[Tregard]

Originally Posted by Ryan57

http://www.dualshockers.com/2014/05/...and-much-more/

If this all happens... deary me.

I don't believe it simply from the Last of Us sequel (and Last Guardian).

Gimme dat Guerilla RPG.

[Ryan57]

Not PS4, but PSN related, playing the World Cup game and my opponent's ID is 'Abused_Dildo'.

Didn't realise they allowed the term dildo.

[Scarlett.]

Apparently Watch_Dogs caused a 94% jump in PS4 sales, wouldn't be surprised if they'd sold over 8m now, probably will wait until this time next week to say though.

[Brother Leon]

Pretty crazy considering the negativity surrounding the game. I think PS4 is still waiting for THAT game to make so many people feel they need to upgrade. The sales will truly be crazy then.

[Scarlett.]

Uncharted 4 is meant to be a real showcase for the PS4, I can't wait to see how it looks, lol.

[Ryan57]

The power of the great Christy Mack.

[Drew.]

Youtube video

[Scarlett.]

Sony has overtaken Nintendo for the first time in eight years, based on the total number of game consoles sold.

Sony sold 18.7 million systems in the last financial year - which ended in March - compared to Nintendo's tally of 16.3 million video games machines.

The data was first reported by Japan's Nikkei business news site.

It is based on figures published by Nintendo ahead of a shareholders meeting, and a previously released earnings statement from Sony.

The news is not surprising.

Sony's PlayStation 4 has emerged as the bestselling "new-gen" console. But demand for Nintendo's Wii U - with its touchscreen controller - has lagged far behind the original Wii, which was the most popular hardware of the last generation.

The figures also include sales of the older PS3 and original Wii, in addition to Nintendo's 3DS and Sony's PlayStation Vita handhelds.

Sony, Nintendo and their US rival Microsoft will all be announcing new titles this week to coincide with the E3 video games expo in Los Angeles.
Job cuts

The Nikkei's report followed Nintendo's announcement that it was closing its European headquarters in Germany.

The firm said on Friday that it planned to axe 130 jobs as result of the decision to close both its office and warehouse in the Bavarian city Grossostheim.

It added that some work would be shifted to Frankfurt, but that there would also be the "outsourcing and reorganising" of other functions.

The news came a month after Nintendo reported a net loss of 23.2bn yen ($229m; Ł135m) for the financial year ending 31 March.

The firm will make further cost savings by opting to unveil details of forthcoming games via a video news release rather than host a physical press conference at E3, repeating a step it took last year.

Nintendo is renting significant floor space at the event, however, including an area set aside for a tournament to promote its much-anticipated fighting title Super Smash Bros 4, due for release on the Wii U and 3DS later this year.

"It's a title you have to keep your eye on as it's an epic franchise," said Lewis Ward, a video games analyst at the IDC consultancy.

"But it's going too far to say it will turn around Nintendo's fortunes. By my projections the Wii U will remain in third place," he added referring to the PS4 and Xbox One.

Nintendo's president Satoru Iwata will not be attending E3.

The firm said last week that the 54-year-old's doctor had told him not to fly in the immediate future.

It declined to provide more detail beyond telling the Wall Street Journal that Mr Iwata did not have a "major health problem."
Japan turnaround

While the PS4 may have a solid lead in terms of global sales, the picture is different in its home market.

Figures from the market research firm Media Create indicate that the Wii U has enjoyed a solid lead over the PS4 in recent weeks.

According to figures released for the last week of May, 19,312 Wii Us were bought in Japan compared to just 6,022 copies of the PS4. That may be partly explained by fact the popular racing game Mario Kart 8 was just released by Nintendo.

But the Wii U outsold its rival the prior week as well despite the fact the PS4 only launched in Japan in February.

"Hopes that the PlayStation 4 can achieve a reasonable degree of Japanese success hinge on the introduction of big titles that appeal to the nation's tastes," blogged The Motley Fool writer Keith Noonan.

"The current lack of such titles has been well documented, and the deficiency looks to be an ongoing problem for the console throughout the year."

PlayStation chief Andrew House alluded to the issue in an interview with Edge magazine, in which he said the decision to launch the PS4 in Japan after most other territories was in part due to the initial lack of content from Japanese publishers as well as the greater popularity of handheld consoles in the country.

But he added: "The initial audience that's buying PS4 in Japan is much younger than we'd first anticipated.

"We're seeing a sweet spot anywhere from the mid-to-late teens through to the mid-20s, and that is considerably younger than where we've seen consoles traditionally being played in Japan. It says to me that there is the opportunity for a revival of console gaming for a whole new audience. "

The Xbox One is due to be released in Japan on 4 September.

BBC News

[Scarlett.]

Over the last few days, I've been looking back at Sony's conference, and it was quite weird, they didn't mention upcoming triple A exclusives like Driveclub or Deep Down, instead opting to show off multiplatforms, they also glossed over all the Vita & PS3 games coming out.

[Ryan57]

Some prices from the PlayStation Now Beta

Here’s a list of some of the titles and how much it will cost to rent each of them (prices are ordered by rental periods of 4 Hours, 7 Days, 30 Days, and 90 Days):

BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger – $2.99, $4.99, $6.99, $11.99
Crazy Taxi – $2.99, $3.99, $5.99, $7.99
Deus Ex: Human Revolution Ultimate Edition – $4.99, $6.99, $14.99, $29.99
Enslaved: Odyssey to the West – $2.99, $5.99, $7.99, $14.99
Final Fantasy XIII – $2.99, $5.99, $7.99, $14.99
Final Fantasy XIII-2 – $4.99, $7.99, $14.99, $29.99
Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 – $2.99, $5.99, $7.99, $14.99
Saints Row: The Third – The Full Package – $4.99 (4 Hours), $29.99 (90 Days)

PMSL. Embarrassing.

[Scarlett.]

Hoping Sony see sense and change these, the reaction to them hasnt been good. Apparently the prices are set by the publishers rather than Sony though. I think they'd be better off going with a Netflix style model.

[Ryan57]

Will probably end up the same as store prices, profiting from the impatient.

[Samuel.]

Very weird how they've split it. 4 hours, then 7 days?! 24 hours would make some sense.

[Scarlett.]

I'll probably never use Playstation Now anyways, the fact that its streamed kinda makes me think that the input lag will hamper the gameplay, not to mention actual lag. I'd rather just play PS3 games on my PS3. I get the feeling that PS Now is one of those things that will be good once it's had a few more years to grow (and when Xbox bring out their version of it too).

[Scarlett.]

Prices for PS Now have been drastically dropped

4 hours -$3
Week - $6
Month- $8
3 months-$15

Very agreeable prices there IMO. Still would prefer a subscription based service though.

[Ramsay]

I think they are offering a netflix-like subscription

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/pla.../1100-6417035/

[Ryan57]

Apparently the prices haven't changed. New games have been added, but the prices of those initial games is still the same.

Even if that was a reduction, still poor pricing.

[Scarlett.]

You do have to remember these prices also apply to stuff like Sony TV's and the Playstation TV, Ł15 to play a PS3 game for three months without even owning a PS3 sounds fair enough, if people want cheaper versions of a game, they can just get a PS3 and buy the game.

[Ryan57]

Forgot about those, but it's still torrid pricing. It's still marketing towards PS3 owners. And, no doubt the impatient will buy like they do from the store, but $15 to rent a game for 90 days is ridiculous.

FF 13-2 is almost $13 cheaper to buy, and own forever, on Amazon.

This service will no doubt just continuously be poorly priced and the impatient will keep it that way. Basically making it like the ridiculous store.

If this service ever comes to Europe then we'll be get fooked over even more than the US.

A subscription might be suitably priced.

[Scarlett.]

I don't think the service is gonna work out that well in the EU, we just don't have good enough bandwidth in the UK to stream games at consistent quality. I did hear a rumour that Sony might actually just be testing out different pricing models atm.

[Ryan57]

I thought the US had inferior bandwidth to us? Or they did at one time.

[Scarlett.]

Originally Posted by Ryan57

I thought the US had inferior bandwidth to us? Or they did at one time.

The UK's bandwidth varies from town to town, I'm not too sure about the US, I thought theirs was more dependable, lol.

[Ryan57]

Originally Posted by Chewy

The UK's bandwidth varies from town to town, I'm not too sure about the US, I thought theirs was more dependable, lol.

I think ours is more dependable. Always seeing people moan about US speeds.

According to Wiki they are better than us, by 600kbs.

I think not so long ago we were above them.

[Scarlett.]

Originally Posted by Ryan57

I think ours is more dependable. Always seeing people moan about US speeds.

According to Wiki they are better than us, by 600kbs.

I think not so long ago we were above them.

I think the main probablem with the US internet is the providers like Comcast trying to squeeze money out of people.

[Ryan57]

Always seeing complaints about Comcast on the net. Like they don't support HBO on the PS3 and at one time, not sure if they still are, were blocking Samsung Smart TV's.