We’re closing in on E3 2011 and for Nintendo it’s going to be a huge one. A new console is on the way, the Nintendo 3DS will get its second big showing and then there’s Zelda! But what do Nintendo need to show? With the feeling toward Nintendo at a bit of a low they need something special, something magic!
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.
If reports are true that the Wii successor is slightly more powerful than both current HD consoles then Nintendo needs to show us a reason as to why we should abandon our current systems for something only slightly better in performance.
I think Nintendo are gonna own this e3 here are my predictions...
Nintendo stream announced with march 2012 release date and a price of around £ 250.00
Launch games to include Metroid, f-zero, mw3 + others!
Console will be for the core gamer with a built in harddrive, no friend codes for online
but no Blu- ray!
Will show or mention Mario and zelda games in production for new console!
The console will be more powerful the 360 ps3 but not a huge amount more powerful!
There will be some surprise exclusive game announcements for the console from the likes of sega, konami and ea!
they need new franchises, they been spinning off mario and zelda since the 80's.. They need fresh IP's for this new console
They should show us how games from third parties will differ from games they are making for ps3 and 360. IMHO it will be like PC versions of the games: higher resolution, better textures, increased framerate. But will these things be enough to warrant a buy?
It seems likely that third parties will wait for the new consoles from Sony and MS untill they will reinvest in new pipelines. But by this time the new Ninty console will be the weakest of them again! I have to admit that I would love playing a Zelda game in HD but it will be at least two years from now untill this will happen.
Nintendo will need something which will show us gamers that it is worth to buy it. The controller looks promising but if I want to play with my buddies I will need additional controllers.
This leads me to my main advice for Ninty: aggressive pricing of hardware and peripherials!
They made so much cash from DS and Wii, why shouldn't they try to sell it with a loss? Pushing the userbase would be clever and they have two full years of doing so (arrival of "PS4" & "Xbox 720" in 2014 assumed by me).
They just need 'Nintendo Magic'.