Actually raytraceme it's probably more likely guys like you. I just have enough sense to know that the companies have to be supported in order to survive. I'm not sure what world you and many others, live in where a company or person can just spend as much as they want and have no consequences. Company after company fails because they make games that don't sell and people like you demand more exclusives. And you're incapable of putting two and two together still.
Lego actually looks good. Zombie U is the WiiU's killer app.
Who cares if MS pays for DLC. If it gets more people to buy a copy of the title on their system it worked for them. It is the equivalent of playing with someones kids or having your own. If you have your own it will cost a lot of money. Food, school, babysitters, toys. A niece or nephew might cost you a few presents and meals, but it ain't the same.
Getting any kind of advantage on a title that you know will sell is better than taking the risk of buying and supporting who...
Beyond was very nice. The Last of Us seems generic. It's a known formula that just looks more pretty. Though that seems to be a trend in gaming. Every conference has been a disappointment though. Nintendo not mentioning price or specs. MS and Sony not mentioning new hardware. It seems everyone is just out to make extra cash. I do understand that. But it's time to do something different.
I'll be buying some of the game because playing with friends make them fun. Bu...
"Entertainment Hub? Newsflash, nobody is going to give up their Tv, outside fitness, etc. for an Xbox."
According to statistics the 360 is used more for services than games. So apparently people are giving up the TV. Also cable is losing a lot of customers to customers Netflix and Hulu.
Jazz not sure why you're getting the disagrees. Oh. Forgot. That was not a console gear towards casual. There was some casual, but it was more hardcore and more services than casual. And putting Kinect features in a hardcore game doesn't make casual.
I think if Sony is dropping the price of the PS3 and are having their conference during prime-time means the announcement of the PS4 tomorrow.
@mafiahajeri
Got an original thought? The milking thing is old already.
I agree with the people that say this isn't BC. Now if they allowed you to place your PS2 or 1 game in the drive and were allowed to stream that game for free it would be something. Having to pay again isn't.
Offering rentals of PS4 games would be cool also. Or at least demos.
It's sad that anyone would even right crap like this. With so many titles from every company on version 5, 10 or even higher and this clown focuses on one company. A complete waste.
Am I the only one that finds it odd that so many support streaming games, but access to quality broadband is often mentioned as a reason for not wanting digital only systems.
It's easy to get around the internet caps. Publishers could pay IPs a monthly fee to offset the cost and the end user wouldn't have it count against their cap. It's still cheaper than shipping things in trucks.
As for owning a disc. Make Limited Edition hard copies for pre-order only.
Onlive was launched with the hope of the tech being licensed for other uses. I could see Sony using this for more than gaming. It would allow for HD streaming of movies too.
I would really like to see someone start an ala carte streaming cable service.
I think you might be right about the console thing. The coming generation being the last or next to last. We're already reaching the point where the graphics don't have much more room to grow. Photorealism in shooters ain't going to happen. And since console makers make the majority of their money from software sales, why not own a platform that makes almost every device a console. Phones, TVs, tablet. Even cars are getting display screens now.
I still prefer to ...
How big of an advantage could it be if they considered leaving it out. There has been so much information saying that blu-ray is a niche product and people have ignored it. Blu-ray is popular with PS3 fans and not too many others.
In order to do price cuts they need to cut the cost of making the console. That means shrinking the chips. Shrinking the chips means less power so smaller and cheaper power supply. Smaller and cheaper cooling. Smaller and cheaper case. Smaller and cheaper box and packages. That is how you get a $199 PS3. Price cuts come when you drop the cost of making a product. Not just because it been on the market for a while.
Any die shrink cuts cost. 32nm would allow for more chips per wafer. But IBM has been looking at going past 32nm to 28. I think Sony and MS will go 28 this year.
I wouldn't be surprised/ A die shrink is long overdue.
Subscription based consoles the way MS has done it means the same thing Rent-A-Center means to furniture. That's all it means to the consumer. For MS it means selling more software to a larger install base early on in the next generation.
dirigiblebill too many live in a fantasy world where mommy and daddy do everything for them. They don't understand the concept of bills. They believe companies can keep making games, have few buy them and they will be able to do it forever. The reality of so many companies going out of business and the reasons for it seem to allude them. Said state of affairs.