@NaviAndMii dont listen to these guys trying to diss streaming games.... IT IS AMAZING! You can play PS3/PS4 games on PC and you dont need the hardware OR the software. All you need is an internet connection and a controller and the game loads and plays in 60 seconds. And even though you would think there would be crazy input lag, you really cant even tell.
Sonys service has 500 games.. If you have a PC you can do the 7 day free trial and see how awesome it is.
@Inertiacreep Yeah, I mean that Rainway streaming app thing seemed to be getting rather a lot of attention for allowing otherwise 'incompatible' games to run and be played on the Switch - and I think that others here have kind of pointed to the merits of such a system with those types of games...I just think that people here are pointing to the 'Classic Game Selection' that has been confirmed to be coming with Nintendo's paid online subscription service - it wouldn't seem to make much sense for NES games given the file sizes involved (less than an .mp3 file!) ..you may as well just let people download the full file in a matter of seconds and let them access the game anywhere, anytime without the 'always online' requirement - and given the additional architecture and costs involved, it'd perhaps be unnecessarily over-complicating things. For NES games (or similar), an iTunes-style system (like the current eShop) would surely be more practical than a Netflix-style system - for PS4/X1 games that can't be optimised to run on the Switch however, a Netflix/Rainway-style app would certainly have its merits
Streaming games is awful unless you have super-fast internet that never jitters. I played the original Uncharted through PS Now and... it wasn't a fantastic experience. Playable, but nothing I'd ever want to experience again.
I'd be thrilled with a subscription service where you can download games from a digital library, but I think we'll probably be stuck with a terrible service where we get a couple of classic games every month. A subscription-based VC service where I can download and play whatever games I want? I'd be all over that.
@YummyHappyPills I’d agree up to a point. VC - in whatever format it takes - can and does strangle a bit of the life out of indie games.
However the same could also be said for free (illegal) emulation on other formats (PC in particular). You can emulate so many all time great games for free but people still buy new games.
In part because the people who want to play those old games are also the ones who also buy lots of similar but new ones.
Now that's superb news. I'm so glad I never bought Ultra 2, I was close to a few times. Just the chance to play Alpha 2 makes me happy, I hope that's one of ones with online. With it being a collection, I just hope the emulation is done right. Surely it will be, Capcom wouldn't want to tarnish the legacy of these classics.
Ultra Street Fighter II looks more like a modern gen fighter though, with the new HD assets. That game is one of the best fighting games I've ever purchased.
Psalms 22:16 (1,000 yrs before Christ)
They pierced My hands and feet
Isaiah 53:5 (700 yrs before Christ)
He was pierced for our transgressions
Let’s look at the bright side, Capcom is considering the Switch for its games - we’ll, at least for the collections. But all support is better than nothing.
I still hope we may get the DMC collection down the road.
My mate just told me that he thinks Pure Pool and Pure Hold-Em are coming to Switch. The reason he thinks that is, he'd heard from someone he plays with on Xbox that both games will have cross play added to them. He figured it must be for Switch. It could just mean cross play with PC players or the guy he spoke with got mixed up. I can't find any news about it but as it turns out, both games are published by Voo Foo Studios, makers of the newly released Mantis Burn Racing and of course Pure Chess. Both of these have cross play.
Again, it's maybe just a guy getting mixed up but then again maybe not.
@OorWullie Honestly, of all the friend of a friend rumors I've heard for the Switch, that's probably the most believable. I highly doubt Voo Foo won't be bringing over more games next year, I expect to see them during the next indie sizzle reel.
Lets face it, Street Fighter exists by selling to the same customers over and over again. Fighting games aren't really a huge niche anymore, it doesn't have a large or growing player base for the most part. And SFV is DOA, and not in a crossover sense.
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