I believe Killzone devs have confirmed that you can choose which you prefer. This was actually fairly common in PS3 games to begin with so I’d expect many games to give you the choice.
I always thought it was hilarious that in the Uncharted games, they let you change buttons in the preferences. But then when you actually went into the options to change the buttons, they let you switch R1 and L1, and R2 and L2. But not R1 and R2 and L1 and L2. In other words, they let you choose which shoulder button you could aim with, and which you could shoot with. But it still had to be a shoulder button. :) That was doubly hilarious for me since I actually bought a special contraption that let me use a 360 controller on the PS3 just so that I could play Uncharted 2 using a 360 controller.
Canuck
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http://www.examiner.com/article/gamescom-2013-rumors-hint-at-xbox-one-production-issues-and-ps4-release-date
Gamescom Xbone rumors. Who knows if they are true. All I know is that I am a rumor junkie and that was a sweet, sweet hit.
Phred
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The point is the didn’t act at all until the publicity started. Do you always hold free services to the same standards as pay services? I tend to expect a bit more from something I’m paying for.
Teiman
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Now that the Xbox is a PC, the PS4 is a PC and the PC is a PC. Is like a new era for multiplatform games. If Microsoft don’t screw this much*, with the cost of developing for 1 platform, game companies will be able to release in 3 platforms. Maybe this will fix the problem with extreme big budgets killing game companies!! **
Aleck
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Phred, at the risk of beating this to death, how the hell do you know what was or wasn’t in process? Not to be too defensive of Microsoft, but you didn’t address the larger issue – was Microsoft’s behavior different from that of other providers of similar services?
As for your point about paying for Live (and not for Twitter, of GChat, or other services), I actually pay for Live so that I can play online with friends (who, as a rule, don’t sexually harass me) and so that my kids can play online with friends. Once you play in a public game, you’re on the Internet, and, frankly, the asshattery is invariably out of control. I wish that weren’t the case, but that’s what happens when you give people anonymity online. I don’t think any provider can “stop” that sort of behavior. I don’t know what Microsoft was doing to address this issue, but I can tell you from working with lots of large companies that things invariably take time. Is there a pattern of behavior here that I’m not seeing? Do you have evidence of this? Or is there just a single anecdote that is being conflated with data?
My guess is that Phred simply wanted to take a potshot here at Microsoft. The reality of course, as you point out, that the internet is full of dbags AND that both Sony and Microsoft are trying to deal with that reality.
Teiman
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Is actually not a problem that you can solve with technology. Mind you, some people are jerks because are not educated, and are not educated because his parents are too busy with drugs, or working 14 hours every day, or are lazy, or poordly educated themselves. A console can’t fix that.
Big walled gardens like Live seems to operate under the “I am a forum” design,where people can get banned. That don’t work, because theres millions of persons for every moderator.
Microsoft and Sony should be copying features from the MMO world. Structures like Guilds. Guilds are interesting, because are groups of people that know each other, but less than friends. You may choose to play with people from your guild, and crossgame with them. Then, maybe if somebody is too stupid, could be kicked from the guild. This is a deterrent against being stupid, but spawns other problems, like power control trips and internet drama.
People that is very lonely and don’t have friends can get invited to one of this groups, and start making new friends. This solve nothing, but turn one problem in a different problems, and the new problems are much more fun than the old problem. Or maybe this will not work at all,and people is not interested.
Other possible option would be ask this question “Would you play with this person again?”. “I don’t want to play again”, “I will play again”, “I don’t care”. Then slowly build a networks of likes and dislikes, so people that like each another play more between them, than with others. But this is complicated to do, you need something that know Math here, no some random dude.
Rumors are that Microsoft may be packaging up a free copy of FIFA 14 or some other FIFA XBONE bundle deal for Europe.
LoL, that’s all stuff from CBOAT at GAF prettied up.
If that turns out to be the case I can’t tell if they are being really aggressive or incredibly desperate.
The Gamescom FIFA display apparently has a lot of XBOX co-marketing (no Sony marketing) and part of it is covered with black cloth.
I don’t know if it’s going to matter outside of the UK anyway thanks to the console’s limited launch availability in Europe, but a free copy of FIFA for every XBONE is a sweet deal… For the FIFA Ultimate Team scammers.
mono
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I pre-ordered a PS4 in the haze of E3 excitement. Now that the consoles are becoming essentially the same device, and there’s not a David/Goliath to root for, I’m realizing I don’t want either one that badly. The gaming HTPC/Steambox I built a month ago is already better than either of these devices AND it runs XBMC. With constant system and game patching on consoles, and the ease of Steam big picture I’m not sure what I’d be missing except the odd console exclusive that I probably don’t care much about.*
*I’ll likely still buy the PS4 so I can play the next Little Big Planet-esque game w/ the kids. And also because I’m a gadget fiending nerd.
JoshV
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Well, now the Xbox will have Project Spark, which is similar and very cool looking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m37sVEgJrOA
They’re really working overtime trying to improve the system’s appeal, but that’s a bit of a funny gesture since a PS4 plus FIFA is still substantially cheaper than Xbox One with it packed in. Plus PS4 looks to be coming out first and in more parts of Europe.
Do most of the TV features still not work in Europe?
Canuck
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Canuck
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Fifa All-star team legends only on Xbox, Fifa included free with pre-order.
Announced Fable Legends which involves some kind of 4 player online stuff. Mojang’s game Cobalt is 360/One exclusive. There is a CoD: Ghosts hardware bundle and Ghost uses dedicated servers on One (though I’d assume PC and PS4 as well). They showed some Division stuff with Smart Glass and a new Kinect game from Ubi, too. I think that’s everything.
