Countless people are starting to discount the PC as a gaming platform. But what about the consoles? Are they truly future proof? Of course not, we have seen generational upgrades and innovations with the each coming hardware. Read about the Bit-Tech examination of each hardware platform.
bit-tech.net | Feature – Is Console Gaming Dying?.
Well, last piece of news that I felt like sharing before I call it a night. Microsoft is working hard to gain marketshare off of hot releases like Tales of Vesperia and Infinite Undiscovery, two sort of good but not great JRPGs (I think the new Tales would probably be slightly better and actually worth playing) and dropped the price on the Xbox 360 Arcade model $50 below the Nintendo Wii.
This puts Nintendo at a great disadvantage because the Arcade is merely the same Xbox 360 without the hard disk drive. It does lack wireless controller as well but hey, its controllers are cheap compared to the Wiimote + Nunchuk combo. Wired controller isn’t going to kill you either, since it’ll let you play all the games!
Either way this is big news. September 7 price drop in the Americas is definitely happening. Please Microsoft, you need to start that global domination that you once dreamed of so I can finally feel content about still not owning any PS3 software.
Gerstmann and the gang confirmed Nintendo’s 2010 – 2011 lineup of games. Looks alright except:
I’m convinced that there must have been more games actually announced during that thing. Anyway, you all probably remember the feelings of disappointment as very few games specifically for people who play games already were shown.
Now, if you read these new quotes a specific way, you could take them to mean that Nintendo’s going to keep riding the family train until at least 2010 and leave you wondering why you waited out in front of a store to buy a Wii the second they were released. Or you could take them to mean what it says: that the games from the “popular core franchises” that Nintendo is known for are going to take awhile.
So the Olympic gold medalist Kosuke Kitajima came out and said he played Mario and Sonic at Olympic Games to mentally prepare for his Olympic performance in Beijing.
Sense the irony yet?
The game wasn’t all that good…
I want a 360 revision of the Wii Rock Band drum kit immediately. Softer drums and stronger pedal. *gasp*