It's a nasty little dispute that could well see Duke Nukem: Mass Destruction evaporate
into vapourware before it has even been officially announced.
At least it is confirmed that Tekken X Street Fighter is
not vapourware.
I mean, I knew fans have been looking forward to seeing it and everyone knew that it was in development at some point, but I'm sure I'm not the only one who thought it has been
vapourware for years.
Many thought it may have
become vapourware but EA have confirmed that it is definitely coming... when it's ready.
So long as it stays
as vapourware the games fans can continue to mourn its absence, and only bemoan it's limitations once it finally gets released.
They don't have anything built yet, like many other ICOs — this is
essentially vapourware — but they do have a Whitepaper.
Ironically, it was just that kind of thinking that spawned the Cult of the Product in the first place, following the orgy of winsomely
branded vapourware that fuelled 2000's tech meltdown.
There are lots of puff pieces and
vapourware scary stuff designed for a quick read by politicians and / or activists and / or grant applications.
Putting to one side that PRISM and GenIV are
complete vapourware, and that (for example) Barry Brook and friends are presenting a paper / strategy to accelerate development so that a FOAK plant might be «gifted» to the UK in 2020, there remains a huge problem.
But «off - the - shelf builds» are
pure vapourware: every nuclear enthusiast has their own pet type of reactor — «4th generation», thorium - fuelled, fast breeder... which will (supposedly) solve the fuelling, safety and proliferation problems of previous designs, but we have no «off - the - shelf builds» for any of them.
Imagine open sourcing all your software and structuring the company as a non-profit foundation bypassing the VC route, designing your own currency and assigning a value to it and selling it... raising millions — and imagine doing all this without having even built any software and just putting an idea down on paper — essentially
offering vapourware with a bit of math and text on a few pages called a «whitepaper».
Crypto offerings are not investment schemes based
on vapourware: they're opportunities to invest in the digital rails of the new decentralised financial system.
The credible, licensed tokens shall be put on a «whitelist,» which shall serve investors as a valuable benchmark and help them differentiating serious blockchain projects
from vapourware.
Why it's so interesting: That Shenmue 3 isn't
just vapourware is perhaps the most intriguing thing about it.
On one hand, it's always exciting to see new applications for renewable energy sources — and this is
n't vapourware either, you can order it right now for holiday delivery.
At this point, it would be tempting to dismiss Crackdown 3
as vapourware — software that gets perpetually delayed and never sees a firm release date.
Sony opened their press conference by confirming The Last Guardian is more than
vapourware.
In that time it has transformed from Final Fantasy Versus XIII, to
vapourware, to what we...
2) The Last Guardian has quickly become
the vapourware of E3 the past five years.
With games like The Last Guardian and Final Fantasy XV seemingly looking to be
vapourware, Persona series is something that is not only critically acclaimed but also has a large fanbase.
In that time it has transformed from Final Fantasy Versus XIII, to
vapourware, to what we see today.
A huge set of leaked artwork from GTA Online's almost -
vapourware «Heists» DLC shows off new gear, vehicles and weaponry.
Max Payne 3, after being sold to Take - Two by Remedy in order to focus on Alan Wake, keeps dropping off our radar into the realms of
vapourware and obscurity.
With the release of The Last Guardian this past December, two games that most people thought had long ago turned into
vapourware, the aforementioned Last Guardian and November's Final Fantasy XV, not only came out after extended and tortured development cycles, but turned out to be pretty great titles.
Still think it's
vapourware?
They reportedly are using the Bitcoin blockchain and have said other privatized blockchains can still be considered «
vapourware.»
And... Because Apple have a fan base who will actually wait for over a year for
vapourware and disadvantage themselves at the same time!