EuroGamer: "Ownership tied to login, there will be a resale mechanism, does require internet connection but not constantly."
Phil Harrison discusses the future of gaming and how Stadia's cloud-based service aims to be a big part of it.
In this month's IGN Unfiltered interview, Phil Harrison revealed a big reason why the PlayStation 3 released a year after the Xbox 360.
I’m glad Sony didn’t rush PlayStation 3’s launch. Microsoft did so for Xbox 360 just to get an advantage over the competition and their console had one of the worse hardware malfunctions in history. Scratched discs, overheating and RRoDs out the wazoo. Add that to the no HDMI out of the box on launch units, no WiFi & myriad of other cost cutting decisions showed Microsoft cheaped out on so many things just for that headstart.
Another interesting reason for the delay was that the first batch of chips which Sony funded and ordered were defective, where as Microsoft bought backups from a 3rd party. So Microsoft got chips Sony funded even before Sony did, as Sony didn't consider the chance of Microsoft asking IBM for a chip, with IBM showing them what they were working on for Sony
Neither company had great luck during RnD last gen
- PS2 launches ahead of Xbox: PlayStation outsells it
- Xbox 360 launches ahead of PS3: PlayStation outsells it
- PS4 launches alongside Xbox One: PlayStation outsells it
Seems no matter what timeframe Microsoft releases their console they’ll still have less marketshare than Sony.
Even if PS5 were somehow delayed a year behind the next Xbox, I’m certain it’d still outsell it just like PS3 did to 360. Unfortunately for Microsoft the PS5 will release alongside the next Xbox.
And still against all odds the PS3 surpassed Xbox 360. Xbox has finished last in each of their console generations.
PS3 launch was a fail. $599! Riiiidge Racer! Backlash!
Xbox One launch was a fail! The system will always be online. Backlash!
If these two consoles are taking turns on launch fails. PS5 launch will be a fail.
Oh no!
Creative engineers Phil Harrison, Jade Raymond, Majd Bakar, and more take you behind the scenes of Google Stadia
This is getting hard to watch, I cant believe how MS is mishandling the Xbox One and doing so many things to make people not want one
this is a disaster
Ms just sell your studios to Sony and get out of the console business.And Enter Sega.
so much spinning just to end up in the same place. First you need to connect the console online at least once every 24 hours to be able to play games (offline games), and then that game you bought is attached to only one account and to play it on another one you have to pay.
No matter how they want to spin it to make it sound fine we still end up going back to where we started. They are blocking used games and you NEED an online connection. Plain and simple.
Example:
For your friend to be able to play that game he borrowed from you he will need your account but 2 accounts can't be online at the same time. So he will either need to pay to play it on his account or ask for yours but then you will not be able to play games while he's using it.
Do these guys think we are stupid or what?