From Tom's Hardware
The history of video games is littered with consoles that were epic fiascoes. Most were just bad platforms that either lacked in performance, compelling software, or a true market niche. But some had a good chance at success that was spoiled by management issues, marketing gaffes, or a lack of relationships in the software development community.
We present 20 console failures that have left their marks on history.
Kevin writes: "Multi-GPU gaming was one of those things that seemed like a good idea for as long as it lasted. I mean honestly, the idea of a modular approach to graphics upgrades – be that SLI or CrossFire – was brilliant. I repeat, the idea was brilliant."
Im old school... when i hear the term SLI, I immediately think of 3dfx. I still have a pair of 12mb Monster V2's in an old rig. I never tried out the more modern take on SLI or Crossfire for that matter.
I mean, it was mostly for bragging rights. It was a very temperamental tech that improved with newer iterations, for sure. But folks like myself, who have used it, probably recall that troubleshooting was an integral part of the experience and the value that you got out of the setup was really low.
However, none of that mattered because it looked sick as hell on a well-built PC.
I remember doing my research at the time 😂 I got 2 GTX 460's, as they in SLI were meant to be better than the 480 at the time. Not all games were optimised at the time, which meant some games meant setting them up for 1 card alone. Never forget the time I came home from night shift, turned on my computer like normal, went and made a cuppa, come back and it was still off. Tried to turn on again, and one of the 460's caught fire... good times.
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Deliver Us Mars developer Keoken Interactive has laid off the majority of its staff after struggling to secure funding …
The industry model and standards and who's in place to approve/disapprove have changed ^ what Keoken is feeling now is much like the Mobile burst 15 years ago. Expect more to come out of your own finances. Investors are treating games like movies and now (thank$ a lot for involving yourself hollywood) only the big (and money blind) investors get involved, effectively killing a lot of content that would come out with proper non-gate-kept and/or with incentivized funding.
Sorry but i couldn't care less, Deliver us Mars was as woke game as they come, climate change disaster, all female cast plus only a comic relief indian guy (it takes only 5 minutes into the game for the main female character to say how smart she is compared to the guy), evil white guys, ugly females, then add generic gameplay and puzzles (how many times do you have to cut things with a laser for gods sake), you can't change anything in how the events develop so 0 agency in the story, sub par graphics even while using UE4. So well, go woke go broke, that's how it works.
That stinks but with a 68 average critic rating on their games probably made it difficult for people to invest considering there is a bloat of games getting made these days.
Why is the vita on that list...lol Do they know something we don't.What about PSPgo?
Alright, so we're trolling a bit. But there's a kernel of truth to our jest.
You right. This way people have to click next 21 times to get to what you say about the vita. Come on those console that have crashed and burned mean they have not done well and so it has to cease production (a.k.a psp go). The Vita isnt over yet with some quality titles this year. Wait till Sony announce the cease in production before it can be considered
21 consoles, 21-pages. I suffered through it so you didn't have to.
ColecoVision
Vectrex
Atari 7800
PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16
Atari Lynx
Amstrad GX4000
Commodore 64GS
PC Engine GT/TurboExpress
Philips CD-i
Commodore CDTV
3DO
Atari Jaguar
Pioneer LaserActive
Apple Bandai Pippin
Nintendo Virtual Boy
Tiger Game.com
Neo Geo Pocket Color
N-Gage
Gizmondo
The Phantom
PS Vita
There is seriously no need for a 21-page list. Next time consider a 7-page max list if you are going to attempt something like this again.
Based off the comments saying that its a 21-page list and the fact that theres a vita on the picture, im not even gonna click this guy's website.
I've just got my PS+ Music Unlimited trial and WOW! It is absolutely amazing! I can now play games on my Vita listening to any song I like, I wish I'd bought it at the reduced price a few weeks ago. And PS Vita, I can tell the writer merely dislikes the console because I think it's done better than a few consoles on that lengthy list. DO NOT VIEW THE LINK, THE FOOL GETS REVENUE FROM EVERY CHEAPSKATE SLIDESHOW SCREEN.