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Side by side: The Xbox One and the PS4

DigiBytes takes a look at not only the hardware on display for both the Xbox One and the PlayStation 4, but also discusses some of the many different features of each that will define the next generation of console gaming.

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NameRemoved00173989d ago

So how much is Xbox Live going to go up because these "new features."

USMC_POLICE3989d ago

And all the servers they added.

InspectorG3989d ago

I wonder if you will need gold live for purchasing the ability to play a used game

DivineAssault 3989d ago

if xbox one could play 360 games, i can see more ppl being inclined to buy it but ZERO BC along with those awful requirements regarding installs on games & fees for used games will bury it.. No1 wants to talk to their machine to watch TV.. People buy these things to play games & PS4 looks to be the best for that having better specs that we know of & being super dev friendly.. At least sony is trying to offer an alternative to BC with Gaikai.. we shall see but Sony is whos getting my money day 1!

NameRemoved00173989d ago

Sony has a huge edge over Microsoft with Gaikai being able to stream older games especially in a few years as fiber lines start replacing DSl and cable lines and the average speed goes up to like 100MBps.

Reverent3989d ago

I really hope Microsoft does something soon. Hopefully all of this negative feedback will open their eyes.

Also, this is my 1000th comment; Huzzah!

TwistedMetal3989d ago

i agree there is still hope for ms but people need to voice there opinions on why the xbox one is just not good at all. sony won this round give them there props and ms will have to do something to get better thats how competition works. so good job sony you get my money.

akaFullMetal3989d ago

I really wonder if this is going to tank or sell like crazy? I hope the masses don't accept this!
Fee for used games, always online in the format of 24 hour offline timer, no backwards compatibility at all, I don't see how anybody can support this?

Tetsujin3989d ago

Knowing Microsoft they will spend so much in advertising to make people believe "millions" are on this idea; and here in the US it will work - however overseas not so much. The conference alone was almost a waste of time, and the post show was an even bigger joke; at first I did want to hold all opinions until after the reveal, and now I'm even less inclined to purchase the new Xbox. I know the new thing is "wait till E3" however so much damage has been done there's very little Microsoft can do at this point to keep the fanbase happy unless they do some last minute changes.

stuna13989d ago

Microsoft sustains massive damage, with their own Ccomboo Bbreakeer!!!

josephayal3989d ago

The days of something purely for Games has passed, PS4 and Xbox one are both very similar in that they are home entertainment systems and not just games consoles

NameRemoved00173989d ago

Not true there will always be PC where you have things like Steam that are focused just on gaming related stuff.

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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 2h 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.

jznrpg48m 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.

darthv7235m ago

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