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Playstation 4 VS Xbox One, Ring The Bell The Fight Is About to Begin

Skewed and Reviewed have posted an opinion piece after talking with a Sony rep about the launch of the Playstation 4. The piece compares the gaming companies with boxers and states how each one has a different strategy leading up to the big fight.

Blac5853834d ago

ps4 will take the early lead than xbox one will get rid of the kinect and lower price to catch up it will come down to exclusives in the long run

_QQ_3834d ago

how do these articles get accepted?

ShowGun9013834d ago

im going to write an article about how the xbone and ps4 are like 2 variety of cacti, and how their sales are analogous to their ability to conserve water during the dry season...

N4G FRONT PAGE BABY!!!

Garethvk3834d ago

Simple, people want to read them and comment on them.

Retroman3834d ago (Edited 3834d ago )

it is a daily chore for editors to come up with rumors and flame baits,lies for gamers.

(all in a days work)

in Dec. article be........ "SALES!!!! Debate".

ps4 sold more nooooooo X1 did......

Jeedai Infidel3834d ago

Was this article written in June?

Garethvk3834d ago

Its been all talk and posturing to this point. The fight begins on 11/15 and 11/22 when they are released and the companies will be pushing to sell to those who did not pre order and starting new campaigns geared towards them instead of the early adopters.

Jeedai Infidel3832d ago

It was a facetious and rhetorical question. Best of both worlds.

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Sony Patents To Prevent You From In-Game Harassment By Reading Your Emotions

A new patent recently published by Sony wants to gather biometric data of gamers to track whether one is being harassed using AI tools.

Profchaos17h ago(Edited 17h ago)

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.

exputers14h ago

Agreed. Blizzard recently banned a college Overwatch 2 player who's dependent for saying "shit." Pretty harsh.

just_looken41m ago

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.

z2g10h ago

Take my social security and bank account numbers too! Here’s a picture of my wife and our address.

phoenixwing9h ago

Cmon where's the pictures of your children. Don't hold out on them.

H910h ago

At this rate I feel Sony will eventually sell a room to play games in it where they can monitor your every breath

jambola6h ago

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

SegaSaturn6698h ago

I want them to censor erotic content by measuring my groin temperature so i dont get too distracted while playing black ops 2.

Popsicle8h ago

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.

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Microsoft Seemingly Closes Bethesda France

As part of its plans to cut 1,900 jobs, Microsoft has reportedly shut down operations at Bethesda France, letting go roughly 15 people

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Hereandthere1d 1h ago

Microsoft should have left them stay 3rd party

GamerRN22h ago

If they are let go, they can be whatever they want. They ARE 3rd party now... 🤦

Barlos20h ago

Yeah, they're also jobless.

GamerRN13h ago

They can form a company if they want, they are just as jobless as if "Microsoft had left them as 3rd party".

peppeaccardo14h ago

"MIcrosoft leaves Bethesda do what they know how to do best" ... close! Oh the irony ....
(Citation from a week old article)

ChasterMies10h ago

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.

PassNextquestion1d ago (Edited 1d ago )

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

blacktiger22h ago

that's a shame for you to say that, i'm sure Elite loves hearing what you just said.

Mr Logic8h ago

What a stupid thing to say. The elites give 0 fucks what we say on an obscure website in the comments section.

Crows908h ago

You can always reach out and give them jobs at your company man. Don't wait

Profchaos1d ago (Edited 1d ago )

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

Tacoboto1d ago

It's France too, there's a high likelihood only 1-2 people on the team even had an Xbox.

Profchaos23h ago

Possibly guven all the leaks we know the Xbox brand is really struggling in the region.

Yi-Long21h ago

Well, if your consoles and games are barely found in any stores any more, of course you're gonna struggle finding consumers ...

XiNatsuDragnel23h ago

Tbh Microsoft I think Bethesda being 3rd party same with Activision would probably more competitive than thus scenario imo

Profchaos21h ago(Edited 21h ago)

I think it would have been better for all parties really especially gamers

TheColbertinator22h ago

The recently purchased Activision French offices might take over all the licensing and marketing for Microsoft in France from now on.

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Sony Could Increase Your Game's Difficulty If It Sees You Complain About It

Sony has recently published a new patent that wants to dynamically handle the games' difficulty and gameplay based on the player's emotions.

jznrpg1d 2h ago

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.

Profchaos1d 1h ago

Souls games will be like that players struggling make it harder

PassNextquestion1d ago (Edited 1d ago )

I think if used correctly it could work well

jambola20h ago

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

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