Sentences with phrase «traditional consoles»

Saying the new game is an RPG doesn't tell us much, but usually it means something more reminiscent of traditional console - style gaming.

Our mission is to create groundbreaking local / social multiplayer experiences driven by novel interfaces and new technologies on any platform from traditional console games to connected toys.

Our mission is to create groundbreaking local / social multiplayer experiences driven by novel interfaces and new technologies on any platform from traditional console games to connected toys.

This has created very real concerns over how the mobile platform will affect traditional console gaming as a whole.

And probably won't ever unless it becomes a replacement for traditional consoles.

This adds some control options which will be more familiar to those used to traditional console shooters.

He added that use of the game engine and its HTML5 framework was also ideal for developers who could not afford traditional console game development.

PC games are more affordable than traditional console games and offer a free online multiplayer experience, as well as the highest scales in resolution and graphics possible.

Upcoming projects like a reported Super Mario movie (animated, thank God) and a Nintendo theme park also indicate the company may finally be finding effective ways to strengthen its brand outside the bounds of traditional console cycles.

Drive synergy with traditional console business

Everything points to Microsoft doing away with traditional console leaps, where as soon as the next system is out a giant wall goes up and everything you owned on the old console is locked there, while everything moving forward must be new and exclusive to that system.

Game Informer reports that Konami is focusing purely on mobile for upcoming products and that it looks that Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain for the Sony PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox One, and Xbox 360 will be the last traditional console release from the company.

However, a full 68 % of Canadians in the industry work on traditional console games.

Reports have suggested NX will be a portable console that has detachable controllers, but can also connect to a base unit for a more traditional console gaming experience.

Even discounting the PC's bigger game selection, PCs have a few advantages over traditional consoles.

To sum up, this move is all about ending traditional console cycles and moving to evolutionary ones where each new system plays the same games, runs the same OS and carries over your digital services.

There's also Xbox's new Play Anywhere program to consider, which will allow you play traditional console games on your computer.

Leaving aside the question of alt - console experiences like cloud gaming or all the perennial prognostication about the death of locally complex set - tops, it's hard to imagine traditional consoles ever matching mobile devices cycle for cycle.

I strongly believe that mobile and tablet devices have affected traditional console sales and have even stopped people from buying a console because they already have a mobile or tablet capable of playing games that they enjoy.

GamePad The 6.2 - inch touch screen, combined with traditional console controls, adds a second screen to your game, allowing players of, say, Black Ops, to be playing on their TV, while having maps or weapons status on the smaller screen.

For the most part though, bringing traditional console and arcade style games to mobile meant dealing with virtual buttons overlain on the screen.

All of that is to say it might be premature to suggest that Konami is getting out of the business of publishing traditional console games, and the company's portfolio still includes beloved series like Castlevania and Pro Evolution Soccer in addition to Silent Hill and Metal Gear.

Rather than having the drive selector on the steering column as in some other models, the SL - Class has a more traditional console placement.

While there are a number of great titles worth playing on iOS and Android, games like Toronto - developed Alto's Adventure and Montreal - made Hitman Go and Lara Croft Go, are examples of mobile games that offer experiences that rival traditional console of PC games.

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Since it will be the first to show the world what their iterative system is all about, the onus falls on Microsoft to convince those of us who prefer traditional console cycles why we need to buy into iterative machines.

Nintendo Switch's space can be expanded up to 2 TB via microSDXC, furthermore Nintendo's software works in a different way from other traditional consoles.

Not wanting to upset traditional console gamers, Nintendo also announced that console games are still and always will be the primary focus of the company.

Hideo Kojima, the creative mind behind the Metal Gear franchise and head of the Kojima Productions studio, has stated at a press conference earlier today that he believes traditional consoles will be phased out in the near future.

Heck, that could be Nintendo's plan all along — introduce a relatively traditional console in the Nintendo NX, then see where the winds of change blow over the next few years.

Nintendo is offering a frankly overpriced Pro Controller that is more in line with traditional console input, but I found no real reason to not use the JoyCon when playing through Breath of the Wild.

Because it's promising PC - level power, incremental improvements and the elimination of traditional console generations, there have been rumors that Microsoft is trying to move its consoles in the same direction as PCs.

Then there's Dobotone by Videogamo where four plays get to compete at a seemingly traditional console game, while a fifth person takes on the role of the powerful «Game Remixer» on a control box with switches and dials.

With more complex controls possible, Apple TV games are now able to more closely mirror traditional console games.

Unlike some of the fire - breathing Steam Machines announced to date, the Alienware Alpha largely mimics traditional consoles, from its $ 550 price point to its small footprint to its bundled gamepad.

It features a comfortable design that is not too unlike traditional console controllers for the Xbox, and it has all the standard buttons you'd find.

But beyond that strategic view, Alienware views Steam Machines as a way to bring the vast PC gaming ecosystem to a new audience — and more specifically, the slew of indie PC games that offer full gamepad support, but have no presence on traditional consoles.

It has touchpads in place of a D - pad and right analog stick, and its dual - stage triggers and back buttons are designed to give you more control and customization than traditional console controllers provide.

Do you hope Nintendo continues making creative consoles, or goes back to making more traditional consoles?

Even discounting the PC's bigger game selection, PCs have a few advantages over traditional consoles.

In fact, there are over a dozen RPGs on Mobile and a handful of them have been released for traditional consoles and handhelds.

The idea behind these new boxes is (supposed to be) simple; reduce the cost of entry to PC gaming and reward the customer's desire to shift away from traditional consoles in a way that feels familiar, yet new.

Consoles are far from irrelevant but it's clear to see that it's no longer the biggest segment in the gaming industry and when Nintendo aren't even the biggest presence in that segment it's clear that this is why they are now taking drastic steps to change their business model to expand outside of traditional console gaming.

To get a sense of how this is changing the industry's dynamics, consider that a recent Deutsche Bank study estimates that just 5 % of traditional console games released since 2001 have sold more than a million copies (they typically retail for about $ 60 each).

Travis Boatman, EA's senior vice-president for worldwide studios, was primarily at the event to drum up publicity for the company's new lineup of traditional console games.