Richard Drummond of Gaming Tech United writes:
"The rumor that Nintendo's next console, NX, may not be as powerful as the PlayStation 4 came out recently and while I don't like to dive into rumors, it got me thinking. Let's take a look into why Big N's newest piece of hardware cannot afford to be weaker than its competition in the PS4 and Xbox One."
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.
Probably for the sake of third-party support.
It'll be about the same spec in terms of performance.
You have to think about price/performance ratio.
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You can't be asking for a beast, and then complain about price.
also, it's what you do with it that counts.
"power" isn't everything when you've got no games to show for it.
It's all about the games, isn't it? So what would be the response if this turns out to be the opposite? I mean, more powerful than the PS4. Will the Nintendo fans ask Nintendo to not focus on power and make it weaker because it's only about the games? Just excuses!
People who say that are missing the point of having a poweful console. Developers need power in order to improve their games and/or deliver their vision. Let's say Miyamoto has new ideas for a new ip and can't deliver it because of the lack of power? Either cancel the game or just make an outdated piece of shiet like Star fox looks so far. Isn't this also the reason the Wii U has no 3rd party support?
I'm sorry but this will be the beginning of their demise if NX is weaker than the competitors' console. Nintendo's problem is that they think they don't have competition or that they are all alone in this gaming world. Meanwhile, their fans see other games bigger, more promising, and with new stuff and feel like they've outgrown Nintendo and switch consoles. At least that's what I felt with the likes of Uncharted 2, Demon's Souls, Batman AS, and many more VS all the Wii showelware and couple of good games here and there I had.
Make NX stronger or on par with the competitors because all the games they showed at E3, which looked way better than anything you showed and would make the Wii U melt if ported to it, are gonna break your balls, Nintendo with or without NX.
I sure hope so. I don't want to see another under powered console from them. I want all three companies to be at their best and if Nintendo can put out a new, stronger console, it'll push the other two companies to improve their product as well.
I enjoy Nintendo's titles, but I'm not gonna buy a machine to just play their games. I can't justify the money or the shelf space.
I would think Nintendo need to really focus on the online and social side of things, MS and Sony have got their systems fully fleshed out with great features and apps. I really want Nintendo to do well, but they have to approach the situation in the right way, just power alone isn't going to cut it IMO.
I thought it wasn't a legit "console" and some new concept. Giving the trend in Japan lately, I'd bank on a weak hybrid console/handheld system. I can't see ot being more powerful than ps4. As for 3rd party support, Konami could be a big player, since after all, "mobile is [their] future."