Not all is well in the world of Nintendo, so says Wedbush analyst Michael Pachter.
Citing a lack of third-party game software support for its flagship Wii U and the company simply taking too long to release an HD console, he says Nintendo is in a world of trouble.
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."
I'll agree that Wii U needs more 3rd party games, but the console itself isn't half bad.
Pachter is making factually-incorrect statements:
"And we know EA has no games in development for Wii U."
I thought EA took this back? It was some disgruntled ex-EA employee or something that claimed EA wasn't making any Wii-U games, and then a few days later they said they were?
EDIT ah here we go
http://www.gamesradar.com/e...
Yeah, EA is making Wii-U games, just not as many as they'll be making for X1 and PS4. Seems a bit off, Pachter, to give your analysis when you don't even have your basic facts straight.
hey good news for Nintendo!
I mean if patcher says its doomed then its bound for success.
Wii U will do better when more games arrive.
wii-u has the same problems as all nintendo consoles, on specs level they are not able to compete with the competition. I know Patcher is wrong more often than not but i agreed with his opinion that wii-u or wiiHD should have happened back in 2010, when wii was still hot and would have gotten a lot of their casual fanbase buying the next machine
now wiiu is no where near as powerful as xbox one or ps4 and 3rd parties see no reason to invest into wiiu. Nintendo home consoles have a long history of not being able to sell 3rd party games dating 20 years back.
I don't think Nintendi is in any trouble but wiiu won't be able to compete with ps4/xbox one. It will be 3rd this gen and that's gonna be considered bad when last cycle wii sold 100 plus million
why isn't GTA5 on wiiu? that's only one of many big games not coming to wiiu and that has to change, Nintendo has a lot of money so why not pay 100 million for the game to be released same day on wiiu as ps3/xbox360 and all dlc exclusive for 30 days on wiiu
Nintendo needs to make a bold statement
also nintendo fans i hate the fact every time people bring up the concern wiiu has no games you guys say oh well all the exclusives are coming soon, well how could nintendo prepare so poorly and not have more 1st-2nd party games available already
also if sony or ms make one too many sequels its milking IP's yet we should be excited for mario kart 8 and SSB? why does the gaming media hold sony and ms to different standards and nintendo is given a free pass for basically making the same games year after year
I hope Nintendo fails badly with wiiu not because i hate nintendo but they need to open their damn eyes and join the gamers in 2013 instead of living 10 years back
titanfall
destiny
BF4
GTA5
witcher 3
these are some of the biggest games and none are coming out on wiiu
LOL he is exactly right here people. Writing is on the wall. This is another Gamecube and if you can't see that well then all the more power to you. Doesn't mean it won't have some nifty games.