We've heard quite a bit of speculation and wish lists for the next consoles from Sony and Microsoft, but what about what we won't be seeing? The next Playstation and Xbox are expected to be announced and released this year- and they aren't going to live up to everyone's expectations. Here are the top 7 things not to expect from new consoles.
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.
Whilst I don't necessarily agree with all the points made here, they are good points none the less and food for thought.
I disagree with the PS4 name front. I just don't think Sony will go away from that. I also do not think Live will go free unless their hand is forced. If (hypothetically) Microsoft sells very little next xboxs then sure it will happen but they make to much money off of it to make it go free. They could add more perks and make it PSN+ rental style but the forced online subscription will still be there.
I expect backwards compatibility with the PS3. I don't think PS1 or PS2 games will be compatible just the HD generation.
The standard will be 720p at 30fps but more games will be 1080p with 60fps.
All 3 will be around the same graphics, i think with the rumours of a HD6670 on the 720 it looks like all will handle dx11 comparable graphics but with WiiU using the 67** series of chips makes it quite abit more powerful 40% in fact.
1st ps4/WiiU debatable.
2nd WiiU.
3rd 720.
That's the order Nextgen.
Unless the recent rumours that ps4 is using the same gpu as rumoured in the 720 then WiiU hands down has the best graphic potential Nextgen,all the 67** line of gpu's squash all the 66** line.