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Peer into the future of gaming with PlayStation 6 leaks, from Project Amethyst AI features to early memory and hardware specs.
… The move was controversial, inspiring consternation from gamers and advocacy groups, many of whom tend to like physical media and have qualms about PlayStation’s terms of service, which specifically state that buying a digital copy of a game does not mean you own it. “A lot of PlayStation owners ar… …
… In a companion blog post, also published Wednesday, Shuman announced that Sony will discontinue the digital PlayStation Store for the legacy consoles PlayStation 3 and the handheld PlayStation Vita. …
… The leap in performance from the original PlayStation to PlayStation 2 was profound; the jump from PS4 to PS5 felt less so. …
… Gregory Louden, the creative director at Housemarque who has helmed development on both games, says both titles came with an added bit of pressure to show off what the console could do. “Back when we started Returnal, we almost felt a responsibility—because we were a launch window title for PlaySta… …
… This is on the heels of already-raised prices on such products as Sony’s PlayStation 5 Pro and, you know, oil, which has raised gas prices and added to the cost of shipping something to you. …
… The sedan’s promised autonomous driving capabilities were supposed to be imminent, and so the car was stuffed to keep all nondrivers nice and distracted: screens on the dash and in front of passenger seats; built-in PlayStation Remote Play; visual “themes”; tons of in-car apps. …
… But even though the demo was positively received by most publishers, Cyan went home empty-handed, put Anglerfish on ice, and soon laid off 12 people, roughly half of its staff. “If we were pitching that game just a few years earlier, it would have been a no-brainer,” says John Eternal, the former g… …
… Netflix and FIFA: The Bombshell That Changes Everything The real disruptive move that is making PlayStation and Xbox look sideways is the alliance between FIFA and Netflix. …
… There’s a fear among the staff of major studios that make AAA games like Playstation, Xbox, and Rockstar that CEOs will continue to fall for the potential of AI rather than the reality, and thus gut workplaces. …
… Valve tries to have it both ways when it comes to the more familiar controls, using Xbox’s ABXY face buttons and broad design aesthetic but PlayStation’s symmetrical thumbstick layout, plus the twin shoulder buttons and pair of analog triggers. …