PIXEL GRAVE

This Autumn both the next generation of Xbox and Playstation will launch in most countries. Though there has always been a ‘console war’ between Xbox and Playstation and a huge amount of fanboyism to either party, this will be nothing compared to what will begin at the start of this year. Looking back at the current gen and by this I mean Xbox 360, PS3 and Nintendo Wii. The 360 launched almost an entire year ahead of the PS3 and Wii which both launched within days of each other (in the UK). The Xbox had that extra year advantage, a much cheaper price tag and no other innovative and entirely new and cheap console to throw a spanner in the works like the Wii did to the PS3 launch. This is entirely different to what is to come this Autumn. The Xbox One and PS4 will launch, if the rumours are true, within weeks of each other and the Wii-U, which many class as a current gen console, is struggling to make a place in people’s homes and doesn’t seem likely to affect these gaming giant...

On 20th February Sony came and went with a two hour long introduction to the PS4. There was a lot to take in and a lot of questions were left on peoples minds, so, I have come up with the answers for what I think are some questions on peoples’ minds. They showed an image about a load of technical hardware inside the PS4, what the UMD did all that mean? I think that Sony wanted to get this off their chest straight away as the PS3 was quite difficult to develop for. Generally the PS4 runs on PC standard hardware and the x86 (x86-64) which is a 64bit processor and similar to what all Windows PC use is an example of this. In the past, consoles have been 32bit and have been very different to PCs but with this similar hardware architecture it will not only make it easier to develop on the PS4 but hopefully some ports from PS4 to PC will be improved greatly.  I saw 2 people, one wearing a PS t-shirt and some other guy with a Gaikai t-shirt, who are they and what does Gaikai even ...

Sony have released a teaser video on the net of nothing but a few seconds of .... nothing. The reason? To let everyone know they are going to announce something big on February 20th and to get everyone excited, which they indeed are, including myself.  Follow the link and take a look at the trailer to find just how little there is to look at or even pick apart. Checking the trend on Twitter, it's got everyone scratching their heads over what it could be except the PS4. This comes as quite alarming news as Sony recently declared that they would like Microsoft to present their next generation first, though there hasn't been anything said by Microsoft.  Thinking of what it could be, perhaps the next Playstation, it makes me think of some areas they could improve upon in their next gen console. For a start they badly need to work on some kind of party chat and more interaction between friends and easy access to join friends in game and to allow gamers the ease that the Xbox ga...