The FTC investigation of YouTubers TmarTn and ProSyndicate regarding the CSGO Lotto site might have concluded , but don't expect any severe punishment.
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
Although I agree with the suit, 8 billion is a reach. I still prefer physical so I got no horse in the race
Every digital marketplace does the same... even Apple does it... so I don't see this going anywhere.
IDK what to think of this. Thing is I've seen games on sale on PSN and Steam and they're almost always cheaper on Steam, but idk the pricing on Xbox. This is just to fill their own pockets with money so honestly I hope they lose cause they aren't siding with consumers, just money.
Where can I buy PlayStation Digital games? Only on PlayStation Store
Where can I buy Xbox and Steam digital games? Cdkeys, Game, Argos, Amazon etc...
There's your answer. If Sony is going to do digital only console they have a Monopoly on their 3rd party Digital games.
Except you CAN buy PSN games on CDKeys and G2A. Sure the selection isn't huge, but there's your other option. Also games are available on other platforms and you aren't forced to buy a PlayStation. A monopoly would mean there aren't alternatives, which there's 5 other platforms you can game on without ever needing a PlayStation device.
The american justice system everybody