HardwarePal : Video games and consoles are evolving, they move with the technology and customer demand, so its no big surprise that as processing equipment gets increasingly more compact and powerful people are expecting the same from their entertainment systems. Though the size difference between the new consoles from Microsoft and Sony is noticeable, both systems are making abundant use of the cloud technology that each company offers, something that we could see getting expanded upon as downloadable content and streaming become the norm.
The magnificent Prey was once again abandoned as Microsoft disregarded Arkane Austin's achievements and crucified it just for Redfall.
well, not entirely ... the main Arkane studio i.e Arkane Lyon's still there ...
Its only that, the sequel will take more time now ... after Blade & Dishonored 3
Not even this Prey
Still longing for a sequel to the original Prey with Tommy
The studio didn't even want to call this Prey, it was just Bethesda being dicks to them for some reason.
Keep dreaming then as Prey and Dishonored 2 did not sell well enough to get sequels.
Hence we got Deathloop and Redfall instead.
Star Wars is coming to Helldivers 2, unofficially that is, as a new mod revamps in-game models and sends players to a galaxy far, far, away.
Even if Redfall were a good game, the closure of Hi-Fi Rush proves even that doesn't matter in the industry.
Yeah it would have mattered especially since their huge game that year wasn't all that it was cracked up to be remember redfail was almost heavily promoted and hyped not to the level of starfield but still more promoted than the average game.
There was still a decent marketing campaign behind the game I'm sure millions were spent advertising it on websites and I saw a few billboards and bus stop signs in real life
No it wouldn’t matter it wouldn’t bring in enough profit to offset their 100 billion dollar acquisition. It would maybe delay the inevitable by some months.
I would f*cking think so. Good games are what draws people to your platform. It’s why I adored the 360 era with Gears of War being one of the highlights for me. You make sh*t games and it just makes your platform that much worse and you start gobbling up studios I like and then killing them off it also makes me hate your platform as well… just sayin’
Unless the game would’ve been War Zone, or Fortnite level. No. Maybe even Hell divers 2 I doubt would’ve been enough.
No it would not have, the ABK deal was great for Microsoft but horrible for Xbox. Over 100 billion dollars in acquisitions. That money has to be made back. That ABK deal essentially destroyed Xbox as we know it.
so far...sony's cloud is bringing games, as soon as this summer. it was already showcased and announced with hands on time and the like..ms cloud brings AI....umm so yeah. As much as ms has screamed about cloud power it's sony who actually brought cloud power..imo actions speak louder than words.
with x1 costing 25% more than ps4 you would think they'd put something mor impressive the AI when it comes to the cloud. smh i hope ms gets their stuff right soon because so far the bad FAR outweighs the good.
seems sony has out did them on almost every level so far.
cloud-sony
price-sony
power-sony
controller..that a matter of opinion..most opinions say- sony
online services-sony
apps-ms (not gunna lie)
voice commands- none (really both suck)
games in total announced for 2014 and released- sony
sales-sony (pre japan numbers will only widen that gap)
f2p games-sony (ms has no free to play games..they are all behind pay wall)
device connections- sony
"resolution gate"- sony
hype-sony
party chat-sony
messaging- sony
customization- sony (HDD)
microtransactions-ms
camera-ms
game streaming/recording- sony
indie games- sony
ps+ vs xblive -sony
Sony Cloud FTW
as for now all i see are words / theories of how cloud can improve gaming while they all sound good on paper and in closed controlled environments i will wait to make my judgement on this one.
For me MS's cloud offering is more interesting. Simply because it offers new possibilities, and the potential to push new boundaries in games.
Sony's offering is a new way to distribute the content we're already familiar with. I don't mean to downplay PlayStation Now, because I do think game streaming is a big deal for the wider audience (particularly that whole stream to a Bravia TV bit).
I also expect that within 2 or 3 years both companies will offer both streaming and cloud compute. And 3rd parties will set up their own compute services too.
They won't.