Many experts are calling for Nintendo to get
out of the console industry and focus on its software efforts.
Not exact matches
Used to start
out with Call
of Duty but, with that contract ending and going to Sony it starts with Bonnie Ross from 343
Industries taking the stage to talk about Halo, goes to Battlefield now, Microsofts turn to show Assassin's Creed this year, they go on to two more third - party games, then Phil Spencer comes on stage to announce everything from that point on will be Xbox and Windows 10 exclusive kicked off with Turn 10 and their next Forza title, then they'll show their next Fable game, Chris Charla will then be on stage to talk about [email protected] they'll show some Hololens stuff, talk about Xbox Live and will finish off with The Coalitions new IP, hopefully, otherwise it'll be Gears
of War 5 to close it
out and then Phil Spencer will come on stage and say: «We've shown you today that we have the best in class first - party developers working on exclusive games for the most power
console ever, we've shown you we have support from third - party developers which have chosen to showcase their games for the most powerful
console.
It's coming to the stage where MS needs to put up or get
out of the games
industry as they are not investing in their
console and the customer will lose
out in the long run with their dithering and lack
of commitment.
Feder also laid
out Take - Two's company line and took an off handed swipe at the loads
of developers pushing shovelware on any
console and trying to make a quick buck, «Our goal is to be the most creative and innovative company in the
industry.
It's some next level rationalization for a company that is running
out of reasons to justify their existence in the
console industry!
Pulse should be a biweekly TV show, you guys have so much in house developers, 3
consoles on the market and 1 coming
out soon, third party support, it would be kool if you could do it and invite ps vita developers each show, for example you could start with Naughty Dog and Uncharted 3 together with Sony Bend and Uncharted Golden Abyss on the same show then you could get Insonmiac Games and Resistance 3 with Nihilistic and Resistance PS Vita and so on, im really tired
of watching failtrailers and their bias, come on sony is a very powerful company in the entertainment
industry
Sega was able to bow
out of the
console business gracefully and pull themselves back up in the eyes
of gamers and the
industry.
A lot
of insiders, analysts, and
industry folk are speaking
out about Nintendo and their
console business, and things are not looking good for the Wii - U.
With Halo: The Master Chief Collection Microsoft, which came
out at the end
of 2014, 343
Industries put together an amazing package
of the four best Halo games remastered for the current generation
console.
Consoles are still in their infancy, and yet in hundreds
of years» time people will look back and pick
out the PlayStation 2 as a
console that changed the very face
of gaming; at the heart
of dragging an
industry out of the basement and into the mainstream.
Whenever a new Nintendo
console comes
out there's this fun diplomatic period when the big powers
of the
industry — Electronic Arts, Ubisoft, Activision, Bethesda, etc)-- all make romantic proclamations about the hardware and their ardent support for it.
Supposedly the argument for Nintendo hoarding most
of the 3rd party companies was because it was to ensure the American part
of the
industry crash would never happen again, so they wanted to really strengthen quality control so much that it led to them being so strict with licensing agreements, and because
of the installed username
of the NES, Nintendo had that weight to throw about, because few companies are going to want to be cut
out of writing and developing for that
console that has most
of the market cornered.
While
console wars are entirely understandable due to branding and consumers having to pick a side because
of financial responsibilities (in regards to not shelling
out thousands
of dollars to own every piece
of gaming equipment imaginable), Microsoft is usually pretty adult about understanding that even their competitors can do something right in this
industry.
And to that end, as Anthony John Agnello points
out, GoldenEye changed the
industry by taking the rough edges
of the PC shooter experience and sanding them down for
console players.
The
industry standard was to release iterative versions
of ever - more powerful
consoles, yet here was Nintendo, the company that once ran the slogan «now you're playing with power», downplaying the importance
of pure muscle in favour
of innovation, and getting more
out of existing technology.
But regardless
of how many times you'll have to re-mortgage your house to pay for extra Vita storage space, having a lot
of indie games
out there helps the gaming
industry, and convinces Sony that the
console isn't a lost cause.
Now, such an idea is still only fantasy, but with all the talk
of cross-platform play coming
out of the video gaming
industry, could the day finally arrive soon that will allow players on both
consoles to game together?