Sayed Stafa invites Traithan back onto the show. They talk about the games they've been playing, Diablo 3 and Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty. Then onto the main topic, answering the question on whether Nintendo will survive next generation. Followed up is a couple of news pieces and listener feedback.
Valve has finally introduced the much-needed 64-bit support in an unexpected Team Fortress 2 update after 17 years since its release.
64 bit support is not the same as a next gen upgrade. 64 bit has been used for like 12-15 years now?
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.
No matter what they do, Nintendo sell well. The Wii has almost 100 million sales, and people still give it s--t, but that doesnt stop sales. Nintendo are the one game company I can see as always being around.
Yeah, I'm torn on this. on one hand, I have a hunch Nintendo knows what it's doing. On the other, I have to wonder who their audience is anymore. Either way, this was a good podcast, and it should be interesting to see how this next generation plays out.
Nintendo has billons of dollars saved back even if wii u and there next console flops they will still be arround.
I think the Wii U will find its audience. It may struggle at first but given some time I think it will sell more strongly. My reasoning for it is that a lot of core gamers don't feel the launch window is strong, but we know some good Nintendo core experiences are on the way.
Smash Bros. is in development, Retro Studios and Monolith are both working on something. So we'll see. I think the Wii U is in such a unique position that no one can really predict what will happen.
WiiU will not do as well as Wii