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Post by dsparil on Sept 12, 2024 12:03:44 GMT -5
Yeah, MK1 has been selling at around half the pace of X or 11. 4m is nothing to sneeze at thought. I think it might come down to MK as a series leaning more towards the single player side than others.
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Post by Digitalnametag on Sept 12, 2024 20:25:25 GMT -5
$699 dollars for the PS5? This is dredging up bad memories of the 3D0... I have no idea how people keep up with this stuff nowadays. A modestly priced Switch 2 will absolutely dominate the market. Considering the average amount people spend on a smartphone (around $800 usd apparently) the PS5 Pro price point doesn't seem that unreasonable. Not that I would buy a Pro mind you, but if people can afford to spend that on a phone then why not a gaming console? Perhaps an evil console payment plan tied to PS+ to mirror how the phone companies get you with phone upgrades is in order. Note that I've had the same iPhone SE for like seven years because I hate spending money on phones...
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Post by lurker on Sept 12, 2024 22:40:08 GMT -5
I just think it's silly that it's that much for an upgrade you have to squint to see the difference between it and the default PS5.
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Post by spanky on Sept 13, 2024 6:05:26 GMT -5
$699 dollars for the PS5? This is dredging up bad memories of the 3D0... I have no idea how people keep up with this stuff nowadays. A modestly priced Switch 2 will absolutely dominate the market. Considering the average amount people spend on a smartphone (around $800 usd apparently) the PS5 Pro price point doesn't seem that unreasonable. Not that I would buy a Pro mind you, but if people can afford to spend that on a phone then why not a gaming console? Perhaps an evil console payment plan tied to PS+ to mirror how the phone companies get you with phone upgrades is in order. Note that I've had the same iPhone SE for like seven years because I hate spending money on phones... Yeah, I guess when you take inflation into account and what we USED to pay for games (I remember eagerly plunking down 80 dollars in 1996 to play Chrono Trigger) then game prices nowadays are more than reasonable, especially when you consider the sales on online storefront and the overall variability in game prices. Hey, I have an iPhone SE too! I like that it has a button on the front. I am teased about this constantly at work and the gym.
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Post by dsparil on Sept 13, 2024 10:07:10 GMT -5
spanky Get the current gen SE ASAP if you don't have it. It's expected to be replaced with a home button-less version in the spring. Digitalnametag The difference is that people usually don't pay for their entire phone up front. Even the $1200 for a 256GB Pro Max is easier to stomach when it's $50 a month for two years. Abstractly, I do agree that there is too much grousing about the price. It's a niche product for the most hardcore PS fans that want the most performance. I feel like it's more an issue of bad optics being $250 versus the disc-less 5, and the 5 itself never having had a price cut to offset the difference unlike the 4.
For Switch 2 pricing, I think $400 is probably the sweet spot. The rumor is that it's using an an nVidia SOC that could provide PS4-ish (maybe PS4+) level graphics. It's supposedly based on the nVidia T234 (there's been a lot of leaks) which was not designed for consumer use as it's a robotics/automotive/AI chip. It's hard to get a sense of what it could cost because of that. They might be able to get away with more if it really blows people away, but that seems risky to me.
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Post by excelsior on Sept 13, 2024 11:23:30 GMT -5
I'm aware of the leaks for Switch 2 and it does sound impressive on paper, but I'm (clearly) not tech oriented so it doesn't move the needle in terms of how much I'd spend. I'm also in the midst of setting up my own business after a while of not working and so I'm pretty price sensitive. $400 is probably fine for me, but I don't know if I'd stretch beyond that at launch.
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Post by dsparil on Sept 13, 2024 12:30:20 GMT -5
The only halfway interesting thing to me on the hardware side is the possible specialized hardware for file decompression. Sometimes I think about getting the Mac version of RE4, and then I see the 64GB download sizeā¦
I would prefer if it Nintendo just stuck to $300 and crammed the best hardware they could into that. You can just buy various models of T234 from nVidia probably for evaluation purposes, but the cheapest one is $260 and weaker than the rumored specs.
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Post by Digitalnametag on Sept 13, 2024 14:14:24 GMT -5
Hey, I have an iPhone SE too! I like that it has a button on the front. I am teased about this constantly at work and the gym. Noice. We can be old timey together. I like the button too. And that it doesn't cost $1200. It annoys me when my controllers force me to update too! Back in my day controllers didn't update! You just plugged'em in and they worked! Get off my lawn! Digitalnametag The difference is that people usually don't pay for their entire phone up front. Even the $1200 for a 256GB Pro Max is easier to stomach when it's $50 a month for two years. Uh yeah I know. People usually end up paying more than the list price for a phone due to the way the payment plans work. It's a matter of peoples cost perception. That's why I said this bit... Perhaps an evil console payment plan tied to PS+ to mirror how the phone companies get you with phone upgrades is in order.
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Post by chronotigger65 on Sept 16, 2024 20:01:45 GMT -5
The Steam Deck. I've recently have an interest in the system as it might be a cheaper alternative to getting a more powerful computer for gaming. I've notice that it can't play all games from Steam but it would have to do. I like to know a few thing about it before I decide (if I do that is) to get it. Like how reliable it is, does it ever have the problem of getting computer viruses and does it requires Microsoft Windows to operate?
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Post by excelsior on Sept 16, 2024 22:07:08 GMT -5
The Steam Deck. I've recently have an interest in the system as it might be a cheaper alternative to getting a more powerful computer for gaming. I've notice that it can't play all games from Steam but it would have to do. I like to know a few thing about it before I decide (if I do that is) to get it. Like how reliable it is, does it ever have the problem of getting computer viruses and does it requires Microsoft Windows to operate? Steam Deck uses Linux. The only reason it would use Windows is if you for some reason decided to install it yourself. It's feasible that you could get a virus as with any PC, although you shouldn't need antivirus as long as you're not using it to download anything malicious online. There is a warranty for damage but other than that I'm not sure what you mean by reliable. As far as what it runs, it's roughly somewhere around the power level of a PS4, so while much software can be run at lower specs to be accomodated, high end software will not be targeting these specs. If you want to play indies and AA software, you're likely set for some time with a Deck, but it's not really an alternative to a 'powerful' gaming PC.
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Post by retr0gamer on Sept 17, 2024 4:53:26 GMT -5
I've not had any issues with viruses since Windows started including Windows defender with the OS. It's a fantastic piece of anti virus software and means there's no need to get a separate anti virus software as it's as good as of not better than stand alone software. The steamdeck is more between ps360 and PS4 level. You can get some PS4 games running on it like FF7 remake but you'll have to make some serious graphic compromises to get it working at 30 fps.
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Post by retr0gamer on Sept 17, 2024 5:09:52 GMT -5
Finished up two games recently, Armored Core and Marathon Durandal.
Armored Core I had a lot of fun with and it really sucked me in. However I don't feel I ever really got to grips with the control scheme and felt I was floundering for most of it.
Marathon Durandal is a massive improvement on the original but I feel it doesn't quite come close to contemporary games on PC. There's some fun level design although I had issues with some stages not communicated well to the player what the objectives were and some annoying levels that took me ages to figure out you had to return to the starting terminal to exit the stage, an issue the original had. The engine improvements and Bungie becoming more familiar with their own engine made for some interesting level designs and I loved the new shotgun.
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Post by lurker on Sept 17, 2024 20:20:44 GMT -5
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Post by lurker on Sept 18, 2024 13:05:44 GMT -5
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Post by spanky on Sept 18, 2024 19:42:00 GMT -5
Wow! Another peculiar list of NSO drops. I love it! The Super Dodge Ball game runs like molasses if I remember correctly and is extremely menu dense for something like that. Cosmo Gang is just Pac Attack (not a great puzzle game honestly), and I don't remember much about Big Run. Battletoads & Double Dragon might be the best Battletoads game and is one of the better Double Dragon games to boot. The SNES version has a terriffic soundtrack so it's worth checking out.
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