Nintendo is a strange beast when it comes to success. On one hand they have the 3DS a massively successful device which has been selling well since its initial price drop. Then one the other hand there’s the Wii U which hasn’t been doing amazingly although it has held its own to at least some degree.
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.
don't f up. That's it.
More games more advertising, I'm not sure if the new Zelda game is out yet but that was an impressive looking game and I think it could have some selling power people have been waiting for a Zelda game that truly looked next gen.
The Wii was the market's first attempt at targeting the casuals with home consoles. And it worked well. Casuals though realized that they were not using the Wii much. For example, I just remembered right now that I still have the Wii fit board lying around in the garage.Which I used only 2 times. I gave my Wii to a family friend for her kids to play. When the Wiiu came along, it was still targeting casuals. The name, the tablet, the lesser hardware, this all proves that Nintendo isn't willing to play the game like it did with the NES, SNES, N64, Cube by having hardware on par with the competition. Casuals couldn't see the need to upgrade to the WiiU as it wasn;t that different from the Wii and were not going for eye candy and the rest of the fans who were more hardcore realized that Nintendo still ditched them with its business strategy. Nintendo needs to support the WiiU and release another console just for the hardcore or cut the lifespan of the WiiU and go for a console that is on par with hardware, but has the gimmicks and wiimote/kinect/move like gadgets as a side. This will get more third party support, get the loyal hardcore fans back onboard and still support the casuals who can get their 10 minute daily buzz if they felt like it. IMHO, there is nothing else that they can do to fix this.