It is! I wonder if he was basically pushed/forced to resign to centralize Squenix's control, like they already did with marketing divisions. Then he pushes how good a liaison he is between companies with presences in Japan and the US, and gets the Amazon job.
1. I wouldn't call a reveal that mostly talked about OS functionality in relation to TV an "hour-long hardware reveal."
2. You're talking about something being cheaper than something else already. No one's quoting prices, and a new and more refined Kinect's bundled in with the Xbone. Let's wait on that one.
3. I wish all hardcore gamers had the money you're talking about when you say they'll buy both consoles day one. I k...
I don't think they have a reason to change their plans, because they're super-convinced that they will nab an entirely different audience than the gamers who watched the reveal (and collectively cringed). IGN polls and Twitter battles? Who cares? We want an audience who thinks those things are stupid, and therefore still calls those things "gay" in 2013...
They're going after Bros. Rich dudey dudebros. Sports! TV! Sports! TV! A TV show about a first-per...
They're gonna say whatever doesn't piss people off for now. A required internet connection means they're not committed to a ton of other countries, though. Say what you will about a next-gen console war in the US, global sales of the PS4 will dominate the Xbone for that reason alone.
On a more relevant to the article note, this concept of "disrupting E3 coverage with in-house coverage" thing is certainly gaining steam! Nintendo may have created a monster.
I don't mind it at all. A lot of E3 coverage is going to be ridiculously stupid padding - some interview with Peter Molyneux talking about how the future of games is not caring about gamers and watching sports on the SportsBoneBox, although I'd love to see Gametrailers interview multipl...
Right? And here we were months ago, watching Microsoft pick on Sony for not showing a black box. And then theirs looks like some late 80's Betamax player that lost its wood-grain finish after someone took it from their Grandma's house and moved cross-country. Meanwhile Sony starts posting teaser videos about their box, and even the blurry thing's more pleasing to the eye. Nice try, Xbone.
This is actually where the pro-business, anti-spending hawks are eating crow right now. This iteration of consoles should have seen an always-online connection, but there are tons of places out there - places with consumers of what you're selling - whose infrastructure hasn't gone beyond dial-up. There were national initiatives to change that and create a broadband network that went that far, without ISP's having to worry about profit/loss. That didn't happen.
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They sold it as a Sports and Guns Console. A Bro Console. A Bro-sole. A Con-Brole. With a dog. A DOGBROLE. Dogbrole One confirmed.
Seriously though, I'd love a Kinect that recorded 30fps if there were a game-shaped reason for it. It's like the Kinect 1.0 to the 360's Kinect Wescrappedthechipout.1.
I see it more as a response to a cheap shot. They had a conference with Cerny talking specs about the PS4, all the stuff that was important about the system, and Microsoft immediately comments on the fact that they didn't show an actual box out there.
So, today, Sony starts posting pictures of the box over Microsoft's conference. It seems like this move's for the insane fans who know about all the behind-the-scenes bickering... like us.
I'd love to have a story deeply embedded in the game itself instead of a ton of exposition at the beginning - it would be more compelling than the previous "Are you hardcore enough to finish the game?" draw of the last one.
It's an official event thing. We're talking Twin Galaxies official kill screen players, the first woman would be her. Much like how you can break a record, but having Guinness there is another story. TG covers Guinness' gaming records now. This article is about the Kongoff, which is refereed by the founder of TG.
Yes, but GB gets actual permission. They have to, they're part of a much bigger company now. Some companies negotiate that they demo the game, or guide through it, which often turns into a Quick Look EX.
But yes, definitely they get traffic! Plenty from me, too!
Yeah, it was really well-made! And the possible resurrection at the end really drives it home - the WiiU really has been dead for months, but you never know what it could wind up becoming. The Dreamcast didn't have that many games either, but it was super-fun. Get some good companies behind this thing, and it might just rise from its grave like Altered Beast.
I'm pretty sure Monolith confirmed that it's Xenoblade Chronicles 2, so that's even better news :)
You know, I thought this conversation was going to get good, but then someone in the comments above recommended we all watch a couple for-profit entertainment flicks on losing weight, and I knew we missed the mark.
Can this be a talk about neurology and psychology again? Did anyone catch the author's references? How did those games make *you* feel? Or were you too young to experience even Ico and Metal Gear Solid 3... oh wait don't even tell me that answer, that'l...
Actually, iamlegend, you should be right on this one, because those numbers were predicted months ago, and they have since turned leadership over to the former head of Taito.
What does that mean for Squenix in Japan? That means they'll finally (FINALLY!) capitalize on existing franchises, and iterate on them in ways that aren't just innovative for innovation's sake, but fun. Who else would you want to guide what's going to happen to Final Fantasy than the guy ...
They set the course for independent developers way before it was cool. Check out their DSiWare releases and Pixeljunk Eden.
Also, they're the only ones who have the guts to support what Tetsuya Mizuguchi wanted to do after Rez. That alone puts them ahead of the pack. If you want companies that have informed the norm in triple-A games, no, they didn't do anything to create that, and thank Jubileus they didn't.
I'm totally in this author's ballpark, and yes, I got an Ambassador 3DS on day one. I started playing it again when I upgraded the SD card, just like this guy, to 32GB on the cheap.
It's going the way I thought it would - well-designed software is happening because the cost of production of a 3DS game is cheaper. Developers have been making the best out of what they have to work with, knowing there's a good market out there for their games. That, to me, produc...
"Its efficient in comparison to what?"
Jesus tap-dancing Jones, he even inserts the hyperlink to what he's referencing in the article, decrypt!
"You cant compare it to the dinosaur tech in PS3 and Xbox 360, then go on calling Wii you a "paragon of efficiency."
First off, apostrophes. Second, which nonexistent other system do you want Eurogamer to test in comparison? They can't release a thing about new devkit...
@LOL_WUT, I totally agree with you.
I just wanted to say that because as I was browsing on my phone, the friggin' thing hit "Disagree." You won't find a more ardent supporter of 60fps in games :) apparently my phone actively hates me.