Leading analysts Gartner are suggesting that not only are tablets cannibalising PC sales, but that games consoles are also hitting the industry's pockets.
Tablets such as the iPad are being blamed for Christmas laptop and desktop sales that were below many experts expectations.
However, Gartner's principal analyst Mikako Kitagawa has suggested that other connected devices such as consoles are also leading to less people buying PCs.
Alone in the Dark developer Pieces Interactive has been hit with layoffs a month after its release, as per the latest information.
That genuinely, genuinely sucks. The reboot has clear flaws, but it really felt like a solid first step for this team to receive *greater* investment.
Shenmue: Reclaiming the Path is a fan game using Dreamcast-era visuals, and tells a new story within the Shenmue saga taking place in both Hong Kong and Guilin. Its expected to release on September 16th.
Something about recreating old school graphics in an era of HD high poly photo realism just hits a spot. I'm not nostalgic cause I mostly played GameCube and GB/A, but it's a visual style that gets over looked even by indies.
Definitely a fan project. Terrible hand animations. Some characters have very bad body proportions. Some look like little kids in adult bodies. Some have short arms, small head, big hips and so on.
While the mainstream media always sees things turning in favor of the hero, here are 6 games that own being a bad guy.
Pretty much all of these games listed are based around a morality system you don't have to be bad and you don't have to be good.
It seems to have left out some real amazing games like red dead redemption 1/2,ass effect and true crime la/ny
Armored Core VI?
Ok, I'm really missing something here. Just beat chapter 3 earlier this evening, unlocked A-rank Arena fights. I'm not seeing or sensing any branching paths or morality system and I've done every side mission and arena fight available to me up to that fight.
Is something big coming soon to branch the story?
No mention of Grand Theft Auto? Saints Row (original trilogy), Manhunt? Also The Suffering (depending on the ending you get).
I don't think that consoles will ever take the place of computers. Honestly after seeing a Panasonic TV which can play apps similar to iPhones/iPods, I see that consoles will have stiff competition from Android enabled TV in the future.
However, just like computers once took the space of a whole room, I see the personal computer changing too. Don't get me wrong, I believe that there will always be a market out there for a conventional PC, however, mainstream will start picking up tablets.
The one fact that we can all get from history is that technology is constantly changing, and if you don't keep up, you will be left behind.
No, because having a PC is a must in the 21st century. Most people might not get one for gaming but people buy PC a whole lot.
Pc's are more flexible in that they offer more.
Consoles will be around for ease of use.
No worries about the right hardware.
Exclusives do sting though.
The main reason is heat. New graphic cards are running hotter then ever! There are borderline dangerous if you get near one and burn yourself. So tablets and handhelds are fun, but into the day nano tech makes everything super small and fast we will be stuck with the big desktop boxes for hardcore gamers.
People buy consoles more then PC because it's cheaper and easier to use.
PC gaming isn't effected at all.
Steam sales last year were up 300%.