Sony is the obvious choice for the pure gaming console. I'm just surprised that a very cynical and suspicious gaming audience is defending everything that Sony is doing. Especially since they ripped MS for doing some of the same shit.
Do you know if we'll be able to play Diablo 3 on the PS4 without being online? Or are you considering Diablo 3 an MMO?
Sure Sony doesn't require an internet connection, but game publishers could make it required to play their game. There are plenty of games in this current generation that require an internet connection to play, while technically the system as a whole never mentions that an internet connection is required when you purchase it.
MS is being reviled for the absolute dog shit way in which they've handled the message related to DRM. If they wanted to play Good Guy MS it takes two seconds to release a statement that reads, "No MS 1st part games will require 24hr check in, we are leaving that in the hands of developers." And you've solved 90% of the problems and are in line with Sony. Instead they sit on their thumbs and allow internet warriors to carry the pitchforks and propagate the feature and how it works, while seemingly continuing to enforce 24 hr heartbeats to all games, singleplayer / multiplayer / 1st part / 3rd party of their own volition and putting none of the onus on the developers for being the bad guys.
Screw it dude. There is no such thing as being a moderate in the console wars.
Right, that's the point it will be disclosed EVERY TIME - you'll know that risk with any purchase - just like today.
I wholeheartedly agree that not all publishers will use crazy DRM on the PS4. But do you really believe a company like EA won't? They do anything and everything they can to screw every last penny out of consumers. I think you'll see it on most western-developed AAA titles from the likes of EA and Ubisoft(they already do it on PC, by choice). And as EA and other publishing giants gobble up more and more small developers all the time, the amount of games that don't use DRM will probably lessen year by year.
http://www.gamefront.com/sony-third-...s-online-only/
If you can't tell the difference between MS adding its own DRM to EVERY game vs Sony possibly allowing some games to have their own DRM, then you are not being a moderate. You are being an idiot. You seriously can't be this dumb.
Haha I tried out one of those 3D0 cards back in the day. We sold them at my store, so I took one home for a week to try it out so we could be more informed about selling them to customers. My god, what a nightmare that was. Of course this was back in the day of Windows 95, so driver conflicts were crazy. Sometimes I could get sound, sometimes not. Sometimes the controller worked, sometimes not.
It's been accepted on PC for over a decade now - even online passes weren't entirely accepted yet for consoles - there's a world of difference between the two.
Especially not the asian publishers - that to date I can't recall a single one doing anything DRM wise to date (besides MMO ones for practical reasons)
and it'll probably be completely accepted on consoles within the next 5 years. 100% of PS4 games may not do it this year, at launch, but you better believe they all will by the time the end of this new generation comes around. Hell, by that point I hope we aren't even dealing with physical media anymore. Buying a box + a disk and waiting for a slowass optical drive to install the game is just dumb in this day and age.
