SchollA from Console ControllUs pronounced control-us writes:
After the year we had in 2011 I think gamers were expecting to have an even bigger year in 2012…well 2012 arrived and seemingly did not deliver. I think some of that had to do with games that were expected to release being pushed into 2013 and the games that were actually published not living up to standard. Now it seems 2013 will be an overcrowded bliss which may propel 2013 to be the biggest, best year ever, so if this is indeed the final year for current-gen consoles what a way to go.
Let’s go back to 2011 for a second shall we?
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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.
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There's certainly a good case to be made for this. It's not only a year of many exclusives, but it 'appears' to be a year when the PS3 gets pushed beyond that mythical and often reported power limit. When you see The Last Of Us and you recall thinking that Uncharted 2 was the limit and then Uncharted 3 MUST be the limit ... you begin to realise that the limit seems limitless.
The almost photo-realism of Beyond: Two Souls, the Ridiculous lighting, environment and character builds of GOW: Ascension, the remarkable graphics of Puppeteer, the blissful concept behind Rain and the vibrant cell shading of both Ni-no-kuni and Sly Cooper are just some of the reasons this case can be made.
I would saayyy.....no
Maybe if The Last Guardian came out that WOULD make it best year for gaming
also The Last of Us needs to be amazing, and Tomb raider reboot successful
new hardware for Sony's devs to play with.. I'd say hell yeah! :D
2013 can be the best year in a couple years, with big titles like GTA V, Last Of Us, Watch Dogs, and MGS Ground Zeroes(possibly) coming out, also not everything is even announced yet.
Also with the rumor that the next gen consoles being reveled possibly this year excites me.
We said this about 2011, because there were so many great sequels/conclusions.
2012 was pretty good as well.
For me at least, 2013 will be better, whether or not the new consoles are released. I am a single player guy, so TLOU, Beyond 2S and ni No Kuni will see me through. Plus Metro Last Light, Bioshock infinite and Alien Colonial Marines.
I also hope that Gears Judgement can have a half-decent story this time around. Being a prequel, it has more free room, as it is not tied into the original trilogy as much, which had sub-standard stories to say the least. Also expecting big things from another prequel in GOW Ascension.
I forgot some others, plus there are un-announced ones as well. I think Bungie's Destiny will come out as well, at leastfor Xbox (meh...stupid timed exclusives).