"Given the disruption brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, we will not be presenting an online E3 2020 event in June."
Sony has launched a BAFTA Game Awards 2024 section on the PlayStation Store that lists the different games nominated this year.
Hanzla from eXputer inquires: "If Xbox can care about preserving its games and legacy, what exactly is wrong with Nintendo, trying to kill game preservation single-handedly?"
Ahh yes the good old game preservation of saving all your games to a removable hhd on the Xbox 360, taking it round your mates house, setting up multiple tvs to
Be met with “save data corrupted, please re download”
Or how about removing 360 games
From the store
, download them now or else, and, better hope to god that save data doesn’t corrupt, or it’s lost for ever
Nice one ☝️
This is just a scammy PR move to distract from the fact they are going digital only and trying to push streaming and subscriptions only.
No gaming company has pushed harder to remove ownership than Microsoft.
Without discs there is no preservation, preservation can't be done by the rights holders it can only be done by the consumers, anything else is a lie.
Nobody wants this. Sales or the lack of it in the case of XBOX is very telling. I wonder how the adorably all digital series X will fare. Adorably dismal perhaps?
Only time will tell, but for from someone like me suspecting that Xbox is trying to gracefully exit the console market, that "forward compatibility" team is trying to get Xbox games playing on Windows PCs. I mean, it's nice that they're not planning on exiting with a "enjoy your games while the hardware still works" message, so that's nice. They still have a brand to protect via Microsoft so probably feel obligated to have a better exit strategy.
The Epic Games Store has another freebie ready for your library and it is a free runner.
Fine with me. It means developers can save money for their game creation than spend it on a show. Present their games in the best light possible by prerecorded video if necessary. Even announce and pair off together to present their upcoming games.
But the one I was waiting for wasn't going anyway. Decreasing E3's significance in the internet age like game magazines. Of which I used to love reading. Times change though for some things. Especially now with a deadly virus running amok.
E3 is dying out because big companies like Sony and Microsoft realized they can just release information on their own without having to pay premium to some organizer.
Well that was obvious.
I don't know why Sony, ms and nintendo and the devs pubs don't just get together and do a wkd youtube gaming event around the E3 dates and choose the usual time slots they normally pick for E3.
Its a win win and shows togetherness of the gaming community?
Microsoft and a lot more are doing their own so it all good.