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Analysis: Will other devs join Nintendo’s Wii U party?

Nintendo hasn't always had good third-party support. Randy Lamberson wonders whether something has been holding them back until now.

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acidbrn4939d ago

I am eager to get my hands on the console finally, although I cant help but feel a bit of dread towards it. Not so much that the games wont be worth playing, but rather that the console still wont be able to compete online wise with the likes of Sony and Microsoft.

Elderly_Cynic4939d ago (Edited 4939d ago )

I read an interview with Randy Pitchford from Gearbox talking about Aliens: Colonial Marines for the Wii U, and he seemed completely in love with both the console and the tech. Let's hope that's a hint of things to come.

acidbrn4939d ago (Edited 4939d ago )

I hope so, but its not so much the tech that makes me worry about the Wii U standing out, its all the little things like cross game chat and achievements that gamers have grown accustomed too that haven't been addressed by Nintendo that has me worried.

ChickeyCantor4939d ago

Developers can add their own achievement system and hook it up to the Mii-verse interface API. The question is whether a developer wants to spend time doing this.

Ubisoft is already doing uPlay ( comes with its own achievement system ) and EA with Origin.

Trophies weren't added until later on remember? Nintendo can still add stuff.

WiiUalpha4939d ago

Lol. PS3 doesn't even offer cross game chat.How can people be accustomed to something they dont have. U gain no troll experience today. Still level zero. Look up Mila for an example on proper trolling. BTW u also just b under the impression pan and live launched as they r today? Lol. The only thing u made look bad is your knowledge of gaming

konnerbllb4938d ago

Those gamers that are currently using the superior console are accustomed to cross game chat.

acidbrn4937d ago

Xbox Live may have not launched with those features, and has had the added years to enhance their service. With Nintendo launching from basically square one they should be adding all that they can to make sure they at least match what the others offer.

Developers having the option to add their own achievement like system is a start, but why not just add a universal achievement system? Nintendo have a road map that Steam, Sony, and Microsoft have laid out.

Nintendo can see what works and doesn't work for those consoles, and yet they choose to strike out on their own. With them being so quite on cross game chat means most likely they don't have it. Even Sony realized the error of not having cross game chat, and admitted it was an oversight.

iamnsuperman4939d ago

To be fair he is the exception (except for the Bayonetta developer) when it comes to extreme vocal support. Not many other devs have been vocal either way on the Wii U. I think most developers are taking the sensible lets see approach with the Wii U.

metroid324939d ago

Cross game chat is possible on wiiu if u think otherwise ur daft just because the 5 games on release that use voice chat dont support it wow these are launch games the ps3 had no voice chat on release or psn and look at ps3 now.

konnerbllb4938d ago

There is a difference between cross game chat and in game chat. Cross game chat has to be included by nintend into the platforms OS. In game chat is handled by the game developer.

LiquidSword934939d ago

Even tho im not getting a wii u its plain to see that nintendo arent fuckin around with the social side of things so worriers should relax.

DA_SHREDDER4939d ago

The Wii U is gonna take over everyone's living rooms like the Wii did, if not more!

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U.S. patent examiner rejects Nintendo’s summoning characters patent as obvious: non-final ruling

The rejection is non-final (and even when such rejections are labeled as “final”, the process is far from over, given that there can be, at minimum, an appeal to the Federal Circuit).

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Relientk7749d ago (Edited 49d ago )

Good, as they should! A game mechanic like that shouldn't be locked behind a patent, and Nintendo didn't invent it either.

PRIMORDUS48d ago (Edited 48d ago )

Nintendo wants to keep wasting money on bullshit lawsuits, real smart in this economy. They should put that money aside for other game projects. On the other hand, I don't care if they waste it all either, and they are screwed in the future maybe that will teach them a lesson.

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Nintendo Completes Share Repurchase and Sets Price for Secondary Offering

Nintendo completed its share repurchase and set its secondary offering price at 8,347 yen ahead of March 16 delivery.

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Nintendo Suing U.S. Government Over Tariffs

Nintendo filed a lawsuit in the United States Court of International Trade.

Nintendo of America is suing the United States government over the sweeping tariffs President Donald Trump put in place last year, according to a complaint filed Friday in the U.S. Court of International Trade and obtained by Aftermath.

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Deathdeliverer74d ago

Well dayum lol. Old agent orange pissing off every industry and nation.

0hMyGandhi73d ago

The fact that you have ANY disagrees will forever baffle me. And to the (apparent) MAGA contingent that exists on this website, enjoy your 8-9 dollar gas.

AuraAbjure73d ago (Edited 73d ago )

Yes, they had better be pissed after Trump told them the way they rip off the USA is over.

EveryPlatformGamer74d ago

LOL I read this on gaff, will they refund the money back to the gamers? highly unlikely. Didn't they just raise prices and pass it onto the gamers? Only Nintendo would send out the Ninjas to the US government.

-Foxtrot74d ago

That’s what I was thinking, imagine them winning hypothetically, getting a s**t load of money back which they would have lost if they hadn’t raised their prices and it’s business as normal.

It would just mean people paid more for no reason since they got the money back anyway.

Outside_ofthe_Box73d ago (Edited 73d ago )

A lot of companies partially passed the cost to consumers instead of all of it. They would still have to at least pay that back to gamers, but we know that won't happen. What's also sad is that prices won't come back down after the initial hike caused by tariffs.

People didn't understand the full repercussions of tariffs. That alone should have cost him the presidency if people knew it was a permanent price hike for consumers

Inverno74d ago

The people should sue these companies for having to over pay cause of these tariffs.

Eonjay74d ago

Naw they should sue the government for forcing the tax to begin with. No one reasonably expects these companies to absorb the taxes. Many smaller companies tried and were shut down or faced to increase prices to try to maintain their business. The tariffs effect everyone.

Inverno72d ago

I meant it mostly as a joke cause we all know the costs of these tariffs were passed onto the consumer. But it's seems no matter how vocal we are here in the states our "representatives" don't seem to care enough to represent us. And things are about to get worse.

Killer2020UK73d ago

The companies were doing what the law required then to do, the tariffs however were illegally implemented. Usually it's criminals we punish, you seem to have different ideas 🤷‍♂️

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