Moz • Comments

• This is how Xbox One game trade-ins will work, apparently

• Moz 24/05/2013

  @jamieleng Depends on what pressures they get from EA and activition. Sadly regardless of all this if it comes to launch day and there's no COD or Battlefield on the PS4 because publishers can't get money out of second hand then it could seriouse hurt sales. Sony aren't Nintendo they can't service on First party content alone. Reply +1

• Moz 24/05/2013

  Sadly Sony are going to have to do something to get publisher a share of second profits else EA and Activision could choose to shift to making games only for Xbox One. Though of course if PS4 ends up out selling XBox One in the first few months by as big a margin as recent polls suggest it might then EA and Activision will likely have no choice but to back down on the second hand issue at least in the short term. Reply -1

• Xbox One: developers have their say on specs, self-publishing and TV TV TV

• Moz 24/05/2013

  @StooMonster Or it'll use face recog to zoom in on your face. It's a 1080p camera so digital zoom alone will give a good image of your face for skypeing. Reply 0

• Sony ad suggests PS4 will be out in the UK in 2013

• Moz 24/05/2013

  @20GOTO10 I fear that the opposite may happen and PC games will go up in price as a result of all this, maybe not at first but if more people switch to PC because the consoles now have just as many restriction on pre-owned and lending then they start charging the same same and say thank you for the extra profit. Reply +1

• Moz 24/05/2013

  @Jon1292 It has more to do with manufacturing volumes and cash flow. There comes a point when you have to start selling stock or your cash flow goes down the toilet. Sadly when companies are in that situation they leave EU 'til last as it's the most complicated region.
  The other option which is what MS did with 360 is to be short stocked in all regions which they could only do because they got in months ahead of Sony. If they are both out at a similar time they are going to both want to have ample stock so they don't loose out to impatient people just buying what available. Reply +1

• Moz 24/05/2013

  @johnnyquicknives Unless they are planning on going 10 plus years without new hardware. And expecting IP TV service to rule the roost by then. Who would buy a IPTV only device when they can get one that also plays games and Blu-ray Reply +1

• Spec Analysis: Xbox One

• Moz 24/05/2013

  On the cloud processing side of things, one good use could be for AI. Of course again this does make the game always online but with features like jump in jump out multiplayer it's maybe not so bad. But definitely hope that there will always be a subset of games that can be played without a net connection.
  
  
  @Geordiemp even if Sony are using hUMA in the PS4 it's not that dissimilar to what MS offer in the X350 and then improved in the XO. But it does make sence for Sony to have work closer with AMD and is reasuring. But the bigger aspect is still that the PS4 has the better GPU and Memory. I expect to see PS4 excluse games to be the best looking, while the 2 systems are close enough in specs that multiplatform will come down to how the 2 systems differ in their shared memory managment and if Sony's approach is at least an equal to MS's then we could see the PS4 being the best choice for multiplat games (from a technical perspective anyway) but I'm expecting devs to use the same assets on both systems as much as they can so in the most part the difference is going to be with the framerate and maybe some LOD if they are using tesselation. So should be a win win for all. Personally I'm starting with a PS4 for it's raw power plus I really like killzone and inFamouse. Reply 0

• Phil Harrison tries (again) to clarify game ownership, second-hand sales and always-online in Xbox One

• Moz 22/05/2013

  @darkmorgado its not really the same as PS3 vs 360 as they have very different hardware to one another
  where as Ps4 & xbox one have far more similar hardware and while the eDram and other custom features on the xbox one may provide boosts they'll have to be mind blowing for xbox one to keep up with PS4. Of course for cross platform games they'll prolly just make them to weaker system as porting between the 2 should be fairly straight forward. Will just mean the stronger of the will get a more solid frame rate in games the push the hardware to its limits. Reply 0

• Moz 22/05/2013

  @DreadedWalrus from the way he describes it it works in exactly the same way xbla and dcl content works at the moment, the only change is you'll be able to get the data off a disc instead of downloading it. Reply +5

• Moz 22/05/2013

  @Kaonazhie How does going back to PC gaming help you any? If anything we have peoples acceptance of Steam to blame for all this. Reply +1

• Moz 22/05/2013

  So in 10 or so years time id they stop supporting the servers your box will no longer be usable at all. In 20 years time you wont be able to get your xbox one out of a cupboard for some retro gaming which is sad really, but I guess its a future that is already here ultimately we own nothing. Reply +64

• Xbox One second-hand games will charge a fee to play

• Moz 22/05/2013

  @brianemophiliac hopefully once you have a game registered to your account you'll get the option to download it like in steam. Reply 0

• Moz 22/05/2013

  @darkmorgado there's no need to the EU courts will do it as soon as they have a big enough case, like they did with IE in Windows and are currently doing with Google's recent Ts&Cs change. Though it can take years to reach a conclusion. Reply +2

• Moz 22/05/2013

  @darkmorgado if they sell it in the EU they have to follow EU law for those sales, like how the EU courts stops MS from installing IE as standard with Windows and find them a rather substantial amount of money. Reply +1

• Moz 22/05/2013

  @frazzl yet the european court has already rules that if you by software from a retailer that you then own that software and have every right to sell it on and companies have to give you the ability to transfer your licence key. (I believe they say the company can't charge you to transfer the licence either) Reply +2

• Moz 21/05/2013

  I'm guessing that this will be a transfer fee so once the game is registered to it's new owner the old owner will be locked out. So families will just need multiple copies. Reply 0

• Sony Japan's mysterious Panopticon revealed in stylish new trailer

• Moz 16/05/2013

  potential real time on PS4? if so wow!! Reply +3

• First Gran Turismo 6 screens

• Moz 15/05/2013

  Those may be in engine but there's only one car on screen and the environments are really low detail. Don't see it looking that good in game properly. On PS4 maybe if they take this cross gen. Reply +4

• Next Xbox to be called Xbox Infinity - report

• Moz 12/05/2013

  Surely calling it Xbox Infinity would cause confusion with Disney Infinity? I know one is hardware and one is a game but your going to have consumers thinking there's a link between the 2 Reply -1

• ShopTo refuses to sell upcoming Activision games in row over Call of Duty: Ghosts

• Moz 07/05/2013

  In some ways I'm hoping for a Steam like system on the next consoles because then no one need worry about street date because you wouldn't be able to play the game until release day anyway. But of course that leaves you in the situation in the future where you gotta hope the companies release a way around the online registration in 15 years times if they turn off the servers. Reply +1

• Senior Scottish cop calls for second look into prevention of children playing adult games online after 13-year-old boy slashes friend's throat following Gears of War 3 session

• Moz 03/05/2013

  It really simple, they need to start prosecuting the parents and shop keepers that have allowed kids to play/buy 18 rated games. Make it public knowledge that these prosecutions are taking place then maybe the parents will starting taking notice of what their kids are doing.
  
  The government is failing to get the message out. i was Game the other day and a kid was looking at the WiiU demo stand and ask her mum what "PEGI 7" ment and the mum responded with "I don't know" Reply +2

• Dead Island dev announces co-op hack-and-slash Hellraid

• Moz 29/04/2013

  This looks alot more interesting to me then Dead Island, just gotta hope they can deliver the goods. Reply +2

• Microsoft moots IllumiRoom with next Xbox

• Moz 29/04/2013

  Looks cool, and with the short range needed they should be able to produce a relatively cheap final product (bright bulbs account for large amount of the cost of a projector), but surely it has to be an add-on really don't see this coming as part of the basic package. Reply 0

• Master modder builds a retro console which plays 18 classic formats

• Moz 16/04/2013

  @Roddles This takes up a lot less space and is a lot more tidy then having all the systems on shelves around the TV, I image the whole project was started as a result of the wife nagging him about the mess. Reply +1

• EA shuts down "older" Facebook games The Sims Social, SimCity Social and Pet Society

• Moz 16/04/2013

  Personally I think Facebook needs to change some policies so that games with "micro" transactions have to stay online for at least 3 years, it's total bull to charge people insane amounts for a flash game and then take the game away after less then a year!! Though I'm hoping that no one has been insane enough pay the prices EA ask for in those games. Reply +3