The 3DS has had a troubling life thus far, but can Nintendo put it back on the straight and narrow with their forthcoming releases?
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.
doubt it because they tried to trick the people with this no glasses 3D gimmick and it failed....they thought they could get away with it again like they did with the wii...Introduce a new console and just rehash old classics which is cool at first but the people always want something new, interesting and fun as far as games are concerned. Don't release corny products and maybe you will make some money Nintendo.....
The 3DS has already been put on the right track. Did everyone miss how the sales jumped up 280%?
And as mentioned in the article, Mario Kart 7 and Mario Land will boost the sales up even more. It's gonna have a colossal holiday season.
well said, and yes you are correct the 3ds hasent even hit peak these few titles coming around xmas will surley sell allot, not to mention how many people are gonna buy the 3ds because of these games
As far as I know the 3DS is now one of the leading portable platforms. It's selling well so I don't think Nintendo has a problem. Nintendo usually has a weak follow-up of games when starting a new system but give it a year and you'll see regular releases that will make up for the drought. They've lost money but Sony has also been through this many times and they're still alive so I doubt it will spell the end for Nintendo.
Fanboys may disagree with me on this.
In my opinion Nintendo has saved the 3DS from being the next Virtua boy by dropping the price and improving their holiday lineup. Nintendo isn't in any danger but the Vita this time aroundd will cause fierce competition to happen between the two.
Which is a great thing because Monopolys are never good. Because they do what they want with the industry without any consequences. I am happy that Sony ended Nintendo's monopoly in the handheld market.
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