S.T.A.G.E. said:
Dark_Feanor said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
riecsou said:
One thing for sure MS tried to get Sony out of the gaming war with the Xbox 360 and their money. Buying exclusives, releasing the Xbox 360 while Sony was still not ready for the next gen. Selling the 360 cheaper each time Sony would do a price cut (until the Slim came out). If not for the slim (specially for the PS3 Slim) and for system sellers such as (God of war, Uncharted, Gran Turismo, Metal Gear, The last of US) , MS would have crush Sony.
That is why this coming GEN Sony didn't leave much to chance and Microsoft got comfortable because currently they own US big time.
And this is just my opinion, I believe that Sony was planning on doing the DRM thing and online stuff too cause there is no way Microsoft was crazy enough to be the only one to do that. And when Sony saw the reaction of the gamers, they made themselves look like the savior of gaming... |
Sony had been saying since February they had no DRM in the PS4, but no one wanted to believe them because if MS is rumored to have it, Sony must be just like them. Look up any "Sony drops the mic on Microsoft" interview with Jack Tretton after E3. Jack Tretton said they had no plans to have DRM. Companies like Microsoft and EA just see eye to eye so MS took the dive for EA and when EA saw the backlash they stepped away from Microsoft.
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Until E3 Sony never said it had or had not any DRM control built-in. I belive it was a very late decision to build moment and "win" the E3.
The last five minuties of their conference was the sole reason (or 75%) for the PS4 hype train that many are riding till now.
A product can´t succed only with Hype. Sony has to show more tangible proves that the PS4 is realy that superior. For now, it´s only cheaper and smaller.
People (normal people, not gafers) won´t buy a divice only because some guys in foruns BELIVE it is 50% more powerfull. Well, look at the iPhone vs Android (high end), even Lumias more expencive in some markets sell more than Androids that are sheaper. (In fact no one even know how much RAM a iPhone has or how many VPI...).
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I love killing misinformation. Sony has had to fan off the MS flames since February before the Xbox One was revealed because people feared always online and DRM. February to June is how much Microsofts leaks had people pissing their pants and some how Sony had to be involved.
http://kotaku.com/5985874/ps4-will-not-require-an-always+online-connection
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Nor Microsoft ever told they had a ALWAYS ONLINE console. ALWAYS ONLINE is one kind of DRM.
Sony could have worked in a Stem like once online validation for a game. Or once a week. Or unic instalation codes...
Well, for what I can see games the Disc Base Model is the most ancient DRM model.
