@Atticus_finch And you are the lucky one. I have Google Fiber and get over 900Mbps. I have had problems when I tried the service. Yet, like you, I have a friend who tried PSNow.on a much weaker internet service (25Mbps) and it worked well enough. So, it can be a crapshoot.
As far as graphics, what Doggy123 stated is correct PSNow does downgrade games: max 720p, artifacts are apparent compared to the original game, max 30fps, very little of certain type of games (e.g. ...
Does this author understand that Sony has to license Blu-Ray just like anybody else wanting to use BR tech and pays the same fees as any other company? They don't get to skate on paying. The only difference Sony (the supposed king of R&D as this author calls them) gets a check (something around 12% of the consortiums profits returned back to them). Panasonic, Phillips and MIT get much bigger checks. Microsoft actually gets a check back (albeit not huge) as well because BRD Associati...
Tinfoil hat alert. Maybe it was the Russians! I heard there was a recall for the TF-KA1000 you are wearing. People kept licking the cherry flavored led paint and were becoming bat-$hit looney. Well loonier than their normal crazy.
Think how incredible that is for the Azure platform that didn't exist commercially a few years ago for Microsoft. From being a long distance away in capability, size and revenue from the leader Amazon to now surpassing Amazon's cloud business. Still, making a planned 28 billion a year in revenue will be just pennies on what both Amazon and Microsoft (and I suppose if Google can their cloud plans back on track) will be making in 10 or even 5 years time on their cloud services.
Nope, not going to happen. A large percentage of both Xbox and PS profits are now tied to this type of service. Kodera, said at the investors meeting last month, that this is how they will grow PS profits and it is SIE's main focus in the coming years, to drive up those numbers.
I remember the days of PSN was free. It was crap. There was no incentive to build a quality and secure service. Money coming in brings in that desire to keep a service well supported. Same...
@Snakeking33 Remember how bad the PSN was last generation. I do, along with tens of millions who had the information hacked of that poorly developed network. That was why Microsoft was weary of Sony, PSN was crap for security.
By the way, it wasn't Sony that wanted was cross-play it was a developer. You assume they did but, Sony for the previous gen never made a stand on cross-play between consoles. They were silent on the matter. Microsoft did make a stand that is tr...
Microsoft wasn't blocking it from happening. Whatever happened originally with the cross-play capability that was on Fortnite. That is the difference. Sony is blocking cross-play period. Fortnite has the desire and ability to have full cross-play support with all it's supported platforms and it is the console manufacturer, Sony, that is blocking this from happening to other systems, not Fortnite, not Microsoft, not Switch, just Sony.
That is strange the last yearly report showed that Xbox made Microsoft $874 million profit. Is a positive cash flow a good thing? I am confused a positive number is good right? /s Yes, SIE profit for Sony was $1.64billion that is good. However, it looks like Microsoft is making money off Xbox. And at slightly more than that 2 to 1 ratio of consoles lead the PS4 supposedly has over the Xbox. Maybe Xbox money is only a drop in the over $30 billion profit (not revenue actual profit) Microsof...
nah,,, it is more about boundaries. Parents have relegated the responsibility of setting rules, they need to set boundaries and stick with them. X hours a day, after homework, not after X pm and so on. Parents have become more and more those who rather not take any responsibility and many cased try to be that best friend for their kid. That only works so far but, forces you to either be a best friend or an authority figure (you can't really be both with any success). To be honest as a...
I love PS fanboys they get drunk with that delusional juice and it becomes fun to watch their stupidity. The console as we know it today will not exist by 2029. It will transform from the old idea of a single specialized box. We have at best maybe two generations left of what we now consider a gaming console. The future is cloud-based, you can whine and scream that when that day comes you will be done with consoles but, it doesn't stop the fact it will happen. That is why Google is poss...
No, what you are describing is an error. No nefarious characters purposely releasing data. A leak is a purposeful intent by someone with knowledge of a matter (usually inside or closely associated with the organization) to distribute that knowledge without given the right to do so. If this is a programming error/bug by Valve giving access to more data then they intended it is not done purposefully. However, nothing so far disprove this particular API isn't doing what it is supposed to...
You are insane. The 360 definitely had a better GPU than the PS3. I have never seen any hardware breakdown ever say the GPU in the PS3 was more powerful. They clearly point to the Xbox 360 as having the edge on the GPU. Now if you want to talk about the overly complex and well-underutilized cell architecture of the CPU setup of the PS3 I will agree that was more powerful in capability than the much simpler PowerPC setup of the Xbox 360. But, then again it did very little for the PS3 in the...
@sprinterboy A disc-less console would not save enough money to make it worthwhile. The drive itself would save between 25 to 40 dollars (Blu-Ray and 4KUHD respectively). Removing the drive would only cause confusion among the public. Since it is a distinctive component it is not the same thing as just adding bigger or lesser internal storage. A disc-less model would have to be a completely different machine to differentiate itself without confusing the casual buyer. Perhaps a low-end d...
EA is not the largest third-party developer. That would be Tencent for all of gaming (especially MMORPG, they have large stakes in companies like Epic). They are by far the largest developer and revenue generator in gaming. Last year they had more revenue from gaming than both Sony and Microsoft combined. Activision is also quite a bit larger third-party entity than EA.
Example Tencent made $3.6 billion last quarter and Activision ma...
He is not talking about when it comes to the Vault. ChiefJohn117 can get access early and be playing a few days before anybody who does not have an EA Access subscription. EA Access always gives members up to 10 hours of free gameplay for any new EA release without actually having to buy the game (not a demo with limited capabilities/experiences but the full game, no game restrictions).
No, they won't. Microsoft is driving to support their ecosystems: Xbox and Windows. Just like Nintendo and Sony do with their systems. The only exception has been Minecraft because it had a wide system support before the Microsoft purchase and the game is based on a principal beyond the idea of both console generations and growth from user generations (long-term support) As for Xbox it is fairly profitable division (874 million Xbox vs 1.36billion for all of Nintendo - Switch, 3DS, other...
PSNow is not the best example of streaming or a cloud data center. Essentially PSNow usest stacks and stacks of what amount to dedicated PS3s (actual 3 per motherboard) in warehouses in very limited regional setup. Not exactly data centers in the same light that one would be referring to cloud service capabilities as with Microsoft. Amazon or Google (e.g virtual scaling up or down by region as easily as clicking a button or automatically with PlayFab). Microsoft spends billions a year suppor...
Seriously? PS also includes PSVue - cloud all digital streaming TV, all the time. PS is also PSNow - cloud all digital game streaming, all the time. How can say PS is not into that. They have Kodera the man who was responsible for creating PSNow in charge of all things PS as the CEO of SIE. That same John Kodera was also previously directly involved with the development of PSVue. Kodera was also involved with both Mylo and PSN. You have your head stuck in the sand if you don't se...
Sorry, but they would have to buy Microsoft first. Xbox is part of Nadellas future plans. He said so himself. And with Microsoft and Google both worth north of $750 billion each I doubt they are going to do that. But, they do have the money to buy up all of Sony (64 billion plus 20% they could be had for 76 billion)and take over PS and sell off the rest of the company divisions. >>> Now, I am just joking that is going to happen either but, it is more likely than dealing with Xbox (...
