travo said:

I wonder what MS' exciting hardware news is? VR?

Revision of their console. They have to get attention given Sony is out sellign them what 2 to 1? or is it 3 to 1?

Foolz and I have been playing Roblox for the next podcast, have any of you tried it?

My children are really into Roblox and have been for a couple of years now. Maybe I will start an account this weekend.

Ravenprose said:

Last night I played about halfway through both Super Castlevania IV and Castlevania Bloodlines (Castlevania Collection on Switch) and had a great time.


However, both looked like a sea of sharp pixels on my 4K TV. Bloodlines fared a bit better than IV but was still way too pixelated to be enjoyable, so I tried the scanlines/CRT filter options. M2 did this port and their emulation is excellent for the most part but I'm usually not a fan of CRT filters; most are too dark and/or too blurry.


The Castlevania and Contra collections are, thankfully, not like that. Both games look pretty good with the filter on once I got used to it. Both games look similar enough to how I remember playing them years ago. I wish these collections offered more options for customizing these filters, though.

The solution is to play them on the Switch screen. It's one of the best things about playing portable. All the games that look too stretched out or blocky are perfectly in proportion on the smaller screen.

gamingeek said:

The solution is to play them on the Switch screen. It's one of the best things about playing portable. All the games that look too stretched out or blocky are perfectly in proportion on the smaller screen.

I agree. They do look best on a small screen. I like playing them on my big screen too, though. Easier to play with my arcade stick that way.  

Ravenprose said:

"Xbox's Next Console Will Feature The 'Largest Technical Leap Ever' In A Generation"


Sounds interesting but how much will it cost? Will it be a cloud computing hybrid?

I’m wondering how much of a part AI might factor into it.

Switch 2 delayed to Q1 2025 now, multiple outlets are claiming.

Ravenprose said:

gamingeek said:

The solution is to play them on the Switch screen. It's one of the best things about playing portable. All the games that look too stretched out or blocky are perfectly in proportion on the smaller screen.

I agree. They do look best on a small screen. I like playing them on my big screen too, though. Easier to play with my arcade stick that way.  

It works for other games too. Syberia 3 looks terrible on TV, acceptably decent on the Switch lcd. Observer too etc.

The announcement is being delayed.

Archangel3371 said:

aspro said:

So game pass bring in $646 million a month in revenue. They paid $69 billion for Activision. So at this rate in 9 years they'll generate enough revenue to match what they paid.  9 years. And that's if the revenue was 100% profit!

I heard that the XBOX business now surpasses the Windows operating system revenues with the aquisition of Activision.  And while Windows is basically free to anyone that already has it, it is till a big busines division for MS.

Well the ABK stuff brings in much more outside of Game Pass. The King stuff brings in a lot of cash on mobile.

Good point.

Ravenprose said:

This wouldn't surprise me. Nintendo probably wants the current Switch to outsell the PS2 before replacing it.