Overall, it was a pretty interesting E3 but for a PC gamer one company stood out from the rest by embracing it's own path.
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.
Agreed. Blizzard recently banned a college Overwatch 2 player who's dependent for saying "shit." Pretty harsh.
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
As part of its plans to cut 1,900 jobs, Microsoft has reportedly shut down operations at Bethesda France, letting go roughly 15 people
They can form a company if they want, they are just as jobless as if "Microsoft had left them as 3rd party".
"MIcrosoft leaves Bethesda do what they know how to do best" ... close! Oh the irony ....
(Citation from a week old article)
I think Microsoft and other game publishers are letting people go because they think ai will replace them. Doesn’t matter how much profit they make. They were always going to be let go.
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
that's a shame for you to say that, i'm sure Elite loves hearing what you just said.
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
It's France too, there's a high likelihood only 1-2 people on the team even had an Xbox.
Tbh Microsoft I think Bethesda being 3rd party same with Activision would probably more competitive than thus scenario imo
I think it would have been better for all parties really especially gamers
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'm a PC gamer but even if I wasn't I still think they won and I don't even own a Wii U/3DS. Treehouse Live was great! I hope Sony/MS take note for next year.
You know, I still don't agree that Nintendo won the show. But they put up one heck of a spectacle and I doubt anyone saw it coming. Maybe in that sense, all the attention they drew to themselves won them E3, and I'm truly excited to see what more they show in the coming months. One thing's for sure, Wii U looks a LOT more valuable now in the eyes of a lot of people it seems.
The thing about this E3 by Nintendo was the fact that it never ended for people who WEREN'T able to go to LA. That's why I really loved what they did. For some of the others, there was one press conference and then - that's it. That's all that their fans get this E3.
For me, I had an entire week where I could go on Twitch at (almost) any time and see some fresh, live gameplay from newly announced games. Combine that with the fact that they kind of had a press conference with the tournament AND the Best Buy promotion (which I did attend and got to play the new Smash Bros.), and this E3 was really about the gamers both near and far. I really appreciate it, Nintendo!
That moment when people think companies "win" trade shows...
The Treehouse Twitch chat was still one of the highlights for me. #exactly