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Upgradeable Xbox One, Play PS4 On PC & More

Xbox One vs PC gaming, weird new Battlefront characters, Star Fox, and Battlefront rumors in an exciting week of cool things in video games brought to you by Jake Baldino.

MatrixxGT3008d ago

Yep it's coming in the next update. I'm in the beta but that one feature isn't available...go figure.

Oh and remote play is coming to Mac as well.

Aenea3008d ago

Something tells me that feature is available in the beta firmware except there's no client available yet for Win/OSX :)

Ninja_G_Aidan3008d ago

Can you play PS Now on PC? That will be brilliant if you can.

IIFloodyII3008d ago (Edited 3008d ago )

No, it's Remote Play will support PC and Mac.

Letthewookiewin3008d ago

Spencer clarified there won't be an upgradable Xbox. Quote:
The feedback I received… “Am I going to break open my console and start upgrading individual pieces of my console?” That’s not the plan. There is something special about what happens with a console. You buy an applicance-like device. You plug it into your TV. It works when you plug it in. It’s not like I’m going to ship a screwdriver set with every console that comes out.

BossBattle3008d ago

He's saying you won't have to open the X1 up. It'll be more simpler and easier to use. Probably just snap some piece in.

DonkeyWalrus3008d ago

No he's saying you won't be swapping out parts at all, but they'll release an upgraded Xbox with a bit more power.

MasterCornholio3008d ago

Basically what Phil is saying is that he's planning on shortening the life span of Xbox systems. Instead of buying a new system every 6-7 years you will have to buy them more often in order to keep up with the latest games.

Think about an Xbox system that gets released every 2-3 years instead of 6-7 years.

BossBattle3007d ago (Edited 3007d ago )

Phil didn't say there wouldn't be upgradeable consoles. He didn't rule that out. People are misinterpreting his last interview. He said someone asked would you have to open up the Xbox to upgrade individual pieces. Basically he's saying it won't be complex where you have to open it up and upgrade like a pc. So it'll be an easier instead of using an screwdriver. If they have some type of port where you connect other pieces that'll be user friendly. MS is not going to make you buy a new Xbox every few years to keep up with the latest games. It's more about you having options. But I'd love to see them release a new xbox every year like the iPhone does. And they all play the same game but at different performance levels. That way we're not stuck with inferior tech for 5+ years.

rainslacker3008d ago

Wait...so he's saying the screwdriver will be an additional purchase? Stupid nickel and dime business plans./s

marquisray3008d ago

So you will be able to play playstation games on pc? Soon is that ok but if Microsoft announce anything its end of the world lol

Clunkyd3008d ago (Edited 3008d ago )

You do realize a PS4 is still needed in order to stream them on PC.

eyeDEVOUR3008d ago

Why would you even want to stream ps4 to pc? Since you already have the ps4 why not use it by itself? The point of devices like steamlink are to get away from the desk and play from the comfort of your couch, so why would you want to do the opposite?

rainslacker3008d ago

You could play them at work on your lunch break, or at a friends house, or something. I play my Vita at work with remote play quite often when I don't have a Vita specific game I want to get into. Wouldn't mind doing it on my computer screen instead....or through the projector that's hooked up to my computer in my office.

Goldby3007d ago

or while you are aplaying ps4 and someone else wants to watch the tv. boom keep it going on pc

eyeDEVOUR3007d ago

@rainslacker and Goldby

Those are both good points. Ty

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Days Gone Director Says Bend's Project Costs Over $250M; Says PS Co-CEO Doesn't Want 2 Zombies Games

Days Gone director claims Sony has already poured in at least a $250M in Bend's project; says Days Gone sold more than Death Stranding.

shinoff218316h ago

Well that sucks. Seems they want more online trash. I'd rather of had the sequel if it was single player

MrNinosan1h ago

What online trash games did PS Studios release last 10 years?

-Foxtrot16h ago

It would be a shame if it was true that Hermen never gave the franchise a chance simply because he didn't like it and they already had a "Zombie" game with TLOU.

NaughtyDog are most likely moving onto a new IP next so it would have been the perfect time to do it.

ThinkThink8h ago

Here's where xbox steps in and releases state of decay 3 day and date on ps5.

Grilla1h ago

Days gone 2 was canceled before Herman was in charge. That happened like 4 years ago.

vfl52352m ago

4 years ago he was head of Playstation Studios. He would've probably had a hand in the cancelation.

excaliburps2h ago

Yep. Kind of weird since it wasn't a sales flop, no?

I know we have to take what Ross says with a grain of salt since we're hearing just one side of the story, but even so, the game wasn't bad at all. Heck, it's my brother's favorite last-gen game from what I recall.

The amount of zombies on screen, imagine that with the PS5 and SSD? That would be insanely fun!

Grilla1h ago

Most copies were sold on sale. Not enough ppl bought it at full price. I paid 20$ for it 6 -7 months after release.

P_Bomb2h ago

Well I don’t want 10 live service games, but they have no problem doing that lol. Ugh.

CrimsonWing691h ago(Edited 1h ago)

Oh great so we only get what the big wigs want… y’know, the people that really have their fingers on the pulse of what their consumers want. Faaaaantastic!

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Can FSR 3 frame generation deliver the 120fps dream on PS5 and Xbox?

Frame generation technology has arrived on consoles, amplifying frame-rates and potentially transforming experiences.

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purple10119h ago

adds between 8.3-15.3 milliseconds of latency on the game they tested, - no thanks

darksky1h ago

Base latency is 130.8ms and frame gen takes that up to 139.1ms. A 7% increase in latency is hardly a deal breaker.

Zenzuu1h ago

That's hardly a deal breaker and not really noticeable. Even the folks at Digital Foundry said so as well.

darthv7219h ago

Impressive results... sadly I don't have a 120hz display. I was thinking this technique could increase fps on any game that supports it regardless of the display.

purple10119h ago(Edited 19h ago)

I have a vrr telly in the lounge,

On another point, what if it were the other way around where the developer aims for higher fps, then used something like pssr to make the resolution higher, that might be better?

Any which way, PS5 pro sure looks interesting now, being they have already doubled frame rate, with JUST just this fsr3.0

sagapo10m ago

It’s up to dev’s to implement FSR 3 support tho but most probably will I guess (hope).

andy851h ago

Now I've extensively tried it I'm not too fussed about 120 fps. Give me a locked 60 and more details and I'm more than happy

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Trying to push players over from PC to console is a terrible idea, PlayStation

As PlayStation announces its new strategy to encourage PC users to choose PS5 it is a bitter-sweet moment for PC gamers.

Christopher17h ago

I mean, it's a business based on hardware market. Do we expect them to not even try? It's not like Nintendo doesn't do the same by not putting any games on PC and Microsoft until recently did the same. I don't care what they attempt, as long as they don't abuse the community or lie about their goals/requirements.

Will it work? Not likely. Should we care? No. Let them waste their time, it doesn't affect anything.

RaidenBlack17h ago

let them try ... at the end of the day, we get few extra PC games ... yay ... and also promotes game preservation via PC ... so double yay.

LordoftheCritics52m ago

If only Playstation games provided the ease of pc gaming features.

Primary being very few PS games support m/kb.

Fishy Fingers16h ago(Edited 16h ago)

I wish them the best of luck.

But PC players are often a patient bunch, many will even wait for Epic launcher exclusivity to end until a game comes to Steam.

If they didnt buy the console when its games were exclusive, why would they do it now theyre not?

MrNinosan2h ago

Way more do than you probably think.

ravens522h ago

All you need is that one game that'll make a few switch at a time. Like a game a PC player REALLY wants.

-Foxtrot16h ago

PC gamers are just too patient and loyal to their gaming set ups, something they've spent a lot of money on to perfect. They have backlogs of games which many never get round to finishing or get round to at all and will always have other multiplatform releases to keep them going.

Over the many years Sony has published so many awesome titles such as The Last of Us, Uncharted, Heavenly Sword, Infamous, Killzone, LittleBigPlanet, Dreams, Puppeteer, Resistance, Heavy Rain, Gran Turismo, Motor Storm, God of War, Horizon, Ratchet and Clank, Spiderman, Ghost of Tsushima, Bloodborne

If none of those games BEFORE all these PC ports convinced a hardcore PC gamer to get a PS5 console then why on Earth would porting them them to PC now make any difference? All PC gamers now know 100% is that they just have to be patient, which they are good at anyway to get a PS5 game 2 years later.

I get GaaS games or multiplayer focused titles but if people really want to play these games they'd have gotten a PS console years ago.

helicoptergirl16h ago

Who cares? Then just stay on PC and play the waiting game. No big deal. Sony wins in the end anyway.

Number1TailzFan16h ago

I mean if there's any single player Sony games that I actually want that aren't on PC then I would buy said console to play them on. But the ones that I like that aren't on PC are few and far between anyway so no loss for me.

If I game, it's usually multiplayer titles, otherwise I like playing around with some other software.

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