Sony have stated in an interview how important PS Plus is and commented on the future of the PS3.
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.
Well, yeah. Obviously, considering how much they're pushing streaming in the absence of any form of b/c.
I imagine they'll probably let PS+ users stream the PSN games they've already purchased for free; and use a separate subscription model (outside of PS+) for users to stream games they have not purchased. Though PS+ would likely offer a discount.
From a consumer's perspective, I really don't like what Sony is doing at all. But from a business perspective, what they're doing is very admirable. If it works (and even though I don't want it to, it probably will), the PS4 will likely be hugely profitable.
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Well, of course, that all depends on the games. I mean, hell, look at the Vita--one of the best gaming machines ever built, and no one's buying the thing.
You really don't need to give skeptics like me another reason to write off the PS4 by making PS+ 'crucial'.
not intrested in streaming video games even 1%
i could not care less if i tried
what i want is standard controls, no 3d, the game to come on a bluray disc, better a.i.
larger worlds
better physics
the graphics to be 1080p native, with 4x anti aliasing
v-sync always enabled so i never see a torn frame
30 frames minimum, never less,
pc quality textures, shadows and lighting
thats it
take gaikai and shove it ...lol...
and i'll just keep my ps3 to play ps3 games and all the digital content i own thanks
streaming is crap for movies, now imagine it 10x more terrible because of lag/latency every time you press a button and wait for the server to enter it, then for it to come back to you and appear on screen
its bloody awful, trust me
just give me normal games with amazing quality graphics and we're good
360 gets bashed cause if u want to play multiplayer, or watch netflix, Hulu or anything like that u have to pay for xbox live gold. Those are all free to access on ps3. PS plus is a much more optional service with more content value. It's apples and oranges.
Sony will own the parts in the PS4 also. Everyone goes to a major chip architect for the base design. They then pay them to modify it and add features of their design or that they pay the company(AMD in this case) to design. They can then shop that chip to anyone they want. The problems with bring down the cost on the Cell are different. Buy straight off the shelf is more expensive. That's what Microsoft did with the first Xbox and why it remained more than they could sell it for the entire lifetime. No console maker will ever let someone else own their CPU and GPU again.
PSN+ is crucial because PSN cost millions to run and it provides some income to help cover the cost.