A story on the Wii U by CNN has got it all wrong. They talk about the Wii U as an accessory and a controller instead of a new console.
"Will Nintendo's forthcoming Wii U controller breathe new life into its aging Wii console?"
Umm... No.
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.
Hahahahaha! I love things like this...
If a writer on a website like CNN can mistake this for an accessory and people in the gaming world had the same issue last year... do you see how this could be a problem with a mainstream, non-gaming audience?
its a fail on both parts CNN for not researching and Nintendo for not explaining properly.
for people who don't follow it (like nintendos fanbase/customers basically families getting it for there kids) this confusing will be made EVERY TIME because all nintendo are showing is this stupid controller, they may as well have made it another handheld console.
Wow...forward this to a few Nintendo reps in hopes of some improvements in marketing their brand. This is case in point that they have lost sight in how to clearly define what their console is, what their audience wants and why it's a must purchase item come launch.
A lot of potential Wii U owners were probably lost due the second lackluster E3 presentation.