It takes time to get the most
out of console hardware, and in the meantime we fully expect enthusiast PCs to continue to deliver the goods.
Not exact matches
Just before its release
of Nintendo's Switch
console this March, we wrote that a failed launch could push the storied firm
out of the
hardware business altogether.
«As the uptake
of VR
hardware plays
out, game software revenues will automatically be absorbed into current PC, TV /
console and mobile revenues,» the intelligence firm projected in the report.
We're talking strictly
hardware here — there are no reports
of development kits being sent
out, no talk
of specs a new Xbox
console might have.
«At the time, arcade machines were the highest spec machines
out there, and there was a huge gap between what you could do with arcade
hardware and what you could do on the
consoles of the time,» he says.
Despite the fact I now own a 360 and 3DS, there is no question that the PS3 is the best
console out there in terms
of hardware and I have no doubt the Vita will also prove impressive.
now when the nextbox and ps4 come
out we will be relying on devs who want to work on the wiiU for third party games, as the
hardware seems like it's going to be lightyears apart which devs will want to down grade their game to support a
console most
of them don't like working with to start off with.
Truth
of the matter is that both the PS4 and the Xbox one are severely SEVERELY outdated... And when both
consoles release slimmer versions with better
hardware you could
of probably bought yourself a very nice PC that does everything... with MGSV coming
out on PC and selling well the days
of exlusives is coming to an end... as a matter
of fact if Halo 5 ever comes
out on PC I might never buy a
console again.
X is probably the best piece
of console hardware to come
out in a long time.
thanx for pointing
out to the world that im a genius, i thank u 360 got bum deal cos the
hardware has been rushed and fails, and beleive me after my 4th 360 die on me that was that ive even had my m8 have 7 360 die or scratch discs and b4 u say it no he did nt move the
console while a disc was in the drive we not all dumb
console users and he even put loads
of fans inside the 360 and it still over heated so bad design, now the other bum deal if u watch all the e3 stuff on both
consoles they talk about loads
of diffrent things happening on the ps3, but when u look at 360 stuff all they harp on about is halo3.
When a new
console rolls
out, it's usually a safe bet that some
of the great gaming hits will make a grand appearance on the new tech to show off just how cool the flashy new
hardware is.
Fixed 5 - 10 year
console cycles, uninterupted by most advances in
hardware technology, are an antiquated notion and at this point only still present
out of tradition and deference to an old consumeristic model.
- despite the new business partnership with Cygames, Nintendo is very satisfied with its mobile business - they are also happy with the various projects created in partnership with DeNA, and their relationship will continue - Nintendo is trying to expand its lineup
of mobile games - Cygames had a plan for a title that was very deep and Nintendo thought it was important to develop and operate it jointly - DeNA doesn't just support Nintendo's mobile applications, but also its Nintendo Account system with tech and dev support - those areas
of Nintendo's partnership will also continue - Nintendo is open to partner with other companies as well in the future - by using Nintendo IP in mobile apps, the company wants to spread awareness about Nintendo's characters - ultimately they'd like it to become synergistic with the
console business - Nintendo wants to make mobile games one
of the pillars
of revenue - it's not enough to just expand dedicated internal development resources for this goal - this is why Nintendo is looking for possibilities to do it externally as well - Nintendo thought that Cygames» plan with Dragalia Lost was common ground for the companies, so they decided to partner - one important factor to think about when managing a company like Nintendo is that its products aren't daily necessities - Nintendo creates entertainment and fun, and the essence
of its business will remain unchanged - Nintendo says it's a high - risk business, and there are times in which performance could be good or bad - Nintendo will continue to create specialized gaming
hardware and software for the world - the aim is to be successful every time, but sometimes it will work
out, and sometimes it won't - instead
of thinking «I can't do this» they'd rather think «what can we do to continuously tighten our relationship with the customers?»
It would be especially stupid because it would cause the illusion that they have no faith in the NX and are spreading games
out to cover for expectations
of lower
hardware sales, which would harm its launch sales in a way that sales from the other two
consoles could NEVER cover for.
Yet to my surprise I haven't encountered any severe problems that have done anything more than irritate me briefly, though on
console reports
of save games being deleted were common, and some PC users have been experiencing crashes with AMD
hardware, although the developer's quick work at getting patches
out seems to have remedied these problems.
Also worth remembering is that developers have only received final next - gen
console hardware in the last few months - games typically take over two years to develop and most
of that work would have almost certainly been carried
out on PC.
The retail market for Windows PC games gradually dried
out in the early 2000s, as the benefit
of not having to pay a platform holder to publish a game was offset by piracy, usability problems present with non-standard
hardware and retailers like GameStop putting emphasis on the used
console game market (GameStop does not buy and sell used Windows PC games).
The new
console, chalked up for release February 13 2015, will feature
hardware designed to decisively answer consumer feedback from the original
hardware and provide a more pluralistic starting point for developers, incorporating firmware to bring
out the full breadth
of Nintendo's 3D handheld possibility.
- Icon can be left
out during
console or player footage, partner branding,
hardware intros etc. - Icon must be displayed on bottom lefthand corner at a height
of no less than 15 %
of the screen.
With Rhythm Heaven Fever marking the series» home
console debut, Rhythm Heaven pours
out of the comically tiny
hardware it usually performs on and takes centre stage on the big screen.
While the Nintendo Switch
hardware would be capable
of running the game, Blizzard states that it makes it more difficult to add another platform» Our first couple
of patches would come
out on PC first and then later on the
consoles,» he explained.
Then I'd start trying to partner with those who do get
hardware right to get my OS on their system /
console, such as offering Nintendo a online / cloud solution that is ready to go
out of the box so they could compete with Sony better.
Has the leading company in
console sales, number
of exclusives, most gaming features, more powerful
console hardware, been backed into a corner by the two companies who struggle to sell
consoles and come
out with exclusives each year?
Looking at the holiday lineups for All three
consoles, its pretty much guaranteed that WiiU will
out sell both
of them Its just simple logic: Games move
hardware..
He also said that Nintendo probably doesn't intend to bring all their games to both systems, but he will find
out more on this at CES 2016 where Nintendo will show them more
of the
hardware capabilities as well as the home
console.»
Instead
of laying
out a strategy
of stimulating
hardware with cost reductions, Sony said it would make people want to own and value its
consoles and services by cramming them with inveigling games and spellbinding ideas.
Now with the 8th generation
of consoles being
out for about 2 years now, it is apparent that the current generation
of consoles can not compete with even mid-grade PC
hardware in terms
of raw performance.
Various
hardware leaks on the Nintendo Switch aren't really that rare; a number
of them have come
out lately that have given the specifications
of the various components on the inside
of the
console.
Lets say a more powerful PlayStation 5 comes
out instead
of an evolutionary
console, it means that gamers are going to expect another ramp up in production costs to take advantage
of the new
hardware features, publishers will need to wait for the install base to grow on PS5 and also risk everything on next generation development.
When it comes to
console support, there's a pretty established formula: release
hardware revisions every few years, and let developers squeeze
out every last drop
of power before moving onto the next iteration.
I hope there comes a time that mobile versions
of console games get versions looked more than the original I can understand that the mobile
hardware has it limitations but this isn't something I like a read an interview and they said «that in 2017 the top range phones have processor power equal that
of PS4 / XboxOne «how cool it will be that when new games comes
out that besides it's playable on PC / XboxOne / PS4 it's also released on our iPhones
Extracts: As gamers anxiously await powerful new
consoles from Microsoft and Sony, game publishers are trying to figure
out where they'll get the extra millions
of dollars needed to create titles for the new
hardware -LRB-...) New game
consoles promise startling graphics and more realistic play.
In the case
of Tomb Raider, there are benefits for the consumer too: the lack
of backwards compatibility between the current and past
console generations would otherwise have them dragging the old
hardware out from under the bed to enjoy the game again, and besides — the new - gen version looks great.
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I have had my playstation since decembre and fail to see the value
of psn + yes the ps4 has the better
hardware but no facebook, twitter ect apps no real multi tasking terrible notification systems the only good thing i see is destiny and uncharted 4 maybe kingdom hearts 3 next year but is the
console price worth it really and with the 4.5 coming
out soon for 4k and a good vr experiance, yup your standard ps4 will not be good with vr and has been quoted by sony.
Nintendo makes
consoles because it likes knowing the ins - and -
outs of the
hardware so it can make games to a high quality, without having to filter through a bunch
of companies and their ebbing standards.
The current generation
of consoles initially promised backwards compatibility to varying degrees, but eventually Sony stopped including the
hardware necessary to play PS2 games on PS3, Microsoft stopped adding Xbox games to the list
of those that could be played on 360, and Nintendo left GameCube support
out of the most recent Wii
hardware revision.
Whenever a new Nintendo
console comes
out there's this fun diplomatic period when the big powers
of the industry — Electronic Arts, Ubisoft, Activision, Bethesda, etc)-- all make romantic proclamations about the
hardware and their ardent support for it.
«We look at these other ecosystems
out there like mobile, tablet and PC and we see that they have a very continuous evolution cycle in
hardware, whereas between
console generations most
of the evolution is making it cheaper and potentially making it smaller.
As previously stated, the Xbox One X is an absolute monster when it comes to
hardware as it features the fastest graphical processor
out of all the
consoles that are currently on the market, offering up to 326 GB / sec bandwidth memory, which is quite mind - blowing.
I specifically called
out the PS4 because, before the new
consoles were released, the Xbox One's
hardware and price made it look like a bit
of a dud, while the PS4 looked like a winner.
Or how about «I'm gonna wait a while to buy a next - gen
console so they can work
out all
of the bugs and
hardware issues on the launch
consoles.»
«I'm gonna wait a while to buy a next - gen
console so they can work
out all
of the bugs and
hardware issues.»
Still, Anita Frazier, an analyst for the NPD Group, says that the drop is actually due to the price cuts the
console manufacturers made, pointing
out that «the average retail price
of hardware across all platforms declined 8 % from last September».
The NPD Group rolled
out the software and
hardware data for the month
of October this year, and the results are now starting to look rather one - sided and in favor
of the one company who was struggling with their
console just a year ago.
Backwards compatibility is nice and all, but the idea that it can make up for these new
consoles coming
out rapidly with games that don't work — or don't work as well — on older
hardware and somehow keep everyone included is just some marketing sleight
of hand.
With E3
out of the way, Microsoft seems to be undertaking a similar strategy in unifying its PC and
console platforms and adding two new tiers to its Xbox One
hardware lineup.
Big news for Windows 10 gaming came
out of our Xbox event last week in San Francisco, where journalists, YouTube personalities and Twitch streamers got hands - on time with Xbox's most - anticipated spring games and platform experiences, including Xbox One
consoles and gaming PCs from our
hardware partners.
Hopefully once the Switch flops just like the WiiU it replaced then maybe Nintendo will finally take the
hardware in their
consoles seriously, stop milking their customers and listen to what their customers want instead
of putting
out unknown properties like Fire Emblems...
With E3
out of the way, Microsoft seems to be undertaking a similar strategy in unifying its PC and
console platforms and adding two new tiers to its Xbox One
hardware lineup.