I mean, that is the point. IF and that is a big IF. This device runs Android and it's unlocked from the start to third-party apps. Then it would become much more than a simple local streaming screen. You would basically be free to do whatever until you reach the limits of the hardware.
Not necessarily, contrary to something like the Odin that is made in a backyard and has issues getting suppliers from the big b2b manufacturers. Sony is a giant and by virtual of that, they can get much better deals on parts. This in turn might end up creating a device that is more powerful than it necessarily needs for its primary function. Just because that would be cheaper and/or easier for them. Also, as a side note, I would never recommend Odin for streaming. Its sticks are terrible, not...
It's likely that they are having issues.
They are a new studio with barely any prior game development history, save for one single game - Kings of Lorn: The Fall of Ebris - that was not that dissimilar to this one. Also sold on the fancy visuals and animations, but that ended up being critically panned exactly because the performance was lacking and it was bugged as hell. So knowing how to optimize a game is probably not in their know-how yet.
I think it's a bit too early to be excited about it.
Running Android does open a lot of possibilities from streaming games from Xbox Game Pass to running Switch games natively - depending on how powerful the internal hardware is - but that is pendent on it being open to third-party apps or easy to hack right out of the box.
For those that are going to embark on ESO, do take in mind that it uses a "hybrid western/eastern" monetization style. So you have to buy each expansion pass and there is a monthly fee, that while not needed it does give you some QOL improvements.
It's not the worse monetization out there. But the monthly fee does piss off a reasonable amount of people.
Well, they wouldn't risk it.
Sure they could try to bury Dolphin in legal shenanigans, but they always run the risk of losing like previous lawsuits against this kind of software. And the ramifications of that would be disastrous for a company like Nintendo. That said, Dolphin not pushing their luck is also a smart direction.
Given the price point, this is likely the rumoured PS5 with a disc-drive attachment. Personally, I'm divided about that. I find the current design of the PS5 to be horrendous, so a new version is more than welcome. But if that disc drive is a completely separated unit - like the Xbox 360 HD-DVD drive - that would suck.
Fair enough, I agree that the production values of inFamous were higher. But I found it to be a snore-fest.
No need, because they instead could do these two other things that they have shown no interest in doing? Sure.
There is a lot of the PS3 era that I would love to see ported/remastered. But, unfortunately, they are probably not commercially viable and I have no idea who owns the rights currently. Stuff like Sire: Blood Curse, White Knight Chronicles, Tokyo Jungle, Folklore, etc.
Infamous on the other hand was never a series that I found good or interesting. Especially when compared with other contemporaries like Prototype. But, given how bare the subgenre is right now, I would dig a...
First, I hope not. This community on average has issues with low comment quality, lack of reading comprehension and the inability of critical thinking. To the point of picking one specific part of a comment, without comprehending the rest of the message and without thinking about the context of where it's applied aka the original article being an extremely common occurrence. So if that kind of behaviour is done on average by people in their 30s and 40s. That would just be just too sad. ...
Looks fairly well-optimized. And a DF comparison with the PS5 version will be really interesting. Though, based on the table provided I would assume that High will be very similar to the PS5 Performance RT mode. Which if true, just shows how good Nixxes is at optimization. The exclusives of RT-Shadows and Ambient occlusion requiring extra juice to run also make sense, those are the things that tank performance on pretty much every new release.
But the most surprising is th...
It's a very niche service, basically only for those that are interested in older games (most 16 bits and lower) and want to play them legally. Especially on a platform like the Xbox, which has access to emulators for every system available.
I would dig a version of that for the 6th and 7th gen though. The size of those games and the hardware required to run them nativaly. Gives a bit more justification for streaming them instead.
I understand that expectations are a very personal thing. But, I do feel that in order to feel disappointed by the releases of Minecraft Legends, Crash Team Rumble, Layers of Fear and Atomic Hearts you need to have very unfounded expectations for them. Because they delivered more or less what was promised and expected.
Now, titles like The Last of Us PC and Redfall I can understand. Nobody expected Sony to release such a broken mess of a port, especially of one of their mo...
What normally kills mobile games aren't the graphics or even the core of the gameplay. But rather the monetization and the fact that are often service games that stretch out way too much and ended up cannibalizing themselves in the process.
It makes sense for SE to go that direction given that with very few exceptions like FFXVI, most of their new releases are mediocre at best. And the games that do get the better reception tend to be, remakes and remasters of their old portfolio.
I think it's a bit too early to claim anything. We don't know exactly what is Sony offering here and how the PQ will even work. If it's indeed something akin to the PSVR2 that requires a PS5 console to function and is completely useless without one, then more than $200 would be a tough call. But if it's more than that then the analysis changes.
For example, right now there is another device being launched called the Abxylute, which aims to be the absolute s...
Oh, nice.
That was one of the Apple Arcade exclusives that I was really interested in playing. And Oceanhorn 2 also got a Steam page with a release scheduled for this year. So that only leave Fantasian and ChuChu Rocket! Universe stuck with Apple.
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Well, first you have to keep in mind that the bar for a streaming-only device is low. So having something that is more powerful than needed is a given unless they went with a custom solution. But the latter would probably be more expensive than using off-the-shelf parts.
So, they will work with what the market has available. And from the point of view of manufacturing the factors that they will most likely take into consideration are the pri...