Well, the fateful day has come on this landmark podcast, as Paul says farewell as a regular podcast host. We can all look back at Jonah’s debut in episode 200, with the knowledge that the next episode will make him the longest running host or co-host on the show – and that’s just scary. A former host leaves a message as well.
This week’s news includes:
- Creator of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic is crowdfunding a fighting game
- Xbox head discusses why Final Fantasy 14 is not on Xbox One
- Pachter: “The console installed base is as big as it’s ever going to get”
- Andrew House: the PS4 is struggling against censorship in China
- Analyst: 30 million VR headsets by 2020
The Question of the Week: “What’s the creepiest videogame you ever played?”
Nintendo announced the price of the Wii U in New York City today, and to the surprise of some, the Wii U will come in two price SKUs:
Reportedly we’re going to see smaller 45 nanometer cell processors in 2009 which leads to similar cost savings as we saw in the Xbox 360 hardware. Cost savings appear on the manufacturing side, of course, along with less power consumed by the processor leading to less heat generated by the console.