The briefing Nintendo President Satoru Iwata gave at Tokyo's New Otani hotel on Thursday was a wide-ranging affair, outlining a broad vision for Nintendo's future in the short and longer term. The presentation was full of interesting ideas, living up to previous hints from Iwata that a "new business structure" might be necessary for the company. Still, the lack of details or a specific focus to the remarks left us with the impression of a company that's throwing everything at the wall in a desperate attempt to find something new that will stick with consumers.
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 don't think it was vague, confusion, nor unfocused at all. In fact, I am cautiously optimistic about what I'm hearing. The only reason why it sounded a bit vague is because Nintendo couldn't come out and plainly say "The Wii-U is a dismal failure right now".
But the phrases Iwata is using and the things he is talking about are identical to his Heart of the Gamer speeches from back in 2005. The things he is saying are identical to what he was saying prior to the Wii launching. Specificall, Iwata is mentioning Blue Ocean a lot, which he hasn't said in a very long while, whilch makes sense considering 3DS and Wii-U are both Red Ocean products. If Iwata and his comrades at Nintendo are serious about going Blue Ocean again, I'd be thrilled. They made a ton of fantastic games (and a ton of money) with that strategy.
I really hope they have more than that up their sleeve.
They just need to put to use their unique ip's that no one else has.
or maybe the author just want to hear something only media understand. GO MOBILE LOL cry me a river
Are people every going to stop hating on Nintendo? Geez, I'm not even a console first gamer, but I keep having to defend Nintendo against all these stupid articles and misinformation.