Nintendo Global President Satoru Iwata is well aware that the Wii U faces an uphill battle in the coming months, especially with Sony and Microsoft launching brand new consoles to compete in the coming holiday season. Iwata sat down with shareholders at the 73rd Annual General Meeting of Shareholders in Kyoto to discuss Wii U’s current performance and how the company will compete, turn less-than-stellar sales around, and attract more third-party development in what has been a rather distant relationship.
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.
Nintendo needs to get rid of this guy. Bring in some new blood.
In my opinion, Nintendo should equip Wii U with a power CPU in the first place, not an underclocked 1.2Ghz one..
It's really hard to compete with next powerful hardwares like PS4 and X1 especially if your hardware is underpowered for next gen standards.. Not to mention Wii U has only 2GBs of RAM 1 for OS and the other 1 is for Games, meaning the RAM is insufficient for next gen games..
Ninty fans before you go crazy and push that disagree button, let me clarify that I love Nintedo, I'm also a fan like you guys. But looking at nintendo's future, I can't imagine whats in store for them since the 2 titans are here already, the PS4 and the X1... And take note it's more cheaper too $399 for PS4...
You might say that PS3 and the 360 are also underpowered but they have plenty of games, well, if you analyze the hardware of those aging hardwares, their CPU is powerful enough to keep up and render High res shaders. One example is the upcoming GTA V, it looks amazing for a current gen.. It's no suprise that most of the developers these days are focusing their optimization not only on the 512 RAM but also on the 3.2Ghz cpu.. Ninty doesn't have this CPU power...
But still I have high hopes for Nintendo, I hope that they unveil the Zelda Wii U the new one, not the Wii version. I'm sure that it will be the system seller if they release it.
He like to talk this one, maybe he should act on it.
No more talk Nintendo... Time to show why your wiiU is a must have.
Okay... Go!
I'm sorry.....unless Ninny suddenly wakes up and realizes they are in 2013, I don't see a competitive console future.
New ips are great.....but when they going to create and online ecosystem comporable to LIVE or PSN?