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European PSS Update - 09/14/2011

EU PS Blog:"Hello Everyone -
We kick off the final week of PLAY today with the release of the highly anticipated Renegade Ops from SEGA.
In Renegade Ops you must defeat Inferno, a madman intent on global domination. Destroy enemies across a range of stunning environments using a wide variety of vehicles. Players have the choice to fight alone in single player mode, team up offline with two-player split screen or join the dynamic 4-player online co-op experience. Blast your way through enemy lines by working together, or compete for achievements as you and your friends aim to top the online leader boards."

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Shawn Layden Hammers Down The Importance Of Preserving Games

Former PlayStation US bigwig Shawn Layden has weighed in on the subject of video game preservation during a chat with Lan Parties, stating that more should be done by the big players in the industry to help preserve games.

Preservation is important. I’m hoping that more people in the industry, certainly the big players, begin to realize that there’s an obligation and responsibility. This isn’t throw-away stuff we’re making. This is stuff that should be around for a long time because future generations will enjoy it in the same way that we have and it’s criminal that we’re not doing more to protect it.

Sony in particular has come under attack for its poor attitude towards game preservation, having originally announced plans to shutter the PSP, PS Vita, and PS3 stores back in March 2021. This was met with widespread backlash, resulting in the format holder confirming the Vita and PS3 stores would remain open.

isarai192d ago

Bring him back! Or put Shuhei in charge

Obscure_Observer192d ago

"Bring him back! Or put Shuhei in charge"

I would rather have Jack as Playstation CEO and Shu as President/Head of Playstation Studios.

But Layden is definitely better than Ryan

Eonjay191d ago

Wouldn't your rather the government pass a law banning PlayStation and requiring all citizens to purchase 15 Xboxes and GP subs?

Obscure_Observer191d ago (Edited 191d ago )

@Eonjay

"Wouldn't your rather the government pass a law banning PlayStation and requiring all citizens to purchase 15 Xboxes and GP subs?"

No.

I don´t want Playstation to disappear. Actually, I want Playstation to be quite successful and maintain its leadership on the market so MS could´t never get back to their cocky ways and f* with Xbox gamers ever again.

If you read my comment history, You´ll be able to confirm by yourself that I´d been actually encouraging your PS pals hurt by MS latest acquisitions to boycott Xbox games and support Sony instead.

So I´ve been noticing that only Jin Sakai, jznrpg and Apocalypse Shadow will actually walk the talk and boycott MS unlike some hypocrites talking sh*t about monopoly and consolidation, while giving their money to MS anyway.

Botton line, though, without Playstation as competition, Xbox gamers are doomed! Period!

shinoff2183192d ago

Meanwhile Nintendo shuts down what 3ds, and wii. You hear that

Fking crickets

-Foxtrot191d ago

Well yeah, it’s Nintendo, people don’t mind when they do something shitty

DarXyde191d ago

It's not that they don't mind. People just know what to expect from Nintendo. They're ridiculous in many ways. Charging for a terrible counterintuitive online service? Cracking down in emulation when they don't do enough for their own game preservation? Charging a premium for the tech they've got?

People mind, but they are perhaps willing to treat their bad behavior with less weight because they do deliver with games. It's functionally an abusive relationship with good sex.

Bizarre analogy, but I think it's true.

ModsDoBetter191d ago (Edited 191d ago )

Whilst the compang does the bare minimum with backwards compatibility?

EvertonFC191d ago

Preservation of games isn't just BC, so many gamers don't actually know what the full meaning of preservation even means.

ModsDoBetter191d ago

That's true, but the main focus from a consumer standpoint is allowing gamers to continue to play their older titles.

Preserving the history through backwards compatibility and ease of access, which Sony don't do a great job at...YET.

The ps catalogue is continually expanded and love being able to play older titles I enjoyed on PS3 like Tekken 6, so at least they're moving in the right direction on that front, albeit very slowly.

ModsDoBetter191d ago

Learn grammar is a bit rich coming from you who can't differentiate between your and you're. English clown 😂

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FinalFantasyFanatic191d ago

Does this mean we can have a lot more "Playstation Classics"? I don't feel like we're getting enough for what was promised, at least they added a few games this month.

shinoff2183191d ago

True. I've been waiting for some of those old school rpgs from the ps1 ps2 Era, where f is legend of legaia Sony

FinalFantasyFanatic191d ago

Oh yes! Give me Legaia! I don't have my original PS1 copy any more (idk even know what happened to it). There's so many games I missed the first time around, I would love the opportunity to play them.

Yui_Suzumiya190d ago

The boom of Playstation Classics seems to have fizzled out last gen. Now it's mostly remakes or remasters.

MrBaskerville191d ago

Sony is in a position where they could do a lot, with their premium games. They have all the systems in place to do something cool on the psp, ps2 and psx front, but they don't really want to, it seems.

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GameEnthus Podcast ep307: Tentacle Quest or Keanu Range

This week Anastasia(@ChasingLux) creator of ThumbstickMafia/Defenders of Light and Goose(@WhodaGoose) join Tiny(@Tiny415) and Aaron(@Ind1fference) to talk about:Thumbstick Mafia, Defenders of Light, Beam, Black Girl Gamers, Twitch, Elgato, Hauppauge, OBS, Xsplit, Pax East 2017, Attack on Titan, Dragonball Z, Avatar the Last Airbender, Train to Busan, Don’t Breathe, Hush, The Girl in the Photographs, MST3K, Grand Paint Auto, Doctor Who, Torchwood, 13 Reasons Why, Fate of the Furious, Crank, Pitch Black, Chronicles of Riddick, xXx, Hancock, The Last Witchhunter, Severed, Paladins, Overwatch, Flower, Subnautica, Yooka-Laylee, Dead Rising 4, Assassin’s Creed Unity, Homefront Revolution, Stardew Valley, Renegade Ops, Banjo-Kazooie Nuts n Bolts, Grabbed by the Ghoulies, Voodoo Vince, Breath of the Wild, Asura, Mr. Shifty, Mario Odyssey, Player Unknown Battlegrounds, The Sexy Brutale, Everything, Facebook Spaces, SNES Mini, Ready Player One, Binding of Isaac, Cloak and Dagger, Will Smith and more.

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Rolling the Dice: Do Modern RPGs Miss the Point of Team-Based Play?

It seems it was long time ago. A bunch of friends spending hours on end playing RPG games, sitting around the table with the box of cold pizza. Excited about the story, listening to the Game Master, they were completely engaged in the worlds only visible to them and their imaginations.

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Takwin2635d ago

The GM is the programmer, and in MMOs and co-ops, you can play with others. If you want to ONLY use your imagination for the visuals, read a book.