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It is the PC, and not the Xbox Scorpio, that’s at the heart of Sony’s decision to abandon the traditional console lifecycle with the generation refreshing PS4 Pro. I saw some data that really influenced me. It suggested that there’s a dip mid-console lifecycle where the players who want the …
Read More »The Last Guardian suffers fresh delay
The perpetually upcoming The Last Guardian will remain upcoming for a little while longer. The game had, at long last, been due out on October 28th. It has now been pushed back to December 9th in the UK and December 7th in Europe. Fumito Ueda, Gen Design and Japan Studio …
Read More »Bethesda cancels PS4 mods, blames Sony
Neither Fallout 4 nor Skyrim: Special Edition will feature user-created content
Read More »PS4 Pro ‘could be a final nail in the coffin for Xbox One’
The price and imminent release of Sony’s new high-spec PS4 could spell bad news for Xbox One, some analysts have predicted. PS4 Pro is due out in November priced at just 349. That’s both sooner and cheaper than expected. Xbox Scoprio, however, will not be out until 2017. And the …
Read More »Bethesda slams Sony for failed Fallout 4 mod support on PS4
It now seems that mod support will not be coming to the PS4 version of Fallout 4 after all. Mod support for the game has been incoming for some time, although its failed appearance thus far has been blamed on a few rumoured reasons. Last we heard was simply that …
Read More »IHS: Xbox Live is faster and more reliable than PSN
Analyst IHS has concluded that Xbox Live remains the best online console network on the market. Xbox Live was a pioneer in the field and was for a long time considered one of the main differentiators between the two console giants. Now in an extensive report, IHS has, using a …
Read More »Xbox One outsells PS4 for second successive month in the US
Has Xbox One finally turned the tide against PS4 in the North American market? It’s far too early to say, and there are all sorts of factors at play, but NPD numbers have shown that Microsoft’s console outsold its rival for the second successive month in August. Previous to these …
Read More »Sony explains PS4 Pro’s 4K Blu-ray omission, says 4K Netflix streaming preferred
The PS4 Pro does not include a 4K UHD player because Sony believes that the market is moving away from physical media. That’s according to SIE boss Andrew House, who told The Guardian that 4K streaming was a more important feature. Our feeling is that while physical media continues to …
Read More »New peripheral range joins Sony’s new PS4s
It wasn’t just two new consoles that got announced last night – Sony has also lifted the lid on a range of new PS4 accessories to accompany them. Most surprising is the redesign of the PlayStation Camera, which itself looks quite shocked by the news (see below). Its functionally identical …
Read More »18 games confirmed to take advantage of PS4 Pro power
A number of titles have already been confirmed as offering extra graphical features on Sony’s new PS4 Pro. It’s not just Sony games, either – several titles from other publishers will support enhanced options of some sort, be that upscaled visuals, HDR or improved framerates. The upcoming titles that will …
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