X-Box, Playstation, and Wii Game News

[Poke]

Xbox One gamers could soon try before they buy with a 'Free Play Day'

http://www.engadget.com/2014/08/21/free-play-day/

Getting to test drive always a good thing before you buy.

 

[yourbeliefs]

That'd be good, because lord knows Live Gold hasn't done much to justify costing $10 more than PS+. I suppose there's more access to apps, but if you don't care about streaming content (like me) then it's just $10 more for occasional free games and the ability to play online.

 

[Ramy]

Xbox One gamers could soon try before they buy with a 'Free Play Day'

http://www.engadget.com/2014/08/21/free-play-day/

Getting to test drive always a good thing before you buy.

Isn't that what the demos are for? Or are they talking about the full version?

 

[yourbeliefs]

Isn't that what the demos are for? Or are they talking about the full version?

Full versions.

 

[yourbeliefs]

Exclusive pants..

 

[Poke]

Psycho Dad Shreds Video Games
LOL this might be stage but still funny.. Oh there is some ruff language at times so be aware..

 

[Poke]

The PlayStation Network suffers DDOS attack

http://www.neowin.net/news/the-playstation-network-suffers-ddos-attack

Another attack..

 

[Derwin0]

The PlayStation Network suffers DDOS attack

http://www.neowin.net/news/the-playstation-network-suffers-ddos-attack

Another attack..

I guess that explains why I couldn't log in over the weekend.

 

[Zookster]

The PlayStation Network suffers DDOS attack

http://www.neowin.net/news/the-playstation-network-suffers-ddos-attack

Another attack..

Not "another attack" in the sense that it isn't anything like what happened back in 2011 when the PS network was hacked and user data was compromised. DDOS attacks on major corporate/retailer websites aren't uncommon.

 

[Poke]

Amazon will reportedly buy Twitch for over $1 billion

http://www.androidcentral.com/amazon-will-reportedly-buy-twitch-over-1-billion

Amazon got the Twitch..

 

[Ramy]

Wow, that is a huge amount for some social media site.

 

[yourbeliefs]

Twitch isn't really a social media website. It's a streaming video service, and is basically the "go to" provider for "Let's Play" and various game streaming services. It's integrated into the Xbone and PS4, so it has a wide install base, as well as used for computer gaming. It has a lot of growth potential in this world where people like Pewdiepie can make $4 million dollars a year streaming game footage. Admittedly, the idea of a company like Amazon buying Twitch does seem rather off, as if they did it just so that Youtube couldn't do it. We'll see what they decide to do with it.

 

[Ramy]

I still call that kind of stuff social media.

 

[yourbeliefs]

Apparently Google backed out due to competition concerns and inability to come up with a break up fee..

http://www.polygon.com/2014/8/26/6068969/google-twitch-youtube-amazon-antitrust

Amazon has explained WHY it purchased Twitch:

http://time.com/3178357/amazon-explains-twitch-deal/

 

[Poke]

The PS4 has its female superhero

http://www.theverge.com/2014/8/26/6065933/infamous-first-light

Don't look to bad.

 

[king3pj]

The PS4 has its female superhero

http://www.theverge.com/2014/8/26/6065933/infamous-first-light

Don't look to bad.

I'm still waiting on reviews but it's almost a guarantee that I will play First Light. I liked all the games in the franchise and just like inFamous Festival of Blood you don't need to have the base game to play the DLC. It makes it much easier for a renter like me to play when I don't have to have Gamefly send the disk out again just to play DLC.

The whole reason I didn't play The Last of Us' DLC Left Behind was because I no longer had the game disk. I would have bought it day one but when my queue is full I'm less likely to wait 4 days each way for Gamefly mail on DLC that will take a couple hours to play.

Handling it like this is also a way to get at least a couple bucks out of the used game players who they wouldn't have seen a cent from otherwise. By the time DLC comes out a decent chunk of those people will have already sold the game back to Gamestop.

 

[yourbeliefs]

PSN is down again..

http://trib.al/padmp0Y

 

[king3pj]

PSN is down again..

http://trib.al/padmp0Y

These PSN outages haven't affected me so far but if something like this were to happen on Destiny's launch date in a couple weeks they would be in some major hot water.

Also, Xbox Live went down on Sunday too. I wasn't able to sign in to Xbox Live and use my EA Access games when I tried this weekend.

http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/08/25/xbox-live-problems-linger-as-sign-in-issues-resolved

I hope these hackers are caught and shut down soon. I'll don't understand the point of breaking services people like just to ruin it for them. If they were stealing credit card numbers or something I would still hate them but at least I would understand their motivation. What do they really accomplish by shutting down a service for a couple hours though?

 

[Poke]

Xbox One's Kinect goes for $150 on its own October 7th

http://www.engadget.com/2014/08/27/xbox-one-kinect-october-7th/

Not to bad of a price.

 

[yourbeliefs]

That's not a great price. I understand making it more expensive than the bundle, but if you're buying the Kinect-Less One, I don't see many people jumping in at a price point of $150.