The 3DS is now more than three years old, which — if tradition is to be followed — places it roughly halfway through its effective life span as Nintendo's main handheld system. It's almost certainly the next piece of hardware that Nintendo will seek to replace, and given the (quickly quashed) rumours of new hardware swirling around this year's E3, it got us thinking about what we want from the next portable console to come out of the company's Kyoto labs.
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.
The graphical arms race argument doesn't work, especially when you compare the 3DS line to smartphones and tablets. The games that people buy on those devices like Angry Birds aren't pushing any hardware; the games best suited for handhelds (and the ones that sell) are simple and accessible. There's no need to tackle top-of-the-line, super expensive graphics processing on a handheld system, because the games you put on that system don't focus on that level of graphics.
And forget that all-digital stuff. That worked out great for the PSP Go, didn't it? Give the option of both physical and digital, and do not expect that everyone will embrace all-digital with open arms, because they won't.
Come to think of it, a lot of these features come from smartphone and tablet gaming. The ideas seem to scream "make the next Nintendo handheld more like a smartphone", and I'm very discouraged by that opinion.
I hope you like tablets.
No physical media? That would be awful. Just give us the choice to either download or buy a physical copy at the store, as it is now.
next handheld should be more powerful then the ps vita.. And can hold his own against tablets and please bring flash player
I think the next one should have about the graphical fidelity of the Vita, 4 times the resolution(for scaling purposes of older titles), have a second slide pad and two more buttons(a la circle pad pro), plus an LED or OLED screen(improved clarity and battery performance), and full backwards compatibility with 3DS and DS games.
4x resolution is probably a tall order though. Well, a man can dream, can't he?
Those are my thoughts on the next iteration.