I’ll admit I was scared for a moment, but the tests came back negative, or, er, positive – they’re fine!
I’m not a Nintendo fan. I’m not even a console user. But after reading Clare McDonald’s piece last week about the future of Mario and his ilk, I got weirdly nostalgic and uncharacteristically worried.
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."
Nintendo has announced a new Indie World showcase for tomorrow, and it'll feature around 20 minutes of info about upcoming Switch indies.
Still waiting on a proper direct. I can't think of anything coming out this year for switch.
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.
Something that worries me about Nintendo is that they've not been seen as a strong games company for awhile now despite when you look behind the scenes and see the DSI and DS dominating the portable market. DS/I games are a huge market and it's easy to overlook that when consoles take the spotlight most of the time.
Really hoping that this view will drop because eventually this perception will help it come a reality. People need to be confident in Nintendo as they make amazing games and deserve the support.
One simple thing to get Nintendo back on track. GAMES. That should be their #1 priority. Games > Features and online capabilities > Hardware power. I say Nintendo should put out 3 good games to stop this "NINTENDO IS DOOMED" BS.
I'm a Playstation guy but I believe they could do better because of Nintendo's potential.
they need new 1st party ips imo. they really do...I love my mario,zelda,starfox but they are getting stale...I dont mean spin offs like Luigi this or mario kart that ....I nees fresh new stuff...they are milking the current ips dry
one thing you have to remember with the games industry it is so huge financially that even a "big" drop still leaves companies with huge profits. As in the past great 1st party titles for wii u will bring good profits for nintendo.
Companies in this industry come and go, one of the main constants has been Nintendo. Anyone who immediately counts them out need a history lesson, for those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.(I think that's the correct quote)