Marty Sliva - It’s easy to become bitter when you’re submerged in the world of video games. Media scandals, studio closings, and juvenile shenanigans have a tendency to capture a bulk of our attention on a daily basis. So yeah, sometimes sourness creeps up.
That’s why I was so damn happy to spend an hour at Nintendo’s Comic-Con lounge and remember why I love games in the first place. The two in particular that helped melt away any of that black ice away from my heart were Super Mario 3D World and Donkey Kong Country Returns: Tropical Freeze. I didn’t get a chance to see either one at E3 (check out what the other IGN folks thought back in June), so I was excited to finally get a crack at the two of them.
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.
I got to play Super Mario 3D world at the E3 best buy event. It was a ton of fun and I could see burning a lot of nights playing that with friends. I loved how integrated the cat suit was to the level I played. I think the game is going to be a home run personally. I went from not interested into definite buy in just one level.
"...we were having an impossible amount of fun in Nintendo’s new world"
Another Nintendo PR spin article?