cusman on 02 December 2013
| Cobretti2 said: they make reliable consoles. Look at the gamecube as an example. May look like a lunchbox but drop that mfker from 20feet and it still works, |
They do make reliable hardware, but their OS on Wii U is anything but reliable. Plus even bigger problem than the lack of stability and crashes that would require you to unplug the damn thing was how freaking slow it was at everything. They are much better at making games than they are at making a platform for gamers. They are overly cautious about online and still sticking to their attitude of no voice-chat even if they finally make one of their games online (Wii Sports Club). Instead they want you to submit Miiverse messages for approval so that you can map those approved canned messages to one of 3 directions on the D-Pad. That's what they consider "save" online communication. Basically you can bet on Nintendo being a generation or 2 behind on every trend. They were 1 generation late to HD, and now they are almost 3 generations late to taking online seriously. If they continue to improve and build on Nintendo Network and get that on 3DS and Wii U and a bunch of other things they still need... then they might be able to say they are only 2 generations behind when it comes to online. Until they have party-chat, they will not have caught up with MS/Sony. I would be all for Nintendo becoming just software. All their hardware innovations are new to market, but they are also generally the worst iteration of it... they are too content at being a toy and leaving their innovation at the gimmick stage. They don't know how to push and evolve a tech because they are much more focused on discovering the next gimmick by which to enthrall less demanding consumers. The video gamers Nintendo bred, have grown up, and they take gaming more seriously than a childs toy.
