by Sean Hollister of CNET
"The texture of her face. The detail in the moss. The birds, flying distantly in the background.
It was as if a pair of dirty goggles had been lifted from my eyes. I could see them now. The only difference: the game was running on a $400 PlayStation 4 Pro, instead of the regular $300 PlayStation 4 game console.
Why would anyone pay $100 more to play the same games? That's a question I asked, too. (In case you're not aware, the PlayStation 4 Pro won't have any new, exclusive titles.) "
Microsoft just posted the third quarter of its 2024 fiscal financial results. The software maker made $61.9 billion in revenue and a net income of $21.9 billion during Q3. Revenue is up 17 percent, and net income has increased by 20 percent.
Xbox content + services up 62% while hardware down 31%... seems about right with the way they tout you don't need the hardware to play. People can play on their phones or smart tv or other means. I don't hardly play on my consoles directly since getting devices like the logitech g-cloud and ps portal. Which is to also say I have been playing more digital than physical because of these devices.
Too expensive hardware when others offer the same or more for less? Good work, Green Team.
"Despite some early successes for Xbox games on rival platforms, Xbox hardware is down by a massive 31 percent this quarter."
"Without Activision Blizzard, Microsoft’s overall gaming revenue would have actually declined this quarter."
"Xbox content and services would have only been up a single percent without Activision Blizzard..."
"It looks like next quarter is going to be a similar story for gaming at Microsoft, too."
That is crazy... so A/B/K is carrying the whole Xbox gaming.
Oh and Microsoft will be fine. Windows, Office and Cloud are growing with each pc purchase.
PSLS writes: I have traveled across the country using the Razer Kishi Ultra in airports and hotels for both PlayStation Remote Play and mobile gaming in general, and I am thoroughly impressed.
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.
" ..with a $400 game console, some of those games did something even my $1,000+ PC still struggles to do: run beautifully on a 4K television"
"..seeing what I've seen, I can only tell you how I felt: when I walked out of my briefing, I wanted a PS4 Pro"
like PSVR, PS4Pro needed hands on time to truly appreciate it, and like PSVR reception is fantastic.
Sony will have plenty of alone time with gamers to communicate both pieces of hardware, Microsoft and Nintendo both got scared and are leaving the holiday slot all open for Sony, it will take both MS and Nintendo several years to even start to recover from this big mistake.
Got mine today in the UK online from www.very.co.uk and took advantage of their 10% off your first order. So i got it for 318 pounds with delivery instead of 352 and i pay for it completely interest free within 3 separate monthly payments spreading the cost. I'm really looking forward to seeing the boost in clarity and graphical fidelity to 4k chequer board on my tv.
I think this offer ends 31st October. That's a 34 pounds saving and is nearly enough to purchase a new retail game.
Got to play Zero Dawn on the pro and its amazing! cant wait~
It really is a nice system.