Arstechnica, Charlie Hall- "About 150 Club Nintendo members had received a golden ticket for each night of this four-day junket, but I was more interested in talking to the invited students from DePaul University’s Game Dev program. These were undergraduates and graduate students who had made the decision to come to a four-year, liberal arts school to study up on how to make modern games.
This wasn’t just a regular demo session for them. It was Nintendo’s chance to sell a set of up-and-coming developers on its vision for the hardware. The students' reaction was a mix of giddy optimism about the system's potential and cynical skepticism about certain aspects of Wii U development."
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same thing they said about the 3ds
and now look at it
the critically acclaimed vita flopping
and the flop to be 3ds is successful.
just trust in Nintendo. they got this
I don't know why you think Rare has any control of the ip, because they don't.
Don't know why this sentiment exists. The consoles this gen have sold 229.7 million units this gen, yet console gaming is somehow dying or is losing it's touch due to phones, PHONES of all things.
Angry Birds is a nice little distraction but it can never kill off Mario, Metal Gear, Halo, etc.
http://www.razorianfly.com/...
By no means am I saying that mobile will replace traditional as they both can survive together but the notion that mobile gaming isn't relevant or having an impact is disingenuous to your own wanting of mobile gaming not to be mentioned alongside with "core" gaming.
The whole reason the phone market is so successful is because damn near everyone has a cell phone, many of which are smart. That means they play games. Not everyone on the other hand, owns every video game console.
It's pretty much like trying to go back about sixty years and tell people of that time period that TV wasn't going to kill books. They would have thought you were crazy. Yet books continue to be made today.
You my friend earn a bubble
It's amazing how shortsighted the Experts get.
Apple has a great business model- and we all know that the cost of AAA games is getting high but to then turn around and say that smartphone gaming is the ONLY way to go is poorly calculated.
It's like they don't see the full picture. I can see why a caring teacher would push them toward Indie/Tablet/Smartphone gaming however-
For many it would be more rewarding creatively and the profits (for their work) would be more direct. They could also gain recognition more easily if their Indie title becomes a hit.
BUT this is the same argument that exist in the Film industry. Indie Films vs. Big Budget Films - And from what I see both have a place in the market. (Now if only they can get Indie Television up and running).
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nintendo is the only manufacturer who still impose region locked hardware and you think these control freaks are gonna open their Platform anytime soon?
ah!ah!ah!
Playstation Vita accounts were region locked and you could only have one account per Vita device. Ergo, it's region locked.
Here is the guide: http://www.ign.com/wikis/ps...
Nothing against anyone but I think the proper information should be shared.
Oh right. I forgot about that. So in other words, the only way for you to have access to every region, you have to spend money and buy more than one of those overpriced memory cards. Duly noted.
Well duh, at least you can access other regions unlike Wii or Xbox you need to buy a region specific console just to play unless you hack or crack the console which prevents you from accessing online contents.
But the main thing is, there is no region lock on the Vita. I just wanted to make that clear. So the people not in the know won't get the wrong information.
Yeah, for more money to Sony first. It's crap.
@tiffac008
"Those memory cards will drop in price down the line. Its the nature of not only the console business but the tech business as a whole. So in the end, it won't be an issue."
The bottom line is they're still too expensive NOW. Meaning until that price drop happens (assuming it ever does) then I'm not really going to care, am I?
"But the main thing is, there is no region lock on the Vita. I just wanted to make that clear. So the people not in the know won't get the wrong information."
If you can't access overseas content on the one account you have, the platform may as well be region locked. Having to buy another tiny, overpriced memory card and making a new account just to buy games from different regions is a ripoff. Personally I wouldn't want it at all if that's what I have to go through as a consumer.
Dancing around that fact and try to spin the Vita as region lock free doesn't earn you any points with skeptics like myself.
Your trying to put region restriction for online content and complete region lock in the same sentence. There is a difference.
You know as much as I do. Region lock prevents you in playing anything from other regions. That includes the physical media, unless you jailbreak the device.
The restriction only applies to online content with can be circumvented with another memory card. Price or not of the card, the Vita clearly does not have a region lock. Online region restriction per memory card, yes.
And now your saying you do not care if the price of the memory card goes down in the future? Then why even bother bringing that up, when your not going to accept facts?
I ain't here trying to put a rain on your parade. I'm just stating the facts and ain't spinning the truth here.
As core gamers, we are responsible in spreading the correct information without any bias. So the people that is not in the know can understand. That is all what I am doing.
How dare you bring up another platform when this is about the Wii U. People cant troll when u do that.
Like Wii U gwtting ports. Its,only an issue for Wii u. When u bring facts like ps3 got them into it it kills the fun