CCC Says: "No matter how many signs you point to, some simply refuse to accept the inevitable hand of fate.
It’s hard to play fortune teller, as history is often told via perfect 20/20 hind-sight. Predicting exactly how this latest chapter of the console war will shake out is a challenge, due to it still unfolding in-front of us every day. However, there is one prediction I feel confident history will back me up on: the Wii U will be known as the system that forced Nintendo out of the home console market.
Now hold on. Put your torches and pitch forks down for just a moment while I explain…"
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 fans have nothing to worry about since they will still be able to play games like Mario and etc regardless of Wii U sales..It's Nintendo themselves who have to sit back and figure out a new strategy to be successful in the home console market..
While agree with the central point that Nintendo needs to make changes, there is a lot of speculation thrown into this article that becuase the Wii U isn't selling Nintendo will not do another home console. The virtual boy didn't sell, did they stop with home consoles then? How about the Sega Saturn? The GameCube? Heck even the Xbox lost a ton of money and wasn't exactly a commerical success. I don't know what Nintendo plans to do outside of gaming, but I'd more than willing to bet they will do at least one more home console before they'd exit the industry.
There so many unjustified claims and garbage predictions in this article that it's downright pathetic. Guess what?
One non-first-place console doesn't sink a company.
Nintendo has said nothing about abandoning the console market. In fact, they've argued against it constantly.
Investing in a business field outside of gaming while still maintaining a place in the video game market is not death incarnate. A lot of other companies do it and they're still making awesome video games.
Nintendo has openly said that they aren't going to put their games on smartphones and are going to try an alternative method of using the mobile space.
I know that the author is trying to treat anyone who likes Nintendo like some delusional child with impossible dreams that'll never happen, but my god, if you really want to speak realistically about Nintendo's situation, then speak realistically. This article is not realistic at all. It's just doom and gloom. Uninformed doom and gloom.
This guy is nonsense.
Ignore these articles. Nintendo is doing just fine.