The price of the Nintendo Switch has reportedly been leaked. In addition, a booklet full of accessories also came out. Will this help Nintendo?
Steam is changing its refund policy, but you probably won’t be affected
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Only scumbags? As if people don't play their games on console put in the most amount of hours and return it to GameStop and trade it in for another game. But also how many people are actually do this? And what games have been allowed to be refunded?
You can refund any game you've purchased as long as it hasn't been longer than two weeks, and you've played less than 2 hours. I wish they would change it to 3 hours because some RPG's have so much exposition that you may only get an hour total of complete gameplay. That's my only knock on it. I've refunded plenty of stuff I was just curious to try. I typically stay away from Early Access titles which are the only ones affected by this policy change.
Apparently early access doesn't count, only complete games with a play early preorder bonus.
A job listing published by the UK studio reveals that its next project will be another entirely new IP.
Dayum did I hit a nerve. Sorry for not liking most of this gens games coming from PS, not really doe.
Good. Something not boring, not one of those "make your own game" crap and also on Steam would be nice.
Outriders developer People Can Fly's next game has been canceled after its publishing agreement with Take-Two Interactive fell through.
"the capital group of PCF Group S.A."
If you're getting funding from a group that needs two different ways of Acronyming itself, things will not go the way you want them to.
Outriders was crap. They slapped that game together and threw in a loot system to get players' attention. This game was absolutely jank and the always online nonsense made it stutter like crazy. People Can't Optimize.
I liked Outriders but I could see where the artistic vision was compromised. The way the industry is now, it wouldn't surprise me that upper management would scrap something that didn't pull in money via gaas, mts, or other means.
If it's £220 with a game im soo in
I have to admit, I'd be in for that too. Zelda maybe? :)
What will impress me is if Switch works as advertised with a decent battery life. The only two titles we have seen built from the ground up on Switch are Seasons Of Heaven and Super Mario (Switch). Both impress me visually. I'm excited! And I love Breath Of The Wild's visuals, which will probably look sharper on Switch. But it can't conclude what Switch is capable of as it was built for Wii U. The size of Breath Of The Wild's map impresses me most, the gameplay mechanics look sweet. It's going to be awesome.
Seasons Of Heaven: http://gematsu.com/wp-conte...
Price can, but considering the competition is already $250 the Switch would have to be $199 or less to make an impact on pricing, realistically IMO $199 is the lowest. Price will be important, because the hardware is expected not to live up to the competition therefore they have to sell the device based on functionality aka hybrid console portability. But $250 for a handheld has never worked, luckily for Switch it's the most advanced dedicated gaming handheld (although so was the Vita), so as long as it nails battery life, memory storage (micro SD please), and multiplayer on the go, it will be fine until they launch a Switch slim for $199 or less.
Games can if the Switch is fully backwards compatible with NES - GameCube, and GB - 3DS emulation, with the addition of new releases and Wii U remasters all hitting early in the devices life cycle then games will carry it as well. The top 15% of each generations games need to be on Virtual Console by Year 1, they need at least 6 first party exclusives each year, 6 best of Wii U remasters for the first few years, and finally solid 3rd party support (good from JP, at best mediocre for West), and Switch will be a near perfect Nintendo device.
Accessories I don't think will help NX out at all. Never seen an accessory be the reason 10's of millions buy a console outside of the Wiimote.
249.99 simply puts it on par, price wise with current gen consoles. That's not some mind-blowing price tag. If it launched at 199.99, now THAT would be impressive!