Awhile back, Nintendo reported their loss of $457 million over their last fiscal year. The Wii U is Nintendo’s biggest problem as it has only sold 6.17 million units over its lifespan. (At the time of these reports) The 3DS has sold 43.33 million during the product’s lifetime, but fell short of Nintendo’s expectations. The 3DS is selling extremely well, Nintendo’s expectations, or should I say hopes, were to just a little bit too high. While $457 million is a lot of money, the old dog isn’t dead yet.
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.
They are a big company, they will keep releasing games for decades. They will have a fanbase that will buy their products no matter what. They cannot fail.
I could see "WiiU", but "Nintendo"? Hahaha... They said the same thing with Wii... and 3ds... and GameCube... and N64...
I have a Ps4 and I've played many, many games that haven't really excited me. So far 'Second Son' is the best thing I've played, but it's not much different than its predecessors. WiiU has so much more content.
They'll turn a profit by the end of the year, but the Ninten-dooom will never stop.
It's a ludicrous idea to think a failed console is going to kill a company. If that were the case Nintendo would've died after the Virtual Boy, Phillips would've died after the CD-i, Parasonic would've died after the 3D0, etc. It surprises me so many people believe the opposite.
No matter how far Nintendo seems to be out of the picture, they will always have a special place in my heart of years of nintendo games that release.. It makes me feel like a kid again.. with Mario Kart, SSBs, Zelda and Mario...
Nintendo was never dead dude. 3DS is one of the biggest selling electronics out there. Their console business is slowly drying up, but that's one part of the puzzxle. Their software sells extremely well and their handheld is selling like hot cakes. I've said this for years. Nintendo should make their software third party for consoles and keep their handhelds exclusive. They would be making BILLIONS off of just that.