The King of Fighters»98 is potentially going to disappoint a few fans, since it's not the fancypants enhanced version that came out on the last couple
of generations of consoles, but if you're after an arcade fighting classic, it should be right up your street.
Under Mattrick's leadership, Microsoft's most recent gaming platform, the Xbox 360, became the top seller
of its generation of consoles, which includes the Sony PlayStation 3.
Grand Theft Auto IV is arguably the most highly anticipated release
of this generation of consoles.
Cruis»n was insanely popular at the time, in fact the N64 (bad) port of Cruis»n USA sold 1.72 million units worldwide and it was the best selling arcade racing game conversion
of that generation of consoles.
Its total circulation was in the millions until the N64 era proved harsh for Nintendo (and the Internet made traditional tips - n - strategy mags obsolete), and few game mags ever did more to define the tastes
of a generation of console owners.
PC always one step ahead
of any generation of consoles, and one month behind in releasing — said some guy associated with the Assassins Creed franchise,
I really believe that Microsoft will struggle the most out
of this generation of consoles.
When you've games like Uncharted 3 and Killzone 3 to pick from, I hardly think we're in dire need
of another generation of consoles.
The visuals are simple and you can feel the age
of this generation of consoles as you play.
To me, Gears was the first real multiplayer mega hit
of this generation of consoles.
With the power
of this generation of consoles at the developers» disposal, I'd love to see some amazing new cities that bring back that sense of wonder and fantasy.
The latest Tom Clancy game, it is the first Ghost Recon game
of this generation of consoles.
It's simply the end
of a generation of consoles, and the beginning of another.
PC's always going to be one step ahead
of any generation of consoles, so we're still going to push tech and experiment with other stuff that could benefit Assassin's Creed afterwards.
Microsoft has focused on processing power, with their series of Xbox consoles traditionally having the most powerful hardware
of each generation of consoles.
Import appeal: Fighters and shoot -»em - ups are myriad here, as the Dreamcast was the last
of the generation of consoles focused on replicating the arcade appeal.
Building off of the success of Injustice: Gods Among Us and Mortal Kombat X, NetherRealm's Injustice 2 has quickly become our favorite fighting game
of this generation of consoles.
Not exact matches
That performance, plus the new production plans, would put the Switch on track to compete with, or even beat, the most successful
consoles of the current
generation.
In the case
of video games, rumours have been circulating for a while now about both Sony and Microsoft implementing technology into their next -
generation consoles — expected this year — that would make it impossible to play used products.
He realized that the closed - off nature
of computing systems and gaming
consoles had led to a
generation of kids who like computers but had no idea how to program them.
Going into the next
generation of consoles, Microsoft has all the momentum and is the clear leader in online gaming and content.
Japan's Nintendo said it will release a short video later on Thursday
of the next -
generation game
console it plans to launch globally in March — an announcement that sent its shares up more than 4 %.
The iconic horror franchise is coming to current -
generation consoles, and it looks to be a doozy: Konami, the developer behind the «Silent Hill» series, released a free «playable trailer» for the game this summer — and it, unto itself, is one
of the best horror games ever made.
In the previous
generation of consoles (Nintendo Wii v PlayStation 3 v Xbox 360) total sales were 101.2 m to 85.9 m to 84.9 m - nearly an equal split.
Still, because the Xbox has such a large user base and the transition from one
generation of console to another happens slowly, Microsoft has time to correct any problems that might drag its new system down, Baker says.
While Jackson's musings are provocative, it's a safe bet the
console makers have a minimum
of one
generation left to do business more or less as usual, although hardware improvements designed to take advantage
of streaming and cloud computing seem almost certain.
Even with Project Scorpio's ostensible performance perks, it's hard to imagine Microsoft's Xbox One selling so well, month over month, that it manages to outpace Sony by sufficiently consistent margins to reverse the broad trajectories
of this
console generation.
As a gamer, I must admit to being a little put off by Microsoft's big reveal on Tuesday
of its next -
generation console, the Xbox One.
Nintendo has sold just 12.6 million units
of its latest -
generation console, the Wii U, since that device's launch in 2012.
Says Piers Harding - Rolls, head
of games at U.K. - based IHS Screen Digest, in an e-mail, «I expect to see increasing downloads over this
generation and on to the next
generation of devices as it is in the interest
of console manufacturers to act as a retailer.»
The final years
of a
console generation typically bring some
of the best titles, since videogame developers have gotten to know the ins and outs
of the systems.
Raines said GameStop expects this fall's debut
of the PS4 and Xbox One to make for the biggest
console launch in history, while Microsoft announced that pre-orders for the third -
generation Xbox have sold out faster than both the original Xbox and Xbox 360, which was released in 2005 and has been the bestselling
console for the past two years.
One
of the best — if not the best — game series on the previous
generation of consoles was the «Mass Effect» trilogy.
GT Sport will be the series» first entry onto the current
generation of consoles, and unlike previous titles will feature a cut back, more focused roster
of cars with an emphasis on racing simulation and online features — including the first ever FIA - sanctioned online racing championship.
On a new
generation of consoles, Pro Evo has made a return to form over the last two seasons, but the latest effort looked to secure their crowning as the best soccer sim around.
That success put Microsoft in the enviable position
of waiting to see what Nintendo and Sony would offer in their next -
generation consoles before taking the wraps off its next Xbox.
A friend
of mine bought an Xbox One, first
generation,
console.
All in all, I'm a huge fan
of WWE 2K14 and am excited to see what we can look forward to on the next
generation consoles.
My personal favorite game
of this
console generation.
Metroid prime is the best game
of it's
console generation while also fulfilling all necessary gameplay aspects that Metroid fans have come to know and love.
Must - have even on an old
generation of consoles.
FF13 also marks the arrival
of the main series on the modern -
generation consoles, which means that not only does it have impossibly big shoes to fill, it needs to impress visually like never before.
One last great adventure on this
generation of portable
console.
Combining elements
of «Pokemon,» «Monster Rancher» and Solitaire, it's a game that will steal you away from your next
generation console.
Deficiencies in other areas
of the game hamper its appeal as a total package, making it difficult to recommend as more than an alternative to its competition, but it's still important to recognize this may finally be the turnaround year that NBA Live has been seeking since the current
console generation began.
Burnout Paradise was packed with action and extremely enjoyable arcade racing in its initial release, and this remastered version is equally exciting, if not more, due to the upgraded performance
of the current
generation of consoles.
Nintendo's successor to the Wii is the first new
console launched in six years and represents the first entry in the eighth
generation of videogame
consoles (with new Xbox and PlayStation devices expected to follow in 2013 - 14).
This
console is without a doubt the most exciting
of the
generation.
It's Ubisoft!!!! This year ubisoft franchises like Tom Clancy's Division, Far Cry Primal, Watch Dogs 2, Steep and previous year blockbuster hits like Assassin's Creed Syndicate and Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege are all the best games
of eighth
generation consoles.
The first step
of the beloved wrestling franchise towards the next
generation of consoles was not the one we hoped it would be.