Sony trampled Microsoft at E3 like an unfortunate shopper on Black Friday morning, forcing the gargantuan company to hastily change its stance on its always-online and used games policies. But why not earlier? Well, according to Sony US boss Jack Tretton, “it’s better late than never”. Read More »
While the Xbox One DRM rumors were building and causing rage on the internet, even to the point of getting one of Microsoft’s employees fired, Sony was on the sidelines paying attention to how it’d all play out before making a move. Read More »
It’s a party right now. Internet whines are being drunk, even more champagne bottles are being popped open, and the gaming masses are in a celebratory mood following Microsoft’s epic reversal of Xbox One policy. Who’s to thank for this fiesta? Gamers? To an extent. Sony, heck yes. Read More »
Previously Sony confirmed that the PlayStation 4′s share feature, which allows you to share your best gaming moments with your friends, would be able to be distributed via Facebook and U-Stream. Now, according to the console’s chief architect Mark Cerny, YouTube will also be supported. Read More »
As part of Videogames Week, Jimmy Fallon hosted PS4 architect Mark Cerny who brought the game he’s directing, Knack, to the show. Pretty nice tidbits were divulged but what was interesting about the moment was when Jimmy Fallon highlighted the PS4 as console that does not require an internet connection to play games, and as the machine that won’t block ... Read More »
Sony’s chosen a different path than Microsoft when it comes to used games. One company’s console allows gamers to do whatever they so please with games they own, the other company has placed strict rules that some claim infringes on consumers rights. PS4 is the console of freedom, it seems, while Xbox One is the machine of restrictions. Read More »
Legendary games developer Warren Spector has shared his thoughts on the used games debacle, aligning himself with gamers, noting that the reason why people buy used games is because the new ones are too expensive. He also said that the used games market is the conduit through which newcomers join the medium who otherwise wouldn’t look twice because of the ... Read More »
All of last week and over the weekend, Sony’s new console, the PS4, has been dominating positive mind share and has taken over the sales charts of Amazon and leads by high margins over its competitor at retailers like GameStop. It’s a result of the ruckus and successful press conference Sony held at E3 for the console, where it announced ... Read More »
The Draconian DRM policies that’s turned Microsoft’s Xbox One console into a nightmare to steer clear from for many, will not be seen on PS4. But what if publishers decide to create policies for their games that are in line with Xbox One’s restrictions, what would Sony do? Well according to PlayStation exec Scott Rohde, senior VP of World Wide ... Read More »
Sony’s making it abundantly clear that when you purchase a PS4 game, you own the darn thing, and can do whatever the heck you want with it. Plain, simply, understandable and, I reckon, laudable. Read More »
Cliff Bleszinski, the Gears of War designer and former Epic Games developer has always been vocally against the used games market, but this time he’s taken things up a few notches, stating that used games and game rentals must be a thing of the past if triple A budgets are to be sustained… There’s so much wrong with Bleszinski’s logic that ... Read More »
For some weird reason, folks were overreacting because Sony U.S. boss Jack Tretton told Geoff Keighley on Game Trailers earlier today that it would be left up to publishers to implement DRM in their games if that’s what they want to do. What he meant was, since PS4 won’t require an internet connection to play games, and won’t impose any used ... Read More »
Sony President Jack Tretton sat with CNET for a brief interview following the PlayStation E3 2013 conference, sharing some insightful information about its used games strategy. Read More »
Sony Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida explains how games are shared on PS4 in 20 seconds. This is hilarious but true. True indeed. Read More »
Sony’s just announced the most important piece of news at E3 this year: PlayStation 4 won’t require internet connection to play games, and used games won’t be blocked. Read More »
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