The current game consoles are getting a bit long in the tooth, but signs point to late 2013 as the earliest that a replacement for either the PlayStation or Xbox consoles to come online. But then interesting something happened this past week, which could change the way that console makers think about their hardware and software service: Sony bought cloud gaming company GaiKai for $380 million.
Digital intelligence and analytics firm Sensor Tower has released its State of Gaming 2026 report, revealing flat growth in mobile game revenue, double-digit growth for PC and console gaming, and another record year for PC, with more games sold on Steam than ever before.
Kotaku writes: "A Resident Evil Requiem review published by long-standing UK gaming news site Videogamer has been removed from Metacritic after readers pointed out it was written by a fake AI journalist who doesn’t actually exist. Videogamer‘s human masthead was gutted last week, sources tell Kotaku, and the site has been publishing apparent genAI slop ever since."
Genuinely well done on metacritic for taking such an immediate hard stance. Not often, if at all, you see that these days. Credit where it’s due.
This is really sad on so many levels. Not least of all the fact that all the human lost their jobs to a language model. Can we block all content coming from Videogamer site. Can we make a rule that content sumitted to N4G must be greated by a human being.
I'm gonna report every Videogamer article I see on N4G from now on so just putting it out there.
Isnt videogamer one of the N4G owner run sites?
Seems to fit their MO to cut corners and push cheap dribble.
It is amazing but I'm starting to slightly miss the moron gaming press we had in the 2010s because at least they were human.
Game and advertising companies have been told to 'get their houses in order' and be more transparent about the presence of loot boxes in mobile titles.
With the PS3 and Gaikai at the centre of cloud gaming, I very much doubt that cloud gaming will kill Sony's next gen console. It needs to start as soon as possible though. If Sony want to offer Gaikai as a serious alternative for people with decent broadband they have to get people on board immediately. Even if it's just allowing the Vita and PS3 to stream Gaikai demos (as they already do on Facebook). It would also be a wise move for Sony to allow people to sample PS3 exclusive through Facebook too. That way more people can get an idea of what Sony has to offer. An obvious move would be to allow Vita and PS3 to stream PS1 and PS2 games (which HAS been rumoured, but still remains a rumour)
These are the steps that Sony should take immediately. when the PS4 hits, then they can start broadening the choice with PC games, PS3 games, PS4 demos and more. But like I said, Sony can't rest on their laurels with this, they HAVE to act NOW
There is an interesting debate to be had on whether this could hinder or help PC gaming, because clearly PC games will now also be available to consoles. Does that mean that people will play PC games on consoles and less on PCs, or does it mean that, because consoles can play PC games, more PC games will be made, consequently helping PC sales? It cuts both ways and it's going to be interesting to see which way the wind blows
Even Nintendo has their hands in cloud-like services (Google: IGware). Smart Phones, Androids, and tablets devices, are upgraded annually, so trying to build a handheld or gaming console so they won't seem dated in 5 years time (by console and handheld gaming standards), is pretty difficult in this day and age.
Cloud gaming will only eliminate the companies who choose to take their user base for granted.