Rubbish. Sony, Nintendo and even Microsoft for that matter don't have control over the Internet and this is still the case.
Basically if you had dial-up that is what you service provider gave you and it is the same for ADSL, Broadband or even Wireless. The console that has an Ethernet/wireless connection has no idea what type of Internet connection you have and doesn't care although as the player you would care.
I won't deny that the original Xbox...
Wii was the best selling standard definition console for the last generation although the last generation really was about high definition which for the PS3 and XBox360 was 720p and 1080p.
If you want to compare apples to apples then the Wii should be compared against the PS2 and it has not even come close to the PS2 lifetime sales.
I do think that the Wii should get an award for the best controller that is capable of damaging a HDTV. :-)
Remote IT Services aka The Cloud is only useful if you are connected to the Internet. Of course the better the Internet performance the better the services can be.
The Cloud can not improve the hardware of the device and in this case the the console it can only augment the software that is running on the console.
While Cloud server(s) may be fast the connection between the site and your machine is being shared by many people and at times you are going to get...
Sorry FF7 was "Turn Based" only and was a departure from previous FF games which had the option of "Active Turn Base" as well.
FF12 was both TB and ATB as well as having the ability to program each character's battle styles and reactions to different enemy actions and their attributes as well as reacting to their party members statuses.
As an example. You could program one character to cure any party member of poison while another coul...
Simple just give the option of "Active Turn Base" or "Turn Base". The last three Final Fantasy games prior to FF7 had this. Basically FF7 was a departure from that by just having "Turn Base" only.
Of course they could go with the paradigm system of FF13 or even something like the ATB/TB programming style of FF12 but I do think this will create even greater controversy.
Personally I would like to see the "Battle Arena" ...
I have a FAT BC PS3 and it still works. I also still play PS2 games on occasion.
Somehow I don't think that will happen although I would buy a PS4 in a heartbeat if that was the case. It would also be nice and very feasible to allow DVD PS2 games to be played as well.
BTW: The PS4 does not have CD reader capability which prevents reading of all PS1 and a few PS2 games.
I still have a huge PS3 backlog of games and I still see games that I like being made for it. I even have a BC PS3 and I do on occasion play some of my PS2 collection....
The PS3's architecture is only a nightmare to work with if you are writing software that "goes down to the metal" although the same could be said for any architecture.
If you look at the start of many games you may see "Powered by Havoc" or "Blink" as examples. These are game development systems and libraries (API's for those in Microsoft land) that make game development easier.
To remaster or port a game it needs to be ...
@JasonKCK
Emulation and remastering are totally different.
Basically software emulation is software which makes the game think it is still running on the original hardware it was designed to run on.
Remastering is modification and recompilation of the original games's software so it can now run natively on the target console. This is nomally called porting.
As and example. Take the source code of a PS3 game modify as requ...
You obviously haven't tried to scratch a Bluray disk. This is not to say that BD can't be scratched but it is so much more robust than a DVD or CD for that matter.
The most heat that is generated by PC's or consoles for that matter is by the CPU and GPU not the hard disk unless you have a bank of disks in a RAID array.
I do remember discussions like this over 20 years ago when the PS1 was unveiled and we all know how that turned out. Basically dev...
The GameCube used propriety disks although you could get an adapter to play game-boy games via the cartridge.
I remember this same discussion 20 years ago when the PS1 was released and we all know what happened there.
Sure flash media has gotten bigger and even cheaper, however it is still more expensive than disk (ie. CD/DVD/BD) devices which are very cheap to produce. Don't believe me then compare BD prices with an equivalent capacity flash device.
When a games developer has a game published the cost of the distribution media is a factor that must be considered...
The only game that looks interesting to me is Scalebound that is a JRPG being made by Platinum Games and even if the game is very good I have no interest getting an XB1 to play it.
I would be fairly confident in stating that Platinum Games was paid a large sum to make Scalebound an XB1 exclusive since they would be ignoring the PS4 install base in Japan and the rest of the world.
Yes stop this now or I will get fat from eating too much popcorn although it can be quite entertaining. :-)
I actually run Fedora 22 (Linux) on my PC's and have never been inconvenienced with an update in over 15 years.
Since Fedora is a developmental OS I get updates pretty much every day and in one week it is nothing unusual to get over 200 updates. I can automate the update process or manually (GUI or command line) do it which I prefer to do, although when I update I do it at my convenience and even when updating the process does not stop me from doing anything.
Rip your CD's to mp3's or some supported codec to a USB device and plug that in one of the PS4's USB ports. You can now play your music.
You can even do this for any codec that the PS4 supports.
The PS4 does have Bluetooth support for headsets. Go to "Settings" --> "Devices" then "Bluetooth Devices" and see if your headset appears. If it doesn't then it is not supported and I would check on the Internet as to why it isn't since it may be possible you need to do something to get it working.
I think there was an issue with PS3 supported Bluetooth headsets and PS4 ones although I would check up on this.
If you are getting download speeds on your PS4 comparable to those on your PS3 then the common factor is your Internet connection not the network performance of the site you want to connect to.
Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony don't own the Internet although they do control their own sites, so even if the site's network is in the Gb range the performance between the site and the gamer is limited to performance of the network.
The only solution is to get ...
And I want my flying car now!
The PS3/PS4 and the XBox360/XB1 can only output to a maximum of 1080p (aspect ratio 16:9). If you have a 4k TV it will upscale although it won't look as good compared to true 4k content if you can find any and have a machine capable of playing it.
The PS4 and XB1 can actually play BD's which have 4k content however there are no true 4k console games although with some PC's with one or more very powerful graphics cards...
No, Cloud computing can only argument the existing software that is running on a particular device. It cannot improve on the hardware.
Anyone who thinks otherwise should apply to the Bursar at the Unseen University, Ankh-Morpork although I have heard that their entrance exams can be quite challenging assuming you finish as a human. The Librarian can vouch for that. :-)