Sean from OTGHZ: "I finally got some hands on time with the Nintendo Switch, the launch slate and the Pro controller. Here’s what I thought."
Microsoft seems to be stopping from selling Xbox consoles in the Middle East, and will only focus on PC Game Pass and accessories.
Just pull Xbox worldwide and go 3rd party. You’ve done nothing good for the gaming industry.
Thats what they are doing , just slowly like a bandaid, they don't want the xbox fans to notice and have a sook on social media, they want it to go almost unnoticed, that is until they don't release another console and the 4 people still buying xbox products go "hey wait a minute, where is the new xbox, the ps6 is out"
lol Sony: locks out some gamers from games because psn is not available in their country
MS: completely takes away the Xbox in a country.
This gen for gaming is weird.
Nintendo and Pokemon Company have filed a lawsuit against Pocketpair Inc., the creators of Palworld, in Tokyo, Japan.
Ye, Custom Robo Arena was a lot better than Pokemon anyways, now that's a game.
Interestingly this comes like a day after they announced they would be at the Tokyo Games Show.
We should all really hope so. Otherwise, this could lead to many issues, as they hold patents on numerous game mechanics. And when I say numerous, I truly mean it. Take this one, for example:
"Abstract: In an example of a game program, a ground boarding target object or an air boarding target object is selected by a selection operation, and a player character is caused to board the selected boarding target object. If the player character aboard the air boarding target object moves toward the ground, the player character is automatically changed to the state where the player character is aboard the ground boarding target object, and brought into the state where the player character can move on the ground."
In plain English, do you guys remember that super amazing mechanic where you surf on the water with a Pokémon, and then when you hit land, it changes to you walking? Yeah, they patented that.
A patent lawsuit? What Pokémon-related patent could Palworld even be infringing that other similar games haven't? This makes no sense. Feels like Nintendo just trying to throw its weight around to bully competitors, just like they do with emulators even though they're legal.
They can't Innovate their own IP, but when others are breaking the ceiling, they run to the courts, gtfo Nintendo/Gamefreak.
Companies' gatekeeping mechanics behind the patent system to stifle innovation, consumers will always pick the better product, it's not the consumer's fault that Gamefreak has sat on their lazy assess for years.
You can't argue with _subjective_ taste. Some people are going to like games you find crappy. I'm happy not everyone has the same taste.
@swedishMeatwad
PS5 Pro is obviously objectively the better product when compared to the base PS5, but the majority of consumers interested in a PS5 will not be picking Pro over base PS5.
There are countless examples like this out there.
Rather you like it or not COD has many accessible options and customization that allows for better experience than most other FPS.
The Palworld has been out since January of 2024 and now Nintendo finally decides to do something. I fail to see how Palworld is like Pokemon besides evolving monsters. There are other games out there as well where you can capture and level up monsters. Tales of Symphonia 2 does that capture monsters and have them fight with you and they evolve when levelling up. The two games might share some similarities but what game doesn't borrow from another game. I could understand if Palworld was just a straight on copy clone of Pokemon but it's not. Nintendo is starting to become a pain in the ass. Going full gung ho with rom sites that I can see, purposely taking down pictures from a strategy guide for Mario 64 the strategy guide never came to North America and Nintendo had the pictures taken down. Where does it every stop with Nintendo?
It's because Palworld became a worldwide viral success. Nintendo can't fathom someone else being that popular when it comes to a small monster catching game.
Nintendo is only acting now because they just finished a lawsuit which they won.
https://www.nintendolife.co...
Atlus should get on this and sue Nintendo as SMT came out before Pokemon. If Nintendo is going to play this game.
This feels like a scare tactic more than anything else. There's nothing here dozens of other games haven't already done, they're just mad this game showed people how much the pokemon series has been slackin and are desperately trying to make an example out of them.
How's about instead of spending all that money on court fees and lawyers you invest it into making pokémon better?
I think if it was a scare tactic it would have happened when the game came out I have a feeling they've been building a case for a while
It did happen even before the game came out, they tried several tomes before and nothing came of it
The 'Steam Deck 2.0' needs to make use of the AMD Ryzen Z2 chips if it wants a fighting chance against the competition.
I think when the next wave of these handhelds release I'll see what's available and finally grab one. The handheld aspect is nice, but I really just need something small to take with me when traveling. Been using my Series S, which has been good, but it would be nice having my PC library on the go.
Steam Deck OLED is the best gaming device I've owned in 35 years. Give it a chance and you might be quite happy.
I appreciate it is a great device, but simply not enough to run the games I play. I’m also going to wait for a Z2E or Z3E OLED version of Steam Deck before jumping in.
I want to run games at medium/optimized settings at 60fps for 3hrs+, and we are not there yet.
Tbh, I mostly play on my Steam Deck OLED since I got it, leaving my Series X in the dust. There's something really enjoyable about handheld gaming, and the speakers and screen are amazing on this device, despite it being 800p.
I have the Rogue Ally and miss the Steam Deck, i love the extra power of the Ally but i am sooo tired of a million issues with windows and games, i miss the simplicity of SD, you launch a game and it works as long as it's supported, period, Valve really turned PC gaming in a console experience, so SD 2 is day one for me.
Had the Steam Deck OLED, sold it for a Legion Go, then sold the Legion Go to get a Steam Deck OLED again. SteamOS is so much better than Windows.
Deck doesn't need a "fighting chance". Specs have never won in the grant scheme of things. Value has, and the Deck has significant value and usability advantages over its so called "superior" competitors. Ask Nintendo how being in 1st place in sales in the next gen race with last gen handheld hardware works.
Nintendo has good exclusive first party titles to compete with the rest, so that's not quite a fair comparison
Ask Nintendo how much that helped them with the Gamecube and the Wii U. Exclusives alone aren't really anything, they are just one factor in what makes a devie provide value.
The steam deck has been my go to device since I got it.
I've tried an Ally and LeGo, both are decent handhelds, but I prefer the design of the deck with steam OS and window boot.
If they release a Deck 2 with a big enough upgrade. I'd definitely get one of those.
it would be rad if they used the same board layout and cooling allowing previous owners to upgrade.
that's why they also sell the pro controller in case (most of the) people don't get used to it.
A good 'review' barring the obvious 'this being a console for the future' statement he ended with. Certainly when I picked up my WiiU and PS4 this gen both were likewise, possessing no truly essential/exclusive games at launch. My New 3DS being the difference, obviously - time previously to build an extensive library of games via numerous model 3DS's.
This is the first time I've read a review that didn't like the pro controller. I'm skeptical. This feels a bit baity.