Watchvideogames.com writes: "As I sat in excitement to catch a glimpse of the new project cafe, you unveiled…..The Nintendo Wii U? Then you show us a video of the Wii U controller in action, with games involving Mii characters in more minigames that use the controller as a gimmick. Oh no, more casual games for casual gamers I thought to myself. My hopes……fading."
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 controller is strange. Looks uncomfortable but from what I'm hearing it's actually "fine"
I like that Nintendo does something different-- there is no way that there would be room for 3 consoles all doing the same thing.
So I applaud them for doing what they are doing-- they are the alternate, cheaper version to the "Big brothers" and while I wouldn't have it as my main product, Nintendo exclusives aren't bad. As for being casual, they emphasized the core audience-- at least they are using a controller!
I really don't understand the point of streaming to the controller when I can't leave the room. Split-screen becomes possible without screen watching, but Sony has that cool 3D TV with split-screen as well, and the Vita which seem to do the same thing.
I'm not actually disappointed, just damn confused. The explanation was poor, and I think Nintendo had too little done to reveal anything else. So there honestly isn't telling where this can go. Lucky for them they have a great first party, but personally what I liked most was their revealing of 3DS games. They have a great lineup, the same one that made the DS so damn strong and that's all I wanted to see out of the 3DS
In fact, Nintendo announced the most new games this E3 than anyone else.
I was so confused when I saw both sticks placed above the face buttons and d-pad. But so far no one seems to have complained so I guess it's not awkward.
The ability to take the game from your TV to the controller itself is just one of the functions it has. There are many other features that can be used in the game. The controller can also be used to shift perspective, be like the bottom of the 3DS screen, as to clear up the main screen, and as the 3rd part developers were saying, it can be used to fit any kind of game.
Also Nintendo never said that you couldn't leave the living room, at least in their press conference. They said that it isn't a portable gaming device and needs the console to send it information. My Wii can detect my Wii remote from a good distance away from the console, so I don't think that should be a problem.
Honestly, the only people who seem to complain about the new anything (mainly Nintendo stuff I notice, sigh), are the ones who want to harp on one little detail, and sometimes don't even fully understand it, while ignoring the other facts about it.
Also, did the writer see the rest of the conference. New smash bros. announced, Darksiders II, Tekken, and just a lot of core 3rd party titles. We'll probably see more 1st party stuff next year.
The only thing I don't like is the damn name!
Good goodness! They could have just called the thing wii2 or just nintendo. Who the he'll do they pay to come up with these stupid names? Better yet who is the idiot that approves it!