Not sized to the iPhone 5... really, Microsoft?
Kind of like iTunes not being compatible with Vista, right?
Not sized to the iPhone 5... really, Microsoft?
And Nintendo has lost.
Microsoft didn't even need to release a new console, just an app. Kind of funny how easily the threat of the Wii U has been brushed aside.
I expect Nintendo to announce that they're exiting the hardware market and will be focusing exclusively on releasing games. Or maybe they'll be able to strike a deal with Microsoft or Sony allowing them to be an official accessory partner or something (so that Nintendo can continue making their games have new and unique interactions without Nintendo having to make the entire console themselves.)
I just tried this SmartGlass stuff. When playing a DVD, you can pause/play/next chapter and that's about it. No fast forward, go to DVD menu, etc.
As I would certainly not use my iPhone instead of the Xbox controller for games, I thought the app would at least be useful as a remote controller for DVD's. Well, not even.
Half implemented stuff starting from a good idea, that's Microsoft!
Where did you come up with $500? As I recall, the consoles haven't been priced like that in a half decade. Here's the current pricing data (all prices are the lowest available from Walmart, because that's where our hypothetical "Little Timmy's mother" is going to shop and what she's going to buy):
The XBOX 360 is $200.
The PlayStation 3 is $250.
The Wii U is $300.
And Nintendo has lost.
Microsoft didn't even need to release a new console, just an app. Kind of funny how easily the threat of the Wii U has been brushed aside.
I expect Nintendo to announce that they're exiting the hardware market and will be focusing exclusively on releasing games. Or maybe they'll be able to strike a deal with Microsoft or Sony allowing them to be an official accessory partner or something (so that Nintendo can continue making their games have new and unique interactions without Nintendo having to make the entire console themselves.)
Not sized to the iPhone 5... really, Microsoft?
You are assuming a great many things. Which might or might not be true. Awesome MS app. But downside is you need iOS device and Xbox. A lot of Xbox users do not have an iPhone.
If only Sony woul take a cue on this one...
iPhone has bluetooth, PS3 has bluetooth. Wonder why no one has generated an app that lets you use an iOS device to use the PS3 when using it as a media center?
It's not a half-implementation when 90% of what it does is going to be the job of other game devs.
You are assuming a great many things. Which might or might not be true. Awesome MS app. But downside is you need iOS device and Xbox. A lot of Xbox users do not have an iPhone.
why not good. At the same time Apple change fair amount of stuff in iOS 6 and where I work it is causing world of problems in the long list of undocumented changes. The fixes are requiring some fairly crazy work arounds and I can promise you that iOS 6 broke a lot of apps out there. Those fix take much higher priority than dealing with the larger screen sizes and poor design standards Apple encourage for years.
Something like glass is fairly complicated on the back end and under the hood. Chances are they are working on a patch to go with iPhone 5 but it was farther down on the list of things to address for it.
It's really not that hard to make it size correctly to the iPhone 5. Unless they have the world's worst programmers working on the project, and I doubt they do.
It's really not that hard to make it size correctly to the iPhone 5. Unless they have the world's worst programmers working on the project, and I doubt they do.
And Nintendo has lost.
Microsoft didn't even need to release a new console, just an app. Kind of funny how easily the threat of the Wii U has been brushed aside.
I expect Nintendo to announce that they're exiting the hardware market and will be focusing exclusively on releasing games. Or maybe they'll be able to strike a deal with Microsoft or Sony allowing them to be an official accessory partner or something (so that Nintendo can continue making their games have new and unique interactions without Nintendo having to make the entire console themselves.)
You dont know what you are talking about. The Wii U tablet is a controller and much more than an app. And you dont have to spend $60 a year to use it. The 360 is total crap. And Yes I have one, and a Wii and 3 PS3s and I will be getting the Wii U.
I also have all the iOS devices as well as all the handheld consoles.
Nintendo will take the lead again this time unless the Kinect tech actually gets to a point you can use it. Right now it sucks for everything but dance game which are done just as well on the move and Wii.
The Wii was done a long time ago.
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Guess your experience is based which games you play.
We have Wii and Xbox360 and the Wii is starting to get dusty, and I just don't see a reason to buy a beefed up controller for the outdated Wii.