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Nintendo reaffirms commitment to cross-play for devs

Nintendo reaffirms that it is supporting cross-platform play where necessary for developers releasing on multiple platforms.

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Lboogieskells4590d ago

Smart move, Nintendo trying to appeal to the third parties in hopes for future support.

dark-kyon4590d ago

yes,is smart for what in a short future wiiu owners can have somebody to play online for what you know nintendo consoles are made to play nintendo games,play third party games is very rare.

UltimateMaster4589d ago

Some people are starting to think they should just redo the consoles altogether, it may not be such a bad idea.
But for those that did already bought the Wii U, that could suck just a little bit.

gunboss2014589d ago

Smart indeed. Saving the Wii-U while in the verge of dying... Perhaps we can see sales increase again..

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r214590d ago

Swee, cant wait for the day for opposite console cross play. MS and Sony aint ever gonna do it, but Nintendo has a chance. Its gonna be interesting now.

Deadpoolio4590d ago (Edited 4590d ago )

Really...Cause Sony is all for it and has no problems with it, Microsoft are the ONLY ones that refuse to have cross platform play....Hence why games like Portal 2 had cross platform co-op with PC on PS3....Well that and Sony has said it out loud....Annnnnd why the One80 isn't getting Final Fantasy XIV

r214590d ago

Seeing as I cant edit my first comment here, add 'together' after 'it'. The one with Sony and MS.

Gemmol4590d ago

wrong example all console have cross play with pc.....this is nintendo willing to do crossplay with everything else beside pc

porkChop4590d ago

What are you talking about? Sony has always allowed and encouraged cross platform play, and there are PS3 games that feature cross platform multiplayer. Microsoft is the only one that has been against it.

r214590d ago (Edited 4590d ago )

Thats what I meant. MS and Sony have no chance of cross play together but Sony and Nintendo though, more likely. Just going to take a while though but once it happens, Ill be there to support it.

lilbroRx4590d ago

Huh? There are only 3 game console manutfactures. If Microsoft wasn't allowed it, and Nintedo just started, then how was Sony doing it?

Were they crossplatofrming with a magical console from another dimension?

porkChop4590d ago

@lilbroRx

There's this thing called PC, maybe you've heard of it. It's a gaming platform, is it not? The term is cross platform, not cross console.

LightningMokey4590d ago

@lilbrobox

Sony has done it with PC in the past.

(also between PS3 and Vita but that's a mute point.)

lilbroRx4590d ago (Edited 4590d ago )

The PC is not a console/platform, and I thought Microsoft had been doing that since the xbox1? Heck, even Nintendo has had some game connectivity to the PC. I believe the Dreamcast did as well.

I know Phantasy Star Online could connect the PC, Gamecube and Dreamcast versions together.

Either way, Sony was not the first.

Also, if you are going to console to console/handheld within the same company, then that Nintendo holds the award for that as well. (Gamecube/GBA)

porkChop4590d ago

@lilbroRx

Yes, PC IS a platform. It's an open platform, sure, but it's still a gaming platform. That's a fact. Console and platform are 2 completely different things. Android and iOS are also platforms.

I didn't say Sony was first at anything. I'm saying that Sony has always been open to cross platform gaming. They've never had a problem with it. The reason that there aren't really any games that feature cross platform between PS and XB is because of Microsoft, this is a well known fact and many devs have reiterated this a thousand times.

Microsoft has tried cross platform a couple times with PC in the past with games like Shadowrun, but they stopped doing it.

AbortMission4590d ago (Edited 4590d ago )

"The PC is not a console/platform"

EPIC FAIL. Seriously, do you know where games are made on?

lilbroRx4589d ago (Edited 4589d ago )

The nature of the PC is not the same as consoles. That is why they are not categorized as the same thing.

Also, once again, if you are counting the PC a console platform then Nintendo was the first to do it, not Sony.

The point of a console/platform is to provide a stable hardware setup for releases. PC's are variable in make and purpose. Console's are game machines managed by one company while anyone can make a PC. PC's are not the same and should never be counted the same as consoles.

Also, I'm pretty sure that this news is pertaining solely to "consoles" cross-play as Nintendo has already allowed PC connectivity as I've already stated...hence the point of my statement.

rainslacker4589d ago (Edited 4589d ago )

@libro

I think you're putting two things together to make a point that don't belong together.

In relation to gaming

Platform: Any place that can play games.

Console/PC: A piece of hardware that runs the platform that you can play games on.

Think of the platform as the OS of the console/device. This could be iOS, Droid, Windows. FreeBSD or Linux varients in most console cases.

Think of the console/PC as the device running the platform. iPhone runs iOS. Samsung Galaxy Tab or Google Nexus 7 runs Droid(multiple devices running the same platform). PS3 runs FreeBSD. Etc, etc, etc.

PC runs the Windows platform. however, PC can also run the Linux Platform, Linux, or even OSX. PS3 could run it's native FreeBSD variant, or it could run Linux. Platform isn't always constrained by console/PC/Device.

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Thirty3Three4590d ago

Change the tags. This doesn't belong in the PS3/Vita section...

MasterCratosKong664590d ago

yes it does since Sony is the main company expected to follow up on this with devs since they do cross platform with PC.

Misaka_x_Touma4589d ago (Edited 4589d ago )

Nintendo is allowing cross console play. They already doing Wii U and PC cross play.

DejectedJeff4589d ago

The chess game mentioned connects between ps3, vita, and wii u. Read the article.

Realplaya4590d ago

Nintendo will be the first to allow you to not only cross platform play with Pc's and handhelds but also home gaming consoles.

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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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Relientk7745d ago (Edited 45d ago )

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

PRIMORDUS44d ago (Edited 44d 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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Deathdeliverer70d ago

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

0hMyGandhi69d 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.

AuraAbjure68d ago (Edited 68d ago )

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

EveryPlatformGamer70d 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.

-Foxtrot69d 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_Box69d ago (Edited 69d 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

Inverno69d ago

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

Eonjay69d 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.

Inverno68d 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.

Killer2020UK68d 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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