NowGamer: Just how expensive will Sony's PS4 and Microsoft's Xbox 720 be when they launch? Hopefully, not too expensive.
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
the consoles need to be very powerful with as many features as possible to improve gaming over all. we dont need barely capable consoles which arent much more powerful than ps3 and xbox because there would be a lot of sort comings in gaming tech and generation wouldnt be long.
look at the support of the wii u. other than most third parties not supporting the system the system is too weak to get most games that will be on xbox 720 and ps4. core gamers who follow gaming trends and buy the top end gaming systems arent content with playing games with tech theyve been playing for over 7 years on ps3 and xbox.
the xbox 720 and ps4 should be very powerful, play all back catalog of older games discs and digital , have a lot of the expected features along with new ones and be priced around 500quid. im a gamer so ill buy a quality system
400 for ps4 im bying, 500 for ps4 im buying, 600 for ps4 im buying. 600 for more kinect im not buying 500 for more kinect im not buying 400 for more kinect im not buying lol
Sell them like phones. Give them away free with an Xbox Live subscription fee!
Man, I hope the PS4 and Nextbox aren't too expensive at launch.
This depends on a lot of things like for example what the hardware will be like and if there is a good library of games that will make the consoles worth buying.
Just because the Wii U isnt selling to well in the market doesnt mean that the 720 and the PS4 will suffer the same fate. If Sony can manage to price their console at 400€ (for example) and release it with a great line up of games then the system will not suffer the same fate as the Wii U. However if Sony goes nuts and sells it at 700€ (like some desperate Nintendo fanboys are claiming) with a poor line up of games (with heavy 3rd party support i doubt that will happen) then the console will sell miserably in the market.