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Are We Overreacting When It Comes to Next-Gen Privacy?

CCC Says: "“I always feel like…somebody’s watchin’ me…and I have no privacy.” – Rockwell
It’s finally happened. We’ve become so scared of the unknown that we’ve stopped looking under our beds or in our closets and started finding the boogie man jumping right out of our very own gaming consoles."

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AgentSmithPS43847d ago

A young gamer in texas was arrested for terrorism when he made a sarcastic "threat" after someone called him crazy after a league of legends game.

http://www.change.org/petit...

Apparently he was attacked a few times in jail and put in solitary. Who knows if he was raped but it's insane that he was put in there in the first place.

If Next-Gen consoles are watching and listening maybe you'll be getting a knock on the door next. People with power will abuse it.

byeGollum3847d ago (Edited 3847d ago )

Yes. Majority are exaggerating out of spite.

thebudgetgamer3847d ago

Somewhat, it is funny when Microsoft says things like, Kinect will not record any data. Then say it will they will only use data if you allow it.

coopman3003847d ago

Most decidedly yes. Honestly what deep dark secrets could they find out from a gaming console. The kinect thing is a non issue. Not only does ms make your privacy a priority they sued the fed. govt. to ensure more privacy for their customers. If you're that paranoid then why are you even on the internet right now, go live in the mountains somewhere.

Hicken3847d ago

They sued, but they gave the NSA keys into their programs?

Sounds legit.

coopman3003846d ago

Only when required by law to do so, the same as every other US based company. Again, if you want total privacy cut yourself off from every internet connected device.

DragonKnight3846d ago

Are you insane? MS makes your privacy such a priority that they spy on Skype conversations, they hand over emails, they built in back doors into Windows programs, and they admitted that their camera can and will record data. Yeah, MS is REEEEEEAAALLLL trustworthy.

Hicken3846d ago

Do you know why Microsoft's involvement in PRISM was a big deal?

Because they VOLUNTEERED.

And this on the heels of introducing a console with a mandatory internet connection, with a mandatory camera capable of facial and voice recognition and even reading biometric data like heart rates and such; and that on the heels of it being discovered that Microsoft was spying on its Skype users.

There's all this "if you're so paranoid, don't use phones, get off the grid," and so on, but some things are, unfortunately, more necessary than others. An internet-connected phone is all but a necessity these days; obviously, the internet is also a necessity.

An internet-dependent video game console with a personal data-collecting camera is NOT a necessity.

Thinking that a company with a track record that looks like Microsoft's when it comes to privacy MAY do something less than altruistic with your personal data isn't paranoid. Not wanting them or anyone else to have easy access to your living room isn't paranoia, it's not having deep dark secrets.

Would you want some random person peeking in at you through the windows of your house whenever they wanted? Of course not. That's why you have curtains and blinds. But if you've got nothing to hide, then why don't you get rid of those, and just let whoever wants to look take a peek at your life?

Somehow, I get the feeling you're not okay with that.

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Bethesda Needs to Reduce the Gaps Between New Fallout and Elder Scrolls Releases

Waiting a decade for new instalments in franchises as massive as Fallout and Elder Scrolls feels like a waste.

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-Foxtrot5h ago

Microsoft have Obsidian but I feel it's Bethesda who just don't want to play ball as they've always said they want to do it themselves.

Once MS bought Zenimax in 2020 they should have put the Outer Worlds 2 on the back burner, allow Bethesda to finish off its own Space RPG with Starfield (despite totally different tone why have two in your first party portfolio with two developers who's gameplay is a tad similar) and got Obsidian for one of their projects to make a spiritual successor to New Vegas.

When the Elder Scrolls VI is finished Bethesda can then onto the main numbered Fallout 5 themselves.

The Outer Worlds 2 started development in 2019 so putting it on the back burner wouldn't have been the end of the world, they'd have always come back to it once Fallout was done and it would have been nicely spaced out from Starfields release once they had most likely stopped supporting it and all the expansions were released.

If they did this back in 2020 when they bought Zenimax and the game had a good, steady 4 - 5 years development, you might have seen it release in 2025.

We are literally going to be waiting until 2030 at the very earliest for Fallout 5 and all they seem bothered about is pushing Fallout 76.

RaidenBlack3h ago(Edited 3h ago)

Its not just only Todd not playing ball.
Obsidian have made a name for themselves in delivering stellar RPGs, but most famous once have always been sequels/spin-offs to borrowed IPs like KOTOR 2, Neverwinter Nights 2, Fallout: New Vegas, Stick of Truth etc.
Obsidian wants to invest more in their own original IPs like Outer Worlds or Pillars of Eternity with Avowed.
Similar to what Bluepoint & inXile wants to do or Kojima is doing (i.e not involving anymore in Konami's IPs).
So yea, even if New Vegas has the most votes from 3D Fallout fans, Obsidian just wants to do their own thing, like any aspiring dev studio and MS is likely currently respecting that.
But a future Fallout game from Obsidian will surely happen. Founder Feargus Urquhart has already stated an year ago that they're eager to make a new Fallout game with Bethesda, New Vegas 2 or otherwise. Urquhart was the director of the very first 1995's Fallout game after all.
And don't forget Brian Fargo and his studio inXile, as Brian Fargo was the director of Fallout's 1988 predecessor: Wasteland

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Athenian Rhapsody Throws WarioWare into a JRPG

Athenian Rhapsody is a JRPG with a difference: alongside turn-based combat & exploration, you'll need to complete WarioWare-style microgames.

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El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron - Coming Back for a New Generation

Originally launched in 2011, El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron is coming to Nintendo Switch, so It's time to look back at the original.

jznrpg59m ago

Still have my ps3 copies. Bought it at launch and another one when I found it cheap and in perfect condition about 10 years ago. I wouldn’t buy it on Switch but if they made a PS5 version I would. I still have one of my PS3 Fats hooked up so good to go either way.

darthv7246m ago

Id play it again on the switch. I wished my 360 version was bc but this is still a good way to play.