After watching Satoru Iwata describe and detail the upcoming 3DS lineup, it has become apparent Nintendo has an identity crisis; games that should be released for Nintendo’s slumping home console are being released for the handheld.
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 see.. I wish em the best but im not interested in wii u.. 3DS is better imo
While the Wii U needs more software, they're making sure that the 3DS is the handheld of choice, since that's their main source of profits.
Finally someone wrote an article about this.. I don't get how more Nintendo supporters don't give a crap about that..
Even people who still use and like a Wii, all they have got is Xenoblade and Pandora's Tower as of late.. Nearly half those games, they announced for the 3DS.. could have at least also been on the Wii U or Wii with their own versions..
Was also funny cause Iwata specifically just said Wii, when he moved onto the Wii U part of the direct. Isn't that bad when your own president is still calling the Wii U, the Wii?
I mean don't get me wrong this happens, it definitely happens with Playstation also with the PS3 and Vita.. Just seems to happen more with Nintendo, they put so much focus on the 3DS at times it just seems bad.
It very well may keep 3DS sales going along but for the long run is that really going to help Nintendo as a whole? Dropping everything even your consoles for a handheld? Especially when some of these games would seriously just be better on console and honestly I feel like many of the 3DS games released, Nintendo fans should at least have the option to play a version on console instead if they wanted to..
What annoys me the most is when they take old Wii games, put them on the 3DS, making them look worse and revamp em instead.. Things like that I just still can't understand why they wouldn't make a Wii U or Wii version.. It isn't going to stop people from getting whatever it is on 3DS also..
In a way I feel like them never taking big chances will back fire on them eventually, I know no one will see that now or many won't ever simply because Nintendo has always done so well but I hope they change this aspect over time and put more attention into all their systems that are still available, not just the ones making the most money.
Yes that sounds stupid from a business perspective but at the same time they have to step outside the 3DS box, the 3DS isn't going to last them forever.
I agree with this story, as it is highly frustrating to see some truly great Nintendo inhouse, or 3rd party exclusives that should be coming to Wii-U, instead make there way to the 3DS. I mean, have the original dev. teams make them for Wii-U, & have another developer port them to 3DS, instead of the other way around.
Also, these crappy handmedowns that Wii-U is getting, like AC3, Ninja Gaiden, etc, etc, should be knocked on the head, & awesome NEW IP's should be made to take advantage of ALL the machines strengths.
Not to mention, taking Monster Hunter 3 as an example, it is just a redo of MH: Tri for 3DS, which to me, sucks, plainly put.
They have games coming out for the Wii U. Now with the 3ds those games have been in development far longer so it's time for them to show up. But here is the interesting part Reggie said games will pick up soon after E3 I think people will see them getting there game library beefed up for the holidays.