Publishers have always wanted to expand their target audience. There is nothing wrong about expanding your demographic per se, but if a company tries to expand their audience while kicking their main consumers to the curb, there will be repercussions. Nintendo did this is a sense with the Wii. EA tried to change Dead Space into an action shooter. Square Enix started to focus their efforts on mobile instead of the console space. The list of publishers changing their identity for the mass market goes on and on.
Even with all this negativity, there is a silver lining. Companies are finally starting to realize that their core audience is the key to their business, and focusing on the core audience is the most consistent way to make a profit. Before I explain this statement, let’s examine how the industry ended up in this mess in the first place.
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.
"if a company tries to expand their audience while kicking their main consumers to the curb,"
Nintendo didn't do really do this. On the Wii, while it did make titles for so-called "non-gamers" or "casual gamers", it still offered games like The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess and Skyward Sword, it brought back classic franchises like Punch-Out!! and Sin & Punishment, it made only two of the best rated games of the generation with both Super Mario Galaxy games, it released New Super Mario Bros. Wii, it brought back Donkey Kong Country, had two new Metroid games, had a new Mario Kart, Smash Bros., and Kirby titles, a new Fire Emblem, and much more.
To select one instance, one E3 where Nintendo embarrassed itself by catering to more casual gamers, as evidence of Nintendo kicking the core to the curb is rather disingenuous.
It seems to me that many gamers come off as little brats who whine if game companies don't cater to them and them only. God forbid we get more non-gamers into the industry so that said industry can be more welcomed by others instead of seen with discontent.
Also, I should add about Capcom, it's not really good that Capcom did poorly in the mobile space, as they are financially hurting right now.
I mean, it's great if you have a grudge and want the company to die, but even then, that's sort of pathetic to think that way.
Wii oh really
let see
Super Mario Galaxy 1-2
Donkey Kong Country Returns
Zelda Twilight Princess and Skyward Sword
Metroid Prime 3 and Other M
Kirby Epic Yarn and Return to Dreamland
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Mario Kart Wii
Sin & Punishment Star Successor
Punch Out!!
Xenoblade Chronicles
The Last Story
Tales of Symphonia Dawn of a New World and Grace
Muramasa The Demon Blade
Tatsunoko vs Capcom
Soul Calibur Legend
Dragon Quest X
Arc Rise Fantasia
Goldeneye 007
Conduit 1-2
Red Steel 1-2
Mad World
Zack & Wiki
Rune Factory Frontier
No More Heroes 1-2
Sonic Colors
I can list more