We all know that a system needs good games to sell well. But if you want your system to really light up the charts, you need to take the bad with the good.
EK Cooling allegedly has slipped itself into a hot soup of seemingly endless financial woes, where it has not paid its staff, suppliers, and contractors for many months as the company is facing liquidity problems and a surplus of inventory left unsold, stuck in the warehouse for a more extended period. Gamers Nexus investigated these claims made by former and current personnel, where he found trails of unpaid bills lasting as long as three to four months and unpaid raises that accumulated for almost a year.
EK Water Blocks has two entities—a Slovenian-based headquarters and a US-based subsidiary, EK Cooling Solutions. Steve narrated the series of events in detail, stating that the company was reportedly irresponsible and negligent regarding payment. Consequently, partners and employees are forced to share the burden of alleged mismanagement. It all begins with its extensive range of products, leading to a surplus of goods. EK has over 230 water blocks, 40 liquid cooling kits, 85 reservoirs, 40 pumps, 73 radiators, and 212 miscellaneous accessories.
Yes this is not about video games directly but indirectly this will impact the pc gaming/workstation space hard.
This company is massive one of two in the water cool space so if it goes poof then thousands out there have no spare parts or half built computers.
SO yeah i know not about a video game but think of it as amd leaving the pc space but this is ekwb that could be leaving water cooling in the pc space
Jayz2cents a supporter of there products also has issues
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Rob Webb of KnowTechie writes: We're still waiting on the details, but this video game adaptation promises to be seriously creepy.
Ibrahim from eXputer: "The Medal of Honor franchise was once the crown jewel of FPS war games, later defeated by the tides of time and poor development."
They tried to turn it into Call of Duty and it killed it off. They should reboot it and go back to it's roots. But they'd ruin it with online-only/multiplayer style bullshit so why bother? I have very fond memories of these games, but this series can stay dead as far as I'm concerned.
Was literally just thinking of this game the other week with the secret nut cracker mission and the shooting Bismarck dog lmao. Loved these games as a kid
I have fond memories of playing the Medal of Honor Breakthrough MP Demo. It had two maps and custom servers. Living on campus, I had it downloaded on one of the PC Lab servers so I could access it on any computer at the university. Joined a clan and made friends that I still keep in touch with today.
I can't think of one shovelware title I've bought for the PS3. Some fairly crappy games, yes (like Kya: Dark Lineage) but no real shovelware.
"Camers",(or casual gamers if you will) play an important role in the gaming industry.
You can play the "Hardcore" card all you want, but its the not-so-hardcore software that actually sells(Just Dance,Wii Sports,Wii Sports Resort,Wii Play,Mario Kart Wii, Wii Party...).
I don't think that's it. Sony just had most of the developers on their side. I mean with Dreamcast gone and Nintendo lower in the ranks who else were they supposed to develop for? Even when the Xbox came out the fanbase was so huge on the PS2 plus the developers were used to working with the PS2.So I think the secret to the Ps2's longevity I believe is that many new gamers have not experienced the PS2 and the numerous titles that exist. When they hear about them they are curious and want to see games like GOW, FF and MGS 3 the games that came before the modern versions. I think this assumption that PS2 only survives because of shovelware is just wild speculation.
Secret to Playstation 2's longevity?
SUPPORT
nintendo dropped gamecube.microsoft dropped xbox.sony continued SUPPORT for 10 years or more like ps1.
it's called SUPPORT.if it's still SELLING,let it LIVE.it's not like the others saying,"buy our new system or you get no more games."like xbox and gamecube.....
sony said,"upgrade when you're ready.""we'll still be here to SUPPORT you even when PS4 comes out.
The PS2 was the best console ever at it's prime. Period.
It was over 10x times better than the first Playstation. Like Apocalypse said, then it was all about support. Sony has always been one for quality, and they got quality developers and then made...quality games! The PS2 only did the best.
When people saw this cheap, quality console, it sold like hotcakes. Much like the PS3 will sell both now and next year. The n4g article will generate quite a bit of heat the day PS3 sales overtake Xbox.