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What are you most excited about for E3?

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What's funny to me about Google Stadia, especially their apparent comment about killing Microsoft with it, is that in two days Microsoft is having their own conference, "Project xCloud: The Future of Streaming Xbox Games on Mobile Devices and Beyond," where they'll also reveal that Xbox Games Pass is also coming to Switch.

And Microsoft has already had streaming your Xbox to your PC for a while now, so they've been developing the program and technology for a few years. I'm willing to bet they'll have a better program than whatever Google's throwing out after having nothing much at all to do with game development or software.

Because game streaming is nothing new. Xbox has their program I mentioned above, and Sony has had PlayStation Now, but the problem is that the technology has just never been good enough to fix input latency. But Microsoft's Azure servers are some of the best in the business, so I have more faith in them to produce some good results.

tehponycorn said:
Yeah. Microsoft seems to be largely dipping out of the console industry, focusing more on Gamepass and multi-media devices.

Nintendo will continue being relevant solely based off of the strength of its IPs. People will keep coming back to Mario, Pokémon, the Legend of Zelda, Smash Bros., and more. If Nintendo continues to lean into the hybrid console market, I see them having a good future.

Sony on the other hand, seems to be sticking to its guns with the Playstation 5 essentially being a powerful console. Sure, they've got exclusives, but I've always seen the Playstation as a console more supported by its third party releases. I don't know how well the Playstation 5 will work considering it has to compete with good old PC's, hybrid consoles, mobile phones, and the increasing relevance of streaming platforms (while the artificial sweetener likely won't accomplish much, it's laying the groundwork for larger streaming projects compared to it and Microsoft's new streaming platform).

While many don't wish to acknowledge it, consoles as we know them are dying, and I think Playstation might go down with the sinking ship.
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The industry is changing, for sure, and I bet things in 2030 will be crazy compared to how things are right now. But I don't think things will be shaken up all too much.

I think the anticipation is going to be that streaming games to cheaper devices is going to overtake consoles eventually in the same way that streaming TV shows and movies has eclipsed the DVD/Blu-Ray industry. Because buying a game without needing to buy new hardware, or worry about performance or whatever, is appealing for a lot of people. Being able to use the hardware they already have to play any game is a pretty crazy idea.

Problem is, game streaming has dozens more complications than streaming a video. Input latency is one, but also having the server infrastructure to run all of those games without malfunction is another. There's not much that can go wrong with loading a game up on your Xbox, Switch, or PlayStation. There's a lot that can go wrong while streaming it dynamically from thousands of miles away.

I don't think Xbox is dropping out of the console race entirely. They're working on a new Xbox, that's already been confirmed. But Phil Spencer's been pushing for a "gaming beyond generations" philosophy for a few years now, and that's finally starting to take shape. Halo: Master Chief Collection on Steam was something he pushed for, according to Gabe Newell, and Microsoft has said that they want to bring games to people's preferred place to play them, even if it's not on Xbox. So they'll come out with a new Xbox next year, but that will just be an option for those who prefer it. They'll probably do whatever they can to make it appealing, and I expect it to be a much smoother launch than the Xbox One, but they're not going to demand you buy one if you want to play Halo or Forza.

Which is the opposite of Sony's approach, where they've been so isolationist that they didn't budge on crossplay until people were calling them out for months en masse after literally holding people's Epic accounts hostage. They'll release the PlayStation 5, but their attitudes and policies will likely remain the same, with exclusives never coming to other consoles, or otherwise demanding that the other console versions remain secret and delayed for a year or so (looking at you Crash Bandicoot N'Sane Trilogy). They're the leader in global hardware sales again, so they have no reason to change their gameplan.

Nintendo will last forever at this point. The Gamecube->Wii and Wii U->Switch cycles showed that whatever trouble they may be in, they'll find a way out of it and find success.
 
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Diem said:
What's funny to me about Google Stadia, especially their apparent comment about killing Microsoft with it, is that in two days Microsoft is having their own conference, "Project xCloud: The Future of Streaming Xbox Games on Mobile Devices and Beyond," where they'll also reveal that Xbox Games Pass is also coming to Switch.

And Microsoft has already had streaming your Xbox to your PC for a while now, so they've been developing the program and technology for a few years. I'm willing to bet they'll have a better program than whatever Google's throwing out after having nothing much at all to do with game development or software.

Because game streaming is nothing new. Xbox has their program I mentioned above, and Sony has had PlayStation Now, but the problem is that the technology has just never been good enough to fix input latency. But Microsoft's Azure servers are some of the best in the business, so I have more faith in them to produce some good results.


The industry is changing, for sure, and I bet things in 2030 will be crazy compared to how things are right now. But I don't think things will be shaken up all too much.

I think the anticipation is going to be that streaming games to cheaper devices is going to overtake consoles eventually in the same way that streaming TV shows and movies has eclipsed the DVD/Blu-Ray industry. Because buying a game without needing to buy new hardware, or worry about performance or whatever, is appealing for a lot of people. Being able to use the hardware they already have to play any game is a pretty crazy idea.

Problem is, game streaming has dozens more complications than streaming a video. Input latency is one, but also having the server infrastructure to run all of those games without malfunction is another. There's not much that can go wrong with loading a game up on your Xbox, Switch, or PlayStation. There's a lot that can go wrong while streaming it dynamically from thousands of miles away.

I don't think Xbox is dropping out of the console race entirely. They're working on a new Xbox, that's already been confirmed. But Phil Spencer's been pushing for a "gaming beyond generations" philosophy for a few years now, and that's finally starting to take shape. Halo: Master Chief Collection on Steam was something he pushed for, according to Gabe Newell, and Microsoft has said that they want to bring games to people's preferred place to play them, even if it's not on Xbox. So they'll come out with a new Xbox next year, but that will just be an option for those who prefer it. They'll probably do whatever they can to make it appealing, and I expect it to be a much smoother launch than the Xbox One, but they're not going to demand you buy one if you want to play Halo or Forza.

Which is the opposite of Sony's approach, where they've been so isolationist that they didn't budge on crossplay until people were calling them out for months en masse after literally holding people's Epic accounts hostage. They'll release the PlayStation 5, but their attitudes and policies will likely remain the same, with exclusives never coming to other consoles, or otherwise demanding that the other console versions remain secret and delayed for a year or so (looking at you Crash Bandicoot N'Sane Trilogy). They're the leader in global hardware sales again, so they have no reason to change their gameplan.

Nintendo will last forever at this point. The Gamecube->Wii and Wii U->Switch cycles showed that whatever trouble they may be in, they'll find a way out of it and find success.
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Nintendo doesn’t believe in dying and everybody knows it
 
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PsySmasher said:
You think you’ve got it rough?

I’ve been here for almost a year and I still haven’t been pranked.

#FeelsBadMan
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Man, I was pranked within, like, a month of being here.

Whoever pranked me must have thought I was pretty special.
SneakyLink said:
I've been here since the Sm4sh era.

Don't feel too bad.
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But Sneaky, don't you want those sweet, sweet Trophy Points?
 
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And like the previous 5ch rumor All of the rumored characters here make sense as well.

-Erdrick for obvious reasons.
-Tales because it's a major JRPG franchise, considered the 3rd biggest one at one point, and Namco's plans to port more previous Tales games to Current Consoles including Switch, with Berseria being the most likely if Velvet is in.
-Nakoruru because Samurai Shodown's newest installment is coming out this year and is being promoted much more this time, and it's also on Switch. Nakoruru is one of the most popular SNK characters as well.
-Resident Evil being the biggest Capcom franchise not in Smash yet plus the various ports on Switch. I'm banking on Leon since the games ported mainly star him and being the star of the breakthrough hit RE4.
 
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Pink is the best color in the entire world.
Because it's technically not even a color. It's an illusion-well kinda. (look it up)
(it's actually more complicated, but i think that makes it more intereting)
 
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My allergies are acting up.

I keep feeling like I have to sneeze, nose tingle and everything, but it never happens.

This is torture.
 
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tehponycorn said:
No clue who pranked me.

If you wanna step up that'd be cool. If not that's cool too.
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I was lookin' for someone to prank, and you were the first person who came to mind.
 
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Smashing Ramen said:
I know you too well...

You're the only premium user here, who'd go out of their way to prank me...

Thanks, btw. I always wanted to be pranked at some point.
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I admit to nothing. Knowing who pranked you ruins the fun of it. ;)

But I will say that you were long overdue for one.
 
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