Uncharted is PlayStation's hallmark franchise; it is to PlayStation what Halo is to Xbox, but where Halo 5 dropped the ball, Uncharted 4 has set new benchmarks in
video gaming standards.
Not exact matches
This week they show how the news and the
standards can be jumping - off points for exploring
video design and
gaming.
The downgrading of the Xperia Arc's 8.1 Mp camera, Exmor R CMOS sensor and 720p
video to a
standard (and rather poor) 5Mp camera and WVGA
video recording might be an acceptable trade - off in a device geared towards
gaming.
The
gaming industry was also well represented with Ian Livingstone OBE, Miles Jacobson OBE and Jon Hare all attending along with Dr Richard Wilson of TIGA, Michael Rawlinson of UKIE, Gianni Zamo of the
Video Standard Council and Dave Green from BAFTA attending as well as plenty of others.
Atari is the reason we almost don't have a
gaming industry since their lack of
standards for games led to a market crash in which no one in their right mind would buy a
gaming device for fear of playing E.T.. However, despite nearly destroying the
gaming industry forever, Nolan Bushnell is definitely an important figure in the world of
gaming and definitely deserves to receive the Fellowship at this year's GAME British Academy
Video Games Awards, which he will.
Half a year after they released it in Japan... that's unbelieveable and does absolutely not fit into the modern
standards of
video gaming.
Link first entered the 3D landscape of
gaming back in 1998 and it still stands the test of time, continuously setting the golden
standard for not just our favourite
video games but the vast amount of titles to come.
The PlayStation 4 Pro version antes up the frame rates for its PS4 games — many to 60 fps — bringing 4K high definition
gaming and
video streaming, as well as twice the GPU power of a
standard PS4.
Nintendo has been through a rough patch for the past six months, even by the hyperactive
standards of the
video gaming industry.
The audio quality is good by Bluetooth
standards but there is a slight audio delay when watching
videos or
gaming.