The Wii is many things: it’s a family friendly console designed to get men and women, young or old, playing together; it set the standard for motion control in video games; it was Nintendo’s first platform to utilize a full-sized optical disc; but most of all, it was fun.
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.
The Wii lineup has somehow become underrated. Yes, I know the graphics are inferior and there's no Xbox Live or even PSN style online service...but ask me to rattle off 50 games everyone should play, and I feel this could get done very quickly.
Yea and as soon as I did it lost interest in anything I was doing
I loved my Wii for many years and still love when I play with other peoples machines, but developers putting so much crap on it and not even making an effort with the graphics put me off in the end. That was teh only wrong move by Nintendo that last generation. They should not have allowed it but then it became a party/family system so it worked for them.
Wii U time
I came here just to appreciate the "Dr. Strangelove" reference. Truly one of my favorite things. That, and my precious bodily fluids.
For me the best thing about the Wii is that I didn't buy it. Thats good cause now I have a great group of Wii titles to look forward to playing on the WiiU. I can't wait to play XenoBlade Chronicles, The Last Story, the various Mario games, Metroid, Donkey Kong, Zelda, Fire Emblem, and all the other great Wii games I didn't play.
Also I have a few WiiU games to look forward too, but for me the best part about the Wii was just passing on it and getting the WiiU.