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6M Blu-ray Players May Be No Sure Thing

As the economic storm clouds grow darker, consumer electronics manufacturers are looking at a handful of growth categories - including Blu-ray Disc players - to hedge the industry's bets, but one major retailer told TWICE that he fears the category is still not the slam-dunk some perceive it to be.

HighDefinition5563d ago

Is doing fine for a new format, all new formats take time usually.

The economic state is the only thing hurting it.

People love HighDefinition. (lol)

Mr_Bun5563d ago

Of course it is doing fine, but it has been at least a week since the last "Blu-ray in trouble" article...so it was due.

UnwanteDreamz5563d ago

I agree with both of you. I just wonder how long it will be around before this BS stops.

miasma5563d ago (Edited 5563d ago )

but I only buy a select few movies on BD. I have a DVD collection of over 300 movies and I am not replacing them for BD because there is no need to. There are a few i did replace with BD, but even when I buy new movies if it is a movie i don't need 1080p for (like a goofy comedy or something) i would rather spend less than $10 for it on DVD. Any action movie, I get BD. So for people like me adoption rate for BD could be a snails pace for quite a while...

Plus, I buy all my BD on amazon and eBay, so they are almost the same price as DVDs.

UnwanteDreamz5563d ago (Edited 5563d ago )

Phuck VHS, Betamax all day Sony FTW.

Marty83705563d ago

Notice how the article fails to mention the 21+million PS3 owners.

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Why Is No One Making AAA Horror Games Anymore?

Saif from eXputer inquires, "Despite the everlasting popularity of the genre, why hasn't there been a good AAA horror game in a while now?"

Jin_Sakai1d 19h ago

Because the gaming industry is obsessed with live service games.

Rynxie1d 6h ago

Because he touches himself at night to characters like lady Dimitrescu.

Crows901d 2h ago

You're the one still thinking about her

Rynxie1d 2h ago

@crow

Did I give away your secret? It's okay, if you sit on your hand and numb it, you can pretend it's her playing with your little stick.

MaximusPrime_1d 18h ago

Good for me, I have no interests in horror games

-Foxtrot1d 9h ago

Even when they do it's first person trying to copy Outlast, Five Nights, P.T etc

I think the Dead Space / RE2 / RE4 Remake and the Evil Within 2 showed you can have a good story based, third person survival horror game.

jeromeface1d 7h ago

remakes is another good reason

thesoftware7301d 6h ago

Calisto Protocol was also fun with fantastic presentation.

FinalFantasyFanatic23h ago

I feel like we haven't had much in the way of horror games for years, I think it became rare after the PS2/PS3 gen. Maybe i'll pick up that Crow Country that recently came out, that looks good.

Venoxn4g20h ago

Crow Country needs some more love.. and more exposure

Redemption-641d 7h ago

Because outside of a fee games, most don't sell that well

Crows901d 2h ago

So in other words...AAA publishers don't have creativity or passion for games.

CrimsonWing691d 7h ago

Didn’t we have Dead Space Remake and Resident Evil 4 Remake last year?

thorstein1d 7h ago (Edited 1d 7h ago )

Among others

And isn't Dying Light 2 a horror game?

Scissorman1d 7h ago

And Alan Wake 2 and Alone in the Dark.

on_line_forever15h ago

I like Alone in the dark but it's not AAA game

richardmmorales23h ago

We also had The Quarry and The Dark Pictures The Devil In Me.

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New and improved ASUS ROG Ally X battery life is just what it needs to compete with the Steam Deck

Yet another leak for the ASUS ROG Ally X points towards as much as 8 hours of battery, but how does that compare to the competition?

Vits4d ago

Honestly, I really like this updated version. But it doesn't solve the biggest flaw that the original had for me: the Z1 Extreme APU. Yes, it's an extremely powerful part, but it is not part of AMD's Adrenalin driver update program, so it's dependent on Asus for driver updates. And unfortunately, Asus doesn't have a stellar record of support for their devices.

Goodguy014d ago

Up to 8 hours basically just means the least demanding games. AAA gaming at highest wattage would probably be about 2-3 hours which is good compared to just about 1 hour with the current ally. The OLED Deck can do about 2-3hrs.

mrcatastropheAF1d 13h ago

With much less performance so that makes sense.

The Steamdeck shines at the lower TDP end but gets absolutely mopped at the high end.

Similar longevity with much better performance is a big win for the Ally X

Killa782d ago

Too bad Asus are all awful company.

PRIMORDUS2d ago

They used to be the best when it comes to motherboards, now I will never buy anything from them again.

Firebird3602d ago

8 hrs yea right. Running tetris?

Skuletor2d ago

Only after setting the screen brightness to the lowest level, of course.

Notellin1d 15h ago

They tested the battery life watching a game of Tetris in 360p. Running Tetris natively brought the number down slightly to 1 hour and 38 minutes. 😂

Asuka2d ago

Nope. The only improvements I want to hear is better customer support. Otherwise, I can't be bothered.

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