IB Times: The next-generation PlayStation 4 is a long way off and the PlayStation 3 is here to stay, according to Sony UK Vice President Fergal Gara, adding that consumers will decide when a new console is needed.
Sony has recruited Bungie's head of revenue Jaremy Rich to head up its live-service gaming division, Rich has announced on social media.
Please do not put Destiny’s monetization into Sony’s first party games. The monetization is what’s driving players away from Destiny.
I mean, this person made some pretty bad decisions at Bungie. I hope they've learned from them because I definitely don't see those type of ideas as good for PlaySation in general.
Ps5 gamers in 2023 seemed to play more live service types of games, so regardless to how people feel about them, numbers don’t lie and Sony is going where the money is. I mean look at the excitement around Helldivers2, people are showing that they want live service games.
How do you kill a franchise that already been killed?
Destiny’s grind, cash-in-on-playbass-cha-Ching, and pop-culture-insertion mainstream-me-too bs totally killed any rep Bungie had. Sony/Bungie, if you are doing this to ward-off players, it’s already working.
Sony has patented to add multiple dialogue modes to let players switch between how many conversations with NPCs they want in the game.
Sony is like the only ones outta the 3 that has atuff like like this pop up changing thing in ways.
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.
Yes, the consumers will decide and I think it's safe to say that the vast majority of them have decided that they are ready for the Playstation 4.
And I don't think they are concerned with:
"...continuing to innovate with the PS3, making it smaller, lighter and offering better value entry-point consoles. There's been a big engineering push in Tokyo to give it a facelift and a spec revitalization, too, so that's good to see"
Unless of course Gara isn't referring to already established consumers of the PS3 and merely late adopters, in which case, he is wrong- the current owners of the PS3 should be the ones that will decide on the Playstation 4.
I would like it for next Christmas please Mr Vice President
I decided a new console was needed so I built a gaming computer. Crazy how that works.
In all honesty, I have had my PS3 since Feb. 2008 and I really wouldn't mind another 2-3 years out of it. Last of Us, God of War: Ascension, Beyond, Ni No Kuni (first party alone) is more then superb line up for me.
I believe we could see similar games offered for the next 2 years.
There is only so far graphics can go. Good quality games are another story and for that alone, PS3 is sufficient.
"The next-generation PlayStation 4 is a long way off and the PlayStation 3 is here to stay"
I hate PR talk.
Everyone knows that the PS4 has been in development for years.