I'd love something along the lines of Blood Omen 2 again, I really liked playing as Kain. I had friends that weren't even into video games that liked playing that game.
The Official E3 2017 Thread
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I'd love something along the lines of Blood Omen 2 again, I really liked playing as Kain. I had friends that weren't even into video games that liked playing that game.
If Pro was in danger or PS5 was coming next year maybe.Pro at $249?
I do agree with his statement that PS4 owners should buy a Scorpio and X1 owners should buy a Pro as opposed to simply upgrading.
I don't even see them dropping to $349 unless Scorpio is $399...
Now we know why it was not going to be at E3 this year. Got to spend more time on it. Should be interesting to see how it plays once it hits Windows:
SHENMUE 3 DELAYED
http://www.ign.com/articles/2017/06/08/shenmue-3-delayed?abthid=59391945df86cd3a2d000005
SHENMUE 3 DELAYED
http://www.ign.com/articles/2017/06/08/shenmue-3-delayed?abthid=59391945df86cd3a2d000005
I heard a rumor that there will be some games crossplay accross all platforms except PS4. That would be interesting. Microsoft may be trying to put pressure on Sony to allow crossplay...which would obviously benefit Microsoft and not Sony. But if MS has made a deal with Steam....could be great for the community. I have some friends that only play on Steam (no consoles) so it would be great to find something to play together.
Well that would make using the Xbox an even more substantially larger player base to play online with.
Yeah, as much fun as some of us have and as much angst as others have about the whole sales race, realistically these companies report to shareholders who want them to make moves that deliver profit, not moves that deliver "wins." Smaller price cuts at strategic points to try to leverage key games coming out or major purchasing windows is something that makes great sense. Even in the admittedly unlikely scenario that Scorpio goes gangbusters and PS4/Slim/Pro fall behind for a couple of months, unless there's a significant disruption to Sony's ability to deliver games or get the hardware made, there's no need to overreact.
Oh lawd. As if the game was EVER going to be comming out this year, let alone next year.
Shady buggers.
EA is saying they are showing 8 games. 6 are known (Battlefront 2, Need For Speed, FIFA, Madden, NBA Live, Battlefield 1).
Nirolak, manager at GAF, says:
"Based on teasing and statements so far, the other two are probably:
- Hazelight's game (they made Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons)
- BioWare's new IP (This is project Dylan)"
I'd definitely be interested in hearing about either of those projects. EA's conference is Saturday.
Nirolak, manager at GAF, says:
"Based on teasing and statements so far, the other two are probably:
- Hazelight's game (they made Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons)
- BioWare's new IP (This is project Dylan)"
I'd definitely be interested in hearing about either of those projects. EA's conference is Saturday.
Games? Well then drag that bitch out for an extra hour IDGAF. Do it Microsoft!!
Yup. No doubt they're bringing good hardware to the show, but they need to show me the games. Prove to me that you've got not just the hardware side up and running, but the game side as well.
More is more. Longer is better. At least that's what I've been told. Why I'm going to try Extenze.
The way I see it Sony has better balance of both experiences. Fighting game players will get Playstation. Baseball fans will get Playstation and people love GT. Third party devs cover the shooting genre well enough while Sony has great single player experiences too.
No matter your how you you spin it the last major hit on Xbox is Gears. Meanwhile Sony has had 4 major new IP's since then.
Coming from someone who has very little preferences the Playstation is a better all around console. The Xbox is only good for people who are specifically into multi player.
Yup E3 for Xbox might win another year it seems. They have the games, the hardware, the graphics, the performance, the controller and the online multiplayer.
Looks like a win win.
A self-described "industry cynic," talking about the similarities between the 16-bit era and today:
"Long story short, this time period [the 16-bit era] seemed to focus too much on technology and not enough on games. All I wanted out of the industry – all my friends wanted out of the industry – were games. The magazine pages once filled with previews of new games began to focus more and more on hardware.
[....]
"With E3 2017 just around the corner, I fear more of the same. More discussion about new hardware that will already be outdated in a year than a focus on the games for them. I really hope I’m wrong about this and that I’ll walk in there only to be wowed by some fresh game concept that will remind me why pre-order programs exist in the first place. I really hope that I can walk in there and not come out with the same unimpressed vibe I felt last year. I hope I can see an industry that is once again focused on providing wonderful and groundbreaking game play experiences, rather than continuing to hype the boxes that are supposed to run those experiences."
http://www.scholarlygamers.com/feature/2017/06/08/confessions-risk-video-game-industry-cynic/
Unlike him, I was very happy with last year's E3, I enjoy my Pro, and I'm interested to hear what additional benefits Scorpio brings to the table. But I agree with his overall feeling that constant talk about hardware is not what I want, not what I'm primarily interested in.
I'm going to be cliché here, but to me, it is always, ultimately about the games. That's what I'm interested in hearing about, much more than the boxes we run them on.
"Long story short, this time period [the 16-bit era] seemed to focus too much on technology and not enough on games. All I wanted out of the industry – all my friends wanted out of the industry – were games. The magazine pages once filled with previews of new games began to focus more and more on hardware.
[....]
"With E3 2017 just around the corner, I fear more of the same. More discussion about new hardware that will already be outdated in a year than a focus on the games for them. I really hope I’m wrong about this and that I’ll walk in there only to be wowed by some fresh game concept that will remind me why pre-order programs exist in the first place. I really hope that I can walk in there and not come out with the same unimpressed vibe I felt last year. I hope I can see an industry that is once again focused on providing wonderful and groundbreaking game play experiences, rather than continuing to hype the boxes that are supposed to run those experiences."
http://www.scholarlygamers.com/feature/2017/06/08/confessions-risk-video-game-industry-cynic/
Unlike him, I was very happy with last year's E3, I enjoy my Pro, and I'm interested to hear what additional benefits Scorpio brings to the table. But I agree with his overall feeling that constant talk about hardware is not what I want, not what I'm primarily interested in.
I'm going to be cliché here, but to me, it is always, ultimately about the games. That's what I'm interested in hearing about, much more than the boxes we run them on.
Big difference between gaming back then to now:
- Recent gens have pretty good games at launch (not great games, but still hold up well). Old 16-bit gens had lots of lousy games first few years
- Recent gens have media discs that are the same for everyone from day one. Go as small or big as you want. Old gens have games starting at low megs. Low megs = lots of crap games, crap visuals and awful sound. By year 3 or 4, chip prices came down and every game doubled in megs or more. Games with 2-3x the memory space were much better in everything. If 16-bit days capped everyone at 4-meg cartridges from day one to end of life cycle 5 years later, lots of those awesome Donkey Kong Country (I think they were 32mb?), Street Fighter (16 - 40 mb) and 8-16 mb EA and Sega Sports would not be made.
An awesome game is Contra III at 8mb. If this game had 4mb it would be a totally different game of dubious quality.
Game companies back then had low end systems, so any hype was through FX chips, bigger cart sizes, new consoles and short life cycles (5 year systems).
After a console achieves 3-4 years, it's basically reached it's peak in gaming. It will peak at 4-5 and then stabilize, then eventually sink as devs move onto new hardware.
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