"Well, this was supposed to be it: the fabled “Year of the PS3”, where Sony closed the gap between its console and the Xbox. Since the launch of the PS3, Sony has been playing catch up and trying to keep up with the Microsoft."- Shanghai Six
Genuine Enabling Technology was seeking damages, claiming the tech allowing PlayStation consoles and controllers to communicate infringes its rights.
Sounds like patent trolling they tried the same thing against Nintendo with the same pattern.
Motion and control input traversing over higher and lower frequencies seperate from each other allowing the controller to do both
So to recoup the money Genuine is going to take on Nintendo or Microsoft next. I hate patent lawyers they are some of the worst bottom feeders out there.
Sea of Thieves is the first Rare-developed game to launch for a PlayStation console, and Sony was heavily involved in helping the studio bring the swashbuckling pirate romp to its flagship console.
Out of curiosity could any of these ms games going to ps5 have been leaked by Sony themselves? Not Sony but someone at Sony
sony isn't about to let some console wars get in the way of trying to make microsoft become a third party dev by showing them that they make more money with them than without them. of course with that in mind they'd help them. it's also doubly so because microsoft are bringing what is considered a popular game over that can also make sony money
Nice.
Still don't want it though.
Tell me Killer Instinct is coming to PS5 and then we'll talk.
"All signs point to the hardware becoming less and less important to Microsoft."
Less innovation and competition. People act like if MS went away life would be better but it would just mean you have one less choice as to where to spend your money. If Sony became the defacto home console provider and Nintendo the handheld, then these companies could limit what you get and you would ultimately have very little choice but to support them if you want to play games.
I was a video that suggested that Steam could potentially get into the console market if Xbox ceases to exist. They already had the Steam Machine(?), and they have the Steam Deck for the portable market. I’m not in the pc space at all so I wouldn’t know if that would be a realistic statement.
No Xbox future I am going to guess Microsoft will go down the path Sega choose and be a publisher/game developer with their in house studios. Or sell off their in house studios and just go back to making os for PC's. I highly doubt the second part. Microsoft like any company wants to make money. So if Microsoft did say pull the plug on Xbox I see them going down the path Sega went. And utilize Xbox as a brand and not just as a console. I can see the name of XBox being mainly a brand after that. And maybe with the game you see published by or developed by Xbox studios.
It will still be remembered as the year of PS3 but not for teh right reasons.
from article:
"attempted to mimic Microsoft’s online network, Xbox Live, with Playstation Plus"
Wrong, wrong, wrong.
PSN is mimic of Live? yes
PS+ is mimic of Live? no
PS+ is a discount club, with a couple of other features thrown in.
Yup, PS3 is in trouble. They're talking May 31st for the relaunch.
yep, sony was handed this year on a silver platter but this outage has allowed gamers to look at what the competition is offering. sucks for Sony, but hey PSN users did not ask for a month of downtime.
People are willing wait for a service to come back up, but when three weeks has gone by dont be shocked at all the gamers backlash.
another thing, online gaming on the PS3 is not free regardless of what some talking heads want you to believe. The cost of PSN is built into the console itself, therefore gamers have a right a bitch when something they pay for doesnt work.
The Psn outage is unfortunate but the 'Year of better games than the previous year' can and will continue.