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I don't know if we're ever going to fully get away from this on consoles. Seems as though display tech is always ahead of console tech, so whenever a new gen of consoles come along with more power than the last they still can't render at the max resolution at a stable 60. I mean I get it, that's hard to do on a console that by its very nature is going to be outdated in terms of hardware very quickly and yet still needs to be affordable to the masses, but it's kind of a mess the way they're always behind the curve. A lot of people are adamant that they want to use their shiny 4K TV to the max of it's abilities, but the consoles just don't have the power to provide both 4k and a stable 60 (at the minimum) fps, so they end up settling for 30. 8K TVs are already a thing, even though the content is still pretty limited at this point, and who knows where they'll be up to by the time the next gen of consoles rolls around (assuming they do). If they do, are we going to be back to square one with games that render at 8K or even 16K but still at 30 fps??

Not sure if this sort of thing is allowed here, but hopefully it's ok. I tried searching but didn't see any other posts about it.

I just found out that as of last month Jason has started streaming on Twitch. Seems like it's only been intermittent so far, but he has talked about making it a more regular thing if the interest is there.

Jason is good people, and the world needs as many of those as it can get, so head on over to his channel and show your love and support in any way you can (even if it's just a follow and/or a nice comment in chat)!

https://www.twitch.tv/unastrike

This is basically what I was expecting ever since it was announced. I'm not the biggest souls-borne-iro fan in the world but I have played and enjoyed them all to varying degrees and finished more than I haven't, but I guess I just don't find the idea of "that but in an open world" as utterly mind blowing as a lot of people seem to.

If the game is good, then great! That's obviously a good thing. I just feel like the odds that it wasn't going to be completely gushed over when it finally came out were basically zero (even if there is a lot to dislike about these games unless you're already a fan of the series).

It looks good but the whole time I was watching it I couldn't help thinking it would be cool to see From Software take a crack at LITERALLY ANYTHING ELSE besides souls or souls-adjacent gameplay.

I don't have any particular affinity for Final Fantasy (VII is the only one I've really played), but I still occasionally do the victory fanfare noise just kinda randomly lol.

I don't know the numbers but I assume the Need for Speed games always sell well (regardless of critical reception) otherwise they wouldn't keep churning them out the way they do, so I guess they don't really have that much incentive to make a proper new Burnout. On the other hand it seems like such a no brainer because it comes up every time they put out a new NFS, so you'd think the vast majority of the people who are buying those games would be more than happy to buy a new Burnout if they made one.

That said, I'm not even sure what that would be now. I don't even know if any of the key people that were involved with the original games are still there. Also, even though Paradise is well loved, for me the shift to an open world made for a worse experience, and I can't see them going back to a more traditional lap based/distinct tracks sort of game. But hey, they're bringing back Dead Space and who would've thunk they'd do that, so you never know!

I think you just won E3.

Thanks for the heads up, I just re-upped for another year.

@rorie Hopefully this is just some text that needs updating somewhere and CBSi isn't actually still getting the premium money!

YESSS! My feelings exactly!

Thanks for this. I haven't listened to the podcast before so probably would never have known if someone didn't mention it on here. It was really great to hear them shooting the shit and talking tech. I find that stuff interesting even though I don't really use any of it myself.

One of the hardest parts about the guys leaving GB is the very real possibility that we might never (or very rarely) see or hear from them again, depending on what they decide to do. Stuff like this helps a little.