UPDATE: COD Ghosts Confirmed by Activision to be running at 1080p native on the PS4 and 720p upscaled to 1080p on the XBO. Another debunk:
http://n4g.com/news/1383882...
So, I watched ReviewTechUSA's video. I was completely mind blown by the outlandish claims that this guy was making. He said that he got them from 'Very reliable sources'. It's funny that he says that, because he always complains when anonymous are used and then he pulls this crap.
Here are some of his claims:
1. The reason for the Watch Dogs delay was because the XBO and PS4 network infrastructures were not stable also explains why Driveclub got delayed
2.Call Of Duty Ghosts is going to run at 720p on both the PS4 and Xbox One, JUST because of the network infrastructure weaknesses. However, the Wii U version will run it at 1080p.
3.The PS4's Day One Patch disables DRM.
Bull. ****ing. Shit. All of it.
Watch Dogs got delayed because of games like GTAV and because Ubisoft didn't want their own games to cannibalize each other. Rich even made a video about it.
Also, I'm no Microsoft fan, but Xbox Live is their strongest attribute for the Xbox. There's no way in hell that the thing that MS has invested the most in for the Xbox brand is going to be so bad at launch to the point that it delays a game.
Resolution has NOTHING to do with networking in the slightest. If it did, why are we getting COD Ghosts in 720p (Which was already confirmed to be native 1080p on the PS4 by Adam Boyes:
https://www.youtube.com/wat...
and Killzone Shadowfall at 1080p @ 60fps online? Same goes for Forza 5.
The Day One patch is not required to play on the PS4 and neither is an internet connection. Shuhei Yoshida has stated this on Twitter already.
There are articles branching from February and May (both before E3) consisting of interviews from Shuhei Yoshida and Mark Cerny that the PS4 wouldn't have DRM:
http://www.eurogamer.net/ar...
http://www.eurogamer.net/ar...
http://www.nowgamer.com/new...
Also, Shuhei Yoshida recently confirmed that the Day one patch will not be included on games, meaning you'll have to get it off the internet:
http://n4g.com/news/1382751...
Mix that in with the fact that you don't need an internet connection for the PS4 and you don't need the Day One patch, this whole 'Day one patch covering up DRM on the PS4' thing is BS.
People like to throw around this article:
http://ps4daily.com/2013/06...
Let me ask you this.
Where's the quote? It makes no sense at all, especially if you look at the links above about the PS4 not having DRM. This is what Yoshida really said:
http://www.polygon.com/2013...
Read the title. It says: 'Negative response to Xbox One was a 'very useful source' for PS4 marketing decisions, says Shuhei Yoshida'
"There were lots of people who gave their opinions on that issue to my Twitter account before E3," SCE Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida told Famitsu magazine this week. "It's not that our hardware policies are decided strictly based on user reaction like this, but when we were thinking about what we had to bring across and how to bring it across, it was a very useful source."
You see? They used it as a source of how to bring it across at E3! They didn't change their minds at the last second.
C'mon, let's be serious. A multibillion dollar company like Sony, consisting of investors, shareholders, what have you, is not going to change something major like DRM in a matter of hours and lie to the masses at E3 (The BIGGEST gaming event of the year) like PS4daily is suggesting. It's just not gonna happen.
People on YT are saying 'Yoshida responded, so something's up.' EHHH! Wrong! Yoshida was asked to comment on the videos content. If he didn't respond, people would've found it suspicious.
So it's pretty obvious that whoever Rich's 'very reliable source' is, they're very misinformed. So let's see what we're dealing with here.
The source makes stupid claims and predictions and the negativity is mainly aimed at Sony, trying to downplay the resolution that COD Ghosts is at on the PS4 (native 1080p) and Sony's upper hand when it came to DRM against MS.
Who fits all this? Guess. Think for 3 seconds.
Now everything below is just my theory.
MisterXmedia.
It has to be him. If you've seen his blog, it's full of Sony hate and industry 'insiders' who nobodies really heard of. Let's not forget he was willing to cling to the straws of the DGPU in the XBO. And now that the PS4 is confirmed to be running COD Ghosts at 1080p native with MS refusing to reveal the resolution for the XBO version, along with the fact that on of Sony's biggest factors in the success of the PS4 is due to the fact they been consistent about their stances on policies, he's trying to downplay it. He's trying to pull Sony down. He has that 'You're going down with me' mentality, even though MS's situation has improved immensely. You can't tell me that Rich's source is from someone at Sony. They'd have nothing to gain from it.
Why is MisterXmedia letting RTU do the talking? Because he wants to get as many people to know about this FUD. His blog is no where near as popular as RTU's YT channel.
I think the reason RTU has grown so much is because of Rich's pessimistic views. Notice that he doesn't have a fully optimistic opinion about anything. He's replicating what news channels like Fox News do, because it draws people in. What give me the chills is the amount of likes that he's getting and the amount of PC and Nintendo fanboys jumping the gun.
Let's not forget that when people were jumping the gun about the Wii U not having that many good games (which in all honesty isn't going to change until next year), they got mad. I'm a Nintendo fan, but they are not the saviours of gaming. If Nintendo is for the gamers, then where are the games?
I guess that Rich decided to do the video to drum up some views and get money. He has accomplished that. But I can't wait to see what backtracking BS he comes up with after the launch of the PS4 and XBO. But really gaming journalism all comes down to attention seeking these days. Have some of you forgotten about his videos about how consoles will die by the hands of mobile gaming. After I saw that, I started to doubt him. One more thing:
Don't you think that for one 'source' to get all BS 'info', they'd have to get around a lot?
Thanks for reading guys! Let me know what you think is going on.
EDIT: MisterXmedia at it again, following the events of the BF4 comparison:
http://misterxmedia.livejou...
I'm telling you, this guy is Rich's 'source'.
Waiting a decade for new instalments in franchises as massive as Fallout and Elder Scrolls feels like a waste.
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.
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
Obsidian should take over the FO IP. They're do far better with it than Bethesda who hasn't made a great game for almost 15 years
I disagree. Part of these games is the support for the mod community. If they move to releasing a "next game" every 2 or 3 years, the modding support plummets and the franchises turn into just another run of the mill RPG.
Make the games good enough to withstand the test of time, to keep people coming back to them and expanding on them with mod support.
"The Vancouver-based (Canada) indie games developer Blinkmoon Games are today very happy and proud to announce that their dark fantasy bullet heaven "Necromantic", is coming to PC via Steam Early Access in 2024." - Jonas Ek, TGG.
Athenian Rhapsody is a JRPG with a difference: alongside turn-based combat & exploration, you'll need to complete WarioWare-style microgames.
thank God that the consoles are launching next month .. and i don't want to see the word ''insiders'' ever again
16 days to go
They seriously said resolution was weaker because of the network? I still think the internet is made from unicorn hairs and even I know that's not how that works...
That video was the equivalent of bait articles that list the supposed "worst" or "must die" video game franchises. Seeing that video was the first time I saw this Youtube channel, but rest assured I'm not visiting that one again. I don't know if this Rich guy has much or if any credibility given that he is working off of "sources" that make outrageous claims like what he listed. For me, that video is full of misinformation and was just made to get hits. Poor gaming journalism at its finest.
Its funny how he made a backlash to Duelshockers but not replying to any of their arguments
Like I said somewhere else if the update would disable DRM the games wouldn`t run without the update or internet connection.