It’s distressingly easy to dig yourself into a hole, but climbing back out again is quite a different matter. That’s how Nintendo must feel at the moment with the floundering Wii U.
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 may have dug themselves a hole but I'm gonna stick with em. Heck I'll repel down into the hole, because I know that this hole will eventually reveal those constant nuggets of Nintendo gold(games). I've already come across one nugget (Pikmin 3) and I know there are bigger pieces coming. Great things come to those who wait....in holes.
Here's to the Author of this article:
"You won't be missed, don't let the door hit you on the way out."
After the door hits him on the way out we need to lock it. Nintendo will be fine.
"What’s more (and despite my love of Nintendo franchises), yet more Pikmin, The Legend of Zelda and Donkey Kong won’t attract the majority of this ‘core’ audience."
Ok so he is saying that these wont attreact the 'core' audience.
"The problem is straightforward, then; Nintendo has nothing on par with the likes of Gears of War to entice Xbox 360 or PS3 gamers."
OH! So if you want to get 'core' gamers release shooters.
Shooters arent 'core' games! Anyone can pick up a shooter and play. My little cousin started playing shooters when he was 5!!!!!!! Does that make him a 'core' gamer? Hell NO!!!!
I know the writer is saying he is a Nintendo fan but it does not sound like he is. He got bored of the nostalgia. That is understandable yet blasphemous! My brother who grew up with all the Nintendo consoles and even the Atari has not played games for a pretty long time. When he saw Super Mario 3 again he felt soooooooo happy!!! Those were the times where games were meant to be fun not pretty!
The Wii U will be just fine!!!