@NEStalgia I wouldn't even bother. The game has already been labeled 'extreme evil, to be avoided at any cost' once again, without ever looking any further than a second-hand source (GameFAQs) and an age rating...
'The console wars are like boobs: Sony and Microsoft fight over which ones look the nicest and Nintendo's are the most fun to play with.'
I have been so busy with work. I bought a Switch Lite, which is nicer than I expected, for my commute so I was finally able to see how dull Super Mario Odyssey really is compared to Super Mario 64 or Super Mario Sunshine in spite of some great moments, smooth controls and nice visuals... and yes, I played most of the game in my bed because the screen is so reflective (like on the regular Switch) that you can't really play outdoors. Anyway, I just ordered an awesome new TV because I was missing my Xbox One X so much and I deserve that new TV so much, too.
@BlueOcean Funny thing is I use my Switch outdoors (albeit in shade) about 80% of my handheld time! But yeah, the glare is awful. If it makes you feel better, Sony handhelds were even worse. My MS Surface Pro is pretty so-so outdoors too. Only phones and high end tablets seem to handle sunlight well, but they do so at the cost of running ridiculously hot and eating batteries for lunch.
We built a completely digital device driven world around devices that only work well indoors, and then tore down the enclosed malls to remake them as outdoor strips....
Wonder what the new RAREWARE game for Xbox will be.i hope it will be good they haven't done anything in ages. Maybe they'll do a few nintendo games as well
@NEStalgia The New 3DS is not especially bright but the screens are less reflective than the Switch Lite screen, that surprised me. I have played on Vita but I don't have one at home so I can't really compare. Basically, yes, it's funny how these handheld consoles are not really good for playing outdoors, the Switch Lite being new surprises me the most. Even in shade I can't really appreciate the environments in Super Mario Odyssey or know what way to go in Crash Team Racing (resolution plays its part, too). It's funny that Nintendo's ads show guys playing under the sunlight, what are they really seeing?
@Ninfan I am hoping for a new Banjo-Kazooie game, of course. It's been a long while and 3D platformers are being resurrected, even Bubsy. :S
@BlueOcean N3DS (and 3DSXL) has a slight anti-reflective coating on it similar to the ARAG coatings they used to put on professionally-oriented CRTs, which was nice, but I'm not even sure they manufacture that type of coating anymore, unfortunately. If they do, it certainly has fallen out of favor. I can't think of a single device that uses it. IIRC it slightly drops brightness and de-saturates colors a bit, along with reducing viewing angles. That drops the "measurable specs" and consumers freak out. Basically a good feature has gone by the wayside because it's less marketable than the bad feature....gloss is in! In Nintendo's case it was probably either a mix of design choice to "fit in" with all the "trendy and cool" devices kids like these days, or a simple matter of the screens on offer at the price point demanded only come in one flavor. Vita and PSP had the same failing (along with OG 3DS.)
It still frustrates me - every time a new handheld comes out I hope it will be the one that works well outdoors, but it never is.
Pfft, last rooftop party I ever go to! #KarenLied
Seriously, though, it's a plague with the current mobile device trend. I thought I'd be slick and use the remote play feature on my Surface Pro from my 1X.....nope...glare is just as bad, and I can only counter it by running the brightness at "10 minute battery mode". Would it kill them to put a functional glare coating, or gasp an actual anti glare matte surface on mobile device screens? Heck, even my bank's ATM is a gloss screen........ugh!
@NEStalgia Well. if the rooftop party is at dusk, sunset or in the evening, then your screen will do just fine, visibility wise. Besides, people also use their phones outside, and save for all but the most expensive ones, these also have to deal with the same shortcomings, so if people can still use their social media and other apps on their phones in broad daylight, then the same should count for any handheld console such as the Switch.
'The console wars are like boobs: Sony and Microsoft fight over which ones look the nicest and Nintendo's are the most fun to play with.'
@ThanosReXXX Most phones I've seen put a good amount of attention into screen brightness and visibility. Maybe not all brands, but the major ones do. Samsung uses their very bright OLEDs on nearly every model, even the fairly cheap "Galaxy Active" lines, for example. Some of the sketchy non-name phones maybe not, but most things from majors, Apple, Samsung, LG, Kyocera, etc all seem pretty decent in that department these days. Tablet and laptops are a very different story however.
Switch has terrible glare with its gloss screen, no question. It's brighter than 3DS and Vita, quite substantially (but not bright enough for actual sunlight, it needs shade.) But it's a full gloss screen with the mirror reflectivity that implies. Some of that is Nintendo being cheap, but most of it is just the trend in consumers liking glossy screens on entertainment devices for some twisted reason.
@NEStalgia LOL Yeah, for me that kind of screen makes me want to play in my bedroom at night. I am not taking my Switch Lite with me when I go to work anymore. Laptops is another interesting topic, glossy panels were all the rage after the old regular screens, then the matte screens were the greatest thing ever and now we are back to reflective screens that won't let you see a thing unless you turn off all the lights. When I play on my New 3DS now I appreciate its screens and usability more than ever before but obviously resolution is really low. The best smartphones have awesome screens but they are not good for gaming if you ask me (and yourself).
I wonder what that mobile phone controller patented by Microsoft around the same time they announced Xbox Cloud is going to bring us in the future...
@BlueOcean Haha, yeah, I only buy "professional" type PC monitors these days. They're meant for commercial/office use and digital signage and tend to still have traditional matte screens. It's miles better than the terrible gloss consumer displays. But on laptops, it's sadly unavoidable outside the Thinkpad line. I mostly stick to those, but I'm a sucker for Surface Pro. Glossy screen or no, it's the most functional laptop I've ever had for non-productivity use. Just wish they made a matte screen version!
And yeah, phone gaming is awful. Maybe XCloud will make it more appealing for occasional use, but I'm not holding my breath.
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Honestly, i wish the next Xbox (Scarlett) have ALL BC with every single Xbox games regardless of their region so i can play DDR Ultramix 1 - 4, DDR Universe 1 - 3, The Sims 3, FF XII, Kinect games, some Xbox One games , etc with just only one machine. Considering used OG XBOX at my local video game repair shop just only for playing DDR Ultramix 1 - 4 is not a good decision even i can buy it with just Rp 1,000,000 or US$ 71.00
I want the 360 game Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing (the first game) and, most of all, I really need the Project Zero (Fatal Frame) games released for Xbox: 1 and 2 with the additional content and features. 2 was remade for Wii and that was the first one I played but I still need the Xbox version and the definitive edition of the first game.
@NEStalgia I was considering buying a Surface device but I could not make my mind. Surface Laptop 3 is new but it received mixed reviews, the 15" inches ones because of the AMD chip and ports, while Surface Book 2 is really amazing but quite expensive in the best configurations. Perhaps you can tell more more about Surface Pro and why you like them so much? The new Surface Pro X also got mixed reviews because of the chip (ARM) and OS (32 bit).
@DarthNocturnal I think Anti meant region-free OG XBox games in BC. Unfortunately, @Anti-Matter I don't think the licensing agreements for games from that era would allow them to be made region free today even if they did support it in BC. The licensing is based on the original terms from the early 2000's not today's terms. Plus, as Darth said, they aren't supporting peripheral-required games for BC because the peripherals aren't supported. (And DDR was never very popular in the west, either at home or as an arcade machine.)
@BlueOcean I'm not sure Koei would port Fatal Frame to XBox any more than Konami would do BC support for DDR
For Surface, it depends what you need. They call them all surface but they're really 3 different products for 3 different purposes. Surface Laptop is really just a traditional laptop. More like a MacBook Air competitor. Surface Book is an interesting device but can get pricey if you really want the bells and whistles (like the external GPU etc.) It's more laptop than tablet at heart but can function as both, and can kind of sort of be a full desktop PC with the addon dock and GPU unit. Cool unit. Expensive, and still not tremendously great as an "ultra thin and light" - it's better as a traditional laptop but still gives you options.
If you're looking for a productivity device more more serious work, Surface Book is probably the way to go....but between Surface Laptop and Surface Pro it depends on what you want. Yeah, I'd avoid the ARM based everything - Microsoft has never understood ARM isn't their strength...they really need to stop mucking with that. The Intel based Surfaces are the "only" Surfaces in my mind.
Ultimately as an "ultra thin and light" it succeeds where all the others (Asus etc) fail. It's very thin, very light, very portable. The battery life isn't amazing but it's not terrible, either. It's a sacrifice for the form factor. It's very usable as a tablet, if slightly heavy, yet the "type cover" works surprisingly well - it's razor thin, but not floppy - it's built on a magnesium plate like the rest of the machine. I have the Surface Go as well....that one is kinda slow in the default configuration. I bought it as a media player and it bogs down. Decent at the task, but slow.
It's not my productivity laptop. I have a huge, heavy, ungainly Thinkpad for that. But for my quick grab laptop to quick type something, a document, print something, log in and manage something, web browse, watch E3, etc, etc, I haven't found a device that meets all the criteria of: Full PC (not weird workarounds via ARM - it can run everything), ultra thin and light, always-on (like Switch/3DS rather than waiting to come out of sleep like a full laptop), converts to tablet/laptop instantly (magnetic keyboard), but with a solid keyboard (slight flex but not floppy, and the kickstand works surprisingly well on a lap though not all agree), doesn't get hot on my lap like nearly every other laptop. And the (sold separately) dock just connects via the magnetic charging port. Basically for (nearly) all of my intents, it "just works." It may not be perfect, but it balances all the roles I want out of it uniquely well. Just wish it had a replaceable battery, but.....it's 2019, NES.....
Also if you have any interest in XCloud or the remote streaming from your 1X, it seems like the ideal device for that. Not quite a 10" Switch, but as close as we'll get.
If you're looking for a more heavy duty productivity machine and don't care about fast accessibility and ease of tablet conversion you're probably better off with the more traditional laptops though. In the long run, it's cheaper, and should have more performance available without the compromises to fit a tiny light machine.
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