Torrence Davis of STFUandPlay writes, "Just 4 years ago on January 20th, I posted a story at thebitbag.com in regards to Kaz Hirai and Aaron Greenberg having choice words to say about each others flagship consoles. Looking back at what was said, it’s quite comical on both fronts. At the time, Microsoft was well ahead of the Sony console worldwide. Kaz Hirai was confident that the Playstation 3 would not only catch up in sales with the Xbox 360, but would maintain the lead through the end of the generation."
Genuine Enabling Technology was seeking damages, claiming the tech allowing PlayStation consoles and controllers to communicate infringes its rights.
Sounds like patent trolling they tried the same thing against Nintendo with the same pattern.
Motion and control input traversing over higher and lower frequencies seperate from each other allowing the controller to do both
So to recoup the money Genuine is going to take on Nintendo or Microsoft next. I hate patent lawyers they are some of the worst bottom feeders out there.
Microsoft has announced the Microsoft Rewards app on Xbox will be discontinued in April and has confirmed that weekly streaks will also be coming to an end.
Sea of Thieves is the first Rare-developed game to launch for a PlayStation console, and Sony was heavily involved in helping the studio bring the swashbuckling pirate romp to its flagship console.
Out of curiosity could any of these ms games going to ps5 have been leaked by Sony themselves? Not Sony but someone at Sony
sony isn't about to let some console wars get in the way of trying to make microsoft become a third party dev by showing them that they make more money with them than without them. of course with that in mind they'd help them. it's also doubly so because microsoft are bringing what is considered a popular game over that can also make sony money
Nice.
Still don't want it though.
Tell me Killer Instinct is coming to PS5 and then we'll talk.
I wish there didn't have to be a competition... Although that's just business I suppose. I think both companies have a lot to learn in quite a few departments, but overall Sony and Microsoft have done pretty well this generation. Microsoft kinda kicked things off for quite a while in the first few years of the generation, and Sony seems to be sending us off very well as we come upon the next-gen hardware. Either way, I can't wait to get a look at the next consoles, despite being more of a PC gamer personally.
'If Kaz were to see his quote now, what would he say?'
He'd say I told you that's how it would be. PS products have 10 year lifecycles. When he talks about the end of a console generation, that is what he's talking about. Why is it so difficult to understand when we've seen more proof than we need and Sony say it every generation. How many consoles will Sony have to keep on the market for ten years or more for people to suddenly realise they mean it? Ps1 10 years, PS2 12 years, PSP 8 years (and still selling). I'm sure when the PSP hits 10 years and the PS3 goes on to sell for 12 years, people will STILL not quite get it.
If Sony telling people in no uncertain terms that they have ten year lifecycles isn't clear enough, surely saying 'it's a marathon not a sprint' would give people a clue. It's just incredible that the confusion persists. It's almost like the industry don't want it to be true. Sorry, but it is and at the end of the PS3 generation, Kaz will have been right. For something that doesn't matter, it's certainly getting a lot of mileage.
I don't really like Kaz Hirai. Maybe I'm to used to guys such as Miyamoto, Aonuma, Iwata, and Tezuka Aka the god fathers of gaming.
Starting to get sick of these articles. Both are great innovative companies with great consoles, hardware and software.
Cant we all just get over this crap and be glad we have these great companies competing with each other?
They all make the world go round for us and i sure as hell am happy about it.
If SONY or MSFT didn't exist, we wouldn't have our uncharted's, halos, grand turismo's or forza's. All great games we enjoy. Lets just cut the crap now and be happy with the greatness we get!
Someone Do a Article about what 360 sales would be without the RROD fiasco.