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In an alternative dimension there’s a world out there somewhere where Sony just launched a PS4 with a buttonless controller. At the very start, we were thinking of drastically changing the controller,” Sony Computer Entertainment’s product planning manager Toshimasa Aoki told VentureBeat. We tried out new devices, changing the form …
Read More »Call of Duty’s critical-consumer disconnect
It may sometimes feel like there’s a gulf separating those who make and release games and those who buy and play them. But if there’s one thing that unites these groups it’s an obsession with review scores. That solitary number – which more likely that not will be a ‘7′, …
Read More »Pre-owned is not necessarily the evil force some believe, Sony admits
Sony has admitted that there is a strong argument for claiming that pre-owned games do not detract from the health of games development. I’ve seen data that the vast majority of used sales go immediately into additional purchases, that they are not somehow being extracted from the overall game economy,” …
Read More »Sony expects ‘good supply’ of PS4s throughout launch window
It may be nearly impossible to find a launch day PS4 in the UK any more, but Sony reckons the console’s supply situation is in good shape. [This is] the first platform launch that I’ve ever been involved with where we’ve had such a good production ramp up and a …
Read More »GungHo considers a move to Finland
The president of Japanese gaming firm GungHo Online Entertainment is considering relocating the company to Finland. Just last monthGungHo acquired a 51 percent stakein Finnish Clash of Clans developer Supercell for $1.5 billion, sothe report from The Wall Street Journalthat company boss Taizo Son is pondering a move isn’t straight …
Read More »Amazon predicts Xbox One will claim consoles sales record… and then be beaten by PS4
Xbox One will become the biggest and fastest selling console ever when it is released on November 22nd, Amazon has predicted. The retailer adds, however, that it will be overtaken by Sony’s PS4 just a week later. PS4 is currently top of Amazon UK’s PC and video games pre-order charts, …
Read More »Gran Turismo 6 has microtransactions, is available to pre-order on PSN
Sony has confirmed that upcoming PS3 racer Gran Turismo 6 will be the first game in the series to offer microtransactions. Prices have not yet been revealed for the in-game credits” system although Sony says that the gamers can buy the credits both in-game and via retail gift cards. They …
Read More »Ashes Cricket 2013 is out this week, according to Steam
Having been without a release date for the best part of six months, Ashes Cricket 2013 could be out sooner than you expected. With the second Ashes tournament of the year kicking off this weekend, the clock has been ticking on 505 Games’ efforts to get the game out, having …
Read More »Ubisoft expects next-gen to double previous generation uptake
The pace at which consumers will buy PS4 and Xbox One will vastly outperform what was seen with the current generation of machines. That according to Ubisoft’s senior VP of sales and marketing Tony Key, who told Games Industry he is expecting impressive things. "Our feeling is the installed base …
Read More »Amazon announces streaming mobile games service
AppStream is the name of a brand new streaming mobile games service that is on the way from online retailer Amazon. It was revealed at the re:Invent developer conference in Las Vegas today, TechCrunch reports. Amazon says it allows developers to build high-fidelity, graphically rich applications that run on a …
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