According to a new usage report by consumer research group NPD, gamers are either unaware or apathetic to the non-gameplay features of next-gen consoles.PS3 owners, the report says, are less likely than Xbox 360 owners to download demos and videos on their consoles due to unawareness. In addition, only 37 percent of PS3 owners are aware of backwards compatibility for PS1 and PS2 games. In contrast, a majority of PSP and DS owners are fully aware of what their handhelds are capable of.
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.
A brutal reset, a smarter story, and a return to what made it great—Mortal Kombat (2011) revived the series.
Underrated comment. I used to hate that game so much that any time my siblings asked me to play it, I just picked Hom and shut myself down mid-match.
15 years went by so fast. I remember playing through the story mode at launch.
Read your freaking manuals!
Honestly if people knew that PS3 played PS2 and PSone games and was a built in Blue-Ray player, the sales would be much better. This is a poor job on Sony's part of advertising correctly for the PS3.
That's all Sony talks about...how the PS3 isn't REALLY expensive because you get so much with...it can do everything. I guess most non-fanboys don't believe it.
Edit: They need better ads than those stupid ones with a PS3 in a room.
They just revamped their marketing about a month ago. BC, Free Internet, and Blu-ray/DVD movie playback are all emphasized on the Demo Kiosks.
They do talk about those that are unaware of certain features, but the also say "apathetic". There are probably quite a few like me that have a next gen console and don't really care about certain features. Music and Video, for instance, on my 360. Don't care about it. I just want to play games. Also keep in mind that there are an awfully lot of people who buy electronics and never bother to learn anything beyond the basics. The group of people on N4G are not those people but I'd be willing to be that if you talked to the average person buying a 360, PS3, or Wii to give you a full rundown on the feature list, they couldn't do it...