This is why it's hard to take the "doom and gloom" scenario surrounding Nintendo seriously. Yes, they want to be profitable, but they're hardly in the worse shape. I'm also not sold on the idea that the games are immaterial.
Only a fool would think Nintendo is doomed. They are huge, and they have money stored away. They can absorb a mistake system here and there as long as they don't do it often.
Nintendo needs to follow Sega. Get out of the hardware business, and sell your software. How awesome would an ultimate Nintendo collection be for the Xbox/PS ? I love the Sega ultimate collection. The emulation is good, and the sound is terrific. Actually the Xbox disc sounds the way I remember the genesis sounding as a kid. The real genesis I bought last year sounds like complete ass! I must have one of the models with the jacked up sound processor.
I pity you. Model 1 original or gtfo.
Well at least Nintendo won't release something asinine like the 32x as a upgrade to their system. I'm actually glad they aren't on board with the FPS craze as I seriously believe we are long over due for another crash. This is a good read:
http://gamentrain.com/the-videogame-crash-of-2014/#.U3DOoigUOKB
Couldn't upgrade the system like that anyway. Outside of a USB hard drive upgrade, it's only option would be internal upgrades/revisions in speed, which is something they heavily need to consider. Even Microsoft is looking at ways to squeeze more out of their cpu, via small overclocks. Concerning the game crash, I was actually talking about this the other night with a friend. I honestly and not that pleased with where gaming is at today. There really is too much hardware on the market, and for every good title it seems like 4 bad titles pop up on any given system. This is why I have withdrawn to pc gaming over the years, and even there, there are issues.
Well at least Nintendo won't release something asinine like the 32x as a upgrade to their system. I'm actually glad they aren't on board with the FPS craze as I seriously believe we are long over due for another crash. This is a good read:
http://gamentrain.com/the-videogame-crash-of-2014/#.U3DOoigUOKB
. I agree! Especially the COD franchise. That formula is worn slap the f**k out!
Sadly
they are onboard with it, just like they were with the Gamecube and the Wii. They have been trying to get whatever FPS, along with any other game in general, they can get on the system. Given they don't run that well though, it's simply an issue that many major developers don't want to port them over, so ironically the only FPS you get, other then Sniper V2(fps and 3rd person game), is The Walking Dead, Deus Ex, 007 Legends, and the COD ones right now, which perform worse on Wii U then even the 360.....
Nintendo just needs to get out some frickin' games. There's nothing they can do at this point to make it dominate the PS4 or Xbone, but they should be able to turn it into a profitable, minor player (like the N64 and GC).
Given the situation, and their experience with the Wii, I really don't understand why Nintendo does not invest in some North American and European development teams and make them permanent assets so they could get more variety and more exclusives out the door. They could certainly afford it, and there have been plenty of development teams needing investors as of late.
System can pump out damn nice visuals, it just needs more software...
Ubi delaying Rayman like they did and EA totally f*cking them over didn't help them at the start, and on their own faults, they let the Wii die too quickly instead of doing a better transition. The pad is fine but they did f*ck all to showcase as to why it was needed.
Yeah the system can do some really nice visuals when optimized and not forced to do/render certain scenarios. The problem has never been the gpu, it has been the cpu that makes it start to choke on games and drags the frame rates down into the teens. You can render pretty scenery all day long, but if the game does not maintain fluid gameplay and starts to choke.....
Concerning Rayman and all, I don't think Rayman would have mattered in the larger scheme of things. Rayman doesnt carry the same kind of franchise clout that Mario or Sonic, Halo or Gears of War has.
On the EA thing, EA, as much as I don't like them, I have to say they did not f*ck Nintendo over. They honestly don't owe Nintendo anything. Nintendo never did them any favors. EA made a business decision that was heavily influenced by its own developers, including DICE. Given how Mass Effect 3 had performance issues and was hard to port over to get working on the tri-core PowerPC set up the Wii U had, I can't blame them.
microtransactions are a real turn off....
QFT. I believe once you buy a game, that should be that. Consoles have been adapting the whole add-on, dlc, and micro-transaction thing though slowly over the past few years, and honestly, it sucks. Its really sad when you see something like Arkham City Origins have game breaking bugs that prevent you from finishing the game, and yet they keep pumping out DLC instead of completely patching the game.
