Nintendo didn’t have a big E3 press conference this year, but that didn’t stop the company’s CEO, Satoru Iwata, from giving some candid interviews with the press at this year’s expo. Speaking to Polygon and IGN, Iwata gave his thoughts on why the Wii U has …
After weeks of issuing contradictory statements and telling people to wait for more details regarding the possibility of used game DRM on the Xbox One, Microsoft has finally issued a definitive statement on used games: it’s up to the publishers.
Strauss Zelnick, chairman of Take-Two Interactive, was on-hand during yesterday’s Cowen and Company Technology, Media and Telecom Conference to discuss the state of the gaming industry. Among other points, he offered his thoughts about the future of his company, as well as the industry in general. …
As gamers continue to wonder if they’ll still be able to play used games without restriction on the upcoming next-gen consoles, NYU has published a study that shows that potential used game restrictions would actually hurt the industry, not help it.
The ability to play and trade used games is quickly becoming the defining issue of the next generation of consoles, and we still don’t have any concrete information about Microsoft or Sony’s plans: Microsoft has changed their story about their stance on used Xbox One games …
Resulting in a media flurry of misinformation and confusion, and subsequent backlash from gamers who just want the truth, it’s pretty clear that this week’s Xbox One reveal didn’t go “as planned.” What’s less clear, however, is exactly what Microsoft has planned for many of it’s next-gen policies. Case …
Accurate info about Microsoft’s newly announced Xbox One has been hard to come by today, and apparently even Microsoft reps and execs are confused about the new system: following statements from Microsoft’s corporate VP Phil Harrison that seemingly confirmed that the system would require an activation …
The bizarre situation of the Xbox One’s policy on used games just seems to get stranger and more confusing as the day wears on. In an interview with Kotaku, Microsoft corporate VP Phil Harrison (who used to work for Sony,) revealed some more details regarding Microsoft’s …
Microsoft’s big Xbox Reveal event isn’t over yet, but some journalists who got an early look at the system before today’s event have jumped the gun and posted new info about the new system before Microsoft could properly reveal it themselves. Tech mag Wired was one …
There’s been a lot of rumors lately saying that the PS4 and the New Xbox would restrict users’ ability to buy and sell used games. Thankfully, it seems like those rumors were false, at least as far as the PS4 is concerned, anyway.
Recently, EA’s CFO Blake Jorgensen was under the spotlight for a recent Q&A during the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference in San Francisco. During the session, which was transcribed by Gamasutra, he spoke about EA’s plans for next-gen and mentioned some interesting details concerning the …
