Eskimo Press: Our senior editor speculates on the PlayStation 4 and goes over what Sony needs to get right in order for their new system to be a hit at launch.
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.
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.
"All signs point to the hardware becoming less and less important to Microsoft."
Less innovation and competition. People act like if MS went away life would be better but it would just mean you have one less choice as to where to spend your money. If Sony became the defacto home console provider and Nintendo the handheld, then these companies could limit what you get and you would ultimately have very little choice but to support them if you want to play games.
I was a video that suggested that Steam could potentially get into the console market if Xbox ceases to exist. They already had the Steam Machine(?), and they have the Steam Deck for the portable market. I’m not in the pc space at all so I wouldn’t know if that would be a realistic statement.
No Xbox future I am going to guess Microsoft will go down the path Sega choose and be a publisher/game developer with their in house studios. Or sell off their in house studios and just go back to making os for PC's. I highly doubt the second part. Microsoft like any company wants to make money. So if Microsoft did say pull the plug on Xbox I see them going down the path Sega went. And utilize Xbox as a brand and not just as a console. I can see the name of XBox being mainly a brand after that. And maybe with the game you see published by or developed by Xbox studios.
There will be no fail... you can take that to the bank!!
Playstation fanboys, you will go on my 1st whistle, Xbox fanboys, you will go on my 2nd whistle.......
1. OS- The Operating System will be fine I'm sure.
2. Core Fans - To be honest it's not the core fans you need in order to succeed it is the causal, media consumption people.
3. BC- No BC isn't a must, it may be nice but far away from a must you buy a PS4 to play PS4 games not PS3 games yet I understand where people come from. Also, gaikai isn't BC, I hate seeing that if I have to pay for it, it's a solution not actual BC.
4. Price- Sony isn't stupid. I say $400 for the smaller HDD(320GB) and $450 for (500GB). They will be fine.
5. Launch Titles- Hmm this is an interesting one though. I can see some potential epicness with launch titles but you need third party to support you really. I'm not a fan of Killzone really because it's really just eye candy but Sony will bring it in the first party section, they need EA, Ubisoft, Activision, Take Two to come along and play.
Unless the console explodes after use Sony will be fine. No fail here.
Its going to be a great time for Playstaion owners, there's not a single doubt in my mind.
Just to see how they pulled out of a nose dive, just to end up ontop on every single noticeble level shows that Sony's game division is in a class of its own.
Everybody who owns a playstation loves the shape that they are in, the same can't be said for the Xbox360.