Sony finally learned their lessons from the PS3's hardware bottlenecks (thanks Mark Cerny!). Meanwhile, Microsoft's insistence on PC-like multitasking caused them to overlook the gaming capabilities of the console.
My how times have changed. You'd expect Microsoft to be more prepared for this stuff, since they're supposedly experts at PC software.
Speaking of Sony, they've made some very good decisions lately:
- Hiring Mark Cerny as the lead PS4 architect
- Refusing to copy Microsoft's old DRM policies
- Offering the PlayStation Camera as an optional accessory to keep the PS4 price low
- Pushing cloud gaming (Gaikai) as a truly innovative concept over TV multitasking
- Promoting Shuheu Yoshida as head of 1st-party development (the guy's basically Sony's version of Iwata)
It's good to be a PlayStation fan.
-Really wasn't much of a hiring rather than a continuation. Dude was the lead on the Vita.
-I still think Sony thought about it. Publicly saying **** that was great.
-I'd rather have the system come with the camera to be honest. No point I having free play room if half the consumers can't play it right?
-Cloud gaming is still unviable to a vast majority of consumers though. Plus Microsoft is working on their own Rio could system.
-Eh Shu has more in common with Phil Spencer than Iwata tbh. I don't think Nintendo even has a head of first party development like the other two do.
A console isn't the same as a PC and all indications show that Microsoft planned to launch next year but accelerated their plans after the PS4 event. Everything about their roadmap just screms the project got pushed forward. They'd rather have some stumblings and fucks up that can be ignored or fixed instead of getting PS3'd which is even a worse situation.
Still expect it too do pretty well though. AT least better than the Wii U
Microsoft is doing a four part Ryse Mini series that will air on Machima.
http://news.xbox.com/2013/10/games-ryse-the-fallPhil Spencer was on this week's podcast Unlocked and seems like a pretty good guy. Most important tidbits were
â˘Sunset Overdrive is something they're playing and planned for next fall (currently anyway). Will discuss other games for next year after launch - probably early 2014 I guess?
â˘D4/Kinect Sports Rivals are early 2014
â˘Gears has run its course in the current story. Theyâd need to consider a reboot with Epic but would want to do it
â˘PGR is a maybe but theyâre full in the racing space atm (which suggests Forza Horizon 2?)
â˘Phil says heâs a big fan of Halo Wars and discusses it with 343 studio head but hasn't spoken to Robot Entertainment in a while so they probably wouldn't make it
â˘Said Rare has controller based games in their future, he doesnât force them to do anything as he knows the staff will just leave and heâs been speaking to studio head at Rare over the summer about whats next. Heads have been (unsurprisingly turned) at Rare over the positive reaction to Killer Instinct, some interesting things brewing over there
â˘Phil said he has the green light to buy anyone he wants pretty much (developer wise) but he doesnât for various reasons, e.g. Epic and Crytek are both in the engine business (didnât say Epic/Crytek but he did say engine business) which is interesting. He said that having internal studios isn;t any cheaper to having an external studio work on a game so thats why he can buy if it makes sense for the developer and Microsoft
â˘Ryse was rebooted because they didn't think the quality was there in the Xbox 360 version and Crytek wanted to a launch title when MS approached them about it. They had it running at 720p/900p/1080p and looked at what was best for what they wanted to add going forward which was 900p
â˘He liked Kameo said PDZ was good not great, was disappointed it wasn't better and didn't do better
â˘Titanfall wasn't specifically ever really discussed for launch, thinks its coming out at a great time for them in March
â˘Harmonix are busy with the Fantasia game but they'd like to work with them again for another Dance Central
Going off that quote I think Microsoft planned to **** over EA and buy respawn. The first game can't go to other consoles due to the contract and Respawn nor the IP is owned by EA.
Microsoft Studios twitch is livestreming the Ryse Multiplayer. Doesn't look as hot as the single player. Not sure if the game is Janky, the guys suck at the game, or both.