MADRID, 18 Feb. (Portaltic/EP) –
The Video Game History Foundation has criticized Nintendo’s decision to close the digital stores of its Nintendo 3DS and Wii U consoles, and has held the Japanese company responsible for “actively destroy the history” of the sector.
Nintendo has announced this week your measure that will close the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS eShop in March 2023date on which it will no longer be possible to continue buying the games for these consoles, although the possibility of downloading the content that has been previously acquired will remain.
Now, the Video Game History Foundation has published a statement in which it has valued as “unfortunate” that players can no longer buy 3DS or Wii U gamesalthough they claim to “understand the business reality that has led to this decision.”
The non-profit organization, which is dedicated to preserving, celebrating and teaching the history of the video game, has been critical of the position in which the players are left: “We don’t understand what path Nintendo expects fans to take if they want to keep playing video games in the future.“.
Our statement on the closure of Nintendo’s legacy digital shops. pic.twitter.com/mG5GzuGH4G
— Video Game History Foundation (@GameHistoryOrg) February 17, 2022
The Foundation has emphasized the fact that Nintendo prohibits other external platforms from providing access to their video games legally.
“Not providing commercial access is understandable, but avoiding the work of institutions to preserve these video games implies actively destroying the history of the video game“, has denounced the organization.
It has also asked members of the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), the industry membership association that also organizes E3, to “reconsider your position and work with the institutions to find a solution“.
Only the closure of the Wii U eShop will provoke what more than 256 video games that only have a digital version disappear for this Nintendo console, and will affect more than 700 titles also with physical versions.