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I always hoped there would be a survival horror game designed to work with the Balance Board. I guess at this point that will probably never happen. Maybe if it carries over to the Wii U there might still be hope...
Pikmin 3 has been in development for quite awhile as a Wii game before it was cancelled and diverted to the Wii U. I don't know how much of that old Wii code is being retained, but if a lot of it is then that could mean the game is very far along and will be ready for launch. If its being more or less rewritten completely from scratch, then it will probably not be ready for awhile longer. A lot of it probably depends on how much Nintendo wants to push the graphical envelope with it.
Honestly, I have never liked optical media, so I kind of wish that the industry would return to cartridges. I would really like digital distribution, but the bandwidth issues are not going to get resolved any time soon. Cartridges are still too cost prohibitive at the moment, but the thing that rekindled my interest is the Vita. Overall, I do not want that as my gaming system, but I like the fact that it uses cartridges for games that look like those for console.
So what is the 3DS then? Dirt on the bottom of your shoe? The 3DS has been out for almost a year and has used cartridges since day one. You are acting like this is something new and revolutionary with the Vita, but Nintendo has always been doing it with handhelds.
Any chance that the PS4 could be cartridge based like the Vita?
Not a chance, especially if Sony is still pushing Blu-Ray by the time the PS4 releases. And considering most PS3 games don't use probably even half the space a Blu-Ray disc allows, I don't see Sony using a different format for their next console.
What happens if Steam goes up in smoke? Then all your Steam games are toast. I think I'd rather stick with owning a tangible disc based copy which I can count on to still be usable a decade later.
Lastly, the download only system would help Microsft solve the issue of what optical format the 720 will use once it hits the market.
I'm pretty sure they will use Bluray. Also, while I'm sure there will be different xbox Skus available one without an optical drive is unlikely. Look at the PSP Go for an example of how well that idea pans out.
Spak, the Xbox 360 is 6 years old now and will be this fall. The Wii will be about 6 years old when Wii U launches, Xbox 360 7 or 8 years by the time its successor comes out and PS3 6 or 7. This gen is already longer than the last 3.
Reggie became a meme machine.
We can no longer take him seriously.
edit:
I read some slightly worryingnewshearsay about Wii U.
It's still early and might just be taken out of context, but I really hope Nintendo is doing all they can to secure "core" titles for launch and beyond from ALL 3rd party devs. Not just the ones they usually get games from.
Here is something that you may not know.
MS was developing a pretty sweet looking tablet called the Courier. It opened like a book and had touch screens on both sides. I was looking forward to it being released even if I have no need or plans to purchase a tablet.
The Courier got cancelled and the Courier team got moved into the Xbox Division.
Many many months later you have this rumor of an XBox tablet...
It doesn't really surprise me if it should turn out to be true, but I still don't see it happening... It might be good if they do it just like the uPad, otherwise it will be a cumbersome and cluttered experience for Xbox gamers next gen.
That sounds like too much work for a bunch of games that are gonna be boxed and then shelved in a few months anyway.
What do you do with the instruction manuals?
