from eXputer: "The Nintendo Partner Spotlight sale event has discounted a number of worthy titles on the Switch. Here are 6 of them you should check out."
Article says: "Satoru Iwata never learns from anything. He always says he has learned from past mistakes, but his actions never show it. Instead, every single generation, all we get from him is a whole bunch of “Please understand” and “I apologize for the inconvenience”."
I say: Time for Iwata to resign and set Nintendo free. He got lucky off of the wii and now his time is up. They need to put the manager of the portables division in charge of Wii U, because the Ds/3DS are ON FIRE!
"The truth is you don’t deserve credit for fixing your own mistakes. You deserve credit for avoiding mistakes."
So, be perfect always or you will never get credit?
You want to be a singer?
"Sorry you can't you messed-up at you grandmother's birthday party when you were 12."
You want to be a Sports Legend?
"Sorry, you missed 3 shots during the game and yes even though you scored 98 points under triple coverage- no credit for you."
-I understand to a point but MOST consoles have droughts after launch.
+WiiU had cancellations and they had some games that got pushed back.
I think Iwata fails to recognize what made Nintendo great. The idea behind the Wii was based on their intuition, but with the Wii U their premise was "We NEED to innovate again" which i think seemed like a rushed way to make a new console. I think Iwata has been focusing on the wrong things in the past couple of years. You can also see it having an impact on the way Nintendo of America presents new things at conferences and so on. They don't have anything interesting, because it mostly has to go through Nintendo of Japan first. Last years E3 was so underwhelming, and even Reggie's performance sucked. That guy probably knew they were in deep shit at the time.
i do not think it was rushed its nintendo what do want thats how they are been like this for 5 years i like the wii u but people need think out of the box for games means third party to support the wii u bring lost planet 3 to the wii u its not that hard to do
The only way I can stomach Miyamoto retiring is if Sakurai takes his place. As for Iwata, I think he definitely needs to make some adjustments, but we'll see how much everyone hates him a year from now.