This week Jrow and steev sit down for a fireside chat to discuss Nintendo’s Amiibo sales, Broadband Internet, Transistor, and the games they are looking forward to in 2015.
News
- Amiibo sales in the millions for Nintendo (IGN)
- They have sold 5.7 million world wide
- Nintendo is having a hard time keeping them stocked
- Sony to end support for the YouTube App on PS Vita (IGN)
- Support to end on April 20th
- Maps and the Near App as well
- The Last of Us Movie to have big changes (IGN)
- Funimation and Kodansha to create a “Free-to-Play” Fairy Tail RPG (ANN)
- Ura Sunday lets fans vote for which manga series to get an anime adaptation (ANN)
- AOL closing Joystiq
- Apple earned a net profit of $18 billion in one fiscal quarter (IGN)
- That is a world wide record
- iPhone sales hit a new record, 30% growth overall from last year
- FCC redefines “Broadband Internet” (IGN)
- Goes from 4 / 1 mbps to 25 / 3 mbps
- Providers can’t even call their service “highspeed” unless they meet the standard
- Google Fiber for Raleigh/Durham (IGN)
Discussion
- Games in 2015
- Jrow
- Borderlands: The Handsome Collection 3/24
- Batman Arkham Knight 6/2
- Ori and the Blind Forest March
- Axiom Verge
- Inside
- Hyper Light Drifter
- No Man’s Sky
- Halo 5
- Tomb Raider
- Uncharted 4
- Naruto Shipuuden PS4
- OP Pirate Warriors 3
- Persona 5
- Amuro
- Mighty No. 9
- Persona 5
- steev:
- Evolve (Feb)
- Zelda Majora’s Mask (Feb)
- The Witcher 3 (May)
- Batman Arkham Knight (June)
- MGS V
- Quantum Break
- Rise of the Tomb Raider
- Uncharted 4
- Halo 5
- R&C
- Jrow
- Jrow’s suggestions for getting the most out of Transistor
- Available free for PS Plus starting 2/3
- Super Bowl Predictions