It’s not just gamers that are waiting on new consoles from Sony and Microsoft. The Xbox 720 and PS4 are being patiently awaited on by investors in these publicly traded companies as well. In anticipation of another round of lackluster sales data from the NPD, Michael Pachter has issued his sentiments on the state of the gaming industry.
As part of its plans to cut 1,900 jobs, Microsoft has reportedly shut down operations at Bethesda France, letting go roughly 15 people
Bethesda France was made up of roughly 15 people... they couldn't of being doing much
Bethesda France mainly did publishing and marketing within the region
Bethesda France focused on publishing and marketing in the region. And 15 people lost their jobs as part of the closure.
I wonder if this is part of Microsoft's strategy to abandoned physical media or possibly gamepass advertising makes their roles redundant you don't need to market a game as hard when the majority of players get the game as part of a sub which already promoted upcoming games
Tbh Microsoft I think Bethesda being 3rd party same with Activision would probably more competitive than thus scenario imo
The recently purchased Activision French offices might take over all the licensing and marketing for Microsoft in France from now on.
Sony has recently published a new patent that wants to dynamically handle the games' difficulty and gameplay based on the player's emotions.
This is something I might use. Sometimes I play some good games but they don’t have difficulty option and are a little too easy.
cool idea
cool idea for horror games especially
the way it's explained here sounds like it could never be forced hopefully, so that's ok with me
Hanzla from eXputer inquires: "If Xbox can care about preserving its games and legacy, what exactly is wrong with Nintendo, trying to kill game preservation single-handedly?"
Ahh yes the good old game preservation of saving all your games to a removable hhd on the Xbox 360, taking it round your mates house, setting up multiple tvs to
Be met with “save data corrupted, please re download”
Or how about removing 360 games
From the store
, download them now or else, and, better hope to god that save data doesn’t corrupt, or it’s lost for ever
Nice one ☝️
This is just a scammy PR move to distract from the fact they are going digital only and trying to push streaming and subscriptions only.
No gaming company has pushed harder to remove ownership than Microsoft.
Without discs there is no preservation, preservation can't be done by the rights holders it can only be done by the consumers, anything else is a lie.
Nobody wants this. Sales or the lack of it in the case of XBOX is very telling. I wonder how the adorably all digital series X will fare. Adorably dismal perhaps?
Only time will tell, but for from someone like me suspecting that Xbox is trying to gracefully exit the console market, that "forward compatibility" team is trying to get Xbox games playing on Windows PCs. I mean, it's nice that they're not planning on exiting with a "enjoy your games while the hardware still works" message, so that's nice. They still have a brand to protect via Microsoft so probably feel obligated to have a better exit strategy.
whenever it releases im buying it day 1!
I am sure Sony thought they would have surpassed Microsoft in sales by now. They will not want to give Microsoft a head start next gen, can't wait for them both to be honest.
I can't agree with this assessment. There is absolutely no reason or no genuine signs that Sony will 'definitely' release first.
I want to consider something... It's not what 'is' going to happen but what 'could possibly' happen. Sony are making money on the PS3/PS2/PSP/PSVita/PSMobile and money is key here to Sony's business, not some jumped up race that the media have created and fanboys lap up.
This is what I would do if I was Sony: I would let Microsoft have next gen for free... yep, that's right 'for free'. I would carry on selling the Vita and the PS3, spur the sales with price cuts and support from first party devs. I would inform major devs that that was my strategy and sit back to watch my money role in.
Three years into the 720s lifecycle I would announce my next gen console, thus immediately making the 720 a last gen console because of the three year gap. Think it through and don't just disagree. Because the PS3 and the Wiiu are on the market, devs would want to make games for all three consoles, so they wouldn't push the 720 hardware to the limit. They would deliberately dumb it down to enable balance of quality across all three platforms.
A Year before the PS4 released, I would begin streaming video and perhaps demos of PS4 games through Gaikai onto the Vita and the PS3. I would also stream them to social networks such as Facebook and PS branded hardware such as Wikipad. This would build a fanbase up before it released and give people reason to hold onto their PS3s even if they've now bought a 720.
I can see the headlines now...
"Sony rush out PS4"
"Gamers hold off buying PS4 for 720"
If MS release first it will be...
"MS beat Sony to the punch, again"
"gamers won't wait for PS4"
I'm not saying that the media is biased against Sony just that those are the kind of headlines that will hit the N4G frontpage quickest.
I think they'll both hit around the same time.