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Oh boy, those cheeky market analysts are at it again. This time, they’re suggesting that Nintendo should move to a smartphone based business model for the Switch. “With every console generation, the install base resets to zero and their earnings power essentially resets to zero. They can continuously have an install base of say 100…
Sony has been pretty quiet about the PS5 lately, then all of a sudden we get a surprise teardown, of all things. VP of Mechanical Design Yasushiro Ootori personally disassembled the console to highlight some of its features. It’s a distinctly Japanese design, and there’s certainly a lot to love here. First off, those bizarre…
Microsoft’s next gen Series X is bringing with it some spicy new hardware, that might just be a little too spicy for some. The company recently sent reviewers early production units in order to test backwards compatibility. While the console performs great, many have pointed out that it gets worryingly hot. Ken Bogard, from French…
PlayStation 5 fans, who pre-ordered the console through GameStop Ireland, may not actually receive it until sometime next year, according to an email sent to out customers. “Thanks for reserving your place in the queue for PlayStation 5. We know you want to get your hands on the console as soon as possible, but unfortunately…
Solid state storage is going to be a major boon for gaming. Reducing load times, and allowing for far bigger words to run on next gen consoles. Yet there’s a pretty big catch to all that speed: limited space at sky high prices. Hmm, just like an apartment in Toronto. The Xbox Series X only…
Well, here’s a piece of news that I was certainly not expecting. Microsoft has just announced that they have purchased ZeniMax Media, parent company of Elder Scrolls and Fallout developer Bethesda, for $7.5 billion. “Bethesda’s games have always had a special place on Xbox and in the hearts of millions of gamers around the world….
American video game companies are being put under the microscope of the US Treasury department over their ties to Chinese megacorp Tencent. Bloomberg cited an unnamed source stating the Committee on Foreign Investments has sent a letter to Epic Games, Riot, and others requesting they divulge information regarding security protocols. Namely how they handle Americans’…
Well, it seems the pre-order situation for next gen gaming hardware is a bit of a dog’s breakfast right now. At least where Sony and Nvidia are concerned. We’ve yet to see what the situation will be like when Series X/S and RDNA2 sales go live. Of course, I think anybody with half a brain…
Sony has finally announced the price and release date for the PlayStation 5. We now know that the disc-based standard version will be launching on November 12th in North America at a price of $499 USD. A digital only version, sans the Bluray drive, will be $100 cheaper at $399. Yet, that’s not what PlayStation…
Copies of Nintendo’s upcoming Super Mario 3D All Stars have leaked online, and are currently being combed through by data miners. According to reports, the games aren’t actually proper remasters, but are rather just ROMs of the original versions running via emulation. Given that the three game compellation is selling for $60 USD, it’s causing…