[thebestgameever]

Just like the GTA rumours, most likely not real just someone hearing a guy who heard another guy who heard another guy who said he stole it from SONY HQ.

[EverBlazin]

Read the kotaku article, the PS orbis seems real. There is a orbis page parked at sony development website.

Playstation.com had a game listing for GTA V, but has been taken down.

http://kotaku.com/5896996/the-next-playsta...are-the-details

http://orbis.scedev.net/

[gionascm2]

I despise the Xbox and I am a huge Playstation fan, but after reading that article I am petrified of these three things:


1. No used games
2. No PS3/PS2 games
3. ORBIS

1. If this is true, I'm really going to have to be more cautious as to which games I purchase. I may onlly be able to get 3/4 games a year, assuming the games cost $90

However, a possible solution to this is to reduce the cost of games. Instead of raising the "next-gen" price by $20, maybe they can reduce it by $20. So it would be like buying a PS2 game!


2. Whatever. I guess I'm keeping my PS3. Still, I always wanted to buy GTAV from the Playstation Network store on the PS4 my dream's crushed :l


3. No.

[voyager4520]

I don't want to see V on a next-gen console because I don't want to buy into the next-gen console until they work the bugs out. It took upward of 6 years for the two major consoles to finally get most of the bugs worked out.

Anti-used game system would be total fail, I could see online multiplayer being limited to the original purchaser, but there'd literally be no way to stop people from playing used games unless the system could re-write the disc. And even if there were, copyright law allows for other copyrighted works such as DVD's and CD's to be sold by the original purchaser. Such a system of blocking use of second-hand games would likely result in anti-trust lawsuits and court-ordered revisions to the consoles to eliminate such systems. If the next gen consoles follow that path, I'll switch over permanently to PC gaming. At least that way I can control the QUALITY of the hardware.

This post has been edited by voyager4520 on Wednesday, Mar 28 2012, 22:11

[Gtaghost22]

QUOTE (HeNDo6750 @ Wednesday, Mar 28 2012, 19:21)

Thanks Sony and MS for the death of the console (if this is true)

You honestly think this is true??? its f*cking FAKE mate.. Dont worry Sony/microsoft are not that stupid
.
P.s: calm down guys.. PS4 wont be released before late 2013/early 2014, Sony has just released the PS Vita and they just started making games for it, so its most likely that they will take thier time before releasing the PS4

[Slamman]

I think it's looking much like a viral campaign to steer consolers to the PC end of gaming. Anonymous PC Elitist organization at work!??!

@Voyager, that's really a fallacy you just said about working the kinks out, 6 years?!? Really??? haha

This post has been edited by Slamman on Wednesday, Mar 28 2012, 21:11

[voyager4520]

QUOTE (Slamman @ Wednesday, Mar 28 2012, 21:09)

@Voyager, that's really a fallacy you just said about working the kinks out, 6 years?!? Really??? haha

I got one of the white 360's about a year before the "S" model came out. It was a piece of junk, it kept freezing up on me consistently about 30 minutes into every game I tried. I played from disc, not memory, and every disc was in literally perfect condition. I tried everything under the sun, clearing the cache, updating the OS, resetting the system to factory condition, using a lens-cleaning disc. Nothing worked, so I sold it to a GameStop.

I got one of the S models and it's truly bug-free, it's been going strong for a year and a half without a single problem. I've never owned one but all the reports from PS3 Slim owners suggest that they're bug-free as well. Yes with either system you can still get one that has something wrong with it, but the numbers of those reports are surprisingly small and it seems you either get a good one from the factory or you don't.

This post has been edited by voyager4520 on Wednesday, Mar 28 2012, 21:24

[jackass2009]

If this were true, then I'm going to stop playing video games after the seventh generation is over.

This post has been edited by jackass2009 on Wednesday, Mar 28 2012, 21:50

[Slamman]

I call bull on this idea of boycotting gaming, you'll switch to PC platform, that's their goal, dontcha see??!

@Voyager... I know about games freezing up, GTA IV on PS3, original 60 gig model, the other games worked that I did use on the system, ultimately I pawned that one I believe, I got another that's freezing up on downloaded trials, I dealt with RROD on about 5 to 7 Xboxes I bought used, never did buy a new model, pre-Slim. I have owned two HDMI, one black, one white, the white one is working still, but black one still got RROD
So....it's really a luck of the draw buying either, but the heat sink situation has been revised on the Xbox about 4 or 5 times since it's release.

The thing is the came core components are there, it's just been a better attention to how they're built and assembled. The solder was also key to the mainboard failure.

It's a mystery why RROD or YLOD is avoided and the system just freezes. But, suffice it to say, PC is not without it's own set of gaming problems! It's a question of what works more efficiently, and usually it's the console winning

This post has been edited by Slamman on Wednesday, Mar 28 2012, 21:38

[MIKON8ERISBACK]

Again, the 7th generation console era will likely be wrapped up with at least one DLC expansion pack. They may decide to develop a couple games for the PS Vita and then port them to the PS3, or both said scenarios may happen in sequence.

Im so sick of this.

[finn4life]

Gamespot are a pile of f*cking idiots, that was the most unbelievable load of horse sh*t I have read in a long time.
Anyone that believes that sh*t is a dumbass.

[MIKON8ERISBACK]

QUOTE (voyager4520 @ Wednesday, Mar 28 2012, 21:21)

QUOTE (Slamman @ Wednesday, Mar 28 2012, 21:09) @Voyager, that's really a fallacy you just said about working the kinks out, 6 years?!? Really??? haha I got one of the white 360's about a year before the "S" model came out. It was a piece of junk, it kept freezing up on me consistently about 30 minutes into every game I tried. I played from disc, not memory, and every disc was in literally perfect condition. I tried everything under the sun, clearing the cache, updating the OS, resetting the system to factory condition, using a lens-cleaning disc. Nothing worked, so I sold it to a GameStop. I got one of the S models and it's truly bug-free, it's been going strong for a year and a half without a single problem. I've never owned one but all the reports from PS3 Slim owners suggest that they're bug-free as well. Yes with either system you can still get one that has something wrong with it, but the numbers of those reports are surprisingly small and it seems you either get a good one from the factory or you don't.

Before the "S" model, the Xbox 360 is said to have a pre-mature failure rate of just over 50%. Multiple threats of lawsuits were directed at Microsoft. The console has since been re-designed and re-released in the form of said model.

[Vercetti27]

I have big news regarding this thread
codename: bullsh*t

[Slamman]

Read my edit above, concerning the console failures, the main thing with Xbox will be a two SKU system, this seems true based on the print articles, again, mostly rumor here, guys, gals!!

SKU means model levels, offered for sale at the same time, PS or Playstation from Sony could be taking a page from MS' playbook, offering a set top PS model that is contingent on an online distribution model. This would mean no backward compatibility and games from a different line of distribution. They'd cater to both types of gamer, but they can't shut down one for the other. This much is rather obvious.

I'll agree this question of rumor and fact is beyond maddening and tiring, but it's the waiting that leads to us grasping at straws

This post has been edited by Slamman on Wednesday, Mar 28 2012, 21:39

[canttakemyid]

I hope this article is wrong because if not, the next Xbox has already won me over. I have a feeling that the next Xbox will trash this sh*t.

[Slamman]

The rumors about old or backward compatible games is seemingly true of both, if you didn't already know. Buying Xbox, if it is the Loop, might mean you're stuck with mainly KINECT games! Set Top box listing for $100 new means you won't have a replacement for Xbox 360 in your possession

[voyager4520]

QUOTE (canttakemyid @ Wednesday, Mar 28 2012, 21:40)

I hope this article is wrong because if not, the next Xbox has already won me over.  I have a feeling that the next Xbox will trash this sh*t.

Read the whole article, it suggests that the next Xbox will have the same anit-used game system. As it is with the 360, only some of the most popular original Xbox games are backward compatible and you need the hard drive to play them, so I wouldn't doubt the next Xbox having little to no backward compatibility as well.

In their related next-gen Xbox article they also talk about a possibly smaller controller which I'm not fond of at all. I liked the big original Xbox controller and I was disappointed with the "S" controller. Now I've grown to like the "S" controller, it fits my hands perfectly. There's no way I could get used to a smaller controller.

Maybe they could make a modular controller. Each grip on the controller could have interchangeable grip panels of varying size, much like some of the newest handguns have interchangeable backstraps of varying size.

This post has been edited by voyager4520 on Wednesday, Mar 28 2012, 21:58

[canttakemyid]

QUOTE (Slamman @ Wednesday, Mar 28 2012, 21:44)

The rumors about old or backward compatible games is seemingly true of both, if you didn't already know. Buying Xbox, if it is the Loop, might mean you're stuck with mainly KINECT games! Set Top box listing for $100 new means you won't have a replacement for Xbox 360 in your possession

The backward compatibly thing wouldn't bother me much with MS nor Sony's next installments because it's not like you can get much for reselling an old console anyway so it's best to keep it IMO if you really want to play old game.

It would still bother me a little though I'll admit.

[Slamman]

Used game is more a factor sure, but WE who invested in PS for instance, we felt more strongly about retaining a backward compatible system. For Apple's IIGS system, their move to 16 bit from 8 bit, a consolidated COMPUTER ON A CHIP was able to be included on the main board, this idea holds true to this day as well, either firmware emulation or a System ROM chip

[canttakemyid]

QUOTE (Slamman @ Wednesday, Mar 28 2012, 21:50)

Used game is more a factor sure, but WE who invested in PS for instance, we felt more strongly about retaining a backward compatible system. For Apple's IIGS system, their move to 16 bit from 8 bit, a consolidated COMPUTER ON A CHIP was able to be included on the main board, this idea holds true to this day as well, either firmware emulation or a System ROM chip

Not everybody who owns a PS3 (if that is what you meant by WE investors) cares about playing PS2 games. As for PS3, you'll just have to keep your old console. The main thing that bothers me with this isn't the lack of backwards compatibility, it is the idea that you have to be connected to PSN in order to play a downloaded game.

This post has been edited by canttakemyid on Wednesday, Mar 28 2012, 21:56