Chillopedia | On 19th November 2006, the World finally got hold of what it had been eagerly anticipating for many, many months. Launched to great fanfare as the first standalone motion sensitive console available, the Wii went about redefining what a typical “gamer” was, with a range of titles designed to include the whole family from the teenage boy right through to grandparents.
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 lost a fair amount of hardcore gamers, with the Wii-U those that were Nintendo fans can actually come back now. The pre-orders are showing this, I just wish the system could support 4 Wii-U game tablets so I could get a group of friends and play say Goldeneye and nobody can look off my screen ^^
I bought a Wii and only played Zelda and Mario Galaxy but the Wii U line up is looking beast.
I think the Wii U is going to make up ground...then lose it all over again when the other next gens come out. But I'm certainly considering one.
if nintendo treated the west w the same care as japan, i would support em to the end.. as long as they keep releasing E rated games to us w few eastern titles, im not giving them a damn cent anymore.. I may eat those words when i see metroid & zelda but i dont so for now, my money will go towards games that deserve it...
Nintendo had a great idea, the motion controls and cheaper price point were pure genius, but I think Nintendo underestimated how fast people would adopt HDTV's. When the Wii launched in 2006 only 15% of homes had an HDTV, now its around 50%, and those people want a console that takes advantage of that.
I don't think Nintendo really lost ground though, they just reached market saturation. After selling almost 100 million Wii's, who was left to buy one?
I think people are throwing out guesses when it comes to "core" and "casual". We know the Wii appealed to casuals and families, but core gamer's bought it too. Some people buy Nintendo consoles strictly for Nintendo first party games.
They'll be fine, launching first for the next generation and at a reasonable price point, offering more then just gaming, Nintendo will do well. I doubt we'll ever see a console sell 100 million again though, its just a different time and there is too much competition, which is a good thing. No one company should dictate the whole gaming industry.