The Computer/Console Gaming Thread

[1AZRAEL1]

I currently own three PS4 games (including the most recent Arkham game and the latest TF game) but do not have a PS4

I bought the Batman PS4 to upgrade. Don't have alot of games on it yet, but E3 had some promising reveals. Don't feel bad, it can be an expensive purchase

[kurdt_the_goat]

I've got you all beat... Months before i left Aus, i bought 7 PS4 games ahead of buying the console once i got to Japan. None of them were the main reason i wanted one either (Street Fighter V, which wasn't out at the time). Also i'm yet to even play one of them since getting the machine (Dark Souls 2). I shouldn't be proud of this Oh and i also got an anniversary Dual shock 4 (a cool backup only, no one to play with) and Hori Joystick too!

[Paulbot]

At this point I'm waiting to see what the release of the PS4.5 will bring.

[DELTAprime]

At this point I'm waiting to see what the release of the PS4.5 will bring.

I kinda surprised that Sony didn't make a peep about the Neo at E3. Even when Andrew House said in the interview the week before E3 they wouldn't talk about it I was thinking "yeah, SURE your not going to talk about it". With the deadline for games to support the Neo coming up in September it can't be far off being talked about.

I am a little concerned tho after listening to the Giant Bomb E3 show that Neo support might not be well implemented in the first batch of games. Apparently devs have had to scramble to get Neo support into their games because Sony literally only told them at GDC and apparently it's not enough time to implement support by September.

Forcing everyone to have support for the Neo might not be the best idea. But then again Microsoft's approach where only one game supports HDR on the Xbox One S might not be good either.

[DELTAprime]

For those you that insist that key resellers are legitimate you might want to read this article.

http://www.polygon.com/2016/6/20/119...-450k-in-sales

[Deonasis]

Its all about motivation, in the past I've bought the console before the tv. That made me save and hurry up for a boring tv.

[kup]

What's this thing about Microsoft selling games compatible with both XBONE and Windows 10?

Are they trying to get out of the console hardware business and re-establishing the Windows gaming platform?

[DELTAprime]

What's this thing about Microsoft selling games compatible with both XBONE and Windows 10?

Are they trying to get out of the console hardware business and re-establishing the Windows gaming platform?

It's called Project Helix. Stage one is the 12 games announced at E3 this year as Xbox Play Anywhere games. You buy the Xbox digital version and you can download it to Windows 10. I have already bought Forza Horizon 3 Digital Ultimate Edition for Xbox One. When the game unlocks on Xbox I can then download it on Windows 10. So I plan to start downloading it on PC the second it unlocks, but I'll play the Xbox One version while the PC version downloads. Windows 10 does not have preloading yet, hence the wait for release to download.

As for later stages of Project Helix. Microsoft is trying to get everyone from the big guys like Activision, Bethesda, EA and Ubisoft to support it, right down to the little one person indy devs. So hopefully every new game that is on Xbox One will have a Windows 10 Store version included if they make a PC version of the game. But unlike the version you download from Steam it will have Xbox Live as it's social back end. Which is great for me because everyone I know IRL is on Xbox, so I can play with them from my PC. Of course there are people who don't want Xbox Live as the backend so they can still buy the Steam or GoG version. I think most people will still buy the Steam version but the Xbox version is an option. Note that it appears PC players don't have to pay for Gold to play online.

As for the final stage of Project Helix. It appears Microsoft plans to allow all Xbox One games (including backwards compatible 360 and Original Xbox games) to eventually be playable on PC. There is a lot of talk from industry insiders that Microsoft is planning this. There was even a moment a the day before E3 that Xbox One and Xbox 360 games temporarily showed up as installable games in peoples Windows 10 Store.

Microsoft want more people to buy Xbox games, remember they get a $10 cut of every $60 USD game sold and an extra cut if it's a digital Xbox One game. So they are basically taking the Xbox One install base from 20 million or so consoles to the nearly 1 billion Windows 10 devices. They will keep selling consoles for people that want that experience, but if you want to play games on PC they got you covered there too.

[Gutsman Heavy]

For those you that insist that key resellers are legitimate you might want to read this article.

http://www.polygon.com/2016/6/20/119...-450k-in-sales

After MKX I'll be getting all my WB games from keysellers. eff em.

[Bato]

It actually makes more sense to get it from steam since now you can get refunds....