Japanese developer believes the PlayStation 4 was designed for American gamers due to its social features.
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.
That's probably true. Why else would they announce it for the first time on American soil?
So because it has Social features, it must automatically mean it's American? Sounds like a cop-out. I think they are just saying that because an American designed the console. Social Networks are VERY popular in Japan. So, this whole idea that it is somehow "American" due to social features (of all things) doesn't add up.
I had a fealing some devs in Japan would take the fact that the PS4 was designed by an American, and revealed in NYC instead of Tokyo, as a slight. But they have to understand that when it comes to consoles, Japan has been lagging behind in online multiplayer. Internet is just as accessible there as it is in the West, so it's time they embraced Multiplayer and the option of social integration. Besides, if they don't want to use social integration, then don't use those features. Problem solves. I don't see what's so western about that...
Oh and that stuff he said about Facebook, makes no sense since it is OPTIONAL (like Uncharted 3 lets you use your facebook account in multiplayer if you want, or just psn instead). If the Japanese want to stay anonymous, than just use good old fashion PSN and Avatars.
Yeah, because all Japanese people don't socialize. They communicate through telepathy and a form of pheremone dispersal; like psychic ants.
Who needs words anyway when you can communicate an entire sentence and convey emotional states with one monosyllabic grunt.
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smh
Well that comment totally doesn't add fuel to the suggestion that the Japanese are xenophobes.
In almost all the world exist the internet, facebook, youtube and other social platforms. PS4 is a joint design of a lot of people of various countries inlcuding Japan and US. The console is designed to allow to the people get connected and to enjoy of the games together. You dont need to reveal your identity or if you want you can create a false identity. Ps4 will be a great oportunity to make friends¡ or foes (if you are ISA) :D