Unless you have been living under a rock or have been held in captivity, gaming news sites, social media and N4G have exploded over the past few days from incoming rumours to the realisation of Scalebound being cancelled by Microsoft. Confirmed by Microsoft to Eurogamer "After careful deliberation, Microsoft Studios has come to the decision to end production for Scalebound. We're working hard to deliver an amazing lineup of games to our fans this year, including Halo Wars 2, Crackdown 3, State of Decay 2, Sea of Thieves and other great experiences. For more information on our 2017 plans, please visit: http://bit.ly/2i1E5bV.”.
From the above statement and the games mentioned, most of them have also suffered delays in development since their E3 reveals. I see articles on the front pages of N4G posted the past few days relating to the big news of the cancellation of Scalebound, articles questioning the decision by Microsoft, articles predicting Microsoft's next move etc, but no 'xbox has no new games' articles.
With what is coming up from Mircosoft's first party studios and exclusivity deals, new Halo, potentially a new Gears, Forza 7, Cuphead, and the games mentioned in the above statement to Eurogamer, then what? Adding the fact that those 'exclusives' are also available on PC via Windows Store, Xbox gamers are getting worried about the situation of games with Scorpio incoming, some citing E3 as critical to Microsoft's future in the console business. After all, what is the overall point of a gaming console? To play games. A gaming console can have TV capabilities, movie streaming services like Netflix and Amazon Prime etc, ESPN and Sports, even a 4K UHD Blu-Ray player, but if it doesn't have the supply of games to match then it defeats the purpose of a gaming console. I remember the backlash from the media at the launch of the PlayStation 4, articles like how after launch there were no first party games for many months before InFamous Second Son released, but the situation for Sony has been drastically overturned with such a large diverse range of IP's already released and with more incoming over 2017 and nearing the end of it's generation life cycle. From recent history of game releases the majority of Microsoft first party games turn gold and are released during the holiday season, but with the impending worry from the fan base Microsoft may be forced into changing their strategy for the Xbox One to potentially save it and Scorpio, or be forced out of the gaming console business.
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The Nintendo Switch 2 may receive support for docked mode 4K and 120 Hz output at some point in the future.
hopefully VRR via a firmware update is released for docked play as well (like the PS5 did post release)
There's actually a pretty long list of games on PS5 that support 120hz. Even more with 60+hz unlocked, and that isn't even counting PS5 Pro.
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Yes, according to the dock teardown. It contains HDMI hardware chip of Realtek RTD2175N that supports 4K 120hz. And the HDMI included on the Switch 2 is HDMI 2.1.
Nintendo Switch 2 breaks US launch sales record, selling over 1.1 million units in its first week. This breaks the record set by PS4.
I'm happy for Nintendo. Even though the Switch 2 has received so much hate just to bring it down, it hasn't won. Even though some are saying they'll boycott Nintendo, it hasn't affected sales. Especially now, with word of mouth that the system is good, demand for the Switch 2 will definitely increase more.
Considering the record sales the Switch 2 is seeing around the globe its clear a portion of the loud minority clearly bought the device.
But But the internet told me the switch 2 was going to be a failure.
Such a good system im having a blast with it and really enjoying my first ever playthrough of yakuza 0
Sold through or to the stores? Asking because they're tons of them at my local Best Buy. When the PS5 and Series consoles launched, you couldn't find them anywhere.
The article clearly says sold. If it were shipped, it would say shipped.
Nintendo had been saying the last year or so that they would be flooding stock so that scalpers would not be an issue. They've followed through with their word. It's not cutting edge tech, so it's been easier for them to sit on stock for a while until it accumulated to a massive number available to be shipped.
Good for them, I'm still not buying.
Looks to be a pretty safe and boring upgrade over Switch 1 which I don't think they can top it on how plain looking it is design wise.
Shame since Switch Lite showed they still know how to make a handheld that looks good and is actually portable in a classic Nintendo sense.
That's why I got one over Switch 2's block of charcoal.
Then there's the prices of it all and the whole Key card thing destroyed any sense of game ownership.
There'll be a number of revisions for the s2 like a s2 lite or oled also seems inevitable
Unless they drop the prices and actually has a more portable variant that can also dock then maybe I'll reconsider but as of now, nope too big too boring and expensive to make it worth this early, not enough of its own games atm as well.
Who knows removing the dock capabilities would lower the cost of the unit pretty significantly.
The cost of the dock, reduction in shipping costs etc bug savings which will enable a cheaper system
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There's three right here(last one still pending but will be approved shortly) and it's only been a day, not a few days, since the announcement. Now these articles don't have the title 'Xbox One has no games' but each touch on the topic of how little is releasing for 2017 for the Xbox One, similar to the PS4 in 2014. Sony has a lot of exclusives coming this year and Microsoft does not so now, personally, I fully expect lots of these types of articles.
Because you know "Sony has no games."/s
"Sony gamers run this site."/s
"Microsoft is the victim since launch."/s
Couldn't be anything close to the idea that Microsoft is not fully invested in the game industry and their lack of studios is catching up with them like Usain Bolt. Couldn't be because Microsoft's marketing and advertising keeps some of these sites in refraining from saying much against their hidden check book. Couldn't be that.