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Any recent exclusives for cheap?

1 hour ago, Keyser_Soze said:

 

 

Yeah it's some lame twitch launcher. I redeem them but I'm never going to install and play anything off of it.

At some point I assume I will play one of the games I redeem. 

3 minutes ago, Firewithin said:

what platform do these redeem on?

Twitch 

7 minutes ago, Remarkableriots said:

Didn't Microsoft buy Minecraft for $2.5 Billion? I was wondering why they would release it on other systems when it could be a X-Box exclusive?

Yes. It was releasing on other platforms already. Plus, it’s target demographic is completely different to Xbox’s. 

All of the the decisions are motivated by money. 

MS/Nintendo are trying to mitigate their smaller user bases.  Sony is trying to take advantage of its much larger user base. 

8 minutes ago, The def star said:

Money  

exactly 

5 minutes ago, AndrewDean84 said:

Best portable version. 

 

It's not like its reviewing poorly like a piece of shit, like some would have you think it is.

360p FTW

41 minutes ago, AndrewDean84 said:

Switch version is currently at an 80 on metacritic.

So, much lower than the other platforms it is on. 

55 minutes ago, number305 said:

Wait... do you really not understand the difference between crossplay and exclusivity?  

55 minutes ago, number305 said:

Wait... do you really not understand the difference between crossplay and exclusivity?  

Yes. Exclusively is one step “worse” based on most of the opinions in this thread.  

23 minutes ago, AndrewDean84 said:

That's not what crossplay is.  If the dev's at PUBG wanted their game to be crossplay and available on the ps4,  they would have made it happen. It's not like they were hurting for money.  Now if PUBG comes to the ps4 in the future, yes, MS will still want crossplay.  

 

Seems odd you would make this connection.  

MS paid Bluehole to keep PUBG off of PS4 — via an exclusivity deal. 

MS is open to crossplay on their terms. 

5 minutes ago, AndrewDean84 said:

Or an xbox or switch, it seems.

MS is so committed to crossplay that they blocked PUBG from coming to PS4 at all. 

5 minutes ago, atom631 said:

whats not to understand? If I want to get a game and my friends prefer Ps4 and I prefer X1X, it wont make a difference. I can buy for the platform I enjoy playing on and wont miss out on sharing the experience with my friends. 

If you want an open platform, buy a PC. 

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51 minutes ago, AndrewDean84 said:

https://www.thegamer.com/bethesda-switch-sales-doom-wolfenstein/

 

 

Where does he talk about Bethesda being happy about Doom sales on Switch?  I read a bunch of vague/generic throwaway comments. (I may have missed it though. )

I really don’t understand the frustration on this one.  

3 hours ago, AndrewDean84 said:

Just because you dont want it, doesn't mean others don't.  DOOM sold well, according to Bethesda, regardless of what you think is compromised or embarrassing.  The switch community seems to be ok with lesser ports, remasters, indies and Nintendo exclusives. Gamers seem happy and companies supporting Switch are making money. Win win.

Do you have a link?  I’d heard it only sold ~80k at launch and less than 200k (incl digital) by Xmas

27 minutes ago, The def star said:

Only negative thing about it is not Bluetooth

Yes. You can’t have everything. 

1 hour ago, AndrewDean84 said:

Jeff Bakalar on the Giant Beastcast said it looked damn good.

 

And from the Digital Foundry article:

 

 

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2018-wolfenstein-2-switch-tech-analysis

“ There's no getting around it - this really is a very blurry game.”

“I found the game to be exceptionally blurry. Just like Doom before it, the strong temporal anti-aliasing and post-heavy effects pipeline eliminates the majority of the stair-step jaggies associated with low resolutions. Instead, you get a highly indistinct image that almost looks as if a depth of field effect is always active. “

” Once you reach New Orleans, things start to take a dive. This is one of the most visually complex areas in the game and on Switch, the resolution dips very low and stays there throughout this section.”

The Beastcast team also commented on how bad the standard Switch controllers were for this game. 

Forza Horizon 4 - because Playground Games always knocks it out of the park. 

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey. - ‘cause Witcher 3 in Ancient Greece sounds awesome 

Shadow of the Tomb Raider - if you’ve played the last two games, do I need to explain?

Just Cause 4 - just cause

9 hours ago, Remarkableriots said:

Isn't that one built more durable?

8 hours ago, Raggit said:

At almost $200 I would have to see what it feels like before buying it. 

 

How compatible is it with PC games? I haven't looked into it yet, but I wouldn't want to have to configure it for each game that isn't compatible.

 

  Windows 7 . I keep telling myself that i'll switch to Win 10 after I upgrade my PC... I just haven't upgraded it yet. 

 

I added a poll to the OP.

I paid $120 for a refurb at Best Buy. Best $120 I’ve ever spent.  Although,right now my 10-year old keeps stealing it from me.  It’s just plain awesome.  

Microsoft Elite - once you use it, you can’t go back. 

Wolfenstein 2 on Switch: can mobile hardware really run a cutting-edge shooter?

(Link to story above)

Short version:

A technical marvel for Switch -- but a horribly gimped version of Wolfenstein 2.

-  30 fps (though falls below in some levels)

-- long stretches at 360p/432p (looks exceptionally blurry)

2 minutes ago, Rbk_3 said:

 

How long before launch and when you can order cards typically? That may be pushing my late Spetember 90 day period

Depends...  Some will be available right away.  It could take a couple of months for good availability.

10 hours ago, Rbk_3 said:

 

Not at 4K 60FPS

 

Anyway, I paid an extra $100 and exchanged it for a EVGA 1080 so that I can step up if the 1180 releases with in 90 days. 

Launch event for 1180 is reportedly August 21.

^{NVIDIA Launching Next-Generation Graphics Cards At Gamescom 2018}

"^{In line with what I told you a few days ago, another major leak has just occurred with details of invites being leaked (via Videocardz) of an NVIDIA event that will be happening around Gamescom and should be the event we have all been waiting for: the launch of their next-gen GPU lineup. The company is due to release the successor to the Pascal-based Geforce 10 series and this seems to be it.}

^{NVIDIA launching its Next-Generation GeForce series at Gamescom 2018}

^{The wait is over boys and girls, this is the moment we had been waiting for. The invites exist and have been set for Gamescom 2018 which starts on August 2 – a Tuesday. This corresponds with the information I revealed a couple of days back perfectly and should be the time we will see the first glimpse of NV’s brand new GeForce graphics cards, which according to Lenovo will be called the GTX 11 series – so the lineup becomes the GeForce GTX 1180 and GeForce GTX 1170 respectively.}

^{There is not much revealed on the invite and on face value its simply an event to get some hands-on gaming experience but we all know this isn’t how exclusive, press-only, fully sponsored trips to another continent work. While we will almost certainly be seeing only the FE versions at this event, we don’t have any idea of how soon we can expect the custom versions to arrive. Depending on what process the cards are at, it could be anything from a couple of weeks to a month(s) or more.}

^{The architecture will most probably be christened the Turing architecture since NVIDIA’s official account has been paying homage to the great computing pioneer almost religiously for the past couple of weeks and also ties in with the leaks and rumors that we had been hearing. NVIDIA also has a passion for cryptographic puzzles (anyone remember the Geforce 10 launch mystery puzzle?) and would be the most likely candidate for any new and powerful mainstream GPU.}

^{What we know about NVIDIA’s Next-Gen Graphics Card (GTX 1180?) launch at Gamescom so far:}

^{I had already received confirmation that NVIDIA GeForce Add-in-Board partners will be getting shipments of NVIDIA’s next-generation graphics cards based on the Turing architecture sometime in Early August (nomenclature is not confirmed at this point, but GeForce GTX 1180 seems like a good bet). This follows a couple of third-party sources that have already indicated a launch in late Q3 2018 but marks the first time we have an actual date for the event.}

^{Another interesting thing our source shared with us was that the volume of the initial seeding will be very very limited. In fact, they mentioned that initial shipment will be limited to few hundred chips (on the lower side) and the number could be as low as 150-300 GPUs per AIB initially. Many of these will be consumed for development purposes by the AIB. This isn’t particularly surprising since supply is usually pretty bad at most launches and we see retailers like Amazon pumping up the MSRP to cater to the huge demand. In other words, if you manage to snag a GeForce GTX 1180 FE (or whatever NV ends up calling it) at MSRP, consider yourself very lucky.}

^{As far as performance goes, we did hear that you can expect double-digit performance increase over the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti and it could reach significant digits if the company manages to work some magic using its drivers.  Oh and remember when NVIDIA’s CEO Jensen stated that new GPUs are a long way off? Well, this is how he defines ‘a long way off’."}

^{It looks like it will be another paper launch, with cards not being readily available for several months after launch.}