There was a lot of information thrown out during the recent Switch conference, from game announcements and release dates, to publisher support and the price tag. One of the thing Nintendo glossed over, however, was
Looks like a great headset and it will be interesting to hear how they sound. From the makers of Arctis, the most awarded audio line in gaming, SteelSeries, the original esports brand that fuses gaming and culture, today introduces an all-new white version of the award-winning Arctis Nova Pro series headsets.
A new survey from Microsoft has further hinted at the possibility of an Xbox handheld being in development.
This is definitely happening, I just hope they have 2 versions one with a much bigger screen.
i have that logitech g-cloud. Its a sweet little piece of kit. I like that it can also install games from the play store unlike the other android based handheld.
I wonder if Microsoft will perform better in Japan if they do actually make a handheld since everyone says handheld and mobile are king over there.
This looks like the future of the game industry... all three platforms with a handheld option.
I wonder if the Playstation Portal is a technology test-bed/prototype for a future Playstation handheld?
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth publisher Square Enix has declared a $140m loss based on a shakeup of its internal development pipeline.
What are they doing over there? Sounds like they canceled something big. I read a rumor a while back about ff9 remake . Here "Final Fantasy IX has gone through a very challenging development, the game is still in progress but may undergo changes drastic enough that we won't hear about it for a couple of years."
This could be one of the reasons if the rumor is true. That was Silknight i don't know how credible he is but it's something and it would make sense.
The industry implosion is continuing. Sky high budgets, prolonged development windows, stagnant sales numbers, and falling currency values (inflation) are wreaking havoc on the legacy industry. AAA games will slowly become the rarity.
Hell no!
At least when Sony announced at E3 2013 that PS4 would have online multiplayer behind PS+ after previously having a free online service, they had already established PS+ as a worthwhile subscription that offered free games, cloud saves, additional discounts, & game trials in addition to the base PSN already being a competent service that boasted most features that modern gamers had grown accustomed to. When you found out PS+ was required for online multiplayer on PS4 it wasn't that much of a stretch from the service you were probably already paying for or would be paying for to receive its great value.
Nintendo on the other hand still lags behind online with their only saving grace being that they're Network was still free. They don't put Ethernet ports into the console, lock digital content to your hardware instead of an account, don't have system wise party chat or even voice chat in most of their games, mediocre digital sales, and various other things that result in NN continuing to lag behind the competition. Now at this reveal event Nintendo expects consumers to suddenly pay for a service from a company that's always been behind the curve in the online realm? That's a load of BS, especially when early adopters will get the online service for free.
I'm waiting to hear the details. (If someone has them, please share, I wouldn't be surprised if I missed them with all the articles floating around.) If it's super inexpensive or not an absolute requirement to play games online, I may be okay with it.
To be fair, Nintendo seems to be pushing their online a lot more lately, with Mario Kart, Splatoon (which is huge in Japan) and ARMS all out this year. Mario Kart and Splatoon already enjoy healthy online communities and ARMS looks like it's pushing to become part of that space too. If a paid online service is what Nintendo needs to step their online game up, so be it . . . But if they're going to charge as much as Sony and Microsoft they'd better make it worth it. Right now I'm skeptical.
Nope, not even a COD, Battlefield, or Overwatch in sight lol!
no.
i also love the free trial period until later this year. translation, its not even ready and with so few games available at launch why even release it in march, should just wait until the fall?
Nintendo will be lucky to get away with Switch at all, much less charging people to use it online on their prehistoric network.