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Adam Boyes on the PS4: “I Think Reducing the Barriers to Get Gamers Onto the Platform is Critical”

Adam Boyes, VP of Third Party Relations at SCEA, is back yet again with news from his roundtable, where he was asked if their MO of having fun is reflected in their used game policy, no online check-in, and the PS4′s price. - PSLS

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blackbeld3969d ago (Edited 3969d ago )

But there is still one barrier Online Multiplayer.

Please remove it don't force people. Free online was my reason for buying PS3.

@xhi4

I already have Plus and I love it. But its still feels very wrong to forcing people to pay for online multiplayer. Now most of my friends dont have Plus but now they have to buy Plus.

TrendyGamers3969d ago

Personally, I don't think the PS+ paywall is a huge deal, especially when you get 1 free PS4 game a month, all those free PS3/PS Vita games, online play, betas, etc, etc.

xhi43969d ago

@Blackbeld

I hear you, I too took forever to sign up for PS Plus as that was a big reason why I bought the PS3 for free online play (after buying a 360 myself).

But from a fellow gamer, without even the PS4, get playstation plus dude! It's freaking awesome!! If you buy a game, look at like this, for less than the price of one game you'll get dozens of free seriously awesome games! Every month you miss out on more free content that has already filled my hard disk 3 times in the last 3 months ha.

ziggurcat3969d ago (Edited 3969d ago )

you get way more value out of a PS+ subscription than you do a XBL gold subscription.

plus, you don't need PS+ to be able to watch netflix or use any of the other apps.

My_Name_BTW_Is_Dante3969d ago

You don't get free games from PS+. Those come with a subscription that you PAY for and if you stop paying then you don't get to play these so called "free" games.

That's like subscribing to Gamefly & saying you get free games.

guiltl3ss3969d ago

Its not like GameFly at all, though. With PS+, you get to keep all those games as long as you are a member. All of them, unlike the limited amount from GameFly. I would agree that it's not true "ownership," its one of the closest things in a purely digital world we can get. One cannot deny the incredible benefit and value of PS+.

Majin-vegeta3969d ago

Not every game will be behind ps+ wall.DCU and i belive Warframe will be free online.

blackbeld3969d ago

@ Majin-Vegeta

Wow Warframe looks great. And is it also a free game?

http://www.ign.com/articles...

I will be a happy PS4 owner this year :)

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Majin-vegeta3969d ago

And looks like its paying off big time for Sony.

soulpatchadams3969d ago

Im proud to be an American but the capitalism is getting out of hand with US companies in particular. After supporting MS for a lifetime this feels like a kick in the nads.

Williamson3969d ago

Ive gotten about 60+ titles since getting ps+ a year ago, so its obviously worth it.

Excited2play3969d ago

Although I'm not yet a PS plus subscriber, I will be soon enough. The amount and variety of games to play for free AND the great discounts on games essentially pays for itself.

I like the idea of being able to play full versions of games to see if i really love them, then if i do love it buy the actual copy to keep forever.

best way to discover new games i might not have bothered with otherwise.

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Adam Boyes Doesn't Miss the Console Wars

USG: “At DICE 2020, Adam Boyes tells us about maintaining Iron Galaxy without crunch, developing ports, and more.”

masterfox1511d ago (Edited 1511d ago )

Well I do, cause a proper console competition makes each company to go out and try to be the best and this can create lots of gaming opportunities and new fresh ideas from every side, for example the era with the PS2 games or Xbox with games like Ninja Gaiden or Otogi so damn Awesome games, or from Nintendo Gamecube games like Metroid Prime and Resident Evil 4, each one have their own personal taste and their games look awesome in that time.

But sadly todays console wars is an effing joke, Nintendo just releasing effing old multiplatform games looking pretty damn bad and for new stuff is none, more Mario, Pokemons or Zelda , really miss the days when a release of a Mario game or Zelda was so damn special , but since they milked them so damn much they are now so god damn annoying to hear even those names. MS in the other hand is just a PR BS machine they are just pure talk not even going to waste my time writing all their fails.

So in the end Playstation is literally alone in the top of this gaming industry with no worthy competitor, lets hope they continue with their gaming ideology and so keep maintaining this gaming industry as big as it is now, because with out them this gaming industry would it be just a cheap entertaining industry.

Fluttershy771510d ago

Nah... You are just getting old and grumpy and now look back at the past with nostalgia... hey, welcome!

masterfox1510d ago

Didn't know common sense was attached to just a certain age lol, no wonder why we lived in such times with so much nonsense around us.

ThinkThink1511d ago

Probably because he's an adult.

Zombieburger6381510d ago (Edited 1510d ago )

Only people who care about console wars are children and people with no lives. Just buy the consoles and play the games, no need to fight like idiots.

jambola1511d ago

So I only skimmed and did keyword searching here because the article is really long
But it looks like he doesn't even mention console wars anywhere

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moriarty18891510d ago

miss Adam he was a likeable guy imo.

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Adam Boyes: There's a New Era of Trust & Respect at Blizzard

Iron Galaxy CEO Adam Boyes talks about Diablo III on Switch, Blizzard's new era of openness, trust and respect for third-party devs,, Skyrim's Switch port, and next-gen consoles

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XiNatsuDragnel1733d ago

Also Blizzard becoming worst as a result of ppl leave I'm right or wrong here?

2pacalypsenow1733d ago (Edited 1733d ago )

Who cares about any of that, it’s all about games.

And blizzard has been slacking.

Godmars2901732d ago

What do you expect after Activision gutted them?

GrimReaperGamer1732d ago

Can you guys at Iron Galaxy start working on the next Killer Instinct.

IamTylerDurden11732d ago (Edited 1732d ago )

Why is Adam sucking off Blizzard? Because they let him port Diablo? Run Iron Galaxy, Extinction was a miserable failure. Adam Boyes was phenomenal at Sony, but i'm starting to lose respect.

I'll always remember Iron Galaxy for their atrocious Vita ports. Too bad they didn't put the same effort into Jack & Daxter..

Yui_Suzumiya1732d ago

Didn't they also do thae infamous PC port of Arkham Knight?

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GI Show – Spider-Man, Ernest Cline, Adam Boyes Interview

GI: "Watch us share exclusive gameplay impressions for Insomniac's Spider-Man, and interview Ready Player One's author and Adam Boyes."

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