Video Game News and Miscellany
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Being a rabid fanboy of the Riddick series I'll say they're a solid addition, but not the best part and definitely not by a long damn shot. Though that's simply my opinion.
Side note: I squeal with glee everytime the new Riddick trailer shows up.
Is it wrong that I totally want a PS Vita TV? I understand that there's no plans for an NA release, but I'd buy one Sony. It's cheap enough to be an impulse buy for me. I also get that it apparently can't play all Vita games, since it lacks touchscreen, camera and mic but enough of them, plus the whole choke load of PSN and classic line but it's a hundred bucks. It's basically spitting in the Ouya's face. It's a hopefully not shitty Ouya.
Why THE FUCK is this not getting a NA release? The Vita's bombed in the US it costs so damn much and has even fewer killer titles in the US than Japan. Undercutting Nintendo's price is the ONLY way they will get a foothold in the market, especially since Monster Hunter 4 is a 3DS exclusive.
Because Sony Japan makes silly decisions about everything.
I laugh that they price-cut the Vita just to get it to the same price as a 3DS XL.
Not buying it, Sony. How low can you go?
Actually, looking online, I haven't seen anyone, anywhere say that the Vita TV is going to be Japan only.
The truly sad thing about the Vita is that it's an amazing little piece of hardware. I own one, and I really enjoy it, but it could be so much more. This is a piece of tech that gamers would want if it were marketed correctly and had all of its features supported. It basically needs better playstation network support, allow all games to be downloadable, and further support the app market on it.
They have been showing more indie support, but since it's not a big selling item to begin with, this only does so much.
They have been showing more indie support, but since it's not a big selling item to begin with, this only does so much.
I don't think it's Japan only, they've just said nothing about releasing it anywhere else.
Anyone know of any classic Capcom games getting a release on any recent consoles? I have all the classic collections on the PS2, but I figure that I'd see if there is any talk of them releasing them on the PS3. I know they did the arcade cabinet a while back, but I haven't seen any new games announce for that recently.
Capcom doesn't seem to like its old franchises much anymore unless they've been given a total rework in graphics or playstyle (SF4+, DmC, etc). DuckTales Remastered is the only thing I can think of off the top of my head.
Oh, there are some re-releases on the PSN of some Mega Man games, but I think they might be in Japanese. If you hit up Amazon you can snag the MMX collection for PS2, I found it for like $20 which is probably a bit of a steal.
Oh, there are some re-releases on the PSN of some Mega Man games, but I think they might be in Japanese. If you hit up Amazon you can snag the MMX collection for PS2, I found it for like $20 which is probably a bit of a steal.
Yeeeeeep.
Reminds me a little bit of The Sting
Capcom has done a crap load of collection releases lately, mostly of arcade games and other stuff. I think the most recent is the Dungeons and Dragons: Shadows of Mystara collection, which is the two D&D arcade games, but in HD and with net framework to play online.
I think was going to be a given, considering it has to use the same format as the Vita so players can switch the memory card between the Vita TV and their Vita. I really don't see how this was going to play out any other way.
I thought the same thing. I'm genuinely excited for that!
GasBandit
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Steam enabled game "lending" to friends/family.
I'm not clear from reading the blurb as to the the particulars - IE, if you have to physically log your lending account onto that computer or if you can just lend to someone without meeting... but it's a step.
I'm not clear from reading the blurb as to the the particulars - IE, if you have to physically log your lending account onto that computer or if you can just lend to someone without meeting... but it's a step.
GasBandit
Staff member
Ok reading the details, it looks like you can remotely "lend," but you lend your entire library all or nothing... and if you start playing ANY game in your library, it cuts off anybody playing who you have lended to. Also, any game requiring a 3rd party key, account or login can't be lended - if that means any game that has a CD key, that's over half the games off the table right there.
So it isn't as great as it first sounded.
So it isn't as great as it first sounded.
It's still a start. One it begins happening, and the world doesn't explode, 3rd-party pubs may be willing to work with Valve to get it done and figure out a way to make it work for them.
I found it cool that my PS3 Ico and Shadow of the Colossus could be played on the Vita.
OR did that patch just mean I could use the Vita as a controller?
No, it fully supports remote play. I've done it. You can even play it on the road, assuming your home network is capable enough to stream it, and your wifi access is enough to receive it.
That isn't at all what I got out of it. From my understanding, it basically allows your steam account to be logged in on multiple devices. Which previously was not possible because as soon as you logged into another device, it logged you out of any other devices.
The reason this won't work with puplisher DRM should be pretty obvious. Your steam account has nothing to do with the DRM placed by the publisher, such as GFWL. That is completely independent of steam. Even if you were to physically loan someone a copy of a game with this publisher DRM, it would cause the exact same issue.
figmentPez
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I think the intent is to allow a family sharing a gaming computer to have multiple Steam accounts. Each person gets their own identity, their own achievements, but they can still share game libraries. That it will also work to allow multiple computers to share the same library seems to be a side-effect of not having the severe restriction of forcing a person to choose only one or two computers that are their primary gaming PC.
That said, I'm looking forward to allowing my brother-in-law to play my huge Steam library. I know right off the bat that he won't be able to borrow Arkham City (since it gets locked to a single account), but he may have played that on console, anyway. I can definitely see him enjoying a lot of my other purchases, though.
GasBandit
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Well, yeah, the stuff that requires you to log in to another service is obvious, but I was wondering if their "key" limitation also meant games that need to be issued keys also wouldn't work - for example, Borderlands or the Witcher, two games that when I bought them during sales, they ran out of keys and I couldn't play them for a couple days.
I can't imagine any game that uses Steamworks (including Borderlands 2) is going to have a problem with this.
I think they mean stuff like Ubisoft's shitty DRM key authentication on their older games and things like that.
figmentPez
Staff member
I imagine it will depend on how the secondary DRM system works, and will depend on how many installations a game allows, independent of Steam. So, someone trying to play The Witcher from your library would use your key, and as long as that DRM system allows an installation on a second system, then it'll work just fine. That might mean that you'd only be able to loan that game out to 2 or 3 friends, not the full 10, depending on how restrictive the install limit is, and you could be in trouble should you need to reinstall your OS for some reason.