GeekParty's Nate Turner writes: "As a longtime fan, I’m thrilled to see your new product, the 2DS. After all, knowing that I can purchase a technological step backward in my gaming devices is precisely the sort of thing that excites me as a gamer. I’m particularly impressed at how you managed to take not just one, but two steps backward. Simply cutting back the 3D aspect was impressive enough, but not letting us close the thing? Talk about nostalgia!"
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.
Yes because every gaming device released is targeted at you author... Do people not get that some devices released by these companies are not trying to target them?
The open letter format usually comes across as pretentious... this instance included. If you want to critique then just do so without role playing or like Nintendo actually cares about your opinion.
This entire story was sarcasm. Talk about unprofessional, man...
Nintendo responds: thank u for your sarcasm, plz feel free to purchase the more expensive 3ds for 3d gaming or the newly introduced and more affordable 2ds for those hard to find 3d sweet spot on games such as street fighter 4. Which ever one u choose, know that you'd still b giving us your money. Till then we will let our over 100 years of experience keep printing money.
I never use 3D on my 3DS...