Playstation Orbis? Rumors of the new Sony console have surfaced

Discussion in 'Consoles & console games' started by DSparil, Mar 29, 2012.

  1. Serotonin

    Serotonin Ancient Guru

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    I get the piracy debate, it's a newer issue.

    But used games seems like such an excuse for poor sales. Funcoland was around back in 93 and for 14 years no one said boo about used games. Now all of a sudden it's an issue and it's killing the industry.

    Bullsh*t. It's greed and excuses for bad games not being sold.
     
  2. F1refly

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    its always been an issue. Pubs complained about it since late 80's at least. It just has far more media attention now than ever.


    who made that a law? besides their both rumored. Either is prefectly do able
     
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    the fact that "apparantly" i will not be able to either sell my games or use it across consoles are two reason i will NOT get this.
     
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    lol. :)
     

  5. Serotonin

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    No one made that law, it's common sense, no system has ever had such a large gap between competitors. It makes it incredible difficult for developers to make multi-system, third party games.
     
  6. gamerk2

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    Sure there was; for example, the 3DO was unmatched until the Dreamcast came out years later.
     
  7. The Chubu

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    Actually, the multi platform thing is fairly new stuff in the video game industry. Previously only selected big publishers tried to pull such things by paying extended development for multi platform titles (in the best cases of course, there is still the "well, do it for two platforms... in the same time, or you're fired" )

    Before that, Nintendo 64 titles were Nintendo 64 titles, PS One titles were PS One titles, etc. There wasnt this "If its big buck publisher, it will get released even on the Wii" thing that now is the shizzle.

    It was just because what you mentioned, there was a big gap between systems, there were way more dedicated chips with custom designs than now. It was a very closed system, more than now.
     
  8. gamerk2

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    ^^ Now, you basically have consumer grade components on a PPC based CPU. Granted, the low level implementations are significantly different, but its simmilar stuff to what you already have in PC's.

    Consoles are basically becoming dedicated gaming PC's now, with one spec that gets updated every 5 years, with limited AA and graphics stuck on medium.
     
  9. scoutingwraith

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    I personally will have a problem with this along with at least half of my friends. We tend to share and borrow games of each other (unless its a multi-player game that we can play co-op) and it will piss of a lot of people. Almost everyone i know trades and shares their games with their friends.
     
  10. The Chubu

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    While PCs are becoming more and more consoleish (and people demand it, aka Steam Machines for every1 and be done with Windows! ) yay for progress?

    Anyway, this whole 2nd hand, or lended games thing its a friggin mess. And i dun like them devs in GDC talking about the "victory against 2nd hand market" either. I'd expect that from Ubi, EA, or any other publisher, but not from the devs... not from the devs! :puke2:
     

  11. Raiga

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    When the next Xbox and PS3 (any even PC games) with no 2nd hand market compatible games comes out, I am expecting a VERY VERY BIG CRASH in the gaming market and everyone going broke.

    Because people might just say, what the F and never buy games at all.
     
  12. k1net1cs

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    The death knell for 3DO wasn't Dreamcast, it was PlayStation.
    And as you've said it yourself, it's years later, so it's obvious there'd be a large technology gap.

    Damn I miss local multiplaying with daisy-chained controllers on the 3DO...
     
  13. gamerk2

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    Yes, the Playstation killed the 3DO, but technology wise, it was a decade ahead of its time.

    And in other news, it sounds like Orbis dev kits are already out, and its looking like Sony already has NDA's with publishers that expire right after next years E3...
     
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    The 3DO also had some of the weirdest games ever on any console. That (and lack of good games) probably had more to do with its demise.
     
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  15. Serotonin

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    Don't forget the load times. Worst load times in the history of gaming.
     

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    This.....

    it actually could happen and piss off a LOT of people. If they manage to do that there will be a big problem in the gaming industry for companies.
     
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    I forgot to mention that -> When it happens, the only thing which will keep gaming alive would be piracy on PC. (and since Piracy is close to nil on Consoles, their market might crash).
     
  18. scatman839

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    piracy is very much active and alive on all current consoles barring the 3ds and vita
     
  19. Jayaitch

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    I would like to go the route of MS for my next Console.

    I absolutely love the PS3 but it has had its issues with Multi-plat releases.
    Unless of course the PS4 is epic!

    Dont care too much on the hardware its uses - as long as it's an improvement on the previous.
     
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    1st gen CD-ROMS. Everything had to be loaded into RAM, as streaming from the CD was simply not viable.
     

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