The field's set to go on fire as Sony's PlayStation Network is gearing up to go head to head with Microsoft's Xbox Live. Right now XBL has the upper hand, featuring online gaming as well as downloadable videos and movies, but Sony is preparing to take out the proverbial ace up its sleeve. Jack Tretton, SCEA President and CEO, recently discussed future plans for the PSN.
While he won't comment on the specifics, he does give a general idea of Sony's plans for the PSN. For one thing, it'll directly challenge XBL by not implementing a monthly fee for its services:
"We're very committed to online gaming and downloadable content via the PlayStation Network, but we're going about it in a very unique way in that we're not charging a monthly fee."
"Back in the innocent days of 2010, A World of Keflings was a fairly popular successor to A Kingdom for Keflings. I even wrote about it a few times in 2012! But the world of humans moved on, and NinjaBee's city-building/adventure game was last seen on the ill-fated Wii U in 2014. Fast-forward to the dark year of 2025, and not only is A World of Keflings coming to Steam, but there's already a playable demo! Perhaps the cheerful, no pressure gameplay that the Keflings bring is just what we need nowadays," says Co-Optimus.
It's been officially over 2,500 days since The Elder Scrolls 6 was revealed, and fans are still waiting for more than a logo and a mountain range.
It will come out in another 1000-2000 days or so. I’d rather they remake Morrowind. After they added quest arrows, sprint button, making stats lesser and the big nerfs to spells Elder Scrolls has been too simplified. They could change that with ES6 but I don’t have much faith in modern Bethesda. I would love to be wrong
Xbox Game Studios' Halo: Combat Evolved Remake is reportedly planned to release in late 2026 to celebrate 25 years of Xbox.
No official update on anything?
They replaced studio leadership
They changed the studio name
They announced the change to UE5
... all while supporting Infinite
The support to Infinite isn't what it originally should have been but they've still been providing tons of official updates over the years, and as recently as two months ago added a brand new weapon.
I think remaking Halo Combat Evolved, and going to 2 and 3 again, will help give the studio an idea of how to make a Halo game feel like Halo again
Infinite did feel like Halo, that's not what the complaints were...
The complaints were almost literally everything else. Monetization, netcode and desync, the campaign structure, story, and single biome, the weaker-than-expected post-launch content.
Dev times in modern days 4 years of silence isn't unheard of when things are running smoothly.
And around 6 months ago 343 did show a tech demo of ue5 using halo assets so it's not radio silence.
Given all the shake ups i am more surprised we're getting anything next year at all.
They coulda started with Halo 3 remake ... I know Halo CE remaster was not proper with the art style but still, remaking after a remaster seems dull, when Halo 3 and Reach have started to show some age.
Yeah I hate they used Halo reach artstyle. Hope this remake feel authentic yet fresh
Probably the simplest to work around with. They are reportedly doing it in UE5, so its just as much an Anniversary thing, as its probably the studio getting familiar and setting up their tools and processes in the engine with an actual game, to facilitate the development of the next Halo
I'm guessing combat evolved has a smaller scope in general the later half of the game features a ton of backtracking and reused assets making it a easier game to remake on a deadline
Its also a better choice if this is the first game to be multiplatform mind you I think it's pretty much a given that anyone with a passing curiosity has played this by now in some way be it pc or brought a used console for a few bucks
I would love to see Lost Odyssey come over to PS5. I would definitely buy that again. That was the first game that I played on my 360. Loved the story and battle system. One of the best JRPGs of all time in my opinion.
some more Sony lies this time around. Though, I do hope they crank it up a level and give XBL a damn good thrashing to keep the competition healthy and online gaming cheaper and better..
The thing I've always thought when it comes to the online side, is that paying for it, pretty much guarantees a good service. Like the old saying "nothing good comes free". This was certainly the case with the PS2 online service, which even the most ardent Sony fan would not defend. It was piss poor, but free. Now Sony are trying to redress the balance by throwing the PS3 online service into the mix. But the thing is, if it degrades and is found to be lacking in comparison to XBL, what recompense can a Sony player ask? It's free!
If XBL started to suck, the company would see lawsuits, of that I have no doubt. And before anyone states no one can sue a console developer, Sony had to pay out a lawsuit in the previous generation, the first of it's kind.
I simply think that if it's free, Sony can make it as poor as they want. By charging, MS have to make it of a high standard. And thus far, they have. Thats how I justify paying for it every year.
PSN RIGHT NOW:
-Better, original psn games that take advantage of the console hardware
-PSone games
-Up to 32 player games with NO lag
-Demos
-Game item downloads
-Trailers
-Voice chat
-FULL size retail games available on PSN
PSN UPCOMING:
-Home
-Home Game Integration (Like Gran Turismo 5 provides)
-Movies
-Music
-TV shows
-Achievements
-User generated content (LittleBigPlanet)
-Probably gonna work on unified friends list
AND ALL FOR FREE
Since Xbox Live uses peer to peer networking, you get lag in games. And none of the big name titles on 360 are doing 32 player online (Yet another similarity of Halo 3 to its predecesor).
PSN, while free, has a SOLID online game experience. Little to no lag, up to 32 players, updates....
I'd like to see why people think paying $50 for Xbox Live is good value for money in the coming months. Considering it will offer less than PSN.
Xbox gamers should thank sony, maybe one day MS will make Xbox Live free (and none of that silver membership crap). Because they'll start realising you'll get absolutley no value for money compared to psn. But MS will just take your money while they still can. That's the microsoft way
Who really cares, the ps3 is a flop. The best online service will continue to be Live.
the pos3 is a flop it was delayed and has no exclusives and is to expensive also the psn is sh**
things for free are always crap the most expensive thins are the best things around.