I would be incredibly surprised if MS doesn't announce $299 plus two year contract for Live tomorrow.
Edit: Maybe $350
Edit twice: Jesus I can't type
If this doesnt drive MS into full blown, holy shit panic mode, then they are completely brain dead. The issue though isnt just price. That cheer for the no DRM portion of the Press Conference was genuine. I really think MS though they could just roll this out there and people would take it like a champ. Well, they arent going to. They now not only have an option, they have a CHEAPER option.
If you honestly think the big name publishers aren't going to have authentication (like Sony's already said they're allowing them) you're out of your mind. There's no way Microsoft would go forward being the only one that this applies to.
The first one that does will get round 2 of consumer rage. Who would dare adopt that policy after hearing those cheers when Sony announced no in-built DRM.
People who like money
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The saddest part about all of this is the fact that the PS4's piracy rate probably will be WAY higher than the Xbox One's...but it sure seems like they'll make up the difference in sales so far.
Do you get a digital copy with physical purchases like the Xbox, or is separate like today?
Separate like today.
Thanks. I assume that means you'll need the disc in the drive as well, to authenticate.
Guess it's the Xbox One for me. Would rather they drop used games and have no DRM. But one begets the other and people still care about used games. Not putting up with the separation of physical and digital again though. Might pick up the PS4 in the future if they get enough exclusives.
This might be the greatest E3 I've ever had the privilege of watching in my 35 years on this planet. I LITERALLY fell out of my chair at the "399.99, GOOD NIGHT LADIES AND GENTLEMEN" moment.
I couldn't watch the presentation. Whenever there is a Youtube of the crowd chanting after "No DRM" and also when the price is announced, please link it (or even PM me). I'd love to see the crowd reactions to this as it happened.
That's like saying Microsoft supports used games as well.
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XBL has two games from five years ago.
Well, a couple things. First, those games aren't exactly that much newer. X-com is the most impressive imo. That and PS+ is a glorified rental (in terms of games).
So...um, yeah.
The oldest game on there is DE:HR which came out in summer of 2011. That is a far cry from Fall 200-Freakin-7.
I couldn't watch the presentation. Whenever there is a Youtube of the crowd chanting after "No DRM" and also when the price is announced, please link it (or even PM me). I'd love to see the crowd reactions to this as it happened.
me as well I have to go to bed NOW or my newborn will make sure my long day tommorow is a BAAAD day.
You get a fuckton of FREE GAMES with PSN+
You'd have to be the silliest of all geese to be a gamer, own a PS4 and NOT sign up for PSN+.
It doesn't make ANY difference that mp is behind a pay wall!!!
It makes a lot of sense. Sony is a corporation built upon profits like any other. This is a great way to get a guaranteed revenue stream on top of hardware/software sales.
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I do have to wonder though, how will the PS4's relationship be with the big publishers like EA, Activision, and Ubisoft? It seems like these are the guys that have pushed the DRM business on Microsoft, so now that Sony's come out against those same policies, will they get the same level of publisher support?
I'm mainly wondering because there is a lot of speculation that this is the real reason the big publishers like EA have chosen not to "play ball" so to speak with Nintendo and the Wii U, because Nintendo isn't embracing the locked down tactics that Microsoft is. It makes me curious if Sony is going to see some of the same behavior.
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Maybe at TGS.
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Thanks. I assume that means you'll need the disc in the drive as well, to authenticate.
Guess it's the Xbox One for me. Would rather they drop used games and have no DRM. But one begets the other and people still care about used games. Not putting up with the separation of physical and digital again though. Might pick up the PS4 in the future if they get enough exclusives.
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The same thing they do every night, Pinky, dance Mario and Zelda around until the sun burns out.
Make it 199.99 and let me buy it WITH the PS4 for a scant 100 bones over the XBox One.
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And maybe Metroid. /self_deprecation
The oldest game on there is DE:HR which came out in summer of 2011. That is a far cry from Fall 200-Freakin-7.
Oh you poor, poor soul.
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This is special.
It makes a lot of sense. Sony is a corporation built upon profits like any other. This is a great way to get a guaranteed revenue stream on top of hardware/software sales.
100 bones cost about $28.3 billion.
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Yeah, I know. But if I lose this job I can't afford any new stuff, so...
The MS keynote is up on YouTube, is the Sony one?
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zelda, mario. the usual.
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What else would you expect? It'll probably be a larger HDD, though.
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They may have to live with that, I have to admit.
I'm mainly wondering because there is a lot of speculation that this is the real reason the big publishers like EA have chosen not to "play ball" so to speak with Nintendo and the Wii U, because Nintendo isn't embracing the locked down tactics that Microsoft is. It makes me curious if Sony is going to see some of the same behavior.
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how old are we talking? 50? 60 years old? Sort of a senior discount?
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