5th January 2014, 10:14 PM
I agree, Nintendo probably will have to give up on one-gen-back tech now. It worked well enough with the Wii, but they now know they can't rely on that kind of success all the time, not with how fast technology changes. The weaker tech is hurting them a lot more this time because they didn't come up with an idea that the mass market grabbed on like they did motion controls. And while I understand what Nintendo was thinking, about how popular tablets are now, I can see why; the Wii tablet just isn't as unique, or anywhere near as simple and approachable, as the Wiimote is. I've said before though that I think Nintendo should have made a more powerful console with a Wiimote+nunchuck setup again as the main controller, with the Wii U Pro controller as the alternative "normal" pad, and I still think that; the tablet is interesting, but it's not simple and is expensive to make and get working. Streaming stuff to the tablet limits system power for sure... I wonder what they'll do next time. But the tablet does exist. And on that note, one other game I've heard that makes good use of the tablet is Game & Wario.
You're right that given that the 3DS is a success Nintendo isn't in imminent danger or anything, though; the people saying that are greatly exaggerating. But considering what the Wii was, it's definitely not a good position to be in, and it's really unfortunate that Nintendo messed up enough to give all of their haters, which there seem to be so many of in the press, grounds to go out Nintendo-bashing again. You're right about Nintendo and online, though -- they still have room for improvement, but they've definitely come a long way over the past years, and have a much better net infrastructure on their systems than they've ever had before. That is great to see. They do still worry about privacy -- taking down that 3DS Swapnote thing or whatever because of worries about pedophiles using it to message children, or something, was it? -- but they're obviously improving a lot.
You're right that given that the 3DS is a success Nintendo isn't in imminent danger or anything, though; the people saying that are greatly exaggerating. But considering what the Wii was, it's definitely not a good position to be in, and it's really unfortunate that Nintendo messed up enough to give all of their haters, which there seem to be so many of in the press, grounds to go out Nintendo-bashing again. You're right about Nintendo and online, though -- they still have room for improvement, but they've definitely come a long way over the past years, and have a much better net infrastructure on their systems than they've ever had before. That is great to see. They do still worry about privacy -- taking down that 3DS Swapnote thing or whatever because of worries about pedophiles using it to message children, or something, was it? -- but they're obviously improving a lot.
Quote:At any rate, I don't think that this generation is going to "kill" Nintendo, any more than the utter failure of the Vita will "kill" Sony. What would kill them is a combined failed launch of both a portable system and a home console, right after a generation of a failed console.Yeah, that might be tough for even Nintendo to survive without making major changes that probably would end up ruining the company. Let's hope it doesn't happen. :(
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