GenGAME writes: "Wii U is taking plenty of steps to draw in the core gaming audience, one of which is revamping their online experience. Nintendo has never been known about it’s online services, Nintendo Wi-Fi connection has never been too kind to players. With long pre-set friend codes, the system never favored social play online, instead opting for an isolated, sterilized experience.
"Nintendo has made progress from the DS (where WFC launched) to Nintendo Network on 3DS, but the question is: can Nintendo draw the core from established systems like Xbox Live and PlayStation Network? Or will the dominance of the incumbents prevent a new service from stealing the limelight?"
Game developers have already started to confirm that they will support the Nintendo Switch 2 with their future titles.
Hanzala from eXputer: "As Nintendo takes out 20 years' worth of stuff from Garry's Mod, I watch in shock, thinking why it continues to hurt and discourage its fans."
The irony that some of the most disgusting business practices come from companies like Disney or Nintendo, i can't even begin to understand what terrible damage was Garrys Mod making to Nintendo bottom line, imho they're getting pretty nervous about where they're heading in the future, handhelds are no longer something exclusive to Nintendo, from Steam Deck to many others, now you can play the latest games and pay a fraction of the price on Steam sales, so it's up to their exclusives, which just on their own would make hard to justify purchasing a closed overpriced hardware with outrageous price policies (Super Mario Odyssey is still 60 euro 6 years later!), and as a home console they're always underperforming compared to Sony or Xbox.
i cam guarantee you, that their exclusives alone is what drives switch sales. they sell in the 10s of millions of copies.
nintendo created their franchises to be sort of nostalgia driven, exclusive only on nintendo.
people will always buy the pkmn games as they always bring in new younger fans amd is family friendly
mario kart, the same thing, mario games in general.
zelda games are system sellers. animal crossing for the casual gamers.
nintendo doesnt need third vame devs essentially. they made sure with the switch and the limitations that they looked more to pc ps and xbox.
its sad, but nintendo is more than fine with what they're doing. they positioned themselves to appeal to the more casual gamers.
but to your point, im not sure why they're doing this rly.
Look at how they handled Nintendo games being streamed or uploaded on YouTube in the past. They killed Yuzu and Citra even when they had nothing to do with ToTK being leaked, not to mention it was basically unplayable on emulation the week it was leaked. Smash Bros tournament, that was fairly recent. They shut down their online services without any care for purchases made. I bought a switch after skipping their last 2 consoles and handhelds but I don't plan on buying anything Nintendo in the future. They take things to the extremes, they legitimately hate their fans. They're honestly right up there with the likes of Acti, EA, and Ubi, only difference is that they disguise themselves as being family friendly all the while being shady.
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."
The issues it must solve to be succesfull:
1.Friend Codes must be like user names and not 12 digit numbers.
2.Voice chat during gameplay. We know it has Video/Voice chat capabilities already but it needs to at least have chat during gameplay.
3.Option to stay connected 24/7. The Wii did have this option,but it was poorly used. The Wii-U must make use of this feature and make it worth having.
4.Social integration. Things like a Facebook & Twitter apps on the home menu will help make the console the go to thing in the living room. The hardcore may not need this but the casuals do.
5.Friend list that shows user names/status/game being played/achievements/chat options etc.
6.Miiverse intergration with 3DS and cell phones must not take a long time to happen. Again, we know its coming, but this is something that needs to be ready in a timely fashion....not show up a year later.
7.E-Shop games: there must be games worth getting from day one on the service. Also this service can not be ignored like Wiiware was. This is something that must be continuously updated. DLC/Downloadable games/Patches/Apps etc.