OXCGN:
"Nintendo is following in Sony’s wayward footsteps.
At the very least there are some compelling similarities.
The 3DS may be in trouble, the same way the PSP GO was...
The PSP Go ultimately failed and Sony regrouped with the newly announced PS Vita...
Nintendo, though, didn’t seem to learn much from Sony’s troubles...
The price drop now could be seen as a strategy to offset the upcoming PS Vita and grab greater market share early. It also puts pressure on Sony to revisit their price on the more expensive to produce PS Vita and sell at a loss.
However, no company is going to dramatically price drop a flagship product like a new DS and offer free games unless it is facing stiff competition and isn’t selling well.
This was the case with the PSP GO, and this is likely the case now with the 3DS."
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.
Well it's good the price is better! But yeah...where are the non-Mario, Pokemon, Zelda games! Resident Evil?
Interesting article.
I remember seeing sales statistics showing that the 3DS is selling better than the PSP and Gamecube did at their respective launches, even the N64. Even though these are vastly different times, it shows the system isn't doing BAD.
Apples and Oranges here.
Firstly, the 3DS games can only be played on the 3DS, while the games on PSPGO can be played on the various PSP handhelds which still sell today.
Secondly, 3DS is not going well cause it has 3D which not everyone likes and the GO only allows for people to play via downloaded games. Which most people prefer/only have access to discs.
Of the two i'd say the GO was the dumbest move, downloads are not the future.
have a psp go bought it used from gamestop for 80$ and got a 16GB mem stick for 20$ , i already had shit ton of ps1/psp games downloaded off psn best buy I have ever done.
PSP go failed because sony wanted people to rebuy the same game twice (at a higher price then retail) -_-'
and 3DS sells more then 1000 units a week..... snm