The lows of the year include a few bum releases from games we expected so much more from, troubles on the high street retail market for the gaming industry and a frankly
lacklustre launch from the new console, the Wii U.
The brand's first effort - the Sony Tablet S - hardly set the world on fire and since
its lacklustre launch in 2011 a broader selection of tablets has emerged.
Not exact matches
Yet both sides appear to have ignored this reality and have instead
launched into what can only be described as entirely male - dominated,
lacklustre campaigns.
On
launch, it looked doomed, a bad unveiling event left a sour taste in most gamer's mouths and
lacklustre titles didn't help grow an audience base.
Colour us surprised, given how utterly
lacklustre the original PS4
launch title was.
Street Fighter V's
launch, by contrast, feels
lacklustre.
Despite the initial hype, the Essential Phone's poor camera performance and an underwhelming software experience at
launch led to
lacklustre early sales of the device, with recent estimates suggesting that there are only about 50,000 Essential Phones currently out in the wild.
With the Windows 10 «Anniversary Update», Microsoft is making strides in improving the somewhat
lacklustre tablet experience found in the initial Windows 10
launch back in July of 2015.
That's according to sources cited by Bloomberg, which says that this
launch is part of Apple's plans to make up for
lacklustre sales of its iPhone X.