Gamnesia: "While the Nintendo CEO has been clear to state the days of standalone video game consoles aren’t going anywhere, we’re about to experience a Nintendo reaching far beyond those limitations. But where are they reaching? Are they expanding into the toy industry? Further into consumer electronics? What the hell does “Quality of Life” even mean? We have absolutely no idea, don’t let anybody tell you different. Access to the video game industry or otherwise, the only thing anybody outside Nintendo knows about their scarily vague new business ventures are a series of buzzwords, a troubled executive that a community of naysayers wishes to see booted out of his position while he tries his best to steer the ship back on course, and a rabid internet fanbase left to their wild assumptions.
We have a sparse collection of clues. We have a raw image of a Mario figurine that’s going to communicate with our Wii U GamePad and some extended Skylanders-esque peripheral for our 3DS with a simple touch. We have Satoru Iwata vaguely laying out plans for an expanded business model, the likes of which the modern Nintendo enthusiast has never seen, nor understands. Hell, for all we know, Nintendo’s set to unveil a smart TV with an included controller and built in hardware. The point—and Nintendo's well known legacy—is that we don't know. We won't know anything concrete until the precise moment the executives at the legendary company want us to. But in light of the company's recent struggles, whenever they decide to let us into their circle of secrets, it's going to be big, Earth-shattering, even. Forget the Wii, this is going to be the real Nintendo revolution.
Nintendo is a company of clandestine practice, now forced—in the wake of losing almost a billion dollars over the course of three years—to be more open and exposed than they’ve ever been. It’s an identity they don’t exactly wear well, but something their extended history suggests they'll acclimate to. What we do know is that Nintendo is changing, probably forever. For better or worse, they need to make money again. Nintendo is no longer just a video game company. Nintendo is now an entertainment company, and whatever that actually means, Nintendo will never be the same again. Please understand."
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.
This is probably the best "enlightened" article I've read on Nintendo's current company position. There's no doom and gloom, there's no they "have" to go to mobile, create a more powerful console, or go 3rd party baseless opinions. Bottom line is the console producing video game market is an extremely thin margin market now. Since the establishment of HD gaming, costs and losses have been steadily rising. The big 3 can no longer count on console sales and software sales to post sustainable profits, they need services (media), accessories, and luck. Nintendo is in the obvious need to look elsewhere to make money, and given their track record as company, I'm sure they'll be around for a long while.
Sony and Nintendo should merge and create a 'super console' so packed full of exclusives it is unressistable to all.
I have been progressively getting more excited about Nintendo now that NFP news has been spilling out. Great potential.