ARSTechnica: Double the screens, double the fun, Nintendo ushers in the next generation of console gaming.
Gabe Carey joins stand-up comedian Dennis McCarson along with fellow B-TENers Simon O’Neill, James Daly, and Anthony Vernon to discuss Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, Destiny’s $500 million budget, as well as an assortment of hypothetical entertainment scenarios and self-referential humor. As the Ninja Turtles would say, it was a shell of a time.
Gamespot:
"Is the home game console market in trouble? Some analysts certainly think so. Despite reports of record-breaking sales for both the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, some industry doomsayers are forecasting the end of the home console as we know it, citing increased competition from mobile games, a resurgent PC space, and spiraling costs in AAA-game development. So will the PS4, Xbox One, and Wii U be the last "generation" of consoles? Or will dedicated game machines continue to have a place in our living rooms for many more years to come? Check out what some of our editors think about this vexing issue."
Eurogamer- The Secret Developers is Digital Foundry's occasional series where game-makers come forward to talk with us - and you - about topics they are passionate about, or in the case of this article, to give you the inside story behind a particular hot topic. As the future of the Wii U looks uncertain in the face of the successful launches for both Xbox One and PlayStation 4, this "warts and all" tale from a respected third-party creator gives you some idea of how Nintendo handled the transition to the high-definition gaming era, and the challenges developers faced in bringing their games to the Wii U platform.
