lwelyk of The Gaming Dungeon takes a brief look at each company's new motion controllers and why he thinks they will not succeed.
Square Enix launches Final Fantasy X 25th anniversary site, revealing new Nomura art, books, music releases, and merchandise.
Look I know VIII has its issues and all that but how on earth can the do big anniversary events with new artwork and merchandise for VII, IX and X yet VIII got sweet f*** all.
They could have given it something during its 25th anniversary yet all it got was a single Happy Anniversary post on their social media.
they should know that we are OG fans of VIII as it sold truckload as well. not as much as VII or X. I personally didn't like IX but X and VI are my personal fav.
Shadow Hearts 2 covenant is another game I love. I hope one day someone can make remake, I would be delighted
Final Fantasy VIII is great and you are always the first to defend it in the comments
The Wii is now a retro console. Let’s get nostalgic about an often maligned system.
Crazy to think the WII is to the Switch 2, as the NES was to the WII back then. 20 Year difference.
My wife asks me to bust it out (heh) everyone once in a while to play bowling and tennis with the kids. There was a ton of slop on it but some good stuff as well.
Wii was great but boy howdy did it cause Microsoft to go on a dark walk with the Kinect and the disastrous XBox One launch that they arguably never recovered from.
Not nostalgic for me.. I was there.. anyone who wasnt a little kid realized it was a gamecube with shit tacked onto it, it was the "joke" system and was well below even the switch in terms of comparing it to the latest machines at the time. The machine was well loved by young people and "casual gamers" who now remember it 20 years on, or in most cases more of its sales came in the 15-20 years ago range not right at launch- but again its not nostalgic for people who were "gamers" then really, just for those who ended up with one in their house, the games , graphics, interface and online features were archaic already in 2006.
Omar writes: "With the Horizon Festival coming to breathtaking Japan, you’ll need the essential gear to prove you’ve got what it takes to become a Horizon Legend as you cruise, drift and explore an open world full of spectacular driving experiences. That’s why we’re happy to announce the newest Limited Edition Xbox Wireless Controller and Wireless Headset collection, featuring inspired designs from Forza Horizon 6. The bright cyan and lime colorways celebrate the Horizon Festival’s recognition of iconic cars and hit music, with special features that are sure to impress any collector."
I still don't see how people are always claiming "Sony's motion presentation was unprepared and rushed at E3". I just don't get that. Did we watch the same presentation? Cause it looks like they came damn well prepared. With everything they had set up and what they showed off, etc. Seemed prepared and not last minute to me.
This is where I think people are getting mixed up, the presenters simply seemed, for lack of better word, intimidated on stage. Lil bit of stage fright almost it seemed. That and dude just wasn't very coordinated at the moment or something. Maybe it was all nerves or something, I don't know. But this should not be translated to mean that the presentation was rushed and unprepared. People keep claiming it was all rushed and sloppily put together just as a response to MS's Natal or something. That being said, then what was with all the rumors before that they were all going to show motion controls? Even if Sony hadn't planned on it, they surely saw the rumors well ahead of time and were plenty prepared in case MS did show something. That doesn't at all mean the presentation was unprepared. I just don't get it.
edit: lol I always love the phantom disagrees with no type of rebuttal of any sort, not even a "f*ck you you're wrong". I mean this is just the way I saw it and how it came across to me. Not that the presentation wasn't prepared, but that the presenters weren't necessary on their game so to speak.
You would think people can have their own opinion, not just cut and paste a previous article!
Here's my take on it: MONEY WILL TALK
The Wii device will work because it's CHEAP. It can be bundled with a game. They can quickly flood the market. It's already available.
PS3 device MAY work, because it's relatively cheap. Many people already have the Eye. You can buy only one controller to start with, and eventually buy more. People paid $500 for their console, so paying $50 (10%) for a new controller is not that hard. Even if they have to buy the Eye ($40), it's still relatively cheap.
Xbox natal will be a very hard sell. Many Xbox owners paid $200 for their console (Core, Arcade). They did that because that's all they could afford. Now they would have to buy a $200 device for it. (Maybe even more). Not something that mom and pop will buy for them. Not something that will easily find it's way under the Christmas tree either. On top of that, it will be coming out in the last few years of the console, not exactly a wise investment when you're not even sure how good the games will be.
So here we go, money will talk. Not how well a presentation went.