Nintendo's President said a lack of compelling titles for the Wii U is hurting sales, and promised to improve the console's lineup this year.
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.
I think Wii U will quietly build itself a nice library over time. If you look back at consoles like the DS, it had a dreadful launch line up but soon came round. 3DS as well is REALLY starting to get a nice library of games. I think Nintendo will be okay over time...
Been saying this from the beginning. All people want is games. Software moves hardware. Hasn't changed in 18 years.
Price is not the issue. People not liking the Wii U is not the issue(they would have to know what it is to not like it) and the PS4/720(lol) are definitely not the issue. Nintendo's stance on E3 this should make it clear that they really don't care what Sony and Microsoft plan to boast about.
This is what I like about Nintendo. Whent hey sell lower than expected, they acknowledged. On the other hand, when Sony sold less vita's than expected http://www.reuters.com/arti...
Lack of ea titles, lack of third party support, and a lack of an e3 presentation also. Nintendo has some big hurdles to get over this gen. Think about it, ps4 has the most exclusive games by far but it couldnt souly survive without third party support. Hows ninty gonna pull this off?
The problem isn't the need for more first party old Nintendo IP's. Nintendo has failed to attract 3rd party interest thus far. This is a huge blinding weakness for them.
Before you scream at me, I agree those first party games usually are the Big N's best and the reason most buy their platforms. It is the sales of mass units to those who see great value and with 10 games on the shelf and 4 on the way until Christmas who wants to impulse buy?