Joel Taveras writes, "Back at the beginning of the year, I knew that new hardware was just on the horizon. What I didn't know was that this Fall I'd be writing about a bullish Sony leading the charge into next gen. Riding a hype train so glorious that it shows few signs of slowing down. I'm talking about the kind of hype that public relations folks and corporate execs live for. Yet here we are, less than a month away from the next generation of consoles kicking off and Sony's PlayStation 4 is seemingly in the driver's seat.
The public relations gods haven't been as kind to Microsoft's Xbox One as the console has been experiencing well... somewhat of the complete opposite, and it's been that way mostly since it's unveiling back in May. And just now, as the console enters the home stretch, and following a handful of policy reversals, the Xbox One is just starting to "get the facts" straight for would be buyers.
While some may argue that the Xbox One is full of hot air, even I was...
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.
I got mine preordered. I hope everyone enjoys their console of choice.
Me too enjoy all.
You know whos going to be surprised, all the folks who jumped from XB360 to PS4, its going to be a huge culture shock when they turn on the PS4 and have to wait 20 minutes for the 300MB update, an update that would take 50 seconds on the 360. I think folks will be surprised when they see how the Playstation just stagnates, the dash at launch will be the same dash in 6 years. The PSN in general will take getting used to, its just not refined as XBL, and folks will notice this.
I'm getting mine this year no doubt.
Looking forward to Halo 5.... Cause if 343 Studios cause make Halo 4 look that amazing on the 360..... I can just imagine how great Halo 5 will be.
But I gotta admit.... One thing has me a little worried...
These multiplat games being released.... If the Xbox1 can't run at the same resolution and fps as the PS4.... Then, I'm going to be really pissed.
Being honest, the Xbox One has already surprised me on more times than I care to count.. sadly for Microsoft, these aren't good surprises.