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RAD hints at unannounced platform being unveiled soon, or poor phrasing? [Up: Oculus]
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NESpowerhouse
Perhaps he's wondering why someone would shoot a man before throwing him out of a plane.
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Sir_Crocodile
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I don't get it, the wording is fine. If it were coming - for example - to wiiu(lol) and they hadn't yet announced such, it would be an unannounced platform.
Aaronrules380
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Suddenly, Nintendo having mini-directs and a smash bro direct prior to E3 makes sense.......
Unless Nintendo was lying, NX won't be shown til next year
Theonik
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I suspect that more devs know details of NX than we're aware of, but I'd be very surprised (and more than a little heartened) to hear that companies like RAD were planning for it.
I suspect it's more a feint towards the Steambox or whatever Amazon's doing worded rather poorly.
I suspect it's more a feint towards the Steambox or whatever Amazon's doing worded rather poorly.
BrettHeazy
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well it's not the steambox is it?
that's an announced platform
SONY PLAYSTATION V3TA.
that's an announced platform
SONY PLAYSTATION V3TA.
Could have something to do with this...
though a Vita2 would probably be a bad idea considering how poorly the Vita has done since launch. It also hasn't been that long since the Vita's launch.
Big money is on the NX, but we aren't supposed to get any info on that this year.
While it is a platform, is it enough of a difference between a PS4 and a PS4 with Morpheus? Besides that's already been announced.
though a Vita2 would probably be a bad idea considering how poorly the Vita has done since launch. It also hasn't been that long since the Vita's launch.
Big money is on the NX, but we aren't supposed to get any info on that this year.
While it is a platform, is it enough of a difference between a PS4 and a PS4 with Morpheus? Besides that's already been announced.
spons
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Ugh... makes sense. Way to deflate the hype.
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I can't see any way of reading it other than "And one more platform that hasn't been announced yet".
Is Apple doing something at E3? Amazon?
Uh ... that means a new platform, so ... more hype.
Unless you were expecting something on Wii U?
martino
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It's more expectations are lower on portables (imo)
Aaronrules380
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I'm very skeptical that such a thing will ever exist
Graphics Horse
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They have a secret wii u game. Actually maybe I'm the crazy one, I don't think they'd previously announced they're working on PC or xbox products either right?
outunderthestars
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Thinking this.
not an unannounced platform, but rather an announced port for an existing platform.
Could they be talking about Square Enix's cloud thing?
Also, this sounds a lot like something that will never happen. The studio took 4 years to develop a 6 hour mediocre game and an engine that I would assume Sony owns, as they published it. They'll have to learn a whole new pipeline, and by the time they're ready again, it'll be the next set of systems. They would need pretty significant backing to get out a game any time soon, and with them self publishing, I can't imagine where that would come from, unless the game is very small.
Also, this sounds a lot like something that will never happen. The studio took 4 years to develop a 6 hour mediocre game and an engine that I would assume Sony owns, as they published it. They'll have to learn a whole new pipeline, and by the time they're ready again, it'll be the next set of systems. They would need pretty significant backing to get out a game any time soon, and with them self publishing, I can't imagine where that would come from, unless the game is very small.
It's an 'unannounced platform' that we will "find out about soon". Which would mean that it's a platform we don't know about currently, and thus their coy.
It does make more sense. There shouldn't be any actual console announcements at E3 this year. Too early for pretty much everyone to show off or even discuss at length about new hardware.
TheCarrotKiller
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Oh, interesting. RAD doesn't seem very Nintendo so possibly Amazon's console, or...?
No way that's the NX: that thing will be announced 2016, release even later and right now is probably still in some early stages, and I don't think it won't have the hardware power to compete with current-gen consoles.
Amazon, Apple or maybe just Steambox shit, or something from NVIDIA again, dunno
Amazon, Apple or maybe just Steambox shit, or something from NVIDIA again, dunno
Yeah, recently Amazon stated how their focus is to create "great PC games", here's the GAF thread about it
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1057559
So, yeah, I don't know if the supposed Amazon console is still in their plans...I'd say it depends on what they mean by "soon". Soon could be referred to the next few months, or to next year, when Nintendo will unveil more about NX.
...and then we should remember NX is probably going to be a handheld (going by schedule). And also all their plans to be more like iOS / Android, even to the point of "increasing the number of devices" possibly in the future, thus it'd be a point of how well games scale with their tech. They say it is versatile, though.
But still, maybe Amazon has still plans for their consoles, alongside PC games, and they'll unveil them soon (with soon meaning by the end of the year).
Or they just screwed up the expression and all this speculation is useless :lol
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1057559
So, yeah, I don't know if the supposed Amazon console is still in their plans...I'd say it depends on what they mean by "soon". Soon could be referred to the next few months, or to next year, when Nintendo will unveil more about NX.
...and then we should remember NX is probably going to be a handheld (going by schedule). And also all their plans to be more like iOS / Android, even to the point of "increasing the number of devices" possibly in the future, thus it'd be a point of how well games scale with their tech. They say it is versatile, though.
But still, maybe Amazon has still plans for their consoles, alongside PC games, and they'll unveil them soon (with soon meaning by the end of the year).
Or they just screwed up the expression and all this speculation is useless :lol
Dreamwriter
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It could also mean it's a platform that we do know about, but don't know that the game is shipping on yet.
DaSorcerer7
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Yeah, doubt it's the NX.
But why would they mention Xbox One and PC, then?
That's why I put the tongue face at the end, very unlikely to happen.
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No way they could slip up so hard and basically announce a new console by accident. Right...?
My guess is bad paraphrasing.
My guess is bad paraphrasing.
PS5yall
It would be pretty surprising if RAD was one of the first developers they talked to.
TimeEffect
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Sounds like just VR
soundscream
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There is a similar statement in the Game Informer interview.
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/featu...eady-at-dawn-expanding-in-new-directions.aspx
New unannounced console is the only thing that makes sense to me.
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/featu...eady-at-dawn-expanding-in-new-directions.aspx
New unannounced console is the only thing that makes sense to me.