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I'm a bit hesitant to buy a competitor to the steam deck. If I don't know the name, brand etc, I usually pass on it. I have never heard of the Aya Neo myself, but I'm sure there are a bunch of handhelds like the steam deck popping up these days. Some with similar specs, but I imagine most of them are people trying to scam, or you don't get a device that's barely comparable.

The PS5 in the states, at least according to Amazon is $599. So $600 or so. That was the original price of the PS3 at release, which for me, was far too expensive. Honestly I think most consoles are expensive, becuase no matter what, you're dishing out usually $200-$300+. And for the big premiere consoles it could be double that. When I see a price tag of $500+ I just can't see myself putting that much money into a console anymore.

Nope, I never owned or even played a Wii U. I wanted one, but it wasn't a console I made much of a fuss over. I just remember it being kind of a let down among fans, and it's what pushed them to innovate even more with the Switch. If I ever find one at a thrift store or at a yard sale for cheap, I'll pick one up. :)

Honestly no, but I remember when Doritos, Mountain Dew and a few other brands created gamer themed junk food. Mountain Dew promotes COD like yearly at this point, and I think Mountain Dew had their own drink called Game Fuel as well. Brands like to advertise to gamers more than ever these days. I don't know if they make stuff like Gamer grub anymore, but I am curious now.

No game really pushed me to buy it. All of my friends had an Xbox One so I went that route. When I got the Xbox One, it was back in 2015, so two years out already at that point, and I ended up getting Fallout 4 with it. I don't recall if I purchased any other games with it at the time though. But yeah, no games really pushed me to buy it. If had COD and my friends played that, so that's what I mostly played early on.

Back then I doubt wifi would have worked that well for online gaming. Like Shagger said it was still a bit fresh at the time, and I honestly don't think the connect would have been good. Plus, I don't think many routers existed back then supporting wifi connections. Though I'm sure some did, they weren't probably meant for online gaming. These days they make special routers that are geared towards gaming and streaming. The mod scene has probably created a wifi dongle for the original Xbox, just like someone has added HDMI support, and other such things. I think today it would be possible to get it set up on wifi than it was back when it originally released. And on the plus side, connections through ethernet were way better, I hate playing games over wifi, because you will drop a connection once in a while. Wired connections are always best.

I wouldn't say it is. Just like I wouldn't' say Xbox Achievements are that important. Back in the day when they first started it, sure I was interested in getting all those achievements/trophies etc. But I don't think it's necessarily ever was important to me. I just like racking up a big score for all the games I played. :D

You heard that right, Amazon is going to be taking over the publishing duties for Crystal Dynamics next Tomb Raider game. It will be multiplatform, and it'll be made under Unreal Engine 5. Previously it was Square Enix who was publisher, but it looks like they've decided to move on from them. And we all know how Amazon wants to get more involved in publishing games, so this could be a big deal for them. Source - https://www.gameinformer.com/2022/12/15/amazon-games-will-publish-crystal-dynamics-next-tomb-raider-game

Looks like the Bloober Team is back as they are working on a new survival horror game to be published by Private Division. There are no details about the game aside from it being a survival horror game. They are also working on a Silent Hill game, which I believe was announced during that Konami press conference. But this looks to be a whole new project. What do you think it is they're working on?

Source - https://www.sknr.net/2022/12/15/death-stranding-movie-announced/ It looks like Death Stranding is getting a movie adaptation as it was recently announced there is a movie in the works. The movie is said to be a continuation of the story featured in the game and upcoming sequel. Kojima Productions has teamed up with Barbarian executive producer Alex Lebovici’s Hammerstone Studios to make the movie. Kinda cool, but now I need to play the game to get an idea of what to expect. But I'm glad Kojima finally is getting into the movie game. He praises it a ton and it's cool to finally see it come full circle for him.

That's cool. So the Parallel Worlds and Goddess of Wisdom are fan remakes/rom hacks? Were many of these made for sale? Even though they're rom hacks, I imagine something like this would be worth a decent amount of money later on. I wish I had these types of fan creation/hacks in my collection. I don't own any, but if I see any out in the wild, I might have to start picking them up.

Half Life 2 is a big one, since so many were expecting an episode 3 or an outright Half Life 3 to come out. Same with Left 4 Dead, because that too deserved to get a 3rd game. Aside from that, I wish they made more Simpsons themed games. The last good game I can think of was the Simpsons game, and ever since I feel like they focused on cheap and boring mobile games. Give us a hit and run remake, remaster and or a sequel.

Sadly it's inevitable. I notice my PC loads up fortnite pretty fast, but if I were to boot it up on my Xbox One for example, it'll take a little longer. It's to be expected. It also comes down to how used to the new consoles you are, because if you're used to the faster load times, going back to an older console may not be easy. I found that going back to the 360, it felt like it took forever just to turn on. The main reason for that is due to the last dashboard they released. I wish they allowed us to go back to older dashboards, because the blade dashboard was fast and didn't nearly take as long as what the 360 has now. Sadly, this will continue on, as video games are going to keep getting better and better.

I actually have. It was many years ago. I was out with a friend shopping and he decided to get a copy of Disney Lets Sing (I think it was), and it came with a mic and everything. We tried to play it, and it was kinda fun, but didn't play for too long. I did play Def Jam Rapstar as well. I don't think it was made by the same team, but it was a lot of fun from what I played. I couldn't follow most of the raps I did though.

I think I only played one or two of the Just Dance games, and that was back when I used to babysit my nephew. They had an Xbox 360 and Kinect and I remember trying and failing miserably playing one of the games. It's not for me, as I would much rather play something like DDR, as it's not really focused on following moves, but just focused on matching arrows. That game I can somewhat handle, but Just Dance, nah, I suck at those games lol.

I think there's been a few special edition releases of the Xbox Series X. I think most consoles come out with limited/special edition consoles, with differing designs. I think Halo Infinite had a special console, way before the game was even released. I believe there's a Forza themed one, and I don't recall, but maybe a Gears themed one. Not sure though, as I don't remember if we got a new Gears on the new Xbox yet. But yeah, most consoles release special edition consoles. I don't know if Microsoft will release one for all colors of the rainbow, but I'm sure we'll see some branded designs based off of their popular games.

I think it depends on the person and how well they handle VR. I know it's suggested not to play in VR for long periods of time, but I've heard of people sleeping in VR. Now, I don't know how they handle that with a bulky ass vr headset on their head, but hey, if it works for them, cool. But, I think eventually I would get eye strain, maybe a sore neck, and face.

Yeah the rate we progress with tech is pretty remarkable. Just to think, almost like 30 years ago we had the Virtual Boy from Nintendo, and now we are at a point where VR is getting even more realistic. It's just crazy how far we have come with tech from the 80s/90s and onward. I think we'll see more devices that you can wear to help immerse yourself in the game even more. There's already suits you can wear that provide feeling towards the game. And of course that Omni device you can buy that lets you walk freely in VR. Eventually they will make a suit that can do just about everything.

I'm going to wait to play it until this weekend I think. Maybe play it so my brother can watch along. That would probably explain the big size. I know one of the movies is called Tammy and the T-Rex, but what are the other two movies added in? Actually scratch that, I don't want to know. I spoiled too much of the game for myself already. :D

There is a new boxing game that is scheduled to come out soon. It is similar to what EA did with their Fight Night boxing games, and I think Steel City Interactive is trying to replicate that style and gameplay in some ways. Check out some gameplay below. Do you think boxing games are finally making a comeback?

The game has finally come out, has anyone here tried it out yet? A friend of mine was screen sharing a bit of it last night on Discord, and from what I saw it looked like a lot of fun. Though I'm not so sure about the shooting, it looks odd, but I'll reserve my judgment for when I play. Also that Justin Roiland humor is there from the start.

Not with smartphones being in everyone's pockets these days. I don't see how it could ever end, considering too that every smartphone has a playstore/app store with a bunch of mobile games. On top of that, the mobile market is one of, if not, the biggest money maker in terms of gaming/apps out there. We will probably have smartphones for years to come, which means mobile gaming will likely flourish along with it.

It's just been a long time coming, since Nintendo hasn't had a COD since like the Wii or maybe Wii U. I forget. I just know that Activision and company didn't want to support Nintendo consoles because of the hardware limitations. But they had no trouble releasing COD4, WAW and others on the Wii and even the DS back in the day. I'm sure they could tone the graphics down to make it happen. Otherwise, a new Switch with better hardware could be coming, and in which case, COD could grace Nintendo consoles again.

I think Cyberpunk 2077, mainly due to fact they promised so much and yet didn't really deliver on any of it. We were promised these living, breathing worlds, but all we got was a sparse world with not much going for it. I still haven't even finished the story mode, I just got bored with the game at some point and peaced out. I may eventually get back into it, but I don't know when that day will come. Other than that, maybe State of Decay 2. That game turned out to be a major letdown for me. Bugs killed the experience, and otherwise it was just a chore to play at times.

Depends on the studio and who is working on it. Most big studios will ship remasters to smaller teams to tackle, which is what Rockstar has done in the past. I think most developers want to make their own original games, but some do get stuck working on remasters. I thinks studios would prefer to work on remakes, because at least then they're kinda making something fresh, albeit with the same story/characters etc. I can't imagine most developers want to work on remakes or remasters, but a lot I'm sure get stuck doing that. The beauty of game development though, is that people move on from studio to studio a lot, so if a dev feels stuck, he/she can usually put in their two weeks and find work elsewhere.