With a recent trend over the last few years of video game console manufacturers releasing mini versions of old hardware, one has to wonder: are they worth it? With a small library of pre-downloaded games, no storage space for extra content, limited quantities and a steep price tag, why should gamers subject themselves to what seems like a shortcut to nostalgia, when instead they could just go all in for the retro console itself?
Xbox and EA have recently made baffling moves that define how bleak the future of the gaming industry is with major companies at the helm. Ryan Bates from "Last Word on Gaming" posits in this op-ed that maybe it's not ineptitude, but intention.
Name someone that isn't trying to look us these days maybe cdpr.
Take two, ubi and yes even PlayStation are pushing us to own nothing and be happy with our live service ad injected games on a sub so they can raise prices at will and take access away when they see fit.
If it keeps up I'll be a full time retro gamer and this industry will be crashing hard
As rediculas as it sounds we need government reforms to defend consumer rights
XCOM and Marvel's Midnight Suns director Jake Solomon has founded a new studio to make a life sim game. Here's a new interview with him.
Microsoft is pushing for no "red line" for what games could come to PlayStation, and it all revolves around Satya Nadella and CFO Amy Hood's plans to increase every department's margins.
"The plan to move Xbox games to other platforms is codenamed "Latitude" internally, and I know there's debate and unease at Microsoft about whether or not this is a good idea. More upcoming Microsoft-owned games slated for PlayStation are already being developed. At least for now, they're potentially obvious games you'd most likely expect. And yes, while it's true Microsoft is a prolific publisher on PlayStation already, it has typically revolved around specific franchises like Minecraft. From what I've heard, Microsoft is pushing for no "red line" for what games could come to PlayStation, and it all revolves around Satya Nadella and CFO Amy Hood's mandate to increase every department's margins. "
Yeah, they are going to kill Xbox hardware.
i think it will kill off the xbox brand. windows will be fine.
but there is and would be a chance that xbox might be killed off in the future. if they fail to make the money they put in. imo.
"Microsoft is pushing for no "red line" for what games could come to PlayStation"
Forza and Starfield next?
In the words of Phil Spencer when he was talking about Nintendo last year
“It's just taking a long time for Microsoft to see that their future exists off of their own hardware"
Retro consoles isn’t a recent trend. It’s been happening for far longer than most people realize
Sales figures would tell you that people feel a need to buy classic consoles, but comparing the NES/SNES classics to the Playstation Classic shows the difference between a well-curated product and one rushed to the market to cash in. Nintendo is lucky to own their IP's and depend almost entirely on their first-party lineup, so their classic offerings were able to give you a games lineup that tapped into your nostalgia. Playstation had some generation-defining games, but they either chose to remaster them or they didn't own the IP and couldn't offer some of their most popular titles for licensing reasons. Combine that with the price difference and overall quality of software/emulation and you can see it's not a traditional 'genre' of hardware.
They're similar products with varying results... but I'd say that the 'classic' trend has already peaked. A big part of why Nintendo's classics worked was the price and quality, but more modern console 'classics' like say xbox or PS2 are going to cost more, probably offer less games, and be late to the party.
Memory and upscaling isn't an issue these days , which is why I'm so disappointed that Sony didn't have at least 50-60 games preloaded with upscaling options as well... And they're doing so well too.....