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Apple Watch will not live up to expectations after all
Despite suffering a delay aimed at improving its capabilities, the Apple Watch is still not going to live up to the original promise it seems. The smart watch was originally meant to pack all sorts of innovative health and fitness features, but now it looks like only some of them will end up making it when the final product launches in April. The Wall Street Journal reports that said axed features have been removed because of inconsistency concerns and various government regulations that Apple apparently wanted to avoid. The report also reiterates that the health features were indeed supposed to serve as the main selling point for the Apple Watch. Needless to say, removing these features will put the Cupertino-based company in a bit of a predicament.
While Apple plans on making it up to customers by adding some other interesting features, the sad truth is that this device will no longer be able to serve its initial purpose now. Actually, it’s starting to look like the overhyped device may not offer anything special after all, which is definitely a problem considering that there are already several great smart watches to choose from nowadays. What the Apple Watch still has going on for itself is the design, but that’s not likely to compensate for the removal of some very important features. What’s more, at $350 the Apple Watch is quite pricey and hardly worth the cost anymore.
All that being said, Apple is Apple and it’s going to sell millions of smart watches regardless of how many features they remove. In fact, the company will have about 5-6 million Apple Watch wearables ready in time for launch and it’s expected that all of the units will sell like hotcakes.
Want more classic Metal Gear Solid remakes on PS5? You’ll need to speak Konami’s language—dollar bills—to express your desire.
“Regarding remakes of previous games in the series other than Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, we will listen to player demand and consider accordingly,” a Konami official told IGN.
Konami explained that “we chose Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater because it depicts the birth of Big Boss (Naked Snake), which is the starting point of the Metal Gear series.” Fans wishing it would last forever contributed.
Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, yes? Maybe you’ll buy another disc to show Konami you’ll pay again?
The Romanian Competition Council is investigating Sony for abusing its console gaming market dominance. How exactly? The RCC says Sony sells video games exclusively through the PlayStation Store and blocks competing distributors from accessing activation codes.
“These practices would have reduced the purchasing options for PlayStation-compatible video games, leading to higher prices for video games on this type of console,” the RCC’s press release (in Romanian) states on ResetEra. These practices discourage Romanian studios from making PlayStation-compatible games.
The RCC is serious, too, having inspected Sony’s European headquarters to find out what happened. The press release states that “1.3 million console video game users” and “127 video game development studios” would be affected by Sony’s anti-competitive practices.
We’re not lawyers, but we believe digital game codes can’t be bought from other retailers, preventing price competition. Sony allowed the practice until a few years ago, so it’s interesting that it’s back.
After the COVID-19 supply collapse, Sony CEO Jim Ryan is optimistic about PS5 sales. The Sony executive anticipates the PS5, the best-selling console for months, will sell 108 million units.
That’s difficult stuff considering Sony needs to sell 70 million more PS5s. Since supply has increased, consoles are selling like hotcakes in major countries, suggesting the firm is above 40 million.
Ryan stated in a recent games business briefing webcast and Q&A (thanks, TweakTown):
“The 70 million, I think, is the existing PlayStation 4 user base, and while we would hope to convert a large number of those people, we will definitely target and definitely be successful in bringing large numbers of gamers who did not own a PlayStation 4, and in many instances, who have never owned a PlayStation at all.”
Mr. Ryan’s numbers—should we focus on the 108 part?
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