The days of Blockbuster were more precious than we remember.
Retro game hunting in the 49th state. On a recent work trip I got a chance to go to Anchorage and see some beautiful site, some great retro game stores and a Blockbuster Video.
This week on Digital Fiasco, hosts Dandr0id and Jack McBastard talk about Gamestop taking a page out of Blockbuster Video's playbook, and the perils of having opinions on the internet.
MNN:
"We all know that a fair few franchises are skipping the Wii U, but Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime would love to eventually see them on the console. Fils-Aime still believes that third-party developers are supporting the console and cites Watch Dogs as an example of this. However, Reggie says Nintendo has the strongest exclusive content that can’t be found on other platforms and that’s what makes the Wii U different from other consoles."
Did he really just cite Watch Dogs as an example of third party support? That's a good one, Reggie. Y...You were joking right?
Also i though Iwata took over as president of NOA
Is obvius what watchdogs in wii u is a contract thing between nintendo and ubisoft in the begin of the gen,ubisoft don't care if the game sell,they only want to put out the game and jump ship definitely.
Reggie ruined it, he pointed out how Black Ops II looked so "dramatically better" on Wii U that Activision had no choice but to stop making Call of Duty games for the Wii U not to make their other versions look so terrible in comparison.
At least that's how Reggie sees it
I believe Iwata is CEO of NOA, but not president. At least I think it is this way.
Why does this guy still work for nintendo? He just seems like a bumbling bafoon with a $#!÷ eating grin. Nintendo can do better then this guy.
Can someone tell me where Abash got that quote? I mean trust me, it wouldn't surprise with the moronic things Reggie has said in the past that he did say that, but I can't find anything related to what Abash is saying?
Maybe I'm not looking in the right place, so could someone kindly point me in the direction of this quote?
I think he's just imitating what Reggie would say. It makes no sense for Reggie to say that since Ghosts came to Wii U
nah,the problem is what nintendo and big budget westerns games don't compute,when nintendo began to stop doing first party games how golden eye,serius sport games and go full family friendly they give the mature audience in a silver plate to microsoft and sony,now the thirds party have more what enought with ps,xbox and pc.
I somewhat agree, but if the games can release on Ps3 and 360, then the Wii U is definitely powerful enough to run them
He's right in that their exclusive content is the strongest, many Wii U titles are rated higher than exclusives on Xbox One or PS4. (Super Mario 3D World, Wind Waker HD, Bayonetta 2, Mario Kart 8)
The Wii U is lacking because it doesn't have the big blockbuster titles. Unfortunately, that's what makes it lose out to the other two consoles.
If most releases came out on the Wii U as well, it would be a whole different ball game.
Wii U is still recovering from tripping over the start line. It was a huge marketing disaster and it shipped with a very limited selection of games. Now that the damage is done, Nintendo really needs to work and bring focus back to their little unit. 3rd party abandonment would almost be preferable to the laughable support the Wii U gets now.
Nintendo really has to focus on either going full First party, or enter the console arms race to lure 3rd parties back.
I understand that, given the choice I would rather them focus on first party games than bother with third party titles.
You just don't get the same magic that Nintendo titles give elsewhere.
So you're comparing titles that recently just released on the WiiU to launch titles of the Xbox1 and PS4? Kind of silly logic if you ask me.
No - considering some of those titles aren't "recently released" such as Wind Waker, even Super Mario 3D world has been out awhile now.
Also, I'm talking exclusives - not just "launch titles" of the Xbox One and PS4 that are now a year old. They're still releasing exclusive titles for both of them and none of them have really struck me as being ground breaking or amazing.
Well actually TLOU remastered on the Ps4is higher rated then any WiiU game. I know you're talking about exclusives, but it has to be exclusives in the same times frame. Get some WiiU exclusives that was out in the first year, then come and talk. Sony nor MS has exclusives in full swing yet, unlike Nintendo due to it being out way longer.
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He used WWHD and that's why i said TLOU. maybe you need to go look at Metcritic a little better. Heck Towerfall Ascension is rated higher then NSMBU
Dude, 3D World, Pikmin 3, and NSMBU were all in year one and still sit in the top ten highest rated next gen exclusives.
If you can count TLOU then i can also count WWHD which was also year one and also sits in the top ten
Ummm if I'm not mistaken the launch games of the wii u within the first year weren't all that great. If you want to make a fair comparison wait until next year and then bring back the topic.
Ps4
The Last of Us Remastered 95
flower 91
Towerfall Ascension 87
Final Fantasy XIV Online: A Realm Reborn 86
Resogun 86
Average Rating 89
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WiiU
3D SMW 93
Bayonetta 2 91
WWHD 90
MK8 88
Shovel Knight 88
Average 90
Again the original guy said it was the strongest by using highest rated. So if you take the top 5 console exclusives of each platform and average the scores out. We see it is not as strong as the original poster stated.
I see you count 3 indie games and a PC port for PS4 and 1 indie game from WiiU. FF14 is not exclusive, its been on PC for a while. Drop the indie titles and compare physical copies and its clear who has the higher average score and it isn't PS4.
The console is good enough, 1st everyone I know bought the wii got it play with friends, the wii remotes...then wii u they did the Gamepad no one wanted it!!!!! They made the system to make kids games looking Bright n pretty...nintendo did not think they needed the 3rd party games as bad as they do,..
Downfall to nintendo Wii u is the GamePad, yes you can use wii remote, but most moms, dads, n grandparents only see the gamepad...
Think bout would anyone buy the X1 or ps4 if it had a tablet as a controller??? I sure wouldn't same goes for the Wii u..nintendo screwed up what made the Wii so good they should made the gamepad a add on like the Kinect!!!! Look at MS when they forced the Kinect on us at frist no one wanted it there you go!!!
Personally I love the gamepad they just dont have games that fit my preferences .
I miss game rentals too. Used to do it with every game that my local family owned video store had that I was also interested in. There arent that many options for renting games and demos are hard to find since most companies these days are scared to release demos because they think they will lose money.
I'm in the same boat. I truly miss the days of game rentals. I've seen 3-4 local rental stores actually shut because renting is on the way out.
I had some great times hiring games, seeing if it's worth a buy. Good times now past.
Great piece.
you know theres gamefly
Who doesn't. I would have enjoyed graphical splendor of The Order by now. I'll just have to wait for a price drop it seems.
XtraVision anyone?