Loot Ninja writes:
"We’re all multi-console gamers here at Loot Ninja with most of our gaming time spent online. The two big players, Microsoft and Sony, have both evolved their online status steadily from their respective launches, but both have some things that could change to enhance the experience for gamers. In this installment, we’ll be covering the Top 5 changes needed on the PlayStation Network to make it a better system for everyone."
For Southeast Asia, new price changes.
Prices effective starting May 1st, 2026.
Replies(1)Looks like PlayStation took a hit with Marathon and is now quietly adjusting prices worldwide to recover the losses
Lets be honest raising prices doesn't do that when no one's buying it. I imagine the profit it greater selling 10 times more at a lower price
LMFAO Your comment alone says a lot more about you than anything else. When has one game not selling 10 million copies made a company raise the prices of their console? Then Xbox would be costing $5000 by now lol. You remind of the crazy drug addicts on the street rambling on about conspiracies. xD You sure you don't need a hug, buddy?
One game that Sony payed $200 million for. lol
Also, you sure were quick to get triggered. Maybe your the one who needs a hug?
If nothing else, we should be united against the real issue here. AI and unnecessary tariffs that are effecting all gamers.
The price increases are due to the RAM demand associated with AI and the US-Iran war. You can look to any business news website and local news to see that. Heck, even the 2026 Asus Zenbook Duo I've been eyeing has faced delays and has had a price increase of $400; that laptop has two specs. Asus is doing a staggered release with per-orders for the lower spec now and shipping in May and pre-orders for the higher spec that I'm eyeing starting in June. Basically, all computer manufactures are affected. It'll most likely start affecting smart phones too if it hasn't already. I can't remember the last time any major console maker (Nintendo, Sony, Sega, etc) increased the price of their console mid cycle outside of Microsoft just to make more profit.
War is causing gas prices to rise. Transport of everything requires gas so the prices of those items go up as well. So it does have an impact
The blockage of the Straight of Hormuz due to the US-Iran war has affected raw components used in semi-conductor manufacturing such as bromine, aluminum, and helium. Iran had attacked the liquified natural gas (LNG) plant in Qatar which is a large producer (1/3 globally) of helium which is used in semiconductor etching. So it's the both the war and the RAM crises.
Former Xbox executive Ed Fries comments on the early days of Xbox, the opinion of Japanese game companies, and more.
Replies(2)I dont think that'll ever happen. But i must say back in the day, they were definitely trying because they were more cash rich than their competitors.
I think MS were and still are the richer company. They tried to acquire Sega back in the day (and considered doing so again more recently), they obviously bought exclusivity to Halo which was originally shown as a Mac title. I don’t think as a company MS can claim the moral high ground here. It’s a wilful lack of self awareness.
Of course Sony would try exactly the same if they had the resources, but when the PS2 dominated the industry was in a much healthier place with an abundance of great third parties.
This has been a depressing generation as far as first party decisions are concerned. The fact we are debating business plans rather than which game is better is a sad reflection of the state of things.
There was Nintendo as well, Sony wouldn't have had a monopoly. In fact, the world would be better today if Xbox never existed in the first place. They pretty much brought all bad practices we have today. We might have gotten all of it either way, but not this early. In term of franchises, I don't think there is anything Microsoft released that would actually be missed if it didn't exist. Even Halo the world wouldn't notice if Halo didn't exist.
I think almost everyone will agree that a monopoly is not good for the industry. But that being said, the competition needs to be smart and strategic with their business. Simply buying up publishers and traditional third-party studios just to keep them out of the other companies reach is not a sustainable practice. That goes for all parties so don't think I'm just referring to Xbox.
I'm no business guru by any stretch of the imagination but I firmly believe that the best way to drive consumers to your software and hardware is to invest smart in your first-party studios. Give them full support and guidance in making unique, fun games that are only available to play in your ecosystem and the gamers will come.
But first party studios aren't enough. They only make up a small portion of the industry. Without 3rd party there would be no industry for Microsoft or sony.Developing games take time and money and sometimes you gotta make moves to stay competitive.
Nah, I never said first-party was enough. I said it’s the ‘best way’ to drive gamers to your platform. 3rd-party is a free-for-all and there’s no guarantee that gamers will use your hardware to play the game. If you want to push your own software and/or hardware you need first-party, or at least exclusive deals with third-party studios.
Then why be so emotional and continue to talk about it. Xbox will never die be ause it stays in so many people's head.
How can you even see him being "emotional" in that comment?
If anything, you're the emotional one, constantly trying to go at anyone that says anything against Microsoft. So when you call him emotional, it comes off as deflection
Replies(2)Sony uploaded gameplay footage of Crimson Desert on a base PS5 running in what appears to be Quality Mode at a stable 30fps at 4K.
2 and 4 deffo
...is a unified party system, but that probably won't come until the PS4 when it'll be made mandatory. Cross game chat will probably be implemented into every game also for PS4. I'm not getting my hopes up for either feature until the PS4 drops, which should be a couple years away.
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Edit: I completely agree with you, man. I'm not hoping for Cross Game Chat. I just figure that with the number of people asking for it, eventually Sony will give in and the PS4 would be the perfect time to do it and make it work with EVERY game. A party system is something I DO hope comes out before the PS4 drops (but is still made standard with EVERY game on the PS4 also).
They missed multitasking. Its been four years and I still can't log on to the PS Store or Internet Browser while in game. Also, I still can't download demos while in-game. Don't understand why Sony hasn't done anything about it. There have been thousands of comments on Playstation.com forums about this.
"Cross game party chat breaks games that rely on strategy and teamwork.
I couldn't imagine playing mag and not talking to the other people playing mag."
Thats irrelavent. Its the PLAYER'S choice(not yours) if he wants to talk to another person or not. If you don't like people who use X-game chat while playing team based games..then simply don't play with them. Just because you don't like X-game chat, doesn't mean you have to ruin it for everyone else.
Edit: 4 disagrees. WOW...the people here aren't even real PS3 fans. There just children that need something to defend all day long because they don't have lives. If you people were REAL PS3 fans, you'd be thinking of ways to improve PSN rather than pretend its PERFECT.
@MeatPopsicle- Wait lol..hold on, let me get this straight. Your saying that ANYONE who wants X-game chat for PSN is a Xbox fanboy? Bro..people like you aren't even worth it. Whats wrong with wanting to see improvements to PSN? If it were up to people like YOU...Sony would never have any firmware updates because according to the fanboys on N4G...PSN is FLAWLESS. Wow..just wow.
@DragonKnight- So I'm trolling because I want to see PSN improve? LMAO. And tax the OS? The PS3 is the MOST powerful console this gen and your saying that logging into the PS Store while in game is too much to ask? If anyone here is trolling..its you.
"Cross Game Chat "
LOL - Xbox fanboys are still desperately trying to hype this silly little feature to try to justify their crappy 60 dollar a year laggy P2P online service.
"Multiple account sign-in capabilities on a system-wide level"
Meh.
"Automatic installs for downloads and revamped Download Queue"
Meh.
"More integration of all services including the web"
Meh.
"Trophies should automatically sync and be more streamlined"
Meh.
Don't waste anyone times trying to hype your console's online service until it can get the two most basic things right:
1. Free online play for everyone
2. Standard dedicated servers for all online games for lagfree gaming
I don't think any of that is going to happen, Sony has had more then enough time to do it, overall its a very simple thing to do. They just seem to have no drive to do it and it does not help that many PS3 owners always say PSN is perfect and brag how it is free. There is a long list of things they could do but simple things like moving the battery Icon took them forever to do. Only decent thing we ever got was the In game XMB ( Which is very impractical to have the hole thing in there.) and trophy's, since then we not got one update that was for games, it has all been media updates like 3D, Photo Galleries and what not.