Forbes - Potentially big news out of Asia today as China‘s official state-run newspaper, the China Daily, reports that the country is considering ending its ban on the sale of video game consoles which began in 2000.
If you were a 90s kid excited about Nintendo’s upcoming N64 console, you likely read something somewhere about the Nintendo 64 Disk Drive, also known as the 64DD or DD64.
Genuine Enabling Technology was seeking damages, claiming the tech allowing PlayStation consoles and controllers to communicate infringes its rights.
Sounds like patent trolling they tried the same thing against Nintendo with the same pattern.
Motion and control input traversing over higher and lower frequencies seperate from each other allowing the controller to do both
So to recoup the money Genuine is going to take on Nintendo or Microsoft next. I hate patent lawyers they are some of the worst bottom feeders out there.
Other nominees include games like SimCity & Tony Hawk's Pro Skater.
There are some good nominees in this list that are deserving to be inducted also, but I feel Metroid has had the most impact on the industry out of all of these. Look how Metroid influenced the evolution of the Castlevania games, and the "Metroidvania" subgenre of games have become a prevailing force in gaming today. Especially now, Metroidvanias are bigger than ever.
I can very much see Resident Evil being added later too, bc it really did popularize and define the survival horror genre. I would say that one is next in line.
If any Metroid game should get the honor it should be Super Metroid , it's perfection in my eyes . 30 years later and I still feel it's the most epic shit ever .
The GBA remake deserves it or Super Metroid, the original was a very sloppy and rushed game programmed in 3 months and it shows.
If you've never played the remake, it's absolutely a must play, fixes basically every flaw in the game. Check out ExoParadigmGamer's comparison video.
It would be nice if Sony can get a lot of sales out of this... They really need/deserve it because of the financial issues they're having. Not to mention all of the great things they've done for gamers the past few years.
Off-topic: Why is this picture used so much for Sony articles? Lol, it's pretty hilarious and makes me smile every time, but it's just getting crazy now.
if it does happen sony and nintendo would rule the console market next gen
It would be awesome with such a huge new market. But China is both piracy-land and cheap-knockoff-land, so it won't be an easy conquering.
I hope all 3 manufactures strike gold there. It's so sad that SONY's gaming department is yet to recoup all losses since ps3 launched. They deserve a break, though I still maintain they were very arrogant.
Nintendo deserve it simply because they are Nintendo and they are awesome.
Microsoft. . .well everybody else would be striking gold and it would be sad to see them be the only ones that miss out. Although I don't see Kinect working out in China, what with its space requirements. Also Xbox live being a paid for service is balls. There, I admitted it.