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The console MFG's set the boundaries for what games sell for. The publishers determine what price to sell for within those boundaries. XBLA (not indie games) provide a simple example. Microsoft says the most you can charge is 1600 points and no lower than 400 points, with certain exceptions at 240 points and of course during sales.
From VGChartz, Gamestop President Tony Bartel said that the demand for the PS4 has been very strong. Over 600k have signed up to be notified when pre-ordering will be available.
Sadly I'll be waiting for the next xbox to come out. I won't be able to afford both systems and games etc by next year. Specially if the next xbox has blu ray. I'll just keep the ps3 and be good. Since everyone I play is an xbox owner. But the ps4 is looking sweet.
IGN rehashing mostly the same info as Jeff's links above:
http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/03/...bly-didnt-know
I should note for us NCAA/Madden gamers the loss of analog buttons on PS4 will mean EA will have to change how bullet/lob passes are thrown unless I am missing something?
Good question...maybe since its digital it can measure the time the button is held down more accurately?Quote:
Originally Posted by CLW
I don't think so but perhaps the article is wrong re the capabilities of digital:Quote:
Originally Posted by Deuce
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Back on the PS3, the D-pad and the face buttons of the DualShock were analog – meaning that they could sense pressure and change input based on it. Norton said that developers didn’t use that option, however, and the DualShock 4 ditches analog and replaces them with digital buttons. The touchpad resolution on the controller is 1920x900, and the L2/R2 buttons are curved to help avoid accidental Netflix fast forwarding.
Oh. I thought they were curved for her pleasure.
That's saying pressure-sensitive, as in if you barely press in the button vs pressing it in all the way. The way NCAA/Madden does it is for how long you hold down the button... that won't be going away.
I'm just glad the touch screen is on the front. I hate it on the back of the Vita. Any game that uses it, I turn it off just because I'll always accidentally hit it.
Ah well strike that "concern" off the list for PS4 then. I was always under the impression that the lobs/bullets were determined by how hard you pressed the button not by how long but apparently not.Quote:
Originally Posted by gschwendt
So am I reading this right? The Dualshock 4 charges wirelessly while in standby mode. NICE
Yeah, Greg Miller was making a huge deal about that. I realize he's the biggest fan boy the world has ever seen, but Jesus, the 360 has been doing that since the beginning. It should have been a feature on the PS3, but I guess it's nice they finally realized how stupid it was to be without it. Hell, my PC will even charge my Dualshock while it's turned off. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by JBHuskers
Bundling a mic with all systems is also nice. It's absolutely ridiculous how little PS3 players use a mic in competitive games. About the only games people used mics in were SOCOM and MAG, and Sony did a nice job of killing both of those.
Prepare for PSN to be just as douche-y as XBL unless they really do the real name IDs.
There will always be that. It's more annoying to me when I'm playing with randoms and absolutely no one is using a mic. That occasionally happens on 360 as well, don't get me wrong...but it happens EVERY game on PS3. The morons are easily muted.Quote:
Originally Posted by souljahbill
Nothing new but a "recap" of all of the most recent stuff:
http://youtu.be/E2v7zsPc-Lk
Not wirelessly JB. It still has to be plugged in via USB. The PS3 does not continue to charge your controllers once you turn it off. The 360 does.Quote:
Originally Posted by JBHuskers
With all the computing power of these next gen systems I really hope we see some PC style simulation/strategy games makes an appearance on the consoles. Count me in the minority but I have zero interest in "shoot em up" style games... and that seems to be the basis of most console games today (aka put in as much graphic violence and bloodshed as possible).
The problem for strategy games has never been computing power. It's the interface. It's hard to adapt the traditional interface to a gamepad.
This. I tried Civilization Revolution on 360, never could really get into it. It's just not the same on the console as it is on PC. Total War, Civilization, World in Conflict, SimCity, Crusader Kings II, etc, I don't see how they would translate real well to a console and gamepad. You really do need the mouse and keyboard to truly play the game as it is/was intended.Quote:
Originally Posted by JeffHCross
I REALLY enjoyed Civ on the PS3 but IMHO they made the game too arcade like thinking that there wasn't a market for it on a console. I think it could easily be done on a console but would probably be best as a psn/ms store download only type game.Quote:
Originally Posted by SmoothPancakes
A turnbased strategy game could work just fine on a console (like Civ Revolution was). Trying to do RTSs though would be a hassle. Not being able to do shortcuts with simple quick key presses like on a keyboard make it nearly impossible to make a good RTS.
I could see Civ 5 getting a console port. It's entirely possible for them to do that without any real issues besides it being a bit slower than mouse and keyboard, but, being a turnbased strategy game, the slower controls isn't a big deal at all.
I played C&C on PS? back in the day and it was alright. Something like Total War would be impossible though. Even the turn-based sections would be very difficult to navigate.
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Originally Posted by CLW
I loved Civ Revolution except for the fact they made it to only last six hours. I played Civ (or was it Civ 2?) on play station and it was a blast. Heck, I used to love playing SIMCITY back on Super Nintendo. I think the market is there for those types of games but I don't think the companies have an interest in reaching out to that side of the console gamer market.Quote:
Originally Posted by morsdraconis
I bought Port Royale for PS3 and I have been very happy with it thus far. Basically they made the game identical to the PC version and didn't dumb anything down. I personally can overlook some of the challenges with console controllers but I realise other may not be able to do so.Quote:
Originally Posted by JeffHCross
For me it's not the difficulty, jaymo, just the tediousness. Like how scrolling the Web browser on PS3 is overly complicated. There are just some things the controller can't do well.Quote:
Originally Posted by jaymo76
Rumor I heard on IGN's podcast beyond - Sony wants to steal MS's thunder with another announcement/presser in May roughly at the same time MS comes out with the 720 with showing the actual console and price and perhaps a dig at the always online.
If Sony wants to be that juvenile and pathetic.
They would if they're smart. I still don't see the point of announcing a console without showing the thing or even giving a price. It makes perfect sense to actually do that, although I think it would be kind of difficult to fill an entire event with just a showing of the console and the price.Quote:
Originally Posted by CLW
As for that last bit, Sony has absolutely no room to make a dig at anything Xbox related when it comes to online infrastructure. That would be the equivalent to Shaq taking a dig at Steve Nash's free throw shooting. The bit about the rumors that it would require online access to play games, that would probably be a little hard considering the next Xbox probably wont be revealed by then. Of course, Greg Miller is probably one of the top 3 biggest morons I've ever seen in my life, so it makes perfect sense for him to say something that dumb.
You do realize that this strategy is practically the exact same strategy the "juvenile and pathetic" MS did to Sony with the 360 v. PS3. Just sayin'Quote:
Originally Posted by SmoothPancakes
Yeah, but it's still stupid. I thought that shit ended back in middle school. I guess the fucktards just grow up on the outside, but never on the inside.Quote:
Originally Posted by CLW
Which ones?Quote:
Originally Posted by CLW
I remember the two going back and forth with each other over the years. I died when watching this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ml_5mj4HvB0
http://www.animecentral.net/gallery/...01/1687wh5.gif
:D Gets me every time.