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NEWS: Square Enix Unveils 'Project Flare' for Cloud-Based Gaming




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enurtsol



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PostPosted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 12:50 am Reply with quote
So basically the same thing the Xbox One already mentioned on doing that people didn't like because it'd depend on being online.
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Haterater



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PostPosted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 1:45 am Reply with quote
Pretty much. Don't want anything to do with this. Has DRM-incoming all over it.
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Kougeru



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PostPosted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 2:16 am Reply with quote
Odd how their Deus Ex demo still only looks half as good as when I played it on my PC. Bad compression when streaming online or they're showing it on a console? Idk. Seems pointless on all the games they demoed.
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 3:44 am Reply with quote
Call me orthodox gamer, but i definitely prefer playing games via disc over cloud-based, no matter how good the online aspects will influence the game's presentation
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 9:18 am Reply with quote
Seems a bit like what OnLive tried to provide. We can only hope that Square Enix can implement this better.
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enurtsol



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PostPosted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 6:30 pm Reply with quote
And have ya guys heard about this:

"Sony to charge a $9.99, not $5 monthly fee for multiplayer games on PS4, Nikkei reports"

  • Sony Corp plans to charge a monthly fee of US$9.99 in the United States and €6.99 euros in Europe for playing multiplayer online games on the upcoming PlayStation 4 (PS4) console scheduled to debut on November 15, the Nikkei business daily reported without citing sources.

    Sony announced at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in June that it would begin charging a monthly fee to play games online, but then company President Jack Tretton said that the fee would be $5 per month.

    Multiplayer games can be played for free on PlayStation 3. Players must pay a fee on Microsoft’s rival Xbox 360 console and on the upcoming Xbox One console. Those fees are vary between about $7/month and $10/month depending on how long the user orders the service for.

    Sony plans to charge 500 yen ($5) a month for multiplayer games in Japan when the new console debuts in February, the Nikkei said. It is unclear if, perhaps, the Japanese Nikkei got the European and U.S. fees mixed up.


Seems that while Microsoft was giving out XB1 info early on, Sony's strategy is to leak out PS4 info late near launch. Can't say these are unexpected though; Sony could only offer free online for so long. And since both XB1 and PS4 will be relying more on cloud-based servers to process more of the calculations off the consoles and with expected increasing people using online services, will only raise the costs of maintaining these servers.
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Fatt_One



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 06, 2013 12:30 am Reply with quote
That's quite strange, since all they're doing is making Plus required for online play, and Plus transfers from PS3 to PS4. A lot of people already have their Plus paid for @ 5 dollars a month. if they double the price it won't even effect me for like 2 years considering how much plus I have left.
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