30yearsofhurt
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More astroturfing...
Haha, how annoyingFuck PSN anyway, last time I tried buying anything from there they kept subtracting the 1 dollar auth, and even though that was successful and they took my money it still came up with some "incorrect details" error. Fuckers took 10 dollars and I've got nothing to show for it.
Buy digital cards through amazon.Fuck PSN anyway, last time I tried buying anything from there they kept subtracting the 1 dollar auth, and even though that was successful and they took my money it still came up with some "incorrect details" error. Fuckers took 10 dollars and I've got nothing to show for it.
Screw high quality games. Give me more pr promises and future tech wizardry/s
You've missed closing and discontinuing studios and franchises with huge asset value.
Yeah let me pay for kinect and two console because the first iteration was unbeareble. Let me dowload 100+ giga for one game. Lets make only games as service in the future so i can milk my fanbase better. Screw kamiya i have halo forza and gears over and over...Screw future tech and go for yesterdays hardware. Screw interactive gaming and welcome "cinematic experiences". Screw 60fps, 30fps with dips is the new trend. Screw native resolutions, faux dynamic scaling below 1080p is the way the go.
Screw BC, pay again for your old games. Screw freedom, pay for online twice.
Seriously i hope arrogant sony will become.... less arrogant. Their like nvidia now. Results of market dominance i suppose.
OP was PlayStation fan for 20 years according to the OP. But then Stadia came along and made him realize he never owned a PS console in his life and was just pretending.
But my question is when did Sony start controlling Japanese release dates? I'm fairly certain that's not a thing but I may be wrong. Anyone? Anyone hear of this?
Yeah let me pay for kinect and two console because the first iteration was unbeareble. Let me dowload 100+ giga for one game. Lets make only games as service in the future so i can milk my fanbase better. Screw kamiya i have halo forza and gears over and over...
That's not arrogant.
thank you chatgptWas gonna start a new thread but similar thread suggestions are pretty good.
How Sony might double down on their anti-consumer practices - Times of India
TOI (Times of India) is the most read english newspaper in India for decades now.
- Potential for price hikes in games and services due to reduced competition, and Sony Tax.
- Sony was fined 15Million USD by French Regulators to their deliberate attempt to sabotage third party PS4 Controllers via software updates.
- Sony blocking cross platform and demanding royalties from publishers to enable online cross play
- Greater emphasis on live-service models and platform lock-ins.
- Risks of weakened digital ownership and subscription dependence.
- Possible aggressive monetization and reduced innovation.
It already happens:Blocking cross platform play or charging publishers for the privilege…can't see this happening now.
During his testimony, Sweeney stated that Sony charges developers a fee to enable cross-play. Moreover, he went on to state that Sony is the only platform holder to do so. He also revealed that Epic had paid these charges in order to enable cross-play in Fortnite's PlayStation version
The author is being too optimistic.Was gonna start a new thread but similar thread suggestions are pretty good.
How Sony might double down on their anti-consumer practices - Times of India
TOI (Times of India) is the most read english newspaper in India for decades now.
- Potential for price hikes in games and services due to reduced competition, and Sony Tax.
- Sony was fined 15Million USD by French Regulators to their deliberate attempt to sabotage third party PS4 Controllers via software updates.
- Sony blocking cross platform and demanding royalties from publishers to enable online cross play
- Greater emphasis on live-service models and platform lock-ins.
- Risks of weakened digital ownership and subscription dependence.
- Possible aggressive monetization and reduced innovation.
Did they see too much negativity going on towards Microsoft and decided to ask a Chatbot for a quick article spin against Sony?Was gonna start a new thread but similar thread suggestions are pretty good.
How Sony might double down on their anti-consumer practices - Times of India
TOI (Times of India) is the most read english newspaper in India for decades now.
- Potential for price hikes in games and services due to reduced competition, and Sony Tax.
- Sony was fined 15Million USD by French Regulators to their deliberate attempt to sabotage third party PS4 Controllers via software updates.
- Sony blocking cross platform and demanding royalties from publishers to enable online cross play
- Greater emphasis on live-service models and platform lock-ins.
- Risks of weakened digital ownership and subscription dependence.
- Possible aggressive monetization and reduced innovation.
As someone who owns a PS5, I'm more worried about Sony than Microsoft.Did they see too much negativity going on towards Microsoft and decided to ask a Chatbot for a quick article spin against Sony?
- Nintendo open the way towards $80 games this was inevitable one way or another.
- Yeah they are dumb for trying to do that but at least the courts put a stop to it
- It's dumb that they are still doing that but this isn't new news they have been doing this since the PS3 era
- They have cancelled nearly all of their in development Live service titles and they removed PSN requirements from their PC games if anything the exact opposite is happening at the moment
- Where did they get this random guessing from? There could be possible less monetization and increased innovation for all we know so it's a weird bullet point.
Too little effort was put into putting this together I feel like I could have written a more scathing and more relevant article against Sony.
Yeah like I said there are far more relevant things to worry about then what little was outlined in this article.As someone who owns a PS5, I'm more worried about Sony than Microsoft.
Well of course doubt you buy any relative to MS brandAs someone who owns a PS5, I'm more worried about Sony than Microsoft.
Was gonna start a new thread but similar thread suggestions are pretty good.
"Possible", "Potential", "Risk of"...Was gonna start a new thread but similar thread suggestions are pretty good.
How Sony might double down on their anti-consumer practices - Times of India
TOI (Times of India) is the most read english newspaper in India for decades now.
- Potential for price hikes in games and services due to reduced competition, and Sony Tax.
- Sony was fined 15Million USD by French Regulators to their deliberate attempt to sabotage third party PS4 Controllers via software updates.
- Sony blocking cross platform and demanding royalties from publishers to enable online cross play
- Greater emphasis on live-service models and platform lock-ins.
- Risks of weakened digital ownership and subscription dependence.
- Possible aggressive monetization and reduced innovation.
But maybe it could have been a nice account suicide one."Possible", "Potential", "Risk of"...
We can thank GAF's similar threads feature for saving us from what certainly would've been yet another baseless, fearmongering thread.
Just an FYI for those unaware, TOI is also called the toilet paper of India and struggles to get even basic news right. A neighbour of mine had fallen out of a window( unfortunately to his death) and toi reported that news 3 times. 1st time they said it was suicide, 2nd time they said he was drunk and jumped, 3rd time they said it was a murder. During the same time period, police who were investigating had concluded on the day the neighbour died ( a security camera recorded his death) that it was an accidental death.Was gonna start a new thread but similar thread suggestions are pretty good.
How Sony might double down on their anti-consumer practices - Times of India
TOI (Times of India) is the most read english newspaper in India for decades now.
- Potential for price hikes in games and services due to reduced competition, and Sony Tax.
- Sony was fined 15Million USD by French Regulators to their deliberate attempt to sabotage third party PS4 Controllers via software updates.
- Sony blocking cross platform and demanding royalties from publishers to enable online cross play
- Greater emphasis on live-service models and platform lock-ins.
- Risks of weakened digital ownership and subscription dependence.
- Possible aggressive monetization and reduced innovation.
It already happens:
Sony charges a fee if the game is not making enough money on Playstation when compared to other platforms. It's disgusting.
No, they don't block third party controllers. During the PS4 they had counterfeit Dualshocks so they blocked unlicensed controllers which was shitty for those who bought them. If it was a licenced third party controller they still work fine.They want to disable third party controllers? The fuck? There should be more options, especially with Dualsense and its shitty build quality. Currently you have to modify the controller on your own (like by installing hall sticks) or buy an expensive controller from Nacon or some other similar company.
There should be a larger uproar about this. Both Sony and Nintendo are manufacturing shitty controllers and ignoring hall sticks just so people will buy a new controller once a year (or even sooner).
What's bizarre about this article is that many of these things have happened, with MS doing them when they were allegedly "preventing" Sony from doing it. MS blocked unlicensed third party controllers. MS hiked the price of games to $80, and hardware to $730 and $599. Went all in on GaaS with their studios, and bought the biggest GaaS games. Did away with physical to promote lock-in.Just an FYI for those unaware, TOI is also called the toilet paper of India and struggles to get even basic news right. A neighbour of mine had fallen out of a window( unfortunately to his death) and toi reported that news 3 times. 1st time they said it was suicide, 2nd time they said he was drunk and jumped, 3rd time they said it was a murder. During the same time period, police who were investigating had concluded on the day the neighbour died ( a security camera recorded his death) that it was an accidental death.
I highly doubt toi has any news not already available to general public and that they have bothered to do any research at all.
I don't think it is that nefarious. It's more that indian media is incompetent especially regarding tech. They are like the stereotypical old person who doesn't know how to operate even an extremely basic phone. Wouldn't be suprised if the editor doesn't even know what "playstation" or "Xbox" are.No, they don't block third party controllers. During the PS4 they had counterfeit Dualshocks so they blocked unlicensed controllers which was shitty for those who bought them. If it was a licenced third party controller they still work fine.
What's bizarre about this article is that many of these things have happened, with MS doing them when they were allegedly "preventing" Sony from doing it. MS blocked unlicensed third party controllers. MS hiked the price of games to $80, and hardware to $730 and $599. Went all in on GaaS with their studios, and bought the biggest GaaS games. Did away with physical to promote lock-in.
Times of India is too busy conjuring up some fear mongering article of what might happen without MS instead of doing some research and realising MS are the one who've actually done it. Somebody has been doing a lot of outsourcing and expansion in India lately (more than doubling their workforce there) and carries some political favour it seems.
Possibly, though I think part of their incompetence comes from corruption. It's bizarrely written by the Times Of India sports desk team. The Times here (UK) is very pro-establishment and owned by Rupert Murdoch, I'm not sure about the Times of India.I don't think it is that nefarious. It's more that indian media is incompetent especially regarding tech. They are like the stereotypical old person who doesn't know how to operate even an extremely basic phone. Wouldn't be suprised if the editor doesn't even know what "playstation" or "Xbox" are.
Times of india, is generally anti- establishment. They always complain about the government no matter the party in power.Possibly, though I think part of their incompetence comes from corruption. It's bizarrely written by the Times Of India sports desk team. The Times here (UK) is very pro-establishment and owned by Rupert Murdoch, I'm not sure about the Times of India.
You can buy PSN vouchers for < $ value so this is the next best thing, but yes when they have specific game codes, those unsold would drop in price more over time (as is the case on Steam). I think this may actually be something that certain regulators may insist on as a compromise short of allowing other stores on the PSN but would allow a level of competition.I'd love to see sony bring back game codes so I can buy cheaper game keys from retailers.
Hopefully that happens.
Probably because the party didn't serve Murdoch's business interests after getting what they wanted and being elected. Look at what very publicly happened to Elon pre and post election and imagine if Elon owned papers rather than just a social media platform. They use eachother and fall out. Murdoch has a bad reputation for manipulating coverage to his benefit though:Times of india, is generally anti- establishment. They always complain about the government no matter the party in power.
They would praise a party and leader, but suddenly start writing against him if he wins the elections
Brand made it clear that the words "kill Whitlam" were used in a political context and not as a physical threat, Fairfax says.
Brand noted that Murdoch had previously supported Whitlam's election but his publishing empire turned against the leader.