Have you ever watched movies on Netflix and wished there was a similar streaming service available for playing games as well? GameFly aims to make this wish a reality
Thursday, The Game Awards streams live! Tune in for a night of awards, new game announcements, musical performances and so much more. Geoff Keighley hosts live from Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.
how much money are they wasting doing it live? They should just tape it and it would have way less security issues as well.
The VGChartz sales comparison series of articles are updated monthly and each one focuses on a different sales comparison using our estimated video game hardware figures. The charts include comparisons between the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch, as well as with older platforms. There are articles based on our worldwide estimates, as well as the US, Europe, and Japan.
This monthly series compares the aligned worldwide sales of the PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 3.
"In the last 12 months, the PS5 has grown its lead over the PS3 by 8.97 million units. The PlayStation 5 is currently ahead by 18.37 million units."
That's a lot of PS5's. :)
This was a good one. Hope there is something big shown. Thats what I watch the thing for.
Sony getting slapped with a hefty $7.9 billion lawsuit is probably not the win the gaming community thinks it is.
Half of the people will buy games from the ps store again anyway so they will get some of it back anyways
Just because a court doesn't dismiss a case from the outset for having zero merit, doesn't mean there is a likelihood of ultimate success.
The heart of the matter lies in Sony’s alleged monopolistic control over the sale of digital games and add-on content through the PlayStation Store. The claim asserts that Sony’s stringent terms and conditions imposed on game developers and publishers, along with a hefty 30% commission on each purchase, have led to excessive prices for consumers
Greedy and evil sony and sonys pro-microtransfer fanbase is hurting the gaming community, shame on sony and playstation for milking players and their parents!
@Upvote:” The claim asserts that Sony’s stringent terms and conditions imposed on game developers and publishers, along with a hefty 30% commission on each purchase, have led to excessive prices for consumers”
It’s a well known fact for years that ALL DIGITAL STORES prey on game developers for the same 30% fees on each purchase.
Microsoft,Nintendo,Sony,Valve ,Google,Apple of the top of my mind does the 30% fees on purchases on their store.
Is this excessive? Yes
Is this predatory? Yes
Is this greed at its finest? Yes
Is it fair to single out one store over all others? NO
I hear you but lawyers always have a strategy. Sony is a much easier target than an Apple or Google. If the lawsuit wins, then you set a precedence to take on the bigger guys.
Excessive and predatory would be defined by the parties using the platform to sell. 30% for access can't be excessive if they are willing to pay for that access. They are profiting from the access or they would not be using the platform.
Greed. Greed is good. Especially if you hold, in this case, Sony stock.Keep in mind average people hold common stock, and in order to recive dividends (prefered stock has priority), they want companies to be greedy and maxamize that profit. It's the difference between holding stock and hoping to sell high later, and getting paid to hold stock.
The bigger problem is they need to prove how this effects the consumer. Since Epic only takes an 8-10% fee but the prices on Epic vs Steam are the same, how can they prove a lower cut would benefit the consumer at all
Where is this only Sony is being singled out nonsense coming from?
Epic games have taken both Google and Apple to court for the same reason and they said the only reason they didn't include the console makers is because at the time they believed game consoles were being sold at a loss (That reason may no longer be true today).
The case against Apple was already settled with Apple winning, however, they had to remove their anti-steering rules. I believe this made it possible for Xcloud to be available on IOS.
https://www.theverge.com/20...
The case against Google is still ongoing
https://www.reuters.com/leg...
Wolfire Games has also taken Valve to court and just last week the court ordered Gabe Newel to show up in person.
https://www.pcgamer.com/cou...
@1Victor I don’t think the fee is necessarily the issue , from what I’ve been reading it’s the fact developers don’t have the option to avoid the fees on PSN like you can with the others. I seen Google and Apple was sued by Epic already and I think the eventually somebody will sue to get the 30% lowered
Everyone charges the same fee as 1Victor said, don't know why Sony got singled out.
@Plague-Doctor27
I really wonder, Epic takes a smaller cut, but the games are more expensive than Steam in my country, just why? It should be equal or cheaper.
Although I agree with the suit, 8 billion is a reach. I still prefer physical so I got no horse in the race
Gamefly and similar services are far too expensive to really be worth it. Looked into it a while back and couldn't justify the price considering what you get and the limitations.
Its a good service depending how you are with games. Being an ex-subscriber, I received an email on a $1 offer for 2 games our for a month which was awesome. Its great for playing games you arent too sure about buying or just want to play the singleplayer. What I really dont like is that the wait for a game being sent out and the shipments can take awhile which take up your days but of course thats expected of a service like this.
Gamefly is overall a great service in my opinion. I get my games relatively quick and they usually have what I want in stock. As a long time member (off and on) I figured out how to get games a day or two after they launch.
If you put a game in your Q at #1 that you really want before it comes out and you have an open rental spot, you can pretty much get that game every time.
Lately I've gotten Nier: Automata, Mass Effect: Andromeda, Yakuza 0 and Gravity Rush 2 all within a few days of their release.
I'd much rather rent a game I'm unsure about before I buy, been doing this since the late '80's and it's saved me tons of money over the years.
Was a member off and on since 2009. Overall, the service is great, but it has limitations. For me, if they shipped a game on Monday, I wouldn't see it until Thursday. Sometimes there was issues and it would take longer. If you don't have an open Q for new release games, you won't see that game for a while. It also, changed the way I approached games. I found myself always rushing games to beat them. This way I could return it for another asap. Now a days I only have limited time to game, so I discontinued the service. What I'm doing now, is waiting for sales on games and then buying them.
I like gamefly , haven't given thier streaming a try yet . Only issue I have is they closed the distribution center in my area so now the wait is longer than before . Aside from that it's very cool.