Nintendo global president Satoru Iwata has reiterated his resistance to cutting the Wii U price in a bid to boosts sales of the underperforming console. Nintendo already prices the system below its manufacturing cost, therefore making a loss on each unit sold, and Iwata told CNBC at E3: “Because from the very beginning we came up with a very aggressive price point. We do not think [a price cut] is a very easy option to take.”
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 be forced to reduce the price once PS4 and Xbox One launch. The Wii U is a great system, but unless something is done to attract more buyers, Nintendo may find itself in a very bad position later on.
Yeah, but paying $350 for a 32 GB Wii U is not an easy task for us gamers when the PS4 is only $50 more, and has a 500 GB harddrive.
I don't know what to tell Iwata. I know Nintendo would be hurting if they lowered it, but consider my point above. Iwata better think of something--and no, more apologies is not enough.
We need a reason to want to spend $350 on it in light of the fact that many of us are also saving up for Next-Gen hardware too and games for them.
Scrap the basic just keep the deluxe offer NintendoLand (or any other title NSMBU) as a downloadable game to save the costs and drop the price. Oh and offer it in white or different colors to make it more appealing. ;)
But going by what he said I doubt he'll make any changes.
Probably happen by late November. There's no way they can expect to get away with the console as it is with the new consoles coming out. I'm waiting for 199.
Wii U needs killer software to justify its price