skunkfish • Comments

• Digital Foundry: Hands-on with PlayStation 4

• skunkfish 19/06/2013

  @Bobbeh84 It's to do with the refresh rates of TV's and the game being in sync with this. Generally this is 60Hz, a 60FPS game would update at the same rate as the TV, a 30FPS game would update at half the rate. 45 doesn't go into 60 so would undoubtedly cause some issues... Reply +2

• skunkfish 19/06/2013

  @ginlemon 120FPS and 4K for each eye. THAT's next-gen (tm) Reply -4

• skunkfish 19/06/2013

  @wayn3h Who's your pre-order with? Reply -1

• skunkfish 19/06/2013

  Perhaps the GDDR5 is too slow? Reply -10

• Nintendo's first free-to-play game will be Steel Diver

• skunkfish 19/06/2013

  @technotica Oohh.. a F2P Mario where you can buy extra suits, lives, levels etc. with real cash! Sounds terrible :( Reply +2

• skunkfish 19/06/2013

  Why am I reading double? I've not been drinking... Reply +1

• Digital Foundry: Hands-on with Xbox One

• skunkfish 19/06/2013

  @SawnoffSpudgun I'd prefer a Sega-branded Steam box :) Reply 0

• skunkfish 19/06/2013

  @TrentTech Just to quote the license link you posted..
  

  Give your family access to your entire games library anytime, anywhere: Xbox One will enable new forms of access for families. Up to ten members of your family can log in and play from your shared games library on any Xbox One. Just like today, a family member can play your copy of Forza Motorsport at a friend’s house. Only now, they will see not just Forza, but all of your shared games. You can always play your games, and any one of your family members can be playing from your shared library at a given time.

  This is clearly suggesting that only one of the 10 family members can access your shared games library at one time, regardless of what game they want to play. i.e. if your cousin Sarah is playing your Kinectimals 4, your uncle Jack couldn't play your Halo 17 at the same time... Reply 0

• skunkfish 19/06/2013

  @Badassbab Yes. Reply 0

• IO Interactive cancels everything that isn't Hitman, including Kane & Lynch

• skunkfish 18/06/2013

  Poor form Square Enix, although Kane & Lynch 2 hardly set the world alight so probably understandable. Reply 0

• Nintendo adds paid DLC games and hats to 3DS StreetPass app

• skunkfish 18/06/2013

  @HotCoffee Nintendo's Streetpass hotspots should help you out, you don't actually need to be present at the same time as another player, the details are stored at the Wi-Fi hotspot for the next player to pick up. Coming in the Autumn I think.
  
  I live in London so I've managed to pick up 400 or so Streetpasses over the last couple of years.
  
  There seems to be a recent flurry of activity after a bit of a lull, probably down to all of the recent game releases.
  
  EDIT: Take your point on Streetpass Quest though, it started to annoy me so I switched it off a while back. Reply +4

• EA makes a scrabbled egg of the official Scrabble app

• skunkfish 14/06/2013

  @DreadedWalrus I think she was being sarcastic with that answer :) Reply -5

• Used game sales can be limited by making better games, Nintendo's Reggie Fils-Aime says

• skunkfish 14/06/2013

  @loveless I think that's the magic of Nintendo games. I didn't mind that I got through NSMBU quickly as it's still fun to keep on going back to... Reply +2

• skunkfish 14/06/2013

  My sadness at trading in Animal Crossing: Wild World back when I was poor has only today been overcome... Reply +4

• Watch us play The Last of Us from 12pm BST

• skunkfish 14/06/2013

  Still not sure of the point of these, is it for people who can't afford to play it for themselves?
  
  EDIT: Ah, should have ready more carefully... Multi-player makes more sense than single-player. Reply +1

• Poland and Portugal not supported at Xbox One launch, importing near ruled out

• skunkfish 14/06/2013

  Xbox One - the world conquering new console from Microsoft, playable in a tenth of the countries in the world... Reply +1

• skunkfish 14/06/2013

  @frazzl I'm sure some PS4 functionality won't be available in some countries at launch. But at least people there can still buy a console (even if it means importing) and play games on it! Reply 0

• Miyamoto: Nintendo's game ownership policy should operate "like a toy company"

• skunkfish 13/06/2013

  Does anyone know if insurance policies will cover downloaded titles on a 3DS in the event of loss/theft? Reply +2

• Miyamoto blames Wii U launch software delays on Nintendo's leap to next-gen

• skunkfish 12/06/2013

  @alcides Wii to Wii U is a pretty big jump. Reply +3

• skunkfish 12/06/2013

  @Blammo72 Can't have you insult the Wii U, not after spending £280 on one... Reply 0

• skunkfish 12/06/2013

  @SidiousCyanide The new Mario isn't quite what I'd imagined it would be, but I think the design choice was made purely around allowing multi-player.
  
  A four-player game in the style Galaxy/Mario 64 wouldn't really work on a single console without split-screen. Reply +2

• skunkfish 12/06/2013

  @Blammo72 Miyamoto is only quoted as saying 'jump', not 'leap'. Also I imagine it's been translated from Japanese... Reply +4

• Sony details final PlayStation 4 tech spec

• skunkfish 12/06/2013

  @BigE0n I believe a PS4+camera will still be cheaper than a Xbox One though... Reply +1

• Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and 3DS due 2014

• skunkfish 12/06/2013

  @Caffeinated Yeah, I'm getting tired of these four-yearly iterations. Perhaps they should only release one of their most popular titles every third generation? Reply +6

• Wii Fit U delayed from spring/summer to winter

• skunkfish 12/06/2013

  @dogmanstaruk Yeah, they've really let themselves go... Reply 0