wraggster
June 11th, 2013, 23:06
"E3 is turning into Bizarro World this year. Sony has not only promised that the PS4 will support used games without an online connection (http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/06/11/e3-2013-playstation-4-supports-used-games-dont-require-online-connection), they trolled the Xbox folks hard with this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWSIFh8ICaA. Compounding the silliness, and hot on the heels of the political firestorm surrounding Donglegate (http://yro.slashdot.org/story/13/03/21/2218254/sendgrid-fires-employee-after-firestorm-over-inappropriate-jokes), Microsoft went forrape jokes (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/10/microsoft-rape-joke-xbox-e3_n_3417890.html) during their Xbox presentation."Similarly, onyxruby writes"The Verge covers how Sony has crafted policies explicitly to make the PS4 consumer friendly to the public. They make the case that the PS4 will be superior in nearly every way (http://www.theverge.com/2013/6/11/4418070/ps4-vs-xbox-one-e3-2013) [to the Xbox Next] by not requiring an Internet connection, not restricting used games, supporting indie developers and selling for $100 cheaper than the Xbox One."And if you're interested in the guts rather than the policies or the politics, Hot Hardware has a comparison of the internals (http://hothardware.com/News/Sony-Announces-PlayStation-4-with-Better-Hardware-No-Internet-Connection-Required-For-399/) of both of these new offerings.
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/13/06/11/1557213/sonys-ps4-to-have-less-stringent-drm-than-microsofts-xbox-one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWSIFh8ICaA. Compounding the silliness, and hot on the heels of the political firestorm surrounding Donglegate (http://yro.slashdot.org/story/13/03/21/2218254/sendgrid-fires-employee-after-firestorm-over-inappropriate-jokes), Microsoft went forrape jokes (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/10/microsoft-rape-joke-xbox-e3_n_3417890.html) during their Xbox presentation."Similarly, onyxruby writes"The Verge covers how Sony has crafted policies explicitly to make the PS4 consumer friendly to the public. They make the case that the PS4 will be superior in nearly every way (http://www.theverge.com/2013/6/11/4418070/ps4-vs-xbox-one-e3-2013) [to the Xbox Next] by not requiring an Internet connection, not restricting used games, supporting indie developers and selling for $100 cheaper than the Xbox One."And if you're interested in the guts rather than the policies or the politics, Hot Hardware has a comparison of the internals (http://hothardware.com/News/Sony-Announces-PlayStation-4-with-Better-Hardware-No-Internet-Connection-Required-For-399/) of both of these new offerings.
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/13/06/11/1557213/sonys-ps4-to-have-less-stringent-drm-than-microsofts-xbox-one