Michael Denny, VP of Sony Computer Entertainment of Worldwide Studio [Europe], declares that digital distribution is the future of both the industry and of PlayStation platforms--and yes, that means lots of paid downloadable content.
Sony's online ambitions are enormous. Xbox Live is the more established player in the online console arena, but if Sony can manage to successfully pull off its own online initiatives, Xbox Live will have a formidable competitor on its hands.
Prior to his keynote at next week's London Games Summit, Denny clues us in on the focus of his presentation, including Sony's plans for user-generated content, why good graphics matter and how downloadable content and continued monetization of consumers post-launch is key for success in the next generation.
K-Pop Academy is an upcoming pop star management simulator from the game studio that brought you Tsuki’s Odyssey and Campfire Cat Café.
Salman from Tech4Gamers writes "Mortal Kombat 9 revived the series from a low point after bringing it back to 2D combat. It marked a new high-point for the franchise due to its incredible roster, exciting cinematic story mode, and high-octane combat."
Shaolin Monks is a forgotten gem. I would love to see a new one, or a remake of the old.
That game was actually goated. It was the first time ever that I actually tried to get good at a fighting game. Unfortunately the online connection was so dogshit it made it hard to enjoy and eventually I gave up. Haven't really played much fighting games since.
The new unit comprises over 500 developers representing the entire World of Warcraft development team.
I used to be anti-union, it kills productivity, investment and turns product mediocre. Their games suck anyways though so what was lost? Might as well get their people paid until they are dissolved.
Unions are necessary regardless of how you feel. You know how fked the working class would be without them. As if we're not already.
No they aren’t, regardless of how you feel. Unions make zero sense for skill based labor. They are for people who press a button every 10 seconds on an assembly line. “working class” is a made up term. I don’t care about corporations or developers, I just want good games lol. Killing your incentives to appease the lowest common denominator doesn’t lead to great games imo
I wasn’t trying to be offensive if I came off that way. The Union is an old mentality and I can see their usefulness but also the danger. We’re in the age of AI and robots and skill based labor. Unions can be dangerous these days. You could replace your entire workforce in one move. Checkmate. Look to the kiosk replacing workers in the 20 dollar minimum wage era.
Well run businesses don’t need unions. If you need a Union that business won’t survive anyway. Unless it’s propped up by the government with corporate welfare (which is the real issue). If you’re not going to spend some on your workers (Amazon, Google) then your welfare is cut off. No tax breaks. All you put together don’t match their wealth and resources, the union is a traditional memory at this point and counterproductive with this new enemy we face. They need a flying elbow from the top ropes. And by “working class is a made up term” I just mean we’re not a class system and even CEO Bobby Kotick puts in a days work lol. Or did.. It’s just a vague term that doesn’t mean anything no offense lol. People say “middle class” but that can change quick right? Up or down. That’s not a “class system”.
And I thought Peter Moore looked G@Y, this guy needs to stay away from a camera.
Constantly Burns Sony and PS3. Examples:
at E3 he said "Some guys do rubber ducks, some guys do tatoos" (referreing to how Sony used rubber ducks for their PS3 demonstrations at E3
And just this past Wednesday at X06, he said "Thats 5 days, not 5 months after the US Launch" (talking about how Gears of War will be available in Europe just 5 days after the US release.)
Also at X06 he said,"...amazing graphics system, and over 300 cars, on disc......."
(referring to how GT HD, where you have to buy all your cars and tracks and then save them to your HDD, making no use of the disc.)
And what has Barbie Ken shown besides crap, and what has he talked about besides crap. At least Peter Moore talks about 360 stuff we want to hear, and not crap from Sony, that we dont want to hear.
I would like to say that Sony it's copying microsoft, but that would be bull. Instead they are just stating the obvious and what bill games and Microsoft being saying since XBox 1.
I can't wait to see Sony's implementation of the future(Digital Download).
i highly doubt sony could come close to live. MS has had alot of time and feed back to really mature the product and offer some awsome features (demos rock, save me money from buying bad games or get me excited about games i might have never looked at)
um. i think they need to create an online service and actually tell the developers about it before they get all excited!
lol
it sounds like sony's focus for the future online service is as a money-making download system for games. they don't give a sh1t about you playing online against each other. they just want a easy, fast way to take more money from sony fanboys. fu(k fun, make sure there are MICRO-TRANSACTIONS!! nice sony!
look at their plans for GTHD!! they are going to suck every last dollar from PS3 fanboys just to be able to own the game!
this is so lame. damn sony, its like 6 weeks to launch and no standard online service or final specs!!?!
I'll be enjoying virtua tennis and THP8 online on my 360, shame about the PS3 versions...