If Sony or Microsoft don't ditch disc based consoles entirely, then could we see two versions at launch?
As part of its plans to cut 1,900 jobs, Microsoft has reportedly shut down operations at Bethesda France, letting go roughly 15 people
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
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
Tbh Microsoft I think Bethesda being 3rd party same with Activision would probably more competitive than thus scenario imo
The recently purchased Activision French offices might take over all the licensing and marketing for Microsoft in France from now on.
Sony has recently published a new patent that wants to dynamically handle the games' difficulty and gameplay based on the player's emotions.
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.
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
Hanzla from eXputer inquires: "If Xbox can care about preserving its games and legacy, what exactly is wrong with Nintendo, trying to kill game preservation single-handedly?"
Ahh yes the good old game preservation of saving all your games to a removable hhd on the Xbox 360, taking it round your mates house, setting up multiple tvs to
Be met with “save data corrupted, please re download”
Or how about removing 360 games
From the store
, download them now or else, and, better hope to god that save data doesn’t corrupt, or it’s lost for ever
Nice one ☝️
This is just a scammy PR move to distract from the fact they are going digital only and trying to push streaming and subscriptions only.
No gaming company has pushed harder to remove ownership than Microsoft.
Without discs there is no preservation, preservation can't be done by the rights holders it can only be done by the consumers, anything else is a lie.
Nobody wants this. Sales or the lack of it in the case of XBOX is very telling. I wonder how the adorably all digital series X will fare. Adorably dismal perhaps?
Only time will tell, but for from someone like me suspecting that Xbox is trying to gracefully exit the console market, that "forward compatibility" team is trying to get Xbox games playing on Windows PCs. I mean, it's nice that they're not planning on exiting with a "enjoy your games while the hardware still works" message, so that's nice. They still have a brand to protect via Microsoft so probably feel obligated to have a better exit strategy.
Unlikely I would think, let's just hope MS learnt there lesson and we at least have a HDD as standard.
It would probably all depend on whether they think demand would be high enough to fork out making two different SKUs. Most people I have asked whether they prefer disc or DL only they all choose disc with the main reason being the internet infrastructure.
What? Pearl and diamond?
Not a chance, at least in regards to this generation. If this was 5 years from now and we were discussing the 4th gen Xbox and the PS5 then it would be an almost positive yes. Right now, its just too early for digital distribution in regards to gaming.
They will most likely set up a cloud based storage service to go along with consoles that don't have actual DVD or Blu-Ray drives after all, the games are going to be FAR bigger than they are right now. So even if you had a 2 TB HD on board, you would be maxing out that drive with only 50-100 games, probably less if were talking about games for 4th gen Xbox and PS5. Then you have DLC and Xbox Live Arcade games, which are only increasing in number and size.
One thing is for sure and that is that it just wouldn't work for someone like me. I currently have 300+ retail games for my 360, 150+ Xbox Live Arcade games, and a boatload of DLC that I have purchased. I am already having problems with space as my 320 gig HD is 95% full and most of my games are disc based. A purely digital distribution console simply wouldn't work for someone like me.
hmm maybe for ps4 500gb hdd or a 1TB hdd is what i think will happen