TTZ: Nintendo NX will not feature an optical drive according to a recent patent filing. What does that mean for Nintendo's future? Could it suffer the same fate as the PSP Go (even if its not a handheld)?
Hanzala from eXputer: "As Nintendo takes out 20 years' worth of stuff from Garry's Mod, I watch in shock, thinking why it continues to hurt and discourage its fans."
The irony that some of the most disgusting business practices come from companies like Disney or Nintendo, i can't even begin to understand what terrible damage was Garrys Mod making to Nintendo bottom line, imho they're getting pretty nervous about where they're heading in the future, handhelds are no longer something exclusive to Nintendo, from Steam Deck to many others, now you can play the latest games and pay a fraction of the price on Steam sales, so it's up to their exclusives, which just on their own would make hard to justify purchasing a closed overpriced hardware with outrageous price policies (Super Mario Odyssey is still 60 euro 6 years later!), and as a home console they're always underperforming compared to Sony or Xbox.
Look at how they handled Nintendo games being streamed or uploaded on YouTube in the past. They killed Yuzu and Citra even when they had nothing to do with ToTK being leaked, not to mention it was basically unplayable on emulation the week it was leaked. Smash Bros tournament, that was fairly recent. They shut down their online services without any care for purchases made. I bought a switch after skipping their last 2 consoles and handhelds but I don't plan on buying anything Nintendo in the future. They take things to the extremes, they legitimately hate their fans. They're honestly right up there with the likes of Acti, EA, and Ubi, only difference is that they disguise themselves as being family friendly all the while being shady.
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.
I was shocked at the lack of optical drive. at least have cartridges or something...not sure what Nintendo will benefit from this..it will be a limited market niche product..and the wierd thing is the Wii U was also a niche product, although unintended.
Joke of a product from a company that is fast becoming a joke. Match made in heaven.
Really hoping there is room for physical media with this system. If not count me out. I really hope I'm wrong but knowing how controlling and out of touch this company can be...
My opinion is that people are automatically jumping to a conclusion that might be incorrect. The NX is potentially a hybrid console compatible with their new NX handhelds. Think of it logically, a handheld like the 3ds does not have an optical drive. So to be compatible they might be going for a cartridge or SD card similar to the 3DS. If this is the case no optical drive is needed. SD cards also have greater storage capacities than optical media. So let's not jump to conclusions and assume the NX is trying to go all digital, it's not likely and this patent might be a good thing. It will also keep costs lower and could also mean SD cards instead of a hard drive, who knows. But both of these would allow a more powerful console at a lower price point.
Someone had to be the first to try this. People have been taking about a completely digital console for years. Nintendo's completely crazy enough to try it.
I wont support it though. I like owning my physical copies.