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Carzy Zarx's PC gaming emporium - Catch up on all the latest PC Gaming related news

in PC Discussion 14 hours ago

JEMC said: But it has changed from the first couple days and it's not true. My first game on Steam was Dirt 2, that I got when I purchased my old Saphire HD 5850 with a coupon of the game. Are you sure? If I remember correctly, Dirt 2 was a "Games for Windows" title at first and years later it could be activated for free on Steam by typing in the CD key. Or games which can't be...

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Why Switch could be Nintendo's second most successful generation ever, based on software sales.

in Nintendo Discussion 1 day ago

Shiken said: So lets look at a few more then, software only as this is what the thread is really all about... GC plus GBA = about 586 mil units N64 plus GB = about 626 mil units SNES plus GB = about 880 mil units NES plus GB = about 1001 mil units But wait, there is a bit more to it. The Game Boy spanned 3 consecutive console cycles, so those three generations are not accurate...

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The Small Details Will Be The True Stars of the Next Gen Xbox and Sony Consoles

in Gaming Discussion 1 day ago

Nautilus said: The sound made in games are still very much held back by either the sound chip and system or simply because there is not enough tools presented in the game engines or the hardware itself to make it more realistic, to make it seems that something is just comming out of the corner, that you can, just by listening, tell the distance betwenn you and said creature. Those small...

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DS vs PSP

in Gaming Discussion 1 day ago

d21lewis said: mjk45 said: There was his awesome comic app where you could buy comics from the store i loved that. Same. I bought motion comics from the store and soooo many digital comics. System was so ahead of its time. Even now, I can only read comics digitally with that panel to panel view. I never read "normal" comics (no animations, no sound) on my PSP,...

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Which Star Fox game would you recommend?

in Nintendo Discussion 1 day ago

I have to admit that I never played a Star Fox game. In the 1990s I was more a fan of the Wing Commander series, X-Wing / TIE-Fighter and the (Conflict) Freespace series, followed by the Rogue Squadron series and FreeLancer in the 2000s. But currently I'm playing a bit of StarLink and enjoy the Star Fox characters in that game. So which is the best Star Fox game in your opinion? Should I dust...

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DS vs PSP

in Gaming Discussion 1 day ago

HoangNhatAnh said: Disagree with that. DS also have Chrono Trigger, Dragon Quest IV V VI IX, Shin Megami Tensei Strange Journey, Devil Survivor, Metroid Prime Hunter, Moon, Ninja Gaiden, Dementium, Theresia Dear Emile, Nanashi no Game, Buffy the Vampire Slayer. These games are anything but kiddy. Oh, there was a Buffy game for DS? Was it any good? I enjoyed the Buffy...

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What's the dumbest game related marketing you've ever seen?

in Gaming Discussion 2 days ago

Never heard of that game... must have been a local thing. ...

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Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread

in General Discussion 2 days ago

sethnintendo said: jason1637 said: Yeah they withdrew blood. Ive always called every injection a shot. All good was just little confusing for some but people in your area might just generalize anything from needle a shot whether it's a shot or a test. Kind of like how some people from Texas say they want a coke instead of using soda or pop (used to get laughed at...

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Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread

in General Discussion 2 days ago

jason1637 said: sethnintendo said: It isn't a shot. They are withdrawing blood. Antibody test isn't a shot unless I missed something. A shot is injecting yourself with something. A test is withdrawing blood. Yeah they withdrew blood. Ive always called every injection a shot. Thanks for the clarification. I was worried you got a disinfectant shot in your...

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DS vs PSP

in Gaming Discussion 2 days ago

d21lewis said: My PSP Top 10 (in no particular order)-Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker-God of War: Ghost of Sparta-Burnout Legends-Crimson Gem Saga-Final Fantasy Tactics-Jeanne D'Arc-Resistance Retribution-Street Fighter Alpha 3 Max-Final Fantasy Crisis Core-Jak and Daxter The Lost Frontier Good list, but where are God of War: Chains of Olympus, Daxter, Persona 3 Portable,...

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EGS just uninstalled my ENTIRE LIBRARY without asking!

in PC Discussion 2 days ago

Cerebralbore101 said: SpokenTruth said: I don't think they are just saved as their name. Again, check my link. I don't have a folder called ProgramData in my C Drive. It's the only drive I have too. Edit: Nevermind it was hidden by Windows' default settings. Edit: Nope. There's nothing in manifests. Just a pending folder. If it would "take weeks" to...

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Xbox Series X's cross-gen approach is robbing players of the next-gen thrill

in Microsoft Discussion 2 days ago

goopy20 said: However, you have to keep in mind that duplicate assets will be a thing of the past, there will be much better compression in hardware, and you will be able to install parts of a game. It'll depend on how ambitious the game is, but overall they might actually be smaller than we're seeing now. So where is the rest of the game when you only have installed a part...

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Xbox Series X's cross-gen approach is robbing players of the next-gen thrill

in Microsoft Discussion 3 days ago

Otter said: Conina said: Not scaling down assets in advance will probably also let the file sizes of games explode. Unfortunately Epic games didin't tell use, how many GB storage space were necessary for that 9-minute demo on the PS5 dev kit and how much nessesary storage space we can expect for a full-sized 20-hour AAA game with unscaled assets. This is more in relation...

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Xbox Series X's cross-gen approach is robbing players of the next-gen thrill

in Microsoft Discussion 3 days ago

goopy20 said: I think, not having to scale assets, will benefit developers of all shapes and sizes. It will be great for Indie developers working with a limited budget, but AAA games should also benefit greatly on the creative side. Just having a massive leap in assets variation alone is going to be a major game changer and should make for much more interesting and immersive world...

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Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread

in General Discussion 3 days ago

John2290 said: Pemalite said: JFC. Life > Economy.Why is this even up for debate? Seriously. The virus at most means tens of millions dead and this can be spread over a period as not to destroy the economy and give time to adjust but we know now it should not reach those numbers if we act intelligently. If we just had the virus spread globally, additionally to the...

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Where the Hell is Google's First party Stadia Games?

in Gaming Discussion 3 days ago

Cerebralbore101 said: Google just moneyhatted Serious Sam 4 to keep it off consoles, so they could have it exclusive for a year. Yeah, you heard that right. They are starting to pull the same exclusivity shit that EGS has been pulling on Steam. Except they are targeting consoles. This is going to be a really shitty gen if every other 3rd party PC game is locked to the EGS for a year, and...

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Xbox Series X's cross-gen approach is robbing players of the next-gen thrill

in Microsoft Discussion 3 days ago

goopy20 said: Conina said: And for the 100th time: MS cross-gen strategy is only for a limited time window. That strategy will probably already over and forgotten when the first AAA games "built by ground up" with Nanite and Lumen in mind will be released. UE5 ain't available for developers yet, and developing AAA games takes years. And ain't it a bit hasty to assume that Sony...

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Xbox Series X's cross-gen approach is robbing players of the next-gen thrill

in Microsoft Discussion 3 days ago

goopy20 said: Like I said a 100 times, they aren't just effects. I think you should just try a bit harder to grasp what Epic actually demonstrated with that tech demo, instead of saying its just has some more rocks. Its a fundamental change in how games can be developed by levering next gen storage, allowing developers to spend less time working around technical limitations and focus more...

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Next gen PS5/XB1SX sales ratio will look the same as this gen's. Huge changes in console marketshare require huge changes in the industry.

in Gaming Discussion 4 days ago

IcaroRibeiro said: Subscription for unlimited availability of games only makes sense when the annual subscription per person is over the average money spending buyingThe prime example in music subscription. USA music yearly spending in 2005 (year of iTunes launch) was 47 dollars per person. A Spotify yearly premium membership is 120 USD, of course these numbers are inflated because many...

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