If Nintendo would remove region blocking and establish a universal Nintendo network for game and media downloads they will be on track to be a strong competitor in the next generation (kinda late for this one).
I know things are serious when Giantbomb issues a formal letter. Honestly, I do feel powerless because I don't know how to make people be less of jerks.
I seriously want to know the behind-the-scenes story to why Letterman and staff would allow Hatsune Miku on the show as a performer. Was it simply a contract performance paid for by a promoter? Did Letterman see the performance before airing? No audience reaction!?
There was so much more that could be gotten from that.
Apparently, Ubisoft wants to awkwardly release Wii U games and claim bad Wii U sales when most people are either not buying games or buying other games.
Looks like other streaming services may have to get more server space soon. Google's takedown policy is too anti-user and what's the point of utilizing Google's infrastructure if stream archives aren't permanent? At least allow paid users to archive videos indefinitely.
After the PS2/Xbox/Gamecube generation I had a large collection of games - 90% of which I would never touch again.
That's when I became a lot more conservative about which games I would buy and which I would keep. I don't have a shelf of games, but I do have a large container full of games and movies that I liked so much that I wanted to physically be able to touch and/or play again.
Sony's response doesn't make sense. If people don't think EA access is valuable then they won't buy it. If Microsoft can have Games with Gold and EA access then Sony should be okay with PS Plus and EA Access. Let your users decide, Sony.
I dislike publisher specific programs. Imagine instead of Netflix or Spotify you had to subscribe to each TV network's thing or each music company's thing. If EA does this so will Activision and the others and we'll end up paying too much to be able to get them all.
I love what Netflix, Spotify, PS Plus and such programs do, but too many of them and they loose their purpose. Their purpose is a low cost way to experience a lot of things. If they become too specific they loose their value because you get less benifit and it costs more since you need more subscriptions.
With gaming becoming increasingly digital publishers will have to find a way to maintain market share and revenue. One of the most enticing things about digital content is the ability to have subscriptions where content can be accessed at any time. Only a few publishers would be able to do something like this and EA is one of the biggest. if Sony denies EA this opportunity they are preventing the industry from evolving with how people want their content. Unless EA wasn't willing to give Sony a big enough cut of the revenue I don't see why they wouldn't let EA try this out. PS Plus doesn't offer all games at all times so it's not really comparable. PS Now, on the other hand, might be closer to what EA is offering.
Sony's response doesn't make sense. If people don't think EA access is valuable then they won't buy it. If Microsoft can have Games with Gold and EA access then Sony should be okay with PS Plus and EA Access. Let your users decide, Sony.
I think stopping a good number of amateurs would be better than the hassle that legitimate customers have to deal with. I think the only time DRM is effective is when there is an online component to a game. Single player DRM typically results in annoyance. This article provides a good example of someone who couldn't tell it was the pirated copy delivering that message. If the stolen versions of a game had a defect that was built in well enough (Serious Sam 3) it could dupe thieves for a while.
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