Tesco Tech - With news in this week that a rival to Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo has raised nearly $5m on crowdfunding website Kickstarter to develop a $95 games console, is it the beginning of the end for the expensive and graphically powerful set top box of yore?
A gorgeous real-world Miraidon from Pokemon Scarlet and Violet has been created in Japan by the Toyota Engineering Society.
JDR thinks the gaming industry needs more licensed IPs. It's basically a cry for Firefly: The Game, and why not? JDR delves deeper into why more isn't adapted for the interactive screen.
Nah. Video games are their own thing they wouldn't be improved by leeching off Hollywood more.
Read the article and it gives no mention of the many problems prevalent with licensed IPs, such as games and dlc being delisted when their licenses expire, Adult Swim games being the most recent example.
Only if they're good, if its going to be a 2D sprite art game, you can get away with a small team and small budget. But if you're going to make it a 3D polygonal game, you're going to need a large team with a large budget, and often times these licensed games are quickly pushed out the door, unpolished, rough, boring, bland, snorefest at best, and downright broken at worst.
We have an Indiana Jones and James Bond game currently being developed by two veteran teams with I assume fairly sizeable budgets. Let's hope they turn out to be worthwhile.
A new Mad Max game to coincide with the upcoming film would have been awesome. I loved the first game, I'm guessing it didn't sell too well as they never bothered following it up.
"The Game Music Foundation are today very proud and pleased to announce an additional concert, circling back to the roots of Game Muisic Festival in Poland. On April 28th, 2024, the National Forum of Music in Wroclaw will once again become a place to celebrate the art of video game music, featuring scores from The Last of Us and The Last of Us Part II." - The Game Music Foundation.
HAHA a console that is technically in a lower league than the PS3 will cause the PS3 and PS4 to not exist within the earth.
Also why did the topic ask if its the end for game consoles when this device is a new console?
Is it groundhog day on N4G every day. The same articles submitted & approved over and over again. These particular stories about the death of consoles are really irritating.
consoles is dying because crap companies like EA and Ubisoft buy up all the small companies, theres no vision, no creativity.
Just a mish mash of the same games over and over again, sequels with better graphics but worse gameplay.
When the Will sells almost 100m units and the other 2 sell 120-140m combined... hell no.
Consoles might go digital-only when the internet speeds get more consistent, but they will not be going away any time soon