Wasn't Fable 4 or anything but I enjoyed the series and Legends had the right vibe. Kinda hope they form a new studio that goes multiplatform.

I never much issues with the stick but if that's your experience I can't invalidate that.

But not a great deal has made me regret going with the One. It's biggest flaw is being victim to Sony's studio poaching and being under a parent company that doesn't care about gaming at all.

MS soured stuff itself with its move away from XNA, and how they treated the indies. They went through almost the same hubris Sony did with the PS3, except worse. By the time the One was coming out, Sony had learned their lesson and MS were ready to make their own massive mistakes.

I don't think the sticks would have been a problem if you played Halo. Halo seemed to have a small deadzone in mind to allow for it. The games I would use to test a new controller were either Bioshock or Mass Effect. Looking at Shepard constantly crawling to the right.

I have always been close to getting a One, my brother has one, but the controller stick thing was unforgivable to me. I've owned pretty much any console you care to mention, and I've never had anything like the stick problems I had on 360, straight out of the box often. To hear they spent $100 million researching a new pad, which amounted to putting an actual D-Pad on it, and yet keeping the same dodgy analogue system prone to breaking, fuck it.

http://i.imgur.com/Q7F6c5r.jpg

This is going to be for something terrible, isn't it?

Today's News:
1) Some Nintendo related news:

• Team Meat revealed Blitworks studio is handling the Wii U port of Super Meat Boy and the game is expected to arrive within a few months.
  http://www.destructoid.com/super-mea...d-347144.phtml
• Niantic Labs announced they will be holding a beta for Pokemon Go with Japan getting it first and other regions getting it later in the year.
  http://www.destructoid.com/pokemon-g...n-347136.phtml
• Nintendo is currently rumored to be offering a free Twilight Princess themed Picross game as part of their upcoming My Nintendo rewards program.
  http://www.destructoid.com/dataminer...s-347132.phtml
• Mutant Mudds Super Challenge was announced to be arriving for the Wii U and 3DS on March 17th. The game features cross-buy support along and a special 15% discount for those who bought the original game or downloaded the Nindies E3 demo.
  http://www.destructoid.com/mutant-mu...k-347033.phtml
• According to Destructoid, amiibo support for Pokken Tournament works in a similar way to Hyrule Warriors in the sense of daily unlockable in-game gifts..
  http://www.destructoid.com/mutant-mu...k-347033.phtml

2) Street Fighter series producer Yoshinori Ono recently teased he's trying to convince Capcom to approve development for a new Darkstalkers game.
http://www.destructoid.com/there-s-s...s-347008.phtml

3) Blizzard announced Overwatch will arrive on May 24th, the beta arrives between May 5th to May 9th depending on the platform, people with pre-orders get the beta on May 3rd, and the beta itself requires a Gold account for the Xbox One but not a PS+ account for the PS4.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...e-date-leaked/

4) Update to Microsoft shutting down Lionhead studio news as Lionhead announced the beta for Fable Legends will still continue accepting new players till this Wednesday and the beta itself will shut down on April 14th. The microtransaction system was also shut down although those who purchased in-game gold but didn't spend it will be able to get a refund.
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/aft.../1100-6435437/

nice... still gotta finish Pokemon Picross before I look at TP one

It didn't matter to MS when they knowingly designed something that couldn't handle 1080p gaming in 2013, when they market themselves as a powerful, cutting edge brand. The res is funny because it represents their interests, that they were building a DVR with a camera.

I really liked the 360 for a time there, you know. I don't hate the One, I do hate MS.

Really want a new darkstalkers to happen.

Okay..?

Probably Hayter dubbing over Keifers lines as some MGSV voice track DLC. But Konami went insane so I dunno.

Day of the Tentacle remaster is out March 22nd.

He doesn't speak to Campbell in MGS V.

Probably an MGS pachinko machine.

Very possible, except wouldn't they use the Japanese actors? Maybe it's just some cheeky parody thing.

I was thinking last night about the possibility that, if MS are indeed closing up the Xbox One... We really need to know what the NX is, and even then it could be a weird hybrid handheld/touchscreen button thing, we would end up with a pretty much unopposed Playstation 4 for years to come. What happens then?

Are... you a Sony fanboy? 'Closing up', 'unopposed'. Why are talking in wartime vagaries?

You do know it's us vs them, right?

What is the "us vs them" mentality/meaning?

Is closing up a military term? Closing up a company division?

'Unopposed'? As in opposition? As in two market competitors? Is that a military term?

Are... are you... are you butthurt? Once again acting like a SJW about my 'violent rhetoric'.

Did I look like I was heralding a glorious Sony future? I'm looking at a quite possible reality in the next couple of years and wondering if anyone else enters the market.

Your last line really hits home there.

I may just be looking to NX as well. My wife and son LOVE Mario anything and Nintendo as a whole. I've been needing to get my Zelda fix and Metroid too (where you at VC Metroids). Recent news of bringing SNES titles to the VC are really pushing me towards buying a Nintendo console for the first time in over a decade (excluding my son's 3ds)

Valid point Rogererer.

Tons of amazing games on the Wii U

If you don't think it's been gamers vs publishers from the second generation on down you're tripping.

Figgy will tell you; I'm a gamer. I'm about the experience. That's end all.

Rog hasn't said a single to make me worry about whether I could do that or not. He's just spouted faux analyst talking points without saying anything actionable.

Simple question: Is there anything in MS' recent news that stops me from playing Halo, KI, Destiny, etc?

Someone's taking something very personally. What you do in your bedroom is up to you. I'm trying to have a conversation about the console market here.

Eh, guess I don't delve into it so much because my day is filled with more important shit. I'll buy a game if it appeals to me regardless of what publisher is doing what because all businesses are about $$$ and no one is ever changing it.

I'm with Fig on this.

Also, nothing is keeping me from playing currently, I was more looking toward the future, as was Rog.

I'm a Nintendo kid anyway. I'm most curious as to whether the NX will be compatible with the Wii U - if that means it has to have enough in common with the Wii U, or if they're going in a very different direction.

I thought that maybe it would just connect to the gamepad, but then that would leave a load of half useless Wii U consoles lying around.

Don't presume some personal battle here, when you could simply answer the question.

Or would you rather not openly invalidate all this faux concern for Xbox?

I think you're a fanboy, or simply against Xbox, who concerns himself with every detail except the main point of all this. It's a very silly kind of consumer and trying to wave it off as me being personal and not wanting to talk the console industry is you dodging a simple question.

Here we go again :eyeroll:

Sorry, what's the question?

There's been several major dramatic shifts in Xbox in the last week. It's not coming as a surprise to anyone. It's not certain yet, but there's a very clear direction.

But apparently I have to talk about ACTIONABLES on your copy of Killer Instinct? No, nothing in the news stops you playing Killer Instinct. Unless they turn off the servers. They did just cancel that Fable game, which they'd pledged to support for 5 years, so... Maybe?

The important thing in all of this, I've learned, is Kalyx Triad. I mean, there's been hundreds of people fired yesterday, but the main thing is his console still boots. Something for the analysts to think about. The real ones, not faux ones.

Battle of the Triangles.

I have a triangle of tri-faceted triangles. I'm a whole other level.

It seems like MS is going all in on Hololens, which will be able to make use of a lot of game development skills, but have corporate applications.

Now that we've reassured Kalyx that his One will still boot, I brought up the NX because it's an unknown quantity. The Wii U did quite modestly, and the NX could do the same. Is there anyone else out there that would start putting out hardware similar to the Playstation? Is it the end of the linear progression of consoles?

I just can't wait to see what the NX is.

I am definitely intrigued by NX. RIGHT NOW, I cannot imagine another contender entering the market. It would basically come down to something similar to Steam boxes yea?

I dunno, everyone doubted MS with the launch of the first Xbox (not to be confused with One ;)) and they did exceptionally well with the 360. Feel like they are, as you stated, abandoning ship, so to speak.

Look forward Kalyx.


WHAT IF!!!!!


What if player B buys Xbox One v 2.0 which has stronger hardware and as a result can run games online better than v1.0

What if, because of that, lag differential exists between the two systems and players screens and creates an (unintentional) competitive advantage?


No one knows right now which is why the conversation was moving to hypothetical futures.

We can count on MS' cheapness to emulate games across the board while they connect to the same servers.

People are playing 360 games on Xbone online against playing on 360. Right now.

But if we're speculating things could get worse, sure. Why would I be defending XB on that?

I answered your irrelevant question, sir.

https://i.imgur.com/5OwOodJ.png

He's not lying...

http://i.imgur.com/sK0EEdA.png

Anyone who cares about any such competitive advantage would probably be running the best hardware available to them, I'd imagine

-edit- this is in response to:

lol

Sure. For me, it just goes back to "shoulda beefed up a PC" because that is essentially their direction.

Yeah, and that's really the crux of the issue. PC master race etc

32Xbox

I said that on another forum. Please read my posts on all websites.