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Square Enix on next-gen gaming
| By Kionae 819 days ago Category: Gaming News |
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At a third-party developer conference on Thursday, Square-Enix president Yoichi Wada listed some of the benefits of of next-gen consoles (i.e. the PS3) always being online. While some of the points he made did sound like a good thing, others are worrying. Wada commented on the possibilities of "trial chapters" of games being made avaiable over PS3's online setup... essentially downloadable demos of games that would feature a complete mission. Players could download the first chapter of a game for free, try it, and then pay for rest, much like the episodic format of Square-Enix's mobile game, Before Crisis. Also mentioned was the proliferation of in-game advertising. With the PS3's always-online feature, in-game ads can now be place in games that are not neccessarily online-centric. What this may mean for gamers, unfortunately, is that you might be seeing Red Bull ads popping up in Kingdom Hearts 3. A third topic was software updates, and it was implied that Square-Enix may be choosing to favor downloadable software patches over extensive bug testing before a game is released. Granted, not all but can and will be caught before a game's release... but patch releases take time. So will next-gen come to mean episodic game content, rotating in-game ads, and months of waiting for new patch releases? Only time will tell. Source: Joystiq.com Add to Digg |
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By: Nick On: 03:14 Jul 10th, 2006 Offline |
I can already imagine the sweet penis length enhancing popups while playing Final Fantasy... | ||
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By: Blitzballer On: 08:26 Jul 10th, 2006 Offline |
http://forums.ffrepublic.com/showthread.php?t=26200 AHEM! ;) |
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By: Kionae On: 09:55 Jul 10th, 2006 Offline |
Eep... I totally missed that thread. :alarmed: *gives Blitzballer a cookie* |
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By: Blitzballer On: 10:15 Jul 10th, 2006 Offline |
Ill overlook this, just this once. Trial chapters does sound intriguing, though to be honest im not bothered with PS3s online capabilities. |
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By: GimitroZemitra On: 05:33 Jul 11th, 2006 Offline |
For god's sake, what is the frickin' point with all this permanently online rubbish they keep making us do. In the end it means one thing....MONEY. And making you spend it. They'll find someway to use it to con people out of a few extra pennies. I guess it's not like we'll be paying £500 for the machine...oh wait...yes we are. |
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By: Kionae On: 12:00 Jul 11th, 2006 Offline |
Oh, but Sony's PS3 online service will be "free"...  |
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By: Darklai On: 03:05 Jul 11th, 2006 Offline |
'Free', you say? Great, that means I can buy all those extra parts I need to play my games, since the PS3 won't have them. .... Sony needs to die. Anyone wanna join to infiltrate their HQ and take 'em down? |
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By: Kionae On: 04:47 Jul 11th, 2006 Offline |
Why bother? They seem to be doing a great job of slowly killing themselves without outside intervention. |
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By: Blitzballer On: 07:49 Jul 11th, 2006 Offline |
In game ads eh? It will be interesting to see what sort of products will be used... | ||
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By: Blitzballer On: 04:00 Jul 18th, 2006 Offline |
A news update on the whole Iin game ad things. for both the PS3 and the Xbox360 due to the high costs associated with them: http://www.gamepro.com/news.cfm?article_id=74168 |
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