Draugoth
Gold Member
New 3DS And Wii U Users Can No Longer Go Online In Games
Online play officially ends "early April 2024"
www.nintendolife.com
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New 3DS And Wii U Users Can No Longer Go Online In Games
www.nintendolife.com
Werewolf Jones
Member
There's servers for the DS Pokemon games so if someone wants to host for specific games it's definitely possible.
Kinda sad the PS3 is still going strong that outdates both of these by at least 5 years. Nintendo pulled the plug WAAAAAAAY too fast compared to the Wii.
Kinda sad the PS3 is still going strong that outdates both of these by at least 5 years. Nintendo pulled the plug WAAAAAAAY too fast compared to the Wii.
ManaByte
Member
The Wii U sold 13M systems. Total. This is a massive who gives a shit story.
Skelterz
Member
If you look into modifying your 3ds not only can you download DLC & Updates for games you can download any game ever released for the platform from the 3ds natively basically the E-shop but everything is free.. look in H-shop.
squidilix
Member
Only 1-2 millions active user on PS3 for now (based on recent leak) and when Sony announce they down PS Store (not online game, just PS Store), they've got massive backlash they force to go back.
3DS selling also a lot, but for some reason, people don't care much when Nintendo stop eShop/Online
ManaByte
Member
justiceiro
Marlboro: Other M
Oh boy, please hang in there Mario maker
LoveCake
Member
Nintendo are the worst for it.
graywolf323
Member
and the 3DS sold 75+ million… so it’s not like it’s just the Wii U
edit: the Vita is estimated to have sold around 15-16 million
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ShadyAcshuns
Member
3DS has such an amazing library. I'm still playing it to this day and feel sad for those who never had one.
Shake Your Rump
Banned
It's even less than that. This inability to go online only applies to any new accounts created at this point. Existing accounts still work.
Calverz
Member
Yea if it was Sony, the servers would have closed 5 years ago.
SenkiDala
Member
There wasn't a story about you wouldn't be able to download the games you bought ? I thought it was because of this that people were upset, now because they won't be able to play FIFA 07 online anymore.
dotnotbot
Member
When did PS3/Vita and 3DS/WiiU release and which ones are still online for everyone with no upcoming closure date?
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kiphalfton
Member
Northeastmonk
Gold Member
You can still download and play on PS3/Vita. Get the best Squaresoft games for PS1 and enjoy them on the Vita or PS3. I still ply my Vita more than I do my 3DS. My 3DS has Dragon Quest VII and VIII. There are quite a few really great games on 3DS. Nintendo kicked the shins of the people who bought digitally.When did PS3/Vita and 3DS/WiiU release and which ones are still online for everyone with no upcoming closure date?
Horseganador
Member
It is curious the contrast of this type of news depending on the brand, if it is Sony trying to close the PS3 store everything is indignation, if it is Nintendo...well it seems that there is not that much of a problem...
Werewolf Jones
Member
It is a problem but the difference is Sony listens to their fanbase but Nintendo knows their drone fanbase will fold easily.
Magic Carpet
Gold Member
I don't understand why there can't be one little server blade to handle these things.
I picture an old concrete building, foundation leaning over into a partially flooded lake in the middle of nowhere with racks of old computers doing old things.
I picture an old concrete building, foundation leaning over into a partially flooded lake in the middle of nowhere with racks of old computers doing old things.
Sushi_Combo
Member
Such a shame to decommission these services. They can probably host these without much investment. I think the major challenges are with Credit Card systems being out of date making it costly to get those up to standards.
fart town usa
Member
So lame. Crazy to think that Nintendo could do no wrong when I was a kid but I now struggle to think of a gaming company that I dislike more than Nintendo.
fart town usa
Member
Because Nintendo fanboys are the same people making YT comments praising Nintendo for taking legal action on fan games/emulation.
Dr. Wilkinson
Member
To be fair, both systems are more than a decade old. And were both commercially discontinued years ago. Wii U was discontinued in *2015*.
Go get a private server set up or something
The active users playing online games on either system was probably routinely in the single digits at this point. Why would anyone expect Nintendo to just permanently fund servers that no one is using?
No one does that. Lol
Go get a private server set up or something
The active users playing online games on either system was probably routinely in the single digits at this point. Why would anyone expect Nintendo to just permanently fund servers that no one is using?
No one does that. Lol
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graywolf323
Member
credit card systems aren’t an issue because they’ve already killed the stores making it so you can’t purchase anything
nial
Member
nial
Member
2017.
Dr. Wilkinson
Member
They announced its planned discontinuation in Dec 2015. Whatever
It didn’t sell hardly units in 2016 because they’d moved onto the classic Minis starting holiday 2015, since the Wii U was such an unmitigated disaster.
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nial
Member
Oh, well. I was going to share this.They announced its planned discontinuation in Dec 2015. Whatever
It didn’t sell hardly units in 2016 because they’d moved onto the classic Minis starting holiday 2015, since the Wii U was such an unmitigated disaster.
Wii U Production Has Officially Ended For Japan [Update]
Last fall, Kotaku reported Wii U production was slated to end “soon” for Japan. And today, we can say it’s officially finished.
kotaku.com
EverydayBeast
ChatGPT 0.001
Wii u got us here.
UltimaKilo
Gold Member
I play Mario Kart on my 3DS often online… there’s still a large user base. You don’t know what you’re talking about.
