The cause of PSN’s problems has yet to be officially announced, although there are plenty of theories. Some blame the hackers. Others blame disgruntled Sony employees, 200 of which were given the axe from Sony’s online division at the end of March this year. Whatever the reason, PSN was brought to its knees. That means no multiplayer, no downloads, and no demos. Nothing. Hey, but at least Netflix still works. Still, that doesn’t give customers much confidence in a digital library when the network can be brought down without warning.
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.
first outage in 5 years, and due to it being hacked now makes it nonfuture proof?
quit writing articles, ur making the gaming journalism and industry look bad
you have very valid points mr article man. the future is gay if games go download only. u think hackers are bad now. give it a few years itll get soooo much worse. nothings hack proof. at least not yet. and to be honest people always find a way. im just waitin on some nerd to hack a nuculear missle base and end the world..
cloud is useless to me but some are just so happy about it. to each their own. and when retail packaging ceases ill stop gaming. sorry, but i like to own my purchases
I don't see discs disappearing for a long time. I just see more advancements occurring, but not it fading. This isn't just about Sony, but its a general observation. In its current state, it just isnt practical to have digital release only.
Sure, giving the option is always welcomed. But removing that would have its consequences, all things considered.
rubbish, songs are digital, easy to get and quick, and you still can go buy them on cd in the store, yes on CD for the love of god.
So while digital is a great option now and in the future and it will only expand and get better there will always be the need to have the hardcopy in some fashion.