E3 Highlights: Best Controllers - PS4 vs. Xbox One

@Syphen_bast  

personally, the best feature is the position of the left thumb.  it allows the thumbs and entire hand to start from a relaxed position.

it's almost impossible for that to be the case with the ps3.  your thumbs will always be in a flexed starting position.  and, for those who don't flex their thumbs with the ps3, unless, your fingers are a lot longer than my long fingers, you're going to have trouble reaching other buttons.

however, i agree, i'd like to give em both a test run, since, it looks like the ps4 might have fixed that problem by increasing the distance of the thumbs.  

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UK Chart: The Last of Us scores second week at top

Naughty Dog's The Last of Us has secured a second week at the top of the UK gaming chart.

The Last of Us debuted in first last week, claiming the biggest launch for a new IP since Rockstar's L.A. Noire in 2011. Naughty Dog's latest was also the third-biggest game launch of 2012, following Tomb Raider and BioShock Infinite.

Nintendo's 3DS-exclusive Animal Crossing: New Leaf scored its second week at No. 2, and FIFA 13 climbed back up to third.

Tomb Raider was fourth, with Max Payne 3 resurging to fifth thanks to prince promotions. Shop discounts also allowed Call of Duty: Black Ops II to climb eight places and finish sixth.

Far Cry 3 was seventh, Injustice eighth, and Assassin's Creed III ninth. Codemasters' Grid 2, which debuted in the charts at first three weeks ago, drops to tenth.

PQube's MotoGP 13 was the only new release in the chart this week, entering at 15th.

The Top 20 UK chart for the week ending June 22:

1. The Last of Us
2. Animal Crossing: New Leaf
3. FIFA 13
4. Tomb Raider
5. Max Payne 3
6. Call of Duty: Black Ops II
7. Far Cry 3
8. Injustice: Gods Among Us
9. Assassin's Creed III
10. GRID 2
11. Luigi's Mansion 2
12. LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes
13. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Legendary
14. Dead Island: Riptide
15. MotoGP 13
16. Grand Theft Auto IV
17. Donkey Kong Country Returns
18. Need for Speed: Most Wanted
19. BioShock Infinite
20. LEGO The Lord of the Rings

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Xbox One pricing "too high" says business author

The Art of Pricing author Rafi Mohammed believes Microsoft fumbled an "simple issue" and has priced the Xbox One "too high."

In a new Bloomberg TV segment, Mohammed--who has spent 21 years working on pricing issues--praised Microsoft for reversing its controversial policies, but ultimately said he believes the Xbox One's premium price could "derail" the system this holiday.

"You want to get that console in consumers' hands, and then where you really make the money is off of the games," Mohammed said. "So it was really surprising that they charged such a premium, especially when they had a lot of negatives…like the very restrictive DRM, which they did retract on."

"One of the key things is that they really listened to their consumers and they did backtrack and they reduced the price, but I still think the price is too high," he added. "So it's still a $100 premium."

The PlayStation 4 launches this holiday at $400.

Mohammed said every Xbox One coming bundled with a Kinect 2.0 sensor is a benefit over the PS4, where users must pay $60 for the peripheral. Still, he said he believes Microsoft can decrease the Xbox One's price by making Kinect an accessory, similar to the scenario for Xbox 360 users.

This is unlikely to happen, according to past comments from Microsoft designers, who have positioned the device as an integral component of the Xbox One. Microsoft has also said that it has no plans to revisit Xbox One pricing.

Xbox boss Don Mattrick defended the Xbox One pricing point during E3 this month, saying Microsoft is "over-delivering value" and that $500 is not "ridiculous" based on other technology options consumers have today.

Mohammed is an economics graduate of Boston University, the London School of Economics & Political Science, and Cornell University (Ph. D.) He is the founder of Culture of Profit LLC in Cambridge, Mass.

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Suda 51 says sexuality in games a touchy subject

Grasshopper Manufacture designer Suda 51 has spoken out in response to criticisms regarding how some of his games portray female characters.

Speaking with GamesIndustry International during E3 this month, Suda said anything a person creates has the potential to be criticized, including games like Lollipop Chainsaw and No More Heroes.

"I think in a way when you get criticism, that means people are paying attention to your work. Any kind of artistic value, anything you create, there's always some kind of criticism behind it," Suda said. "Which means we're making an impression and an impact."

"So I think we'll stay with what we're thinking and just keep going with that way of thinking…And when I say that, sexuality is a touchy subject," he added. "We don't want to make people offended, but we're trying to create something that makes people laugh a bit because we're [dealing with] that topic."

In Lollipop Chainsaw, 18-year-old protagonist Juliet lays waste to zombies with a chainsaw while wearing a cheerleading outfit. And in No More Heroes, Sylvia motivates the player by offering sex as a reward for in-game accomplishments.

Suda 51 and Grasshopper Manufacture are currently working on Killer Is Dead, due for release later this summer on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

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GameSpot Asia Beat Ep. 22 - Of 720s & Sony Architecture

Thanks for a really good show with some great discussion.  It was great to watch. :) However, the guests were slightly harder to hear, so maybe there needs to be a little sound adjustment? Maybe they weren't close enough to the microphones.  Anyway...

I found the different perspectives on next-gen, DRM and store-front curation particularly interesting.  I'm intrigued to see how things will actually develop over the next couple of years in terms of how we access our games.

Having the ability to buy games through different websites tied to something like the Steam store seems like such an obvious thing, although it raises the question of a conflict of interest for things like game review sites, and whether you could maintain impartiality if you are also selling games to your readers?  Still, an intriguing idea.

I share the feeling that this will be the last major console generation as technology in other areas progresses, particularly the functionality of smart TVs.

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Top 5 Skyrim Mods of the Week - Tardis Travels

Great show as always.

I loved the Tardis, I also loved the Sabre Cat Mount... The market stall is a good idea, all it needed, in order for people to come along and actually buy something is...

A SALES PITCH SHOUT? 

A shout that comes with the mod, that allows you to talk as a Cockney Market Seller in the voice of Ray Winston or better yet Del-Boy Trotter.

Now that would be excellent!?

Lovely Jubbly.

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Top Five Skyrim Mods of the Week - Tardis Travels

This week Seb and Cam hob aboard the Tardis to travel through time and relative dimensions in Skyrim. Also, they build a shop.

TARDIS - Time And Relative Dimensions In Space by ShatteredSteel
Steam Workshop Link

Grace Darklings Elven Scout Armor by Grace Darkling
Skyrim Nexus Link

Your Market Stall by wgstein
Skyrim Nexus Link

Armored SabreCat Mount by tumbajamba
Skyrim Nexus Link

Superb ENB-RL by sung9533 and Alakan
Skyrim Nexus Link

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Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon director hopeful for sequel - report

Voice actor Michael Biehn states on a podcast that game director Dean Evans wants to turn the game into a franchise.

Gamers who loved the retro-stylings of Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon can look forward to a possible sequel.

According to one of the game's voice actors Michael Biehn--who was interviewed on Major Nelson's Radio podcast (via Blue's News and VG247)--he was on the phone with the game's creative director Dean Evans on the night of May 5. "He was going into a meeting today, to you know–I think he wants to turn it into some sort of franchise. He's got a sequel in mind."

Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon is an eight hour spin-off of Far Cry 3 featuring a new storyline that borrows elements from '80s sci-fi pop culture. The game was praised for its action and humorous writing. Check out GameSpot for the full review.

By Jonathan Toyad, Associate Editor

Born and raised from a jungle-laden village in Sarawak, Malaysia, Jonathan Toyad has been playing games since the early 90s. He favors fighting games, RPGs, and rhythm titles above every other genre, and occasionally spaces out like Pavlov's dog to video game music on his iPod.

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Share function to be limited on PS4 games - Report

Sony Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida has revealed that developers will have the option to limit the 'Share' function on PlayStation 4 games. In an interview with Japanese site 4Gamer (via Edge), Yoshida explained that gamers may have restrictions placed on the footage they wish to upload via the Share function.

"There will be parts of a game that the maker does not want people to be able to see. For example, on Vita, developers can in certain scenes disable the feature that lets users take a screenshot, and (the Share function) will have a similar mechanism. The creator may not want to make video of the final boss sharable, for instance." He said.

The Share button is a new feature that will be introduced on the PlayStation 4 controller. It will allow PS4 owners to upload video footage and screenshots from their game to social networking sites.

Yoshida also discussed making the PS4 friendlier for third-party developers to make games for, saying there is reduced focus on cramming the console with top-of-the-line hardware.

Sony has confirmed the PS4 will launch this holiday season, but has not announced region-specific availability or pricing for the next-generation platform. The console will allegedly have the strongest launch software launch lineup in PlayStation history.

For more information on the PS4, check out GameSpot's latest coverage.

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PSN back in South Korea on May 16

Service only available for users age 18-years-old and above.

Sony Computer Entertainment Korea has announced that it will be reopening the PlayStation Store for South Korean PS3 consoles on May 16.

Gamers affected by the change will receive a free PlayStation Plus subscription for a month. However, only gamers age 18 and above can only access the online store.

Previously, the service was halted on June 29 last year due to the then new rulings of South Korea's Shutdown Law. The law was created in 2011 to prohibit gamers under 16-years-old from playing games during a six-hour lockdown from midnight until 6:00am.

By Jonathan Toyad, Associate Editor

Born and raised from a jungle-laden village in Sarawak, Malaysia, Jonathan Toyad has been playing games since the early 90s. He favors fighting games, RPGs, and rhythm titles above every other genre, and occasionally spaces out like Pavlov's dog to video game music on his iPod.

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