![]() ![]() ![]() Released in the same year as Codemasters’ generation-defining Grid, ProStreet similarly attempts to capture a grittier side of circuit racing with a simulator flair, without the sterility of Gran Turismo or Forza Motorsport. The thing about Need for Speed’s lawful turn is that it wasn’t so much a bad idea - just badly executed. Carbon, conversely, has aged into one dark, murky blur. All these years later, I can still remember my favorite cooldown spots and stretches of road in Most Wanted. The perpetual night setting certainly doesn't do Carbon any favors, nor does its personality-less metropolitan map that holds few, if any, memorable features. However, the more you play it, the more you realize it somehow also fails to recognize what made Most Wanted a fan favorite to begin with. NFS: Carbon (2006)Īt the outset, Carbon doesn't do a whole lot to distance itself from Most Wanted before it. Instead, it added yet another notch to the franchise's long list of failed reboots. Thematically, 2015 had the conviction to redefine Need for Speed for an exciting new era. Yet, it’s all mercilessly undone, beaten and torn beyond recognition by the least intuitive handling model ever to grace a triple-A racing game. NFS 2015 had everything going for it: a clear vision, phenomenal visuals for the time and the most powerful customization engine the series had seen up to that point. Not since Capcom's Auto Modellista has a racing game so perfectly captured a flavor of car culture fans had been yearning for, yet been so inexplicably dreadful to play. (Passing the cost of unlimited backup to the consumer by raising the price of the phone does not make sense when you consider the (short) longevity of consumer electronics.(Image credit: Electronic Arts) 16. It makes sense why the company pulled something free (and uneconomical), but it’s a shame regardless. Owners not ever having to think about storage of something as important as memories provides tremendous peace of mind, and something that only a few technology companies could ever offer. Google could have had a big differentiator if it kept this cloud backup selling point. In ending Google Photos’ unlimited free backup for everyone, the company cited the “growing demand for storage” as why it would only give people 15GB of free storage. By November of 2020, with the Pixel 4a 5G and 5, Google was ready to end the unlimited perk entirely for future Pixel phones. The company further restricted uploads to a compressed quality starting on the Pixel 3a in May of 2019. It only took one generation for Google to start implementing a three-year end date for the perk with the Pixel 2 (and later 3). The original Pixel, released in 2016, offered “ unlimited storage forever,” with the camera being a big marketing focus. Photos and videos backed up in Original quality will count toward your Google Account storage. That perk extends to the Pixel 5, but it’s fascinating how quickly Google started curtailing unlimited uploads.Īfter January 31, 2022 new photos and videos will be backed up in Storage saver quality (previously named High quality) at no charge. Pixel 3 owners still have unlimited upload using the “Storage saver” (previously named “High quality”) tier. It comes as there’s been debate about Google believing that “three years of security and OS updates still provides users with a great experience.” That, taken with the end of the “Original” Google Photos backup, does suggest that Google has its own idea of how long people keep their phones before upgrading. That period does coincide with Google ending monthly security patches for the Pixel 3 late last year, though there is one more cumulative update in Q1 2022. Like with the Pixel 2 a year earlier, Google specified that “free unlimited online original-quality storage for all photos and videos uploaded to Google Photos from Pixel 3 through ,” or roughly 3.25 years. ![]() The Pixel 3 and 3 XL launched in October of 2018. Today is the last day that owners of the Pixel 3 and 3 XL can get unlimited backups in Google Photos at “Original quality.” It was quite a unique perk for Google’s first three phones that could have been a tremendous differentiator – economic realities aside – if continued. ![]()
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