G4TV.com takes a look at the eight generation of consoles, starting with Nintendo's Wii U and speculating on what the future holds for Sony and Microsoft. Part of its Epictober month of exclusive content, this is an article that's only available on G4TV.com.
A new patent recently published by Sony wants to gather biometric data of gamers to track whether one is being harassed using AI tools.
I hope this is one of those patents that never comes to fruition.
I already dislike the fact you can pay a significant amount for a online service buy associated games and content on said service and get banned from that service over potentially a misunderstanding the bans are already handed out for flimsy reasons
I'd rather see money invested in a ban that simply removes the offensive players ability to communicate with unknown players allow them to continue party chats with friends but not with Joe blow on cod.
Agreed. Blizzard recently banned a college Overwatch 2 player who's dependent for saying "shit." Pretty harsh.
How rediculas really. You can't say a word that's allowed in most PG films and prime time TV but the game is based around killing the enemy team using guns, explosives etc.
It's just backwards.
What your talking about is called block list
In 2006 a spaceship dropped of the playstation 3/xbox 360 i say that that generation was the last great gen with game functions/tech that has yet to comeback
Anyhow the playstation 3 if you block listed a id they could not talk to you in chatroom with either text or voice. But that was pre mind fucked 2018 when people were more human than sheep.
But hey gta 6 is coming out billion dollar budget without a single player custom character creator and without singeplayer coop off/online something saints row 1-3 had on the xbox 360.
Take my social security and bank account numbers too! Here’s a picture of my wife and our address.
At this rate I feel Sony will eventually sell a room to play games in it where they can monitor your every breath
I genuinely get a bit worried sometimes when a friend says something that could be offensive In a party
Because I have no trouble believing some bans would happen when in a private party for saying something wrong
I want them to censor erotic content by measuring my groin temperature so i dont get too distracted while playing black ops 2.
Terrible idea. Not only do I not consent to providing my biometric data, the potential for mishandling biometric data is almost a certainty. Positive stress and negative stress can produce similar changes in biometrics. Interpreting the precise emotion a person is feeling is not only invasive but could be easily misconstrued. I hope this never comes to fruition.
As part of its plans to cut 1,900 jobs, Microsoft has reportedly shut down operations at Bethesda France, letting go roughly 15 people
They can form a company if they want, they are just as jobless as if "Microsoft had left them as 3rd party".
"MIcrosoft leaves Bethesda do what they know how to do best" ... close! Oh the irony ....
(Citation from a week old article)
I think Microsoft and other game publishers are letting people go because they think ai will replace them. Doesn’t matter how much profit they make. They were always going to be let go.
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
that's a shame for you to say that, i'm sure Elite loves hearing what you just said.
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
It's France too, there's a high likelihood only 1-2 people on the team even had an Xbox.
Tbh Microsoft I think Bethesda being 3rd party same with Activision would probably more competitive than thus scenario imo
I think it would have been better for all parties really especially gamers
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
I want the new systems as badly as everyone else but I I don't understand articles like this. All speculation. This is like reading one of those gossip magazines.
Give it time folks and when you have real information, then we can talk about it.
Next-Gen Holiday 2012 Plox!!
All three will be announced & release dates will be known. Wii-U & 720 will be on store shelves by 2012's year end. I just hope Sony don't screw around trying to sell another Christmas of PS3's in 2012 & put off the inevitable, allowing both MS & Ninty to get a massive time jump on them this time.
Sony need to release PS4 with the same delicate timing that they did to Sega with the Saturn.....in Australia the Saturn came out, then less than a week later Sony released there 1st foray into the console market......& rattled, humbled, smashed & knocked out 1 half of the competition. Sony need to release in late 2012 without fail to keep up....Otherwise it allows the other 2 to release, get early adoptors on, get more & more developer support, get more & more exclusives & developers onboard, & to lower the price due to there lowering production costs.
Sony currently has a huge advantage in there favor in the fact that most of the most expensive parts are already done for PS4, as the Cell & Blu Ray drive are all but sure things for Sony to re-use in PS4.....to do otherwise would be crazy. They have that time & financial saving on there side big time, as a faster Blu Ray drive is all thats needed due to Blu Rays ability to hold 200gig on a single disk, & also the Cells unique ability to be coupled, tripled, quaddrupled to add 1,2,3 times the power, depending how many of these little buties you stickytape, bubblegum or crazyglue together.
Just get it out Sony, I hate having to wait for one console when all others have released, especially when it is the one I am more inclined to want....I mean I end up buying the other 1 to tire me over until.....
I'm ready for the next Playstation, would buy one today doesn't matter if it cost $500 or $600 I use mine so much I can easily justify it.
I want the PlayStation 4, just not yet I am still enjoying this generation. I want Sony to work on the PS4 and make it well worth it. Make it a better computer entertainment system then the PS3. Also, I would like to not have a $600 launch price lol