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[pushsquare.com] PS5 Pro Showcase Tomorrow, Hosted by Mark Cerny A 9-minute ASMR technical presentation. pushsquare.com Ravenprose
[eurogamer.net] Sony quietly increases price of PS5 DualSense controller $5 USD increase . Ya going the wrong way, Sony! eurogamer.net Ravenprose
[arstechnica.com] diapers can learn to play Pong hydrogels used in diapers can. How long before they play doom? arstechnica.com SupremeAC
[eurogamer.net] Two-thirds of female players still report being harassed when playing online "It's scary to be a woman in gaming." eurogamer.net news SupremeAC
[pushsquare.com] PS5 Pro Costs $700. Out in November Pre-order from 26th September pushsquare.com Ravenprose
[pushsquare.com] You Can Add an Ultra HD Disc Drive to PS5 Pro $80 USD If you can find the disk drive in stock. pushsquare.com Ravenprose
[pushsquare.com] Roughly 50 Games Ready for PS5 Pro Launch with Dedicated Patches pushsquare.com Ravenprose
[pushsquare.com] PS5 Pro Has a 2TB SSD Included pushsquare.com Ravenprose
[pushsquare.com] PS5 Pro Will Improve PSVR2 Games But no specific updates announced pushsquare.com news Ravenprose
[pushsquare.com] Prospective PS5 Pro Buyers Cause Disc Drives to Sell Out Scalpers more likely pushsquare.com Ravenprose
[videogameschronicle.com] ALL of Annapurna's Video Game Publishing Staff RESIGN When told they were going to spin the publishing staff off into another entitiy. videogameschronicle.com news aspro
[gamesindustry.biz] EU Nannystate Goes After Epic, EA, Roblox and More Fro deceptive trade practices. gamesindustry.biz news aspro
[thesixthaxis.com] Steam Overhauls Game Sharing Feature Lots of details, seems ok. thesixthaxis.com news aspro
[ign.com] Flappy Biord Returns After 10 Year Ban Apple flipped the bird in 2014 ign.com news aspro
[eurogamer.net] MS Lays Off 650 XB Staff Unemployment Unlocked eurogamer.net news aspro
[eurogamer.net] Tony Hawk has been "talking to Activision" THPS 25th anniversary is approaching. eurogamer.net news aspro
[eurogamer.net] After 1 Year Unity Reverses Controversial Fee Structure Unity Personal will remain free. eurogamer.net news aspro
[pushsquare.com] PS5 Pro Probably Won't Run GTA 6 at 4K 60FPS, Tech Expert Claims Digital Foundry pours cold water pushsquare.com Ravenprose
[nintendolife.com] Marvel vs Capcom Collection Switch Confirmed "Code In Box" (Europe) Other regions will still get a physical cartridge. Dick move, Capcom nintendolife.com Ravenprose
[nintendolife.com] Nintendo Announces Switch OLED 'Super Mario Bros. Wonder' Bundle Including 12 months of Switch Online nintendolife.com news Ravenprose
[gameunder.net] Game Under Podcast Ep. 160 Sony, Disco Elysium, Still Wakes the Deep, Plague Tail and much more. gameunder.net editorial impressions media news aspro
[eurogamer.net] PSVR2 Going Wireless That's the baffling speculation. eurogamer.net news aspro
[eurogamer.net] Flappy Bird Creator Not Happy Does not support revival of game. eurogamer.net news aspro
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Wed, 11 Sep 2024 01:02:32
Damn. That's gaming PC prices for sure.

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Wed, 11 Sep 2024 01:03:34
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Damn. That's gaming PC prices for sure.

Exactly. PC + Nintendo is looking like the future for me as well.

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I have a neo geo. Sorta of wish I had not spulrged on that particular consoles, though it is great,  the value for money over time has not worked out.

Ghost Pilot is a good 1942 imitation. Baseball Heroes is also a good arcade game.  The 2d fighters were impressive at the time, but they've been surpasses. So unless you have a nostaligia for particular games you likely won't apprciate them as much as when they first came out on the phone book size carts. (Actually, the carts are much bigger than most phone books these days.

Before Dreamcast it was the only viable way to have the arcade experience at home - other than buying a bunch of arcade machines.

My phone auto corrected, it originally said "beat" em ups.

That was what I was looking for but your insights are valuable to me nonetheless. Hamster has a huge range of Neo Geo and arcade ports on Switch.

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Wed, 11 Sep 2024 11:00:59
Wonder how much PS5 Pro would have cost without the rampant inflation from the world imploding these recent years.

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Wonder how much PS5 Pro would have cost without the rampant inflation from the world imploding these recent years.

Probably the same price. The PS3 was released at $600 in 2006.

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My phone auto corrected, it originally said "beat" em ups.

That was what I was looking for but your insights are valuable to me nonetheless. Hamster has a huge range of Neo Geo and arcade ports on Switch.

I thought I had a couple NeoGeo beat 'em ups on Switch but all I have are run 'n gun shooters; Metal Slug, Nam-1975, Ninja Commando, Shock Troopers 1 and Ikari Warriors. Top Hunter and Puzzle Bobble are great fun too. I need to get some beat 'em ups too since I remember having fun with those in the NeoGeo multi arcade like Robot Army. I never own a real NeoGeo. I wanted one though.

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Wed, 11 Sep 2024 13:20:15
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Wonder how much PS5 Pro would have cost without the rampant inflation from the world imploding these recent years.

Probably the same price. The PS3 was released at $600 in 2006.


According to an article I just read, adjusted for inflation, the PS3 would have been launched at $925. Of course, that system came with a disk drive and you could position it vertically at no additional charge. Still, if you do the full apples to apples comparison, the PS3 would be $925 to the pro which would be probably around $800 fully loaded.

So, it is still cheaper than the PS3 at launch. But I suppose whenever you start comparing things to the PS3's launch price, you're still in the realm of, "wow that's expensive."
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Sony has confirmed that the price for the PS5 Pro in Canada will be $960. The disc drive here costs $100 and the stand is $40. After taxes that’ll bring the total to $1,243. Yikes!

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I really hope the Switch 2 is fairly priced. Some are now speculating $500.

Richard on Digital Foundry mentioned earlier this week that he believes console gaming will contine for a long time to come but it'll likely only be Nintendo still releasing them at some point. He said this days before the PS5 Pro pricing was revealed.
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According to an article I just read, adjusted for inflation, the PS3 would have been launched at $925. Of course, that system came with a disk drive and you could position it vertically at no additional charge. Still, if you do the full apples to apples comparison, the PS3 would be $925 to the pro which would be probably around $800 fully loaded.


So, it is still cheaper than the PS3 at launch. But I suppose whenever you start comparing things to the PS3's launch price, you're still in the realm of, "wow that's expensive."

Eurogamer has a good article on the pricing as well.  They argue that inflation paints a skewed picture, as most people's income hasn't scaled with the high inflation of the last few years.

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I really hope the Switch 2 is fairly priced. Some are now speculating $500.

I'd find that hard to believe.  Would make it their most expensive piece of hardware since the N64 if I recall correctly.

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I'd find that hard to believe.  Would make it their most expensive piece of hardware since the N64 if I recall correctly.

N64 launched for $200 here. N64 games, on the other hand, were damned expensive at launch around $80.

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Wed, 11 Sep 2024 16:54:19
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Yeah I don't see a $500 launch happening with the switch 2 either. That really goes against Nintendo's strategy for the past several years. I think they're much more interested in holding their market share rather than pocketing the money up front, with a more expensive system.
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Probably the same price. The PS3 was released at $600 in 2006.

Lol forgot about that.

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I thought I had a couple NeoGeo beat 'em ups on Switch but all I have are run 'n gun shooters; Metal Slug, Nam-1975, Ninja Commando, Shock Troopers 1 and Ikari Warriors. Top Hunter and Puzzle Bobble are great fun too. I need to get some beat 'em ups too since I remember having fun with those in the NeoGeo multi arcade like Robot Army. I never own a real NeoGeo. I wanted one though.

I want Shock Troopers and the Metal Slugs.

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Sony has confirmed that the price for the PS5 Pro in Canada will be $960. The disc drive here costs $100 and the stand is $40. After taxes that’ll bring the total to $1,243. Yikes!

It costs even more in Europe. $1000 USD equivalent. For everything.

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I really hope the Switch 2 is fairly priced. Some are now speculating $500.


Richard on Digital Foundry mentioned earlier this week that he believes console gaming will contine for a long time to come but it'll likely only be Nintendo still releasing them at some point. He said this days before the PS5 Pro pricing was revealed.

So now the question is how much you're willing to pay for technological advancement aka better graphics.

If they can't produce generational leaps in a semi-afforadable manner, or spend the millions for game development, what's next? I guess AI can aid game development but how do you get the cost of state of the art components down?

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Yeah I don't see a $500 launch happening with the switch 2 either. That really goes against Nintendo's strategy for the past several years. I think they're much more interested in holding their market share rather than pocketing the money up front, with a more expensive system.

OLED is still £330.

So £400 I reckon. Max $450?

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Wed, 11 Sep 2024 17:41:18
I suspect Switch 2 will be $400-450 USD. That's likely the most I'd pay for one.

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Wed, 11 Sep 2024 19:16:41
New rumor is saying they filmed a Switch 2 commercial recently.

Reveal in 1 to 6 weeks.

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Wed, 11 Sep 2024 23:10:19
You got to give Nintendo credit for keeping all the switch 2 news locked down. At the end of the day we still have nothing more than speculation. We just don't even really know when it's coming out.
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Thu, 12 Sep 2024 01:43:58

Yeah, Sony and MS can't keep secrets for shit. Nintendo's legal ninjas has most people in the know too scared to say anything.

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Thu, 12 Sep 2024 09:56:25

Eh, I don't know.  We've known what processor the Switch2 will use for quite some time now, and that it will be a similar design to that of the original Switch.  Aside from the mandatory extra gimmick here and there, what more is there to know about the hardware?

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Now onto The Forgotten City. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Forgotten_City

Any one played it?

I've played it. It's the kind of game I think about after I finish playing. I suppose it's hard to say much about it if I don't want to ruin any surprises. I like the time loop and especially all the historical details.


By Miu Watanabe.

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