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The new console generation is almost upon us. We know that the Nintendo Wii U will be releasing sometime this year, we also know that the Wii U will indeed be backwards compatible with the original Wii. However, it wont be backwards compatible with the Nintendo Gamecube, this news might bother some people, but it got me to wondering if a lack of backwards compatibility would actually sway people from one console to another if the function was left out of their favorite brands console next generation.
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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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As someone that has built a watercooling rig. EK is big, but there's so many numerous watercooling part companies out there. EK's stuff isn't exactly amazing quality for the price compared to others either, it's just ok. Much like Corsair. The impact would be negligible long term. For perspective the majority of my parts are XSPC, at most I use EK for my gpu waterblocks and fittings. Both easily replaceable.
if it's Sony or Nintendo, yes, if it's Microsoft, no
It's gonna really depend on what else the console has to offer. We've seen consoles do pretty much anything that any other device can do already this generation so it'll take something pretty unique to win me over if it DOESN'T have backwards compatibility.
If the 8th generation only does one or two new things that don't even enhance gameplay or a gamer's experience by much on top of no BC, what point is there in even going into the next generation so soon?
No but it would be nice.
Sold my Gamecube, kept my accessories and software, and use my Nintendo Wii console to play GC games, from time to time. I plan on purchasing a Wii U console, and it's been stated that it'll have Wii software playback, so I'll keep my Wii for my GC games, and play my Wii games on the Wii U (with the ability to hopefully play Wii games on the Wii Upad).
This gen is much different as these consoles do so much. If they r smart, they will have achiev/trophy transfer with friends. It should come with a transfer cable so u can put everything on ur new system. But, they should keep selling games and stuff on the psn or xbla. Sonyis smart. We have seen a deluge of great games that even a hardcore gamer wont get through 50% of what they want to play. Offer these games digitally or at a reduced price with indie games and many ppl will b on these systems for years.
Backward compatibility isnt a must. If it is increase shipping price, then no. It depends their strategy. If they wanna keep ppl on these systems, they wont do it. But, if another does it, they have to. That being said, if they want to saturate the market with old systems to get ppl hooked, they may not make money selling more this gen consoles but ppl will buy used ones in droves, which will ultimately benefit them. Also, sony is smart because if they have online play, it will make the ps3 relevant for a long while.
And if they surprise us and release the next data disc, it will turn tje ps3 into an ols blu ray player to keep. If they could simply update their browser. Microsoft has been smart in that they hav also turned their console into a media player. But they will have to make online free to ppl. Also, if they are expensive, many will wait because times are very hard.