Nintendo only have themselves to blame, they never made it clear to the masses what the WiiU was going to be and still fail to market it effectively. Like so many others it's not a big enough leap in capabilities for me to consider a purchase which is another blunder that can't be ignored.
Hopefully for Nintendo's sake they manage to get themselves out of this situation. I have to disagree where the 3DS is concerned though, I hear it's doing very well.
Strange comment. Please enlighten us as to why the Xbox could be considered a guaranteed success over a Sony or Nintendo product?
Dude! Lower the volume.
I'll admit I'm no fan of Microsoft for various reasons, but on this subject I have to unbiasedly agree. Sony and Microsoft are in direct competition regarding gaming and if one irreversibly drops the ball, the other will have very little reason to improve.
BTW, I'm not disregarding Nintendo I just don't consider them direct competition(By which I mean games not sales, I'm not a shareholder sales don't interest me). Although if Microsoft do spectacularl...
Let me guess, if it was a Nextbox reveal suddenly the entire planet will be aware?
At the end of the day, does it really matter? Those who are likely to buy within the first twelve, numbers which will be in the millions are aware. I think that is all anybody expects whether it's Microsoft, Nintendo or Sony showcasing their latest hardware.
This just sounds like Microsoft desperately trying their hardest to appear nonchalant about the whole thing.
Primarily I think it would have to be the political side and the habit of politicians to jump on a controversial subject for the sake of popularity without any tangible evidence.
Secondly the gaming media and industry in general need a kick up the backside for not standing up in defence of what is essentially their occupation.
I'm no writer so it may be a hard slog to produce something, but I'll give it a shot so at least there will be another opinio...
Fair enough, but it did come across as defensive.
Confirmation that BAFTA haven't got a chuffin clue. #
Oh, and the author of the article wants to take a good long look at every game released in the last twelve months and then perhaps reconsider whether Black ops 2 deserved the award for innovation.
It baffles me why Kinect is front and centre of Microsofts Xbox strategy right now. Ok, a lot of people bought the hardware, but they're certainly not fighting to buy the software. Coupled with the lacklustre reception for the Kinect centric E3 presentations, surely somebody at Microsoft must realise it's not where the gaming consumer wants to go.
Besides the original Kinect released barely over two years ago at £130 in the UK and now it's deemed obsolete for...
I wouldn't take any of these articles to heart. The only thing I find to keep in mind is this:-
The media consider near everything a failure unless it's Xbox branded.
Because many parents seem to be blind to it, and then cry foul when the media and politicians spout bull about violent games causing real world violence.
What I meant by my comment was that the media should be more informative rather than sensationalist and scare mongering.
I'd be much happier blaming the media for not highlighting this to parents from day one instead of bleating on about GTA corrupting children.
A biased study with an agenda I presume.
Well said. I've been meaning to write a blog on the very same subject, you seem to have done a better job than I could.
Really? Did somebody really write that?
First and foremost I think the blame should be pointed squarely and forcefully at the smug faces of Ninja Theory for being complete and utter a'holes from day one.
The fans were continually advised to not buy if they don't like and now the "journalists" are jumping up and down, stamping there feet because the fans did exactly that.
The mind boggles!
It will have to now after a statement like that.
The game engines have already outgrown the hardware.
Less optimizing on new hardware means less time and money spent.
It's seems with the constant evolution and experimentation of computer hardware components, better results are achieved if backwards compatibility is dropped. While it's not entirely ideal for many gamers and I can also imagine not a decision taken lightly by the manufacturers, cost and performance being a crucial balancing act, my old consoles aren't suddenly going to cease to exist because something new comes along.
Thanks for the update.........not really newsworthy it appears.
I have to agree, James Bond is screaming for a third person adventure. Instead as of late it's been CoD clones.