GamesRadar US: #8… Lower the price of the 3DS. Check!
Yes, that’s a joke, but bear with us because it makes for a good introduction. The Nintendo 3DS debuted costing almost as much as a smartphone, with polarizing 3D and an incredibly weak launch lineup of short, high-priced games the only things justifying that price tag. Perhaps we shouldn’t be surprised, then, that the handheld ended up with poor sales numbers. If Nintendo really wants to save the 3DS, however, the company will have to do more than offer a $80 discount or 20 free oldies. Here are a few more ideas…
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.
1-Drop the price.
2-Bring out the color why should i choose only blue and black.
3-Larger screen i mean 3dsXL
"poor sales numbers"
Outpacing the ds at the 6 month and fiscal point
Sales exceeded expectations for the last quarter based on that
Going to be the highest sellign piece of hardware in japan this year
dumb article...3ds did not need saVING..IT WAS SELLING...PEOPLE JUST EXPECTED SO MUCH SELLS...NOW WITH A PRICE CUT AND GAMES...NOTHING ELSE NEEDED.
Super Monkey Ball was a terrible game anyway, so a bad example. The million+ sales of Zelda show people are willing to pay for quality content.
I hate to say it, but the Hardcore are the elite minority at the moment. Look at the worldwide top 10 on VGCHARTZ. Hardly a hardcore game on there and 7 of the titles on it are Nintendo games.