Air Zombie Meat
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I think they will as well. If they do this forum is going to explode.
It's looking as though this will be the case for me as well....No consoles for me next gen then. Doubt I'll miss them as I barely played my ps3 and 360 this gen.
Here's what was actually said:
I can play my Steam games without an internet connection as well. However, installing my new game requires it. I suspect Sony will do the same.
Playstation 4 can still be enjoyed old school without an Internet connection at all
Games aren't magically appearing on the Wii U.
Doritos Pope with the subtle FUD. Not surprising.
We can take it a step further and say I can go totally offline on Xbone too, just (presumably) for 23 hours out of a day.Here's what was actually said:
I can play my Steam games without an internet connection as well. However, installing my new game requires it. I suspect Sony will do the same.
The used games market is HUGE in Japan, so you better be right.
and they'll catch 1/100th the flack as microsoft as usual.
.I'll wait for E3 before I make any snap judgments.
This one is a lot more concrete
http://www.officialplaystationmagazine.co.uk/2013/03/20/michael-denny/
Hell yes. Trusting Sony and MS to solely dictate value among games is just fucking stupid stupid. We have decades of proof they wont be consumer friendly or at least in the same league as the PC. The close nature of consoles is a completely different business model. IF you think the console market will adjust game value the same as the pc with these 2 companies at the helm, you are kidding yourself. I never buy used games, but I still benefit from price pressure the 2nd hand market brings. With that gone, all we have is the incompetence of MS and Sony to contract the market.
Leaving it up to 3rd parties would allow Sony to preserve their own image.Not sure how leaving it up to the third parties makes it any better. It will still kill the used games market. There will be no place for you to trade in your first party games.
Exactly. Why would I deal with an xbone/ps4 future of drm crap when I can have a pc, deal with the drm and have a huge catalog of games to play that I can buy from steam sales?
It's a no brainer.
Would a publisher opt not to do this?
Does it help a game through word of mouth - perhaps it would affect sequels?
Maybe we'll see more down the line, I doubt too early on.
..how is it not the same? I've gamed on PC my whole life and we've had CD keys and non-transferrable digital licenses for years and years. The used PC game market was killed a long time ago by the same sort of tactics.
So those sources that Dorito Pope mentioned are talking out of their asses?