Matt Randisi writes There have been many assumptions concerning the reasons the console war during E3 went down the way it did. Regardless of what type of gamer you are it is difficult to dispute that Sony landed crushing blow after crushing blow to Microsoft’s hopes to come out smelling like an expensive bouquet of freshly cut roses. Objectively looking back at both press conferences it is also hard to convincingly say that Microsoft had a poor showing however, the situation simply was Sony had a better showcase because they bested their adversaries match point in just about every aspect. The only arguable exception to this may be the Xbox One’s sheer amount of exclusives, including the well-received Titanfall. I would agree with the idea that Microsoft never really stood a chance however, but the reasons may be more complicated than one may think.
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
it all comes down to two things
used games
DRM
i think if the xbox one didnt have those E3 would have been a really tough to tell who won
With or without the strict policies on Microsoft's hardware, Sony spotlighted more quality titles whether they are exclusives or not.
*DISCLAIMER: I own both a PS3 and a 360, so I'm NOT a MS or SOny fan, and have a lot of criticism about certain policies from both companies.
Now, I find it absurd - and boring- to start arguing to persuade people and yourself that you must take <THIS> side, especially when you can't play neither PS4 nor XB1 yet. Why don't you just wait to be amazed without thinking "Oh, it's a <INSERT COMPANY> product, I can't look at it..."
I watched some PS4 gameplay at last E3 (The Division) and it was impressive... I watched the new Killer Instinct for XB1 and again it was impressive... (who would not be happy about a new KI!). But some of you were just making a list of cons from rival console ¬¬ (why?)
they most certainly didn't win because they had the best games line up :-/ they won because of word play. Sony aren't being 100% clear on the DRM feature and what it means for the for their ps4 console,the ps4 adopters,amend who has the power to implement this feature. DRM is a feature that's incorporated in both xboc one and ps4, but its not up to Sony or Microsoft to say what game or games will use this feature. its 100% up to every games developer. so of course Microsoft could've came out and used the same bs, but for some odd reasoning they decided to take it on the chin (which still baffpes the hell out of me). the only way to avoid this backlash is for Microsoft to redirect the backlash to where it truly belongs, but then that would create the same problems with the people and the developers which would in turn cause problems for all consoles which would also create w wedge between Microsoft and the games developers. not good.
Sony one simply because they embraced gamers and came across as more genuine.
It is definitely true Microsoft had many missteps, but many of the missteps are part of their longterm plan. They really didn't expect the reaction they got.