Pulse Explore wireless earbuds and new Pulse Elite wireless headset revealed; features lossless, low latency audio using new PlayStation Link technology.
The VP of Marketing at Boosteroid revealed that the company is in talks with major publishers to secure exclusive games on the service.
So they're adding Skull and Bones to their service? That doesn't seem exciting at all lol.
The Xbox brand has done a lot of good over the years, but their various blunders are pretty wild to look back on in their magnitude.
Ironically number 9 can save them at this point (releasing games on multiple platforms)
By “save them” you mean make more profit for Microsoft. Xbox will still be a dying hardware platform.
You could add the naming scheme for the consoles, it just confuses customers. I know they wanted to avoid traditional numbering bc it would always be lower than their competitor, but this whole 360 then One then Series thing is confusing af. Imagine a Soccer Mom trying to figure this stuff out. I still mistakenly call the Series X the One from time to time on accident.
Don't forget about the Xbox One, Xbox One X and Xbox Series X! Good luck to Soccer moms around the world.
They did that on purpose to confuse and direct attention away from the generational numbering.
MS doesn’t like reminding people that they joined the industry after others had already been involved in gaming.
For instance, they called the xbox “360” to combat PlayStation “3” because they wanted to seem like “more” than “3”, so instead of xbox 2, they opted for xbox 360. Also this had the additional benefit of selling consoles to uninformed parents who might purchase a “360” instead of a “3” by mistake, or because they thought 360 was more than 3. Kind of a disingenuous move.
They have been continuing with their confusing naming patterns for pretty much the same reasons. Frankly, it fits with who and what they are as a brand.
I can understand their reasoning, but whoever came up with that naming scheme should be fired, bad naming schemes have killed consoles (I'm pretty sure it was the major reason for the downfall of the WiiU). They should have had unqiue names like Nintendo and Sega have had for their consoles, far less confusing for the consumer.
Phil Spencer is the worst that has happened to Xbox.
They built a respectable brand up to Xbox one. Then this guy took over and things became a joke
I didn't like either person, both people damaged their respective brands and produced worse outcomes, but Phil did save the Xbox brand from being retired by Microsoft. Although in hindsight, he should have just let it die, rather than languish in limbo like it is now.
Phil Spencer was also on the team back when 360 was around, alongside Shane Kim, Peter Moore etc. I think the damage that did the most harm was the Don Mattrick "Always Online" console (ahead of its time basically). They handed Sony and Nintendo a free-pass when that was revealed. It went downhill from there. Then the corporate machine went into full swing to try and recover. They have to a degree as a games company for the masses, and less so for the core gamer. Outside USA, the Xbox brand does not sell as well as Japanese based consoles (citation needed).
Want a decision maker. The always online and TV plans was a disaster yes, but they caught up by announcing 1st party games that gamers actually kept the hype going.. until this moron took over and introduced the PC day one release.. e all know where that ended..
I dont think they were ever a respectable brand, not since the beginning, when their goal was never to be involved and share in the gaming space. I think the OG xbox was an exception because MS as a brand was still getting its foot in and so the people behind that were people of the gaming industry.
The 360 was the brand in its prime though, everything went downhill towards the end of that generation. Its staple games like Halo, Forza and Gears are what kept the console relevant and afloat for so long.
Really good video.
I remember the days with RRoD was big news on here, N4G.
Microsoft had it turbulence number of years.
Looking at the success of Sea of Thieves despite being 6 years old, time to release Halo, Forza horizon 4 & 5 on PS5. It'll help their revenue
2 of the 4 games they did already sold really well. So it's definitely going down. Idk about halo or forza but I feel those studios they've bought in the last 5 years, their coming
I found this video painful to watch. Can someone list them out?
Top 10 for me from are:
1. 2013 reveal presentation
2. Bundling Kinect 2 with Xbox One
3. RRoD or why rushing to market with hardware is always a bad idea.
4. Buying studios only to close them.
5. Ads on the Home Screen
6. Letting Halo die.
7. Letting Geard of War die.
8. Every console name
9. Charging for Xbox Live on Xbox 360 when Sony let PS3 players play online for free.
10. Cancelling release of OG Xbox games after the Xbox 360 launched.
CRKD, and Limited Run Games announced a special Tomb Raider edition of CRKD's popular NEO S, and Nitro Deck+ controller. - IS
This has to be one of the most niche products I’ve seen in a while in the gaming space.
The name is decent.
The design is awful, although I get trying to emulate the DualSense controller as much as possible. But it just looks like an abomination.
Streaming over Wi-Fi only is kind of mid, and still not being able to stream PS+ Premium games is annoying.
The display is okay, 1080p 60Hz LCD is pretty common, but when people are getting 4K 120Hz TVs with VRR, and going to a display that doesn’t support higher refresh rates or VRR (at least not that we know), it’s going to be a downgrade for them, since they can only play at home to begin with with Portal.
We still don’t know what kind of hardware is in it, but considering the price it’s most likely a low class ARM processor, so even those looking to mod it, might find underwhelming hardware for the internals.
$199 isn’t bad, but I just don’t know who this device is for outside of a VERY niche use of two or more people sharing a single TV, and this gives the PS5 user a means to still game without taking the TV from others.
Just make a high-end gaming tablet with cellular. The iPad craze has slowed down drastically from a few years ago, so and people would be willing to buy a tablet alternative, especially if it can be sold or direct fulfilled by phone carriers. Something like a High refresh 1440p gaming tablet, that supports Remote Play, PS Cloud, PS+ Premium, and has Other OS for potential Android support is going to be a much better alternative in the long run for gamers on the go.
The earbuds seem cool, though especially for easier PSVR2 audio support.
Such a disappointment for PlayStation Portal. If this had a basic android OS. Where you could also install the likes of Geforce Now and Steam Link and Xbox Xcloud. I would of bought one without a second thought.
But from what it looks like. It can only be used for PS5 Remote play. It's just two expensive for what it is.
As for the headphones. I love Sony's previous headphones. The Pulse Elite, 2.0 and Wireless 3D. So I can see me buying the new elite ones.
The explorer ones look really nice. Could see me buying them when cheaper. Providing they are decent.
My phone does 120hz and uses an OLED screen and I can play it on the go.
I’m better off getting a Backbone.
It looks so nice though...I will wishlist it for my Christmas gift.
If this was 99 USD, might purchase it. Or if it was 300 USD and had 120hz OLED screen and this could be used with Steam as well as PS5, I'd buy it.