"By skipping the big E3 press event, Nintendo is effectively saying they are not in the same league as Microsoft and Sony." - Wii U Daily
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.
It's a big mistake for any company to diminish their presence at e3. It's the most important gaming event of the calendar year.
I'm also shocked 2k games is skipping the big show entirely, along with a few other smaller companies.
I really think Nintendo should have prepared for an E3 conference. This is one of the biggest E3's of the next generation. Wii U needs to use this opportunity to flex it's muscle if it want's to stand against PS4 and 720, imo.
Again while I could give lots reasons why Nintendo taking this gamble, could be a good thing-
I don't for any reason believe that this could ever be a "Catastrophe" .
If an EXTREME condition befalls Nintendo it won't be because they had or did not have an E3 Press Conference.
I look at the Last picture in the article, that has Reggie standing in front of a screen that states "Playing = Believing"
Last I read about Nintendo's smaller E3 Press Events, was that they were going to let a select few Press Members play their games.
I think they are doing this because they believe in their Gameplay, because they believe that "Playing = Believing".
I really don't get all of this "street brawl language" that is creeping into defining Billion Dollar companies.
I assure you none of these Billion Dollar Companies are scared of each other they are only afraid of losing OUR money.
(Some of them are even friends off "court").
Nintendo is making a big Mistake. ;)
No need for Nintendo to waste money on a Presser when they have nothing new to show
SOny/MS got New Hardware and NO MATTER what anybody else does the BIAS media will focus on SONY/MS new hardware. Kinda rightfully so as it is new hardware.
So it's best for Nintendo to just make sure they got a line-up of kick butt games for gamers to play.
They need Mario, Zelda, Metroid, Yoshi, Pokemon, and Donkey Kong ASAP!
Perfect example:
"Nintendo just showed the WIIU teleporting Mario into your living room and using your furniture to create a game world"
"That's cool i guess but back to the PS4's 8GB GDDR5 Ram set-up we just can't talk about that enough and how wonderful it is"