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Wedbush Morgan’s Michael Pachter does not believe PlayStation 4 will prevent users from playing pre-owned games. Rumours spread this morning that the next Sony console– reportedly named Orbis – will include anti pre-owned technology to block second hand titles. Reports earlier this year claimed the next Xbox will feature similar …
Read More »‘Anti-preowned PS4 foolish,’ says Pachter
Analyst Michael Pachter thinks GameStop would not stock an anti-used console
Read More »Rumour: PS4 to employ anti-pre-owned tech
PlayStation 4 allegedly codenamed Orbis; System to use AMD GPU and CPU combo
Read More »RUMOUR: PS4 codenamed Orbis; Includes anti pre-owned tech; Due 2013
Yet another rumour has pointed to the next PlayStation launching alongside the Xbox 360 successor in 2013. But Kotaku claims to have word from what it calls a reliable source” of some quite detailed specs for the new machine, way beyond anything published to date. Firstly, it claims the new …
Read More »Guerrilla and Crytek tooling up for next-gen
Leading European studios Guerrilla Games and Crytek are dedicating resources to next generation game technologies, new job vacancy listings show. The Killzone and Crysis creators are just two of many studios across the continent now hiring staff for work on future platforms, according to a series of vacancies posted on …
Read More »PS4 to ditch The Cell processor?
The next iteration of Sony’s PlayStation console will not feature the much-touted Cell processor, according to new reports. The Cell was the famous love child of former PlayStation boss Ken Kutaragi, who believed its expensive development would be rewarded by its eventual use in more or less every aspect of …
Read More »Report: PS4 harnesses AMD tech
'Former employees' claim unannounced console in the works
Read More »Forbes: Sony IS working on new console
Leading news agency Forbes has stated that Sony DOES have a new console in the works. Furthermore, it has revealed AMD as one of the partners of the project. This would symbolise a change in strategy – Nvidia was the driving force behind PS3. The claims come from former AMD …
Read More »Sony’s Tretton: Talking PS4 would distract us
America executive dismisses rumours that PlayStation 4 will become public this year
Read More »Now Microsoft denies new hardware for E3
Microsoft has followed Sony’s lead in declaring that it will show nothing new” in terms of hardware at this year’s E3. Yesterday Sony’s French CEO Phillippe Cardone was quoted as saying that Sony is under less pressure than it’s rivals and will probablybe the last to announce something”. Now another …
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