PlayMagazine writes: "For so long the glimmering jewel in the crown of the video gaming industry, Nintendo has had a tricky time of it lately. The Wii was a huge success for the company, at least on the surface of things, but discounting that system, it’s been a long time since the Japanese giants could honestly claim to be one of the major players in the home hardware space, and that doesn’t look like it’s about to change with the Wii U. Although the console is Nintendo’s current flagship device, it’s unquestionably underpowered compared to its competition, and while it’s got a healthy first party lineup of software available and on the way, third party support looks to be diminishing with each passing month – something that never bodes well for the future of a console."
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).
Good, as they should! A game mechanic like that shouldn't be locked behind a patent, and Nintendo didn't invent it either.
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.
Nintendo completed its share repurchase and set its secondary offering price at 8,347 yen ahead of March 16 delivery.
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.
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.
Yes, they had better be pissed after Trump told them the way they rip off the USA is over.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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 🤷♂️
I think Nintendo needs to concentrate on making the 3DS an even bigger success (imo, 2DS was a great step in the right direction). More RPGs and more 1st-party Nintendo games (sidescrolling Metroid, plz) and then also please add in more quality-of-life games (Nintendogs and Brain Age on 3DS were really poorly handled. Give us something good).
Wii-U will limp along for a bit longer, but I don't think Nintendo can hold off any longer than launching a new console in 2017. Wii-U will then have its small but loyal legion heralding it as "a true successor to the Gamecube" (which is why it's sales suck) and the rest of us will get a true successor to the Wii, which is what most people want.
Yeah it'll be all about the DS family as the article mentions, but hopefully a HDS hybrid system. That'd make a lot of sense
How about some Cross-Console play between the 3DS and Wii U? Maybe bring your animal crossing character between the 2. Or Pokemon, or Fire emblem. If Nintendo could find a way of marrying the 2 consoles, it would help build off the success of the 3DS.
If all else fails here is a 3 step plan for Nintendo;
1. Super Smash Bros
2. Mariokart
3. Zelda Wii U
Do those simple steps in any order, and the gamers will be mollified.
pokemon wii u... problem solved
I think Nintendo should start to market the hell out the Wiiu like they did with the Wii but show off all the Nintendo games like windwaker, Mario 3d world etc but then also show it has some of the big 3rd party games like AV, COD etc as this may make people look at the Wiiu over the ps4 and Xbox one because they can still enjoy cod etc but pay less for the console.
But they also need to show the big fan base of the Wii (mum's and young family's) that there are also games for them to enjoy like Wii party U, Wii fit Etc. This is one place the ps4 and Xbox one lack at the moment and Nintendo should take advantage of this too.
I do think the Wiiu is a very underrated console and I have enjoyed mine sine the day I got it. But that said I don't think any of the new gen consoles are bad.