I think greater online and cloud integration is a great prospect within the Xbox One's design plan.
Therefore it's such a shame that they've implemented some draconian DRM rules which likely won't do anything but hinder and hurt a small group of gamers and not really do anything beneficiary at all.
I believe the future of gaming will involve greater online integration and connectivity, but not like this.... *hangs head and whispers* not like this.
@2-red @gilldominic I should consider that? Well, apart from you I don't know any one who wants this. So my answer would be one extra Wii U sale because of your plan, hooray! ;)
My point is that even if you increased sales by a THIRD, an incredible increase, the Wii U would still be floundering.....
@2-red @gilldominic @Scorpion1813 You stated that if people had already bought a Wii version of the game. They should get a digital, high res version for free. It has been one of the key points of your plan as I understood it.
My point is that your "simple" plan may be a little more complex than you've initially thought, as if usually the case when applying a theory to reality.
@2-red @Scorpion1813 Just a question. What if a game developer doesn't want to give away their game for free?
They produced a game for the Wii console after all. I imagine nothing in that publishing deal said anything about HD versions for a future console.....
@2-red @gilldominic Can I ask you what you believe the "huge margin" is that your plan would affect sales by?
Are we talking an extra 1 million units (massively increasing total sales, by almost a third, although still well below the 5 million total sales target I read about)? 2 million extra sales? More?
I'm genuinely curious just how game-changing you believe this idea is.
@2-red @gilldominic My point is that even if they had, it wouldn't have made a significant difference to sales.
For the same reason no one seems to care that the PS4 and Xbox One won't have backwards compatibility.
Most gamers don't care (you've made it clear that you desperately want these HD rehashes but I've literally never heard any one else mention this wish since the Wii U has existed) about what games were on their OLD system when they are buying a NEW system.
They are buying their NEW console for the NEW games!
Looking backwards with a new console WILL NOT take you forwards.
I recognise that you are very invested personally in this idea, but willpower alone cannot make an argument sound.
@2-red @gilldominic @2-red @gilldominic I haven't questioned the technical aspect of implementing this.
It may be easy, but there is no income model for it. You are giving the games away for free and it completely disrupts the overall marketing message you want to put out with a new console.
So you're spending money (however easy it is, you'll still be spending money to implement it) to make none and hurting the message of your new console (however confused it is, making it MORE confused can hardly help)....
And at the end of this, I think it would have a negligible effect to sales. (Obviously you think it would lead to millions of units flying of the shelves, but I am struggling to see more than thousands.)
@2-red @gilldominic It muddies the message of the console.
Instead of people seeing the new console and seeing the new games and experiences possible, you're at the same time telling them it will be the same experience as the Wii with slightly better resolution.
That is a terrible message when the Wii U is meant to be a lot more than just a Wii HD!
@2-red Most people aren't even bothered that Xbox and Playstation are ditching backwards compatibility. Why? Because you don't buy a NEW console to play OLD games. Even if the old games look a bit nicer, they're still old, played out efforts. (Often seen through rose tinted glasses in your memory.)
It's the same reason the third party ports to Wii U have completely underwhelmed.
To succeed you need NEW games, NEW IPs and NEW experiences.
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