Newsfactor writes:
"One strength for Toshiba and the HD DVD format is that it has the backing of Microsoft, which uses HD DVD players as a peripheral for its Xbox 360 game console. Microsoft sold 4.5 million Xbox units in 2007, nearly twice as many units as Sony's Playstation 3, which comes equipped with a Blu-ray player."
"But the increasingly difficult question for Toshiba is what consumers will play on those HD-DVD units if they buy them. Just two weeks ago, Warner Bros. Studios announced that it was dropping the HD-DVD format entirely and would produce movies in the Blu-ray format alone. The move leaves just three companies -- DreamWorks, Paramount and Universal -- still releasing Hollywood titles on HD DVD."
"While the 20 year anniversary edition of Nordic Game, NG24 Spring's homepage on 21-24 May in Malmö, Sweden, is getting closer, the organizers announced that more than 150 speakers are now lined up for the show." - Nordic Game.
The gaming industry has drifted away from offering full-fledged games to putting unfinished titles that are jam-packed with microtransactions on the market.
It's not the fault of the gaming industry. Gamers were told what was happening, were warned about where this would lead, did nothing, and now are acting like it's the fault of publishers that they kept buying these games and investing in MTX. If only those gamers at that time felt as strongly about these things as they do Helldivers 2.
This is what amazed me the most when playing hours upon hours of stellar Blade version 1.00.00 no bugs, no crashes, no sudden drops in frames, no screen tear, no falling from the world, just a complete package on a game under 50GB.
I think Korea will play a major role in gaming in the long run , because they're releasing banger after banger.
Still pretty common to find if you stay away from the AAA publishers, in the last 10yrs ive probably only bought like 3 games combined from EA/ACTIVISION/UBISOFT. Even now i still buy games that work right out the box perfectly fine. Just recently got like 6hrs into Alone in the Dark, and not a single sign of any of that bs, really enjoying my time with it.
And we as gamers have to accept our role in that. Constantly never being satisfied. Constantly demanding more while paying less. Constantly demanding better frame rates, better graphics, more modes and faster faster faster…. Then review bombing the product when a demand isn’t met. Meanwhile those same demands are making games more difficult, complex and more expensive to create than ever before, on shrinking timelines that burn out employees and make their lives miserable.
You wanna know why so many games get delayed? Cuz the original release dates weren’t realistic to begin with, but you can’t tell a gamer their game is further away than they want to hear. Some dev or game designer will be threatened physically. That builds even more pressure and rushing. We are officially squeezing water out of rocks and still complaining about that how hard you have to squeeze the rock be just waiting for rain. Most of the time we take it out on the developing studio, when it’s the publisher making the calls.
All you need to do is read the comments on most websites and social media to see how toxic, entitled and petty the gaming community at large is, and realize how that transforms into impossible expectations on the parts of game makers.
This is one battle that gamers have never won, hahaha. They were parading recently for their "win" against Sony. Where's the energy for this one, guys? LMAO!
"The most important games event of Latin America, gamescom latam, has unveiled the finalists for its flagship award ceremony, the gamescom latam BIG Festival, which celebrates the best in the global market of games." - Gamescom.
For one thing, the commercials put out by the BDA have been far more intuitive and enticing, using testemonials from everyday people as well as reknowned film directors in order to help consumers understand the difference between Blu-ray and DVD (and even HD-DVD).
The HD-DVD commercials on the other hand have been stuck in the realm of analogies, i.e. DVD gives a TV experience, while HD-DVD gives a Big TV experience. Or even better, DVD is 5 breakdancers on stage while HD-DVD is 10 breakdancers on stage. As hip as their intentions may have been, Toshiba and Microsoft have failed to grasp that educating consumers is the number one issue.
The biggest obstacle for HD-DVD though has been its name: it has too many syllables, and the name is far too similar to the current standard, which is DVD. Even Microsoft had trouble advertising the 360 as an "HD Console" since no one in Japan could understand the english term "HD". It was pretty funny for a while. The term is only intuitive for English speakers, and not very often.
lol HD DVD is doing a total nosedive now. It's like a clearance sale now.
Seriously, its over.
is for n00bs
May be but if you don't have the content you want then what's the point?. Price is the only thing they have which is useless if they don't have the content. I am intrested in what you folks think. Price and content are the two key factors. I would like to here opinions on which is more important.