At E3 earlier this month, Microsoft and Sony both coughed up a lot of long-awaited information about the new consoles they want us to buy this Christmas. Sony was roundly declared the winner of this pre-release skirmish, making all the right noises about intellectual property, panopticonnectivity, and perhaps most importantly, price.
Game consoles are not inexpensive, and the PS4 undercuts the Xbox One by a significant $100. They also undercut the $599, top-end release price of the PlayStation 3 by $200, showing a bit more price sensitivity this time around. Of course, those were 2006 dollars, which makes Sony's real price reduction for the PS4 even steeper.
A new patent recently published by Sony wants to gather biometric data of gamers to track whether one is being harassed using AI tools.
I hope this is one of those patents that never comes to fruition.
I already dislike the fact you can pay a significant amount for a online service buy associated games and content on said service and get banned from that service over potentially a misunderstanding the bans are already handed out for flimsy reasons
I'd rather see money invested in a ban that simply removes the offensive players ability to communicate with unknown players allow them to continue party chats with friends but not with Joe blow on cod.
Take my social security and bank account numbers too! Here’s a picture of my wife and our address.
At this rate I feel Sony will eventually sell a room to play games in it where they can monitor your every breath
I want them to censor erotic content by measuring my groin temperature so i dont get too distracted while playing black ops 2.
Terrible idea. Not only do I not consent to providing my biometric data, the potential for mishandling biometric data is almost a certainty. Positive stress and negative stress can produce similar changes in biometrics. Interpreting the precise emotion a person is feeling is not only invasive but could be easily misconstrued. I hope this never comes to fruition.
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
I don't think people think they're too expensive. It's clear they're less expensive than last gen at least
If the Neo Geo was released today it would cost over a thousand dollars.
The NES would cost four hundred dollars.
The 2600 would cost almost eight hundred bucks.
Not only were they not overpriced but a great value.
My PS2 was more expensive than the PS4.
500 dollars then you are..............well I will keep this polite, you are misinformed. Consoles cost a hell of a lot to develop and manufacture and compared to let's say an iPad they are great value for money. Unlike the iPad that will have a new model next year the console is built to last 5 years plus (hears rrod being whispered into his ear) they are cheap for what you get in my opinion.
I wish they cost a lot more, so that they could include more future-proof hardware.