Original Gamer: "How can a company that has the largest userbase post such a huge loss? When they depend on the casual gamer, that's how."
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.
Though that's the reason why they're launching the Wii U next year (2012). Nintendo 1st/2nd titles may not be for some, but they manage to out-sell the other two competitors offerings.
It's the, "3rd party titles" that sell PS3 and Xbox 360 hardware (with a few exceptions - ie., exclusives), and the Nintendo Wii U will have those said titles once it's launched.
As someone said in the Sony loosing money thread. The major culprit is the strong Yen.
good article and i would be inclined to agree. for these same reasons im still trying to understand why ms is so hellbent on joining that market as well esp considering the 360 has been kept alive by "core" gamers.
those people dont know much about games and don't care to, theres a reason why there are very little wii fan-boys on here. they want angry birds, smart phone or facebook games. they want to play games that are simple with a few controls and little to no depth that they can shut off after 15-20 min. there just simply not going to come to sites like these, follow major titles, wait at midnight for them, purchase a game or two a month. its an expensive and time consuming hobby, something that is just not meant for everyone.
i know my gf is one of these "casual" gamers and she always claims that double analogue is impossible and therefore she could never play ( stupid reasoning to becuase there was a point in time when the double analogue was new to us as well, hell i hated the first ape escape when it dropped, i was like wtf i love monkeys but how am i going to play this with two sticks.... ) but as it turns out with a little practice it becomes second nature, they don't understand that for some reason
honestly, no they don't. THey probably should be more casual with peripherals and stuff because that was their best years (2006-2009). If anything they should ignore the hardcore and do their own thing