Exactly, it's about offering different ways to play, but not necessarily cramming them all into every single game.
It's there for the developers to utilise if they think it can add to the experience. People really need to try it out before outright dismissing the system and the concept.
If you can't have fun with what NintendoLand offers in terms of multiplayer, and even inventive single player, then I really think there's something dead inside you.
The screen takes ZERO attention away from the action in CoD because it's not actually used unless you're playing the game on the pad screen, or using the multi screen multiplayer.
Other than that, I agree with your post. The screen works brilliantly in Zombi U IMO, but not all games will require it.
They keep saying it's "inevitable" that mobile gaming will kill off handhelds....when are they going to admit that they're wrong?
The 3DS is selling ahead of the DS at the same point in it's life, and that despite the VAST increase in competition from the likes of Apple, Android etc. Lots of people buy these cheap games for their phones, the market is large and it can't be ignored, but how many of those people actively chose a phone or iPod for gaming over t...
Yes, blame them for developers taking advantage of the possibility of DLC...that's entirely fair. I certainly couldn't blame them for the gamer's apparent willingness to bend over and take it just because a bunch of faceless analysts predict that F2P is the way to go, so they all jump on board like sheep without thinking of just what they're doing.
Free to Play is a con of epic proportions. Devs are now charging for the individual elements of a game while giving people a terribly basic framework and calling it free. To actually get anything good or fun, you'll have to pay through the nose and will probably end up paying more than the £40/$60 RRP of a normal game that used to have all these various features built in.
Want a selection of 20 guns in a shooting game? That's a bare minimum of choice for a gam...
How exactly does something like this happen? The episodes are already done and dusted and played by numerous people on all 3 platforms....so how the heck do they mess up slapping it onto disc and shipping it? That's truly bizarre.
I think the attitude towards Nintendo by many in the gaming media - and many gamers as well - is really bizarre considering the amount of complaints being thrown around about the state of gaming in general.
Here we have a company in Nintendo that does things differently, focusses on games, and hasn't resorted to the nickel and diming that is annoying gamers all over the place - on disc DLC, online passes, micro transactions that offer little value, etc. They offer differ...
That's just idiotic...you really think the average male is from the 1950's?
"Men like to be in control", that's the same kind of idiotic generalisation as "women like to do housework"...your low opinion of men is fairly worrying.
The box art of a game could feature Justin Bieber and Fred off Youtube having an intimate cuddle and I'd still buy it if I thought the game looked good.
This is 2012, we have significantly more than just the box art to go off when buying games nowadays - we have reviews, previews, videos, demos....the works. Anyone not buying a game because of box art is a colossal idiot.
Really? Reported for bad language when it's censored? Grow up people.
@Wintersun616, terrible argument pal. Merely commenting on something is not the same as giving a crap about the subject being discussed. Try again, that's an argument that 10 year olds use. How are opinions about liking trophies any more valid than ones saying that you dislike them? I'm allowed my say just as you are. Care to answer that chief? As for playing games the "wrong" ...
So how much are Sega going to pay Nintendo for ripping off their D-pad design? Seriously Sega, you're trying to sue over a touchscreen interface? Wasn't aware you owned the patent on that.
It was the same thing with the ludicrous lawsuits brought by Apple which sought to trademark rounded edges and shapes on buttons....utter crap in the extreme. "Manipulating characters by touching the screen with your finger or pen", it's so vague as to be utterly ri...
Number of f*cks given = not a single one. Seriously, trophies and achievements mean less than nothing. Just play the damn game how you want to play it
Oooo, you killed 200 people with a crappy weapon you otherwise wouldn't have used if not for the pointless bit of nothing tacked onto it....congratulations, you've officially wasted your time and made the game a little less enjoyable for yourself and a little more like work. *slow clap*
Time was when g...
Who actually hates Steam? More importantly, do any of them live near me so I'm sure to avoid their happy asses?
It's another means of game distribution, little more. It's like hating cartridges or DVD's.
"Oh but it's DRM...WAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!" ; Who gives a shit? Seriously...who?
"They have a monopoly" Ummm, no they don't. They're the most popular because they offer the best service currently. Ther...
That's nonsense...there are plenty of 20 year old parents who are perfectly fine, and there are many more that may struggle with money and the like, but would NEVER harm their child.
I think you, and many others, are going to be surprised at just how incremental the improvements will be going forward.
It's getting to that point where there's really not that much more that can be done in terms of achieving photo-realism. And certainly little that can be done in making games bigger before the costs start spiralling out of control and more and more developers crash and burn.
There will be little on the next Xbox or Playstation that won't be able ...
1200 people playing at any one time...that's not the same as only 1200 people playing the game.
Black Ops 1 on 360 sold over 10 million copies, yet I only ever saw 250,000-300,000 online at any one time. You see how the numbers lie?
The 360 and PS3 versions of that game are established, as is their online presence. The WiiU is brand new to the market, is launching in very limited numbers and has yet to establish an online service in the minds of the games buying public. ...
Nintendo's business model is a failure now? Really? Aren't they the only one of the 3 console manufacturers to actually turn a profit?
His example stems from the fact that the WiiU isn't even a month old yet...of course the online audience for Call of Duty isn't that high yet. Their online service hasn't had a decade to mature like Xbox Live has....it's a month old.
People point to only a 1000+ people being online at any one time as if tha...
"Nintendo are irrelevant". Oh come now Pachter, that's just stupid. They're irrelevant because their revamped online service that's precisely a week old in the UK and less than a month old in the US does not have the same numbers as the decade old Xbox Live service? Is he high?
Let's ignore that Nintendo's strategy with the Wii patently influenced both Sony and Microsoft to alter their strategy in order to catch up, and ignore again the influe...
How many people were still playing it? Quite a few as it happens since it also sold the most games this generation by a considerable margin...almost 200 million more games sold than either MS or Sony's machines.
Just because YOU didn't play it, doesn't mean no-one else did. Real gamers? Awww, that's cute. People that buy Mario and Legend of Zelda and Metroid - you know, those decades old gaming franchises? - I think can count as "real" gamers mor...
Not in their entire glory, but they'll be scaled down. Kind of like comparing a console game to a well handled PC port IMO.
I really don't think the leap to the next Xbox or Playstation will be as massive as everyone thinks it will....I think a lot of people are going to be disappointed when they see Sony and MS taking a similar approach to Nintendo in terms of focussing on different ways to play rather than out and out power.