GamesIndustry International: "Nick Button-Brown has swapped Crytek for the role of studio head at UK start-up Improbable."
Outright Games chair Nick Button-Brown talks about making kids games when 11-year-olds are playing Grand Theft Auto, and how the industry needs to embrace its social responsibility.
I think it is primarily parents that need to take more responsibility of what they allow their children to play. I do agree that devs that make trolling games like 'Hatred' or 'Muslim Massacre' or 'School Shooting Simulator' etc need to take a long hard look at why they feel the need to use exploitation instead of creativity an innovation to make games.
But when it comes to mature games like God of War, GTA etc etc it's not the devs that are to be held to account if children end up playing those games. It's very much the parents that are at fault there.
"Parents need to make more responsibility for their children" honestly this is a bigger issue that applies to far more things than just gaming.
Games as an entertainment medium have come a long way and parents can no longer buy this or that game as a "here kid, shut up and leave me alone" for a few hours babysitter. Parents need to be held accountable for the things their kids are exposed to.
The Xbox One and PS4 are finally here, but how will this generation take shape? Crytek, Guerrilla Games and Oddworld Inhabitants have their say
In less than a week, both the PlayStation 4 and the Xbox One will have launched in the world's most lucrative console markets. If you had to plant a flag to mark the start of a new generation, you'd do well to find a more appropriate spot.
I personally think, after having every current gen console, that right now the best ecosystem it's for Sony.
With only one suscription it delivers so much that you end feeling its a steal, that and the best games is a win - win for me.
For me it was less the idea of what the current eco system has in store for a particular console and more about what the last gen showed me in terms of reliability. That being said, I didn't want to get burned again by multiple dead consoles. I was a big Xbox fan and can say that the first Xbox was by far one of the best consoles out there (aside from the fires caused by their faulty power cord originally)... At this point, the most reliable console is the PS4 or any PS platform for that matter.
I feel your pain, for me living outside US has been the worst experience i've ever had, 3 xbox 360 in my personal graveyard, without any chance to claim warranty.
I still have my fat Ps3 with 1 tera hard drive playing like the first day.
"the most reliable console is the PS4"
You lost all credibility right here and crossed over into fanboy talk. As a pc builder, I have serious doubts about cramming in the power supply into an undersized case with the smallest fan. Other than black magic being used, common sense tells me this is a recipe for disaster down the road.
Ps4 has only been out for a few weeks, so you don't have much of an idea how reliable it will be (wasn't rrod from xbox like 1-2 years?). There's a lot of pros to speak of don't get me wrong, but to declare that after about 2 weeks as the definitive conclusion is very delusional.
Im sitting this war out for at least 6 months to 1 year to wait for bugs to get worked out, a better line up of games, and get a better picture if I really want to go back to mandatory paid online (which I swore I would never go back to now that I have WiiU and PC). But time will tell all.
As a PS3 slim owner I know you're full of crap. The PS3 slim had the power supply inside and was the most reliable hardware of that gen. Go figure that we leave it up to Sony to know what they are doing with hardware and their reputation precedes them. You sir are just wrong.
