Why Nintendo Won't Make Backwards Compatibility A Focus Of Future Game Consoles

Hot Headlines In Tech For Today [HotHardware.com]( Here Are Today's Hot Headlines In Tech [Why Nintendo Won't Make Backwards Compatibility A Focus Of Future Game Consoles]( By Zak Killian on Nov 14, 2022 02:33 pm [Why Nintendo Won't Make Backwards Compatibility A Focus Of Future Game Consoles]( There's been a ton of speculation over the last couple of years about a potential successor to the Nintendo Switch. To be clear, what developers have achieved on that machine is nothing short of astonishing considering that it was fairly mediocre hardware even when it released back in 2017. That's understandable given its mobile form factor, [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [PowerColor's Ferocious Radeon RX 7900 XTX HellHound Breaks Loose For A Quick Photo]( By Mark Tyson on Nov 14, 2022 02:28 pm [PowerColor's Ferocious Radeon RX 7900 XTX HellHound Breaks Loose For A Quick Photo]( PowerColor is back to its teasing ways. The AMD exclusive graphics card partner shared a clear, glowing view of the backplate of a new Hellhound today. Earlier in the month, we enjoyed a somewhat less revealing view of a new premium Red Devil graphics card. We are still a month away from when the RDNA 3 architecture Radeon RX 7900 XT and 7900 [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Microsoft Confirms Windows 11 22H2 Is Causing Game Performance Issues On Some PCs]( By Lane Babuder on Nov 14, 2022 12:53 pm [Microsoft Confirms Windows 11 22H2 Is Causing Game Performance Issues On Some PCs]( Microsoft often has a hiccup or two after some initial releases of its ubiquitous operating system. The 2022 update to Windows 11, labeled 22H2, is no different. Unfortunately for some consumers, the issues are with gaming performance, but Microsoft is aware of the issue and working on it. Microsoft, however, was not the first one to notice [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Microsoft Flight Simulator 40th Anniversary Edition Soars With New Planes And Missions]( By Tim Sweezy on Nov 14, 2022 12:30 pm [Microsoft Flight Simulator 40th Anniversary Edition Soars With New Planes And Missions]( Microsoft Flight Simulator is celebrating a monumental milestone, as Microsoft releases its 40th Anniversary Edition. The new version is touted as being the most advanced in the highly-popular franchise to date. Bruce Artwick first began development on Flight Simulator way back in 1977. Artwick was approached by Alan M. Boyd of Microsoft [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [NASA-Funded Project Shares Theory On Missing Planets That Are 2-3 Times Bigger Than Earth]( By Tim Sweezy on Nov 14, 2022 11:40 am [NASA-Funded Project Shares Theory On Missing Planets That Are 2-3 Times Bigger Than Earth]( A NASA-funded team has created a new model that explains the scarcity of planets with masses between super-Earths and mini-Neptunes. The new model aims to explain two puzzling observations that continually appear among the more than 3,800 planetary systems cataloged to date. As scientists and astronomers investigate the universe, two mysteries [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Samsung SSDs, USB Drives And Memory Cards Are Up To 71% Off With These Early BF Deals]( By Paul Lilly on Nov 14, 2022 11:15 am [Samsung SSDs, USB Drives And Memory Cards Are Up To 71% Off With These Early BF Deals]( The Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping season is one of the best times to stock up on PC hardware and electronics in general, as deals come in fast and furious. You don't have to wait, though. Over the weekend, for example, we highlighted a bunch of early Black Friday 4K TV and streamer deals, and now we're turning our attention to bargains [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Intel And AMD Are Preparing Faster Raptor Lake And Zen 4 CPUs For Gaming In 2023]( By Paul Lilly on Nov 14, 2022 10:09 am [Intel And AMD Are Preparing Faster Raptor Lake And Zen 4 CPUs For Gaming In 2023]( Gamers are in a good place when it comes to the selection of CPUs from AMD and Intel, both of which recently rolled out new architectures—Zen 4 and Raptor Lake, respectively. That said, the best is yet to come. Both chip makers are purportedly readying even faster silicon based on these existing architectures to power high-end gaming PCs. Intel [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [HyperX Cuts The Cord With Its Updated Cloud Stinger 2 Wireless Budget Gaming Headset]( By Nathan Wasson on Nov 14, 2022 09:48 am [HyperX Cuts The Cord With Its Updated Cloud Stinger 2 Wireless Budget Gaming Headset]( Back in September, hot off of launching its first ever gaming monitors, HyperX unveiled the Cloud Stinger 2. It brings a sleeker look and refined 50mm drivers to the company’s budget gaming headset. After revealing this updated offering, HyperX evidently wasted no time enhancing the headset even further, as the company is now back, just over [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [AMD Radeon RDNA 3 Architecture Overview: Efficiency Is King]( By Zak Killian on Nov 14, 2022 09:00 am [AMD Radeon RDNA 3 Architecture Overview: Efficiency Is King]( Throughout the period encompassing the Radeon HD 7000 series, the Radeon Rx 200 series, Rx 300 series, Polaris, Fury, and Vega, AMD struggled with efficiency. Its GPUs were powerful, and had brute-force might to spare, but that didn't always translate into the top-shelf gaming performance the company would have liked to have offered. Ever... 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