The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

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Vaclav_sl said:
Yea, that's the vague "information" request site that might or might not be a signup that was mentioned earlier.
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Cool. Signed up for that. Just wanted to make sure I had a chance.
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Vaclav

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If it is, I've not gotten an invite from it though - hopefully it is though since I'm down to see how well it works. (Plus honestly want to know if PS3's are worth keeping around or giving away while they're still useful to friends that slacked on getting them)
 
Pyros

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That's a good point but as someone who doesn't own a DS, it's good news because that means I can buy a Wii U which is almost as cheap anyway and get both the Wii U games and the DS games, and on top of that I get to play them on my TV, so win win. Once Sony does their playstation now thing or whatever it is I'll probably grab that too.
 
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Tropico 5 Announced For PS4, Will Take Full Advantage of Console GamingBolt.com: Video Game News, Reviews, Previews and Blog

A good filler PS4 game I guess.

Kalypso Media have announced that the next entry in the popular city builder series,Tropico 5 will see a release on the PlayStation 4, besides the Windows, MAC, Linux and Xbox 360 versionswhich were announced last year.

"We are delighted to be able to work with Sony to bring Tropico 5 to PlayStation 4 and enter the next generation market." said Andrew Johnson, Managing Director of Kalypso Media UK. "The PlayStation 4 version of Tropico 5 will expand the Tropico brand to the new generation hardware and to a new generation of gamers."

Stefan Marcinek, Global Managing Director, Kalypso Media revealed that they will be using the console's full capabilities.
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We have been evaluating many new and exciting development opportunities for the Tropico brand and by bringing Tropico 5 to PlayStation 4 we open a new chapter in the history of the game. By taking full advantage of the PlayStation 4's processing power the island of Tropico and El Presidente have never looked better.'
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Pyros_sl said:
That's a good point but as someone who doesn't own a DS, it's good news because that means I can buy a Wii U which is almost as cheap anyway and get both the Wii U games and the DS games, and on top of that I get to play them on my TV, so win win. Once Sony does their playstation now thing or whatever it is I'll probably grab that too.
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Yep, great for people like us. I've been eyeing a WiiU for awhile now and this could push me to purchase one.
 
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If you're convinced on buying a WiiU for DS games, you should probably just get a 3DSXL.
WiiU is poop, 3DS is glorious.
 
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Needless_sl said:
If you're convinced on buying a WiiU for DS games, you should probably just get a 3DSXL.
WiiU is poop, 3DS is glorious.
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Well not really. The 3DS is a handheld for one. Second buying a Wii U also opens the Wii U library, which while not particularily interesting, could be in the future. There's no point in me getting the console that can only play its own games vs the console that can play its own and the other's. Granted we don't know WHEN this is coming so might end up buying a 3DSXL before that but still.
 
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are DS games different than 3ds games? ie would that only work for the older, 4+ year old games or would it also work for stuff like zelda a link between time, pokemon X/Y, etc. nintendo's naming shit is so damn confusing.
 
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Pyros_sl said:
That's a good point but as someone who doesn't own a DS, it's good news because that means I can buy a Wii U which is almost as cheap anyway and get both the Wii U games and the DS games, and on top of that I get to play them on my TV, so win win.
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DeSmuME solved this problem for me years ago. Currently, it emulates just about every DS game worth playing near-perfectly. From what I've heard the 3DS doesn't even display DS games very well because of scaling issues, so it wouldn't surprise me if the WiiU emulator also failed at implementing simple texture filters (because all the common algorithms are GPL'ed and they'd have to write their own).

And yes, they're only talking about DS games on the WiiU, not 3DS.
 
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You could debate it either way really. Its great to have the option but you also need to keep in mind that theres no mention of 3DS games being released on it, and until theres a couple AAA game announcements that will be coming to the VC... it's pretty meh imo.

Then again, I already have any of the old DS games i've ever wanted to play so there is bias in my opinion lol.
 
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Any word on DLNA for PS4 yet? Or do we still have to ghetto it with Plex through the browser?
 
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I'm a staunch believer that 3D needs to die again like it did in the 80's. I don't give a fuck about 3ds games. bring it on
 
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No one really uses the 3D of the 3DS, outside of cutscenes maybe. Nintendo has pretty much acknowledged this themselves.

I always have the switch set off, doesn't affect the awesomeness of the handheld or its games.
 
Pyros

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Needless_sl said:
You could debate it either way really. Its great to have the option but you also need to keep in mind that theres no mention of 3DS games being released on it, and until theres a couple AAA game announcements that will be coming to the VC... it's pretty meh imo.

Then again, I already have any of the old DS games i've ever wanted to play so there is bias in my opinion lol.
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Right it's my bad, misread the announcement, thought it was 3DS stuff. That is then fairly pointless, I can play DS games on an emulator so don't really care. Got excited for nothing, oh well.
 
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