Hollywood in high def:Further confirmation that Blu-ray sales continue to surge:
* Blu-ray had its best month of sales ever in October, with consumers buying 2.3 million discs, according to Home Media Research. That's the first time disc sales have surpassed the 2 million mark in a single month and it's nearly five times greater than the 470,000 discs purchased in October 2007.
* For the year so far, Blu-ray disc sales are running about four times higher than in 2007.
* Blu-ray disc sales have crossed the 20 million mark since the format was introduced, with 14 million of those (70%) sold this year.
* In October the 1,000 Blu-ray title was been announced for release.
And all of that is in the U.S. alone. Elsewhere the picture is even brighter in some countries such as Japan, where Blu-ray hardware sales already represent more than 50% of the total optical disc market and are expected to increase heading into the peak selling season. According to the Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association, Blu-ray recorder and player shipments reached 138,000 units in the 12 months ending in September, or 107 times the previous year's tally. It also noted that Blu-ray hardware now accounts for 31% of all home entertainment recorder and player sales.
Meanwhile, back in the U.S., Wal-Mart recently announced a big expansion of its Blu-ray Disc inventories and reported a 2.4% gain in same-store sales during October.
"Global indie publisher ESDigital Games is thrilled to announce its participation in London Games Festival 2024 from 9th - 20th April at venues across the city." - ESDigital Games.
Christopher Dring has revealed that he spoke to a number of developers at GDC this year that questioned why the PS5 Pro is even happening, with many saying they haven’t even got the most out of the standard version of the console yet.
Exactly
They should have just let developers squeeze as much from the PS5 and then wait for the PS6
By the time developers even get into the PS5 Pro within a couple of years Sony will most likely be sending PS6 dev kits out.
I'm definitely questioning it. Seems entirely unnecessary since there's been no sign of peak optimization by first-party, let alone third. This will just move more focus on more graphics push than fix steady 30fps/60fps modes.
"A couple of companies said this isn’t going to grow the market – it’s not going to move the needle. This generation doesn’t even seem to have got started really, let alone feel the need for a mid-generation update. How about we just get some original, next-generation software up and spinning?"
Ok devs who's fault is that though? The only publisher that came ready was Epic Unreal Engine 5 tech. Sure they were hit and miss with some of their tech in games but they at least brought something new to the table. The consoles released in 2020, you've all had dev kits way before then (2016-2017) to develop new tech, engines innovation. Like y'all have done all other generations. Nope y'all were too busy doing the same stuff staying cross gen and not innovating like before. They should of known Sony would have a Pro console this gen. Devs are lagging behind, take all that money that some of y'all are making from Microtransactions stop being lazy and create innovative new engines and gameplay mechanics. I know it's hard, takes allot money, resources especially time but that's part of being in the industry and a game developer. They should done these things 6 or 7 years ago because it takes so long.
Can't say I feel bad for them tbh.
This is an odd choice just make ps6 in 2026 or 2027 something in those ranges than this
The CPU certainly needed an upgrade, UE 5 titles are going to have a bit of a hard time with that Zen 2 CPU, that's why Robocop has FPS dips.
A new Neuralink demo shows the paralyzed patient Noland Arbaugh playing online chess using only his thoughts.
"Noland said that the chip implant allowed him to play Civilization 6 for eight hours until its battery ran out."
This is great. At the very least it can improve the quality of life for these people. I'll look forward to hearing more from Noland and Neuralink in the near future.
Imagine if one day these guys are barred from entering Esports tourneys because they are deemed to have an unfair advantage.
It’s interesting but they don’t really say much beyond eye tracking is how the cursor moves.
Well,this pretty much B*tch slaps omega4's fake article.
Just wait till they post November's sale record. I've seen a lot of awesome Black Friday deals on bluray.
so bluray is not wanted after all, ya right this just proves everyone wrong
B b b but people don't like HD
http://www.n4g.com/tech/New...
Just watch December obliterate November.