An image to illustrate Nintendo's recent errors and mistakes.
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.
Some of that is a little harsh.
Stock tends to drop when a new console is announced. This isn't exclusive to the Nintendo Wii U, it's just a fact of business.
Yet with all these "mistakes" when the wii U comes out it will sell like crazy. i for one will not buy one but for some reason people are stupid enough to just buy things regardless of what it is.
we have a lot of people with crystal balls on N4G.
many said the 3ds would dominate all, but look how that went.
Best to wait and see what happens or what is announced OR what is shown between NOW and the release of the Wii U.
That friend codes thing is only true for the 3DS. wiiu they got rid of them.
...While I enjoy my Wii and DS and the games for each console, I can't think of a single thing Nintendo has done where I've thought, "Gee, that was a really good idea."
Oddly enough, I can think of dozens of instances where I've thought, "Gee, Nintendo is really fucking stupid" in the last week alone.
If I could play Zelda on my PS3, I'd be done with them forever.