Finally Got PC-BSD 9.2

FreeBSD with KDE 4.10.5 is here! I know FreeBSD isn't Linux Mint, but it is KDE 4.10.5.
BSD is often seen as Linux’s
scarier cousin. Its name is
mentioned in hushed tones and
its users are thought of as elite
programmers and über sysadmins.
However, when we went to the PC-BSD
website to download the latest ISO, we
saw the main screenshot featured
Facebook and a YouTube video of funny
cats. Not exactly leet browsing material.
Perhaps it is for mere mortals after all.
PC-BSD aims to be user-friendly, like
a BSD equivalent of Linux Mint. Of
course, BSDs aren’t like Linux distros
because they don’t all share kernel –
though their features are broadly
similar, the main projects all maintain
their own. You could perhaps think of
PC-BSD, though, as a distro of FreeBSD.
Installation couldn’t have been
easier: just select Desktop or Server
and set it to work. Once it’s done, the
system walks you through creating a
user and you’re done. Frankly, a few
popular Linux distros could learn a thing
or two about user-friendly installation
“PC-BSD aims to be
user-friendly, like a BSD
version of Linux Mint.”
from PC-BSD. The install gives you a
KDE desktop, though other
environments are available. The only
slight blip was a warning message
telling us that we had less than 50GB of
hard drive space. This seemed a little
excessive, given that the install only
took up 7.2GB, and a message like this
might cause people to worry that the
install will fail. We ignored the warning
and it worked fine on our 20GB disk.
If it weren’t for the logo on the
desktop, many Linux users wouldn’t
realise they weren’t using a penguin-
flavoured OS. The range of apps
installed by default seems a little light,
though, considering the 3.4GB
download. There’s no office suite,
Konqueror is the only web browser, and
there’s little else of interest – you have
to install everything you need.
PC-BSD comes with the famous
ports package management system,
It may carry the cute exterior of KDE (pun intended), but underneath beats
the heart of a BSD.
but GUI-loving users needn’t be afraid.
There’s also AppCafe which is a fully
graphical software installation that’s
one of the best we’ve come across.
There’s only about 1,100 apps here –
we say only because there’s almost
70,000 on the Ubuntu Software Centre
– but you should find software for most
common tasks. There were a few
surprises, like Apache OpenOffice
instead of the more popular LibreOffice
(or even Calligra Suite given the OS’s
predilection for KDE). As we said,
there’s software to suit most tasks, but
you don’t have as much choice as you
may be used to. You still have the option
of installing open source software the
old fashioned way, and most Linux
software should compile on BSD.
On files
For years, the biggest difference
between BSD and Linux has been the
way they deal with filesystems. BSD’s
ZFS has long been the envy of Linux
sysadmins. This version of PC-BSD
comes with lpresnap which simplifies
the process of taking ZFS snapshots,
though at the moment it’s only available
on the command line. A graphical
version is promised for the next version.
ZFS now works on Linux, and BTRFS
is also starting to be used, so the
www.tuxradar.com
technical gap between the two systems
is closing. At the same time, though,
some of the BSDs (especially PC-BSD)
have become easier to use, closing the
game on Linux in that respect.
Unless you have an ideological
preference for the BSD licence over the
GPL, it’s hard to give you a specific
reason to give BSD a try – but we highly
recommend that you take it for a spin
anyway. Not because of any great
technical difference, but because it
gives you another view of a free
Unix-like OS – and it’s easy enough to
whip up in a virtual machine or on a
spare computer

Videogames are more popular then Comic Books

Whoa, whoa -- video games are an art form now? Well, here's the thing: The first rule of art is "art is subjective," and the second rule of art is "ART IS SUBJECTIVE" (the third rule: "If this is your first day at art club, you have to art"), and thus the tiresome argument that video games aren't art is rather moot indeed. Oh, and video games are an output of drawings, writing, and music put together by skilled humans in a manner designed to entertain/enliven, so there's that, too.
So with that out of the way, being on the verge of a new console generation feels like a good time to file something of a progress report on the art form in question (if only to desperately justify those 147 hours I poured into Saints Row: The Third). So what the hell can games do that books and interpretive dance can't?

#5. They Can Make You Think Like Someone Else

In a bad video game, you'll tend to refer to your onscreen character as "him" (or, rarely, "her") -- "Look at him fight that giant crab," etc. But a more engrossing game inevitably has you referring to your exploits in the first person -- "I'm sorry, I can't join you for 11 hours of tantric sex right now, I have to kill this giant crab" -- and this is because games can put you in the boots of someone else, to the point where you might find yourself kinda sorta thinking like someone else. Psychologists have long detailed this phenomenon where you'll behave according to what your perceived role in life is, and it's games' ability to harness this in a fun/harmless way that's perhaps unique.

As an example, the Mass Effect trilogy of games (does 2.9 games count as a trilogy?) has a romantic side quest for the main character, and playing as the other gender and then finding yourself genuinely evaluating potential romantic matches from their perspective ("YOU SHALL BRING ME THE BIGGEST HUNK ON THE SHIP") is an experience you can't really get unless the medium is actively telling you to take on another role. A game that more completely focused on all this could be sociologically fascinating indeed (or at least spread appreciation of hunks).

#4. They Can Do What Existing Art Forms Can Do, Only More So

What makes a good painting? Arguably you'd distinguish a work of intrigue from a mere illustration by the presence of mystery, or if someone painted boobs on it. Thoughtfulness and ambiguity in an image are the starting point, and the audience's imagination completes the process that we call art. Thus, paintings are cool. But video games can take all this and extend it to the third dimension.

There's an unusually thoughtful and ambiguous game from Japan called Dark Souls that places you in a strange and beautiful undead land with little real direction as to your quest. You'll meet a number of characters, but the narrative and exposition are deliberately kept minimal to foster endless discussion (the game's director loved the process of making up his own stories when reading English fantasy novels as a child and attempted to translate that experience to the video game medium). The game succeeds as a piece of art because the obvious amount of thought and detail that have gone into it subconsciously tell the audience that it's worth their time to try and fill in its many blanks.

You're not told everything, just like you're not told what the hell The Scream is screaming about, only here you've got an added plane of depth, and this is what's known as "taking it up a notch." About halfway through Dark Souls, you encounter a five-story-high painting in a massive, eerie hall. As you approach, some strange force seizes you, pulling you into the painting, leaving you to wander interestedly around the mysterious world within. This is what's known as "literally the most convenient metaphor ever."

#3. They Let You Step Outside the Narrative

The movie Minority Report had some good ideas about the future, but whatever was in there was always gonna be mitigated by the fact that a movie gets made because a star gets attached to it, and thus it's the star you're stuck looking at 95 percent of the time. Maybe the movie Prometheus had some good ideas, too, but who the hell knows because the audience was hurtling by them lashed to a mindless, rampaging narrative. The point here is that a linear experience means the audience is largely beholden to whatever the camera is pointed at. It's a big deal that in video games you control the camera.

What makes a world feel real is the little things -- the overheard conversations, the emails, the informative brochures. This is particularly important with science fiction, which generally seeks to present a convincing vision of another reality. A game like 2011's Deus Ex: Human Revolution presents a complete picture of a world where human augmentation is a reality because you get to hear those conversations and read those emails and brochures -- you simply spend more time in the world than you ever could with a movie (Prometheus only seemed like it was eight goddamned hours long).

Sure, you have your mission, but you can easily just say screw it and go around breaking into people's apartments, and when you stumble onto the apartment with the clandestine human chop shop, bags of artificial eyes and arms littered about, alarming emails on the computer, you realize this is the kind of extraneous depth that makes shit actually feel plausible. Being able to park the narrative for a bit and wander off to take in the details is uniquely immersive, and anyone interested in speculative fiction would do well to go "Hmm ..." at this point.

Read more: http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-things-video-games-do-better-than-any-other-forms-art/#ixzz2j5002Ivy

 

 

#2. They Can Trick You into Learning Something About Yourself

The worst I've ever felt about myself was the time I let that dude fall to his death from a bell tower when I so easily could have pulled him to safety. I found out something about myself that day -- I was willing to decide that someone I didn't like should die, and I was mad at that dead bastard, but I was infinitely madder at myself. Fortunately, most of this took place in a video game (2012's The Walking Dead), and it's a prime example of something games can do but passive media cannot: They can set you up to do things you assumed you weren't capable of, in a manner typically reserved for evenings at Stanley Milgram's place. A novel or film can show you someone else's descent into oblivion, but it can't make you do evil.

Recently in games there's a mini-trend of examining traditional game protagonists and the way they unquestioningly scythe down waves of enemies because the back of the box says they're The Hero. 2012's Spec Ops: The Line directly confronts this with chilling consequences for the psyche (how to play Spec Ops: The Line, Step 1: Return game to store); The Walking Dead tests the limits of how far you would go to protect one implausibly cute kid (pretty far, it turns out); and even Dark Souls is a game where half the enemies you face inevitably turn out to have some heart-breakingly noble reason for trying to dismember you (you who have unknowingly wrought so much evil because you assumed you were the hero of the game). Why is all this worth it? Because evil starts from assuming that you can do no wrong, and games genuinely have the potential to remind us that we can and will do evil if we're first told how good we are. Plus games keep you off the streets, killing virtual giant crabs instead of real ones, and that's the way to be.

#1. They Can Actually Attract an Audience

In the damn-near-impossible-to-make-a-living/impact world of the arts, you often have to go where the audience is, and that's the biggest advantage of video games right now. Like it or not, that's definitely where the audience is. Even entry-level indie games can get attention not available to other mediums. 2011's low-tech To the Moon is basically a short story infused with a frankly microscopic amount of gameplay, but it's a good short story, and it's one that thousands of people would never have read if it hadn't been in game form.

That might sound unfair, but every medium exists merely to fill the unending need for entertainment and stories, and games are in right now (have faith, erotic limerick writers, your time will come again). Most games are not 3D paintings. Artistically speaking, the majority of video games don't do anything better than a brick, let alone literature or HBO, but most of them are at least fun, and some are legitimately beginning to demonstrate games' unique potential to be equally fun AND thought-provoking (heaven forbid). An actual diversity of voices, attracted by this potential, is maybe all that's needed to take things further. And then 30 years from now when games come full circle and become what Hollywood is now, we'll at least have a golden age to look back on wistfully.

Game Industry Predictions (PS4, Xbox One, Playstation Vita, Wii U, 3DS)

The Kinect will win over the casual crowd and be fundamental to Xbox One's success

The first Kinect was a great concept but a flawed final product that lacked decent software. However, the market for it was there and it sold like hot cakes, so I'm thoroughly expecting the improved Kinect 2.0 (which is bundled with the Xbox One) to prove itself as a big selling point for the coveted "casual" audience.

While I'm personally not excited by the prospect of controlling my video games by flailing my arms around, as Nintendo have now moved towards a more traditional controller setup with the dual analog sticks of the GamePad, I'm predicting that the Xbox One will top many a kids' Christmas list in 2014 when Microsoft has rolled out a few more motion-controlled titles.
PlayStation 4 will trounce the Xbox One across holiday period

After the PR disaster that was the Xbox One's unveiling, I predict that the PlayStation 4 will shift the most units across the holiday period by a wide margin . Sony is simply offering the most enticing package, with its console being more affordable and marketed much more proficiently than its rival.


Wii U bundles without the GamePad

I love the GamePad. Considering its size it fits nicely in your hands, in the few games that have incorporated it into their gameplay it has worked magnificently and it offers a wonderful combination of console and tablet gaming .

Unfortunately, it is being underutilised, and this has led many to question its significance. While I would love for Nintendo to convert the non-believers, with their next three big first-party games seemingly failing to use it any notable way, I'm wondering whether the console manufacturer may start to release bundles that replace it with the Pro Controller, instead selling the GamePad separately with games that require it such as Wii Party U.
Microsoft will win ground back from Sony in the long run.

While I believe Sony will win the holiday 2013 battle, Microsoft has a good chance of winning the war. We've all praised Sony for its courting of indie developers and the like, but Microsoft is making a beeline for that most profitable of markets: the bro.

Thus far, Microsoft's pushing of sports to the forefront of the Xbox One's priorities has been a curious business decision, but it is indicative of the demographic they are looking to appeal to. That demographic, the one that will attend a midnight launch of a Call of Duty game and spend an obscene amount of money on Ultimate Team packs on FIFA, is an extremely profitable one which Microsoft also had a firm hold of in the current console generation.
The Titanfall series will dethrone Call of Duty

Many are becoming tired of the Call of Duty franchise, with the fewer pre-sales of Ghosts indicative of this, and while Battlefield 4 looks great that series' focus on more strategic gameplay has always stood to alienate those who prefer their action more fast-paced and, let's face it, dumb.

Fortunately, from the looks of the various previews and gameplays demos we have seen of it, Titanfall looks to bridge that gap. I believe that by the time we see the inevitable Titanfall 2, which unlike its predecessor will no doubt be released on the Xbox One, PC and PS4 simultaneously, we could actually have a CoD-killer on our hands.
Bayonetta 2 will flop

The announcement that Bayonetta 2 would be arriving exclusively on the Wii U divided opinion. Nintendo fans loved the fact that developer Platinum Games was showing such support to the new console, while fans of the original Bayonetta who weren't planning on picking up the Wii U were understandably more than a little frustrated.

I personally believe that Bayonetta 2 should absolutely have been a multiplatform title, and I think the fact that it will be releasing solely on the Wii U will prove to be its unfortunate undoing. Even though I'm of the opinion that 2014 will see Nintendo change the public's opinion of the Wii U, I simply don't think that owners of the console are Bayonetta 2's target audience and, as was the case with Platinum's The Wonderful 101, its lack of sales will reflect this.
Mario Kart 8 and Super Smash Bros. U will turn around the Wii U's fortunes.

Much in the same way that the two-hit combo of Super Mario 3D Land and Mario Kart 7 improved the 3DS's fortunes, I believe that when Mario Kart 8 and Super Smash Bros. U release next year they will prove to be system sellers for Nintendo's console.

Nintendo has struggled to gain a foothold on the market in the Wii U's first year on sale, but with the big hitters out of that starting gate they have a great chance of converting many more to the console's cause.
Quantic Dream will start developing for Xbox One

Beyond: Two Souls has been receiving mixed reviews, with many still not seeing the appeal of Quantic Dream's "interactive movie" style of game design. But while David Cage and his crew are already planning a game for the PS4, I wouldn't be surprised if they eventually take their talents over to Microsoft.

Microsoft's strong push of the Xbox One as a multimedia centre that will attract sports, TV and film fans as much as it will people who just want to play video games would surely be a perfect fit for Quantic Dream's vision, even if they have made their allegiance to Sony abundantly clear.

Quantic even released an app that allowed Beyond to be controlled by smartphone for people unfamiliar with the dual analog setup which, considering Microsoft's continued push of Xbox Smartglass, would just make sense.
Xbox Fitness will (unfortunately) be a huge hit

Wii Fit proved to a be a monstrous success for Nintendo, and Microsoft is looking to jump on that bandwagon with Xbox Fitness. The app will be included with Xbox Live Gold memberships until December 2014, with it then becoming a paid service.

While I personally prefer to do my exercising outdoors rather than sweating in front of my TV, I think this will prove to be huge for Microsoft,  and if they keep that subscription fee low enough and frequently update it with new workout videos, it could see the Xbox One worming its way into the living rooms of people who are uninterested in video games, similar to the impact Wii Fit had on the Wii.
PlayStation Plus will offer up top PS3 titles for free

Sony has already announced that PS3 games will be streamed to the PS4 and Vita via the cloud gaming network Gaikai, but that will inevitably come at a price - a price that those who already owned the games will probably be unwilling to pay.

The PlayStation Plus service has offered subscribers a fantastic array of free games over the years, and this trend will likely continue with the PS4. However, seeing as how the PS4's library won't be large enough for this to be the case in its first couple of years on the market, I'm predicting that the PS3's best games will be made available for free to Plus subscribers.
Rare will bring back a few of their most popular series as Kinect games

Rare used to be everybody's favourite third-party developer. Creators of Banjo-Kazooie, GoldenEye 007 and Conker's Bad Fur Day, there was a time when it looked like the company could do no wrong. Now is not that time.

Since 2010, Rare's main focus has been on developing Kinect titles, the derivative Kinect Sports being chief among them. The company will continue its focus on motion-controlled titles with the Xbox One, too, but seeing as how every owner of the console will mandatorily own a Kinect, there's a chance that we could see Rare undergo a revival of sorts and bring back Banjo and the crew to entice those of us who have been begging for their return to take on chance on purchasing a Kinect game or two.
The PS4 will revive the Vita

The PS Vita's a great handheld console but is simply lacking the games. Fortunately, Sony hasn't given up on it, and are really pushing the connectivity between it and the PlayStation 4, along with unveiling a whole bunch of great looking new titles for the near future. I'm predicting that the PS4 will inject some life into the Vita and a whole bunch of people will finally be introduced to the considerable charm of Persona 4.
We'll get a great Wii U Pokemon game, but it won't be the RPG we're all hoping for

Nintendo won't allow developer Game Freak to release a Pokemon RPG on the Wii U, because doing so would have a negative impact on the series' hugely successful portable games.

However, I think we'll definitely see a Pokemon game make its way to the Wii U, with the smart money being on either a beat-em-up or a Skylanders-esque platformer complete with tons of expensive figurines for fans to collect.
The PlayStation Eye will become completely obsolete

The PlayStation Eye was removed from the PlayStation 4 bundle to lower its price point, and I have no doubt that this will render its use completely obsolete save for its implementation in a handful of games, similar to the PS3's Eye.
Downloadable multiplayer-only titles will become the next big thing

Titanfall is an online multiplayer-only title, but that little fact hasn't prevented it from becoming one of the most heavily anticipated next-gen titles. This marks a huge change in the public's perception of multiplayer-only games, as they have thus far only found notable success on the PC, and could mean that we'll see smaller studios incapable of devoting enough time to the creation of a single-player and a multiplayer mode still being able to find considerable success.
The Kinect will win over the casual crowd and be fundamental to Xbox One's success

The first Kinect was a great concept but a flawed final product that lacked decent software. However, the market for it was there and it sold like hot cakes, so I'm thoroughly expecting the improved Kinect 2.0 (which is bundled with the Xbox One) to prove itself as a big selling point for the coveted "casual" audience.

While I'm personally not excited by the prospect of controlling my video games by flailing my arms around, as Nintendo have now moved towards a more traditional controller setup with the dual analog sticks of the GamePad, I'm predicting that the Xbox One will top many a kids' Christmas list in 2014 when Microsoft has rolled out a few more motion-controlled titles.
PlayStation 4 will trounce the Xbox One across holiday period

After the PR disaster that was the Xbox One's unveiling, I predict that the PlayStation 4 will shift the most units across the holiday period by a wide margin . Sony is simply offering the most enticing package, with its console being more affordable and marketed much more proficiently than its rival.


Microsoft will win ground back from Sony in the long run.

While I believe Sony will win the holiday 2013 battle, Microsoft has a good chance of winning the war. We've all praised Sony for its courting of indie developers and the like, but Microsoft is making a beeline for that most profitable of markets: the bro.

Thus far, Microsoft's pushing of sports to the forefront of the Xbox One's priorities has been a curious business decision, but it is indicative of the demographic they are looking to appeal to. That demographic, the one that will attend a midnight launch of a Call of Duty game and spend an obscene amount of money on Ultimate Team packs on FIFA, is an extremely profitable one which Microsoft also had a firm hold of in the current console generation.
The Titanfall series will dethrone Call of Duty

Many are becoming tired of the Call of Duty franchise, with the fewer pre-sales of Ghosts indicative of this, and while Battlefield 4 looks great that series' focus on more strategic gameplay has always stood to alienate those who prefer their action more fast-paced and, let's face it, dumb.

Fortunately, from the looks of the various previews and gameplays demos we have seen of it, Titanfall looks to bridge that gap. I believe that by the time we see the inevitable Titanfall 2, which unlike its predecessor will no doubt be released on the Xbox One, PC and PS4 simultaneously, we could actually have a CoD-killer on our hands.
Bayonetta 2 will flop

The announcement that Bayonetta 2 would be arriving exclusively on the Wii U divided opinion. Nintendo fans loved the fact that developer Platinum Games was showing such support to the new console, while fans of the original Bayonetta who weren't planning on picking up the Wii U were understandably more than a little frustrated.

I personally believe that Bayonetta 2 should absolutely have been a multiplatform title, and I think the fact that it will be releasing solely on the Wii U will prove to be its unfortunate undoing. Even though I'm of the opinion that 2014 will see Nintendo change the public's opinion of the Wii U, I simply don't think that owners of the console are Bayonetta 2's target audience and, as was the case with Platinum's The Wonderful 101, its lack of sales will reflect this.
Mario Kart 8 and Super Smash Bros. U will turn around the Wii U's fortunes.

Much in the same way that the two-hit combo of Super Mario 3D Land and Mario Kart 7 improved the 3DS's fortunes, I believe that when Mario Kart 8 and Super Smash Bros. U release next year they will prove to be system sellers for Nintendo's console.

Nintendo has struggled to gain a foothold on the market in the Wii U's first year on sale, but with the big hitters out of that starting gate they have a great chance of converting many more to the console's cause.
Quantic Dream will start developing for Xbox One

Beyond: Two Souls has been receiving mixed reviews, with many still not seeing the appeal of Quantic Dream's "interactive movie" style of game design. But while David Cage and his crew are already planning a game for the PS4, I wouldn't be surprised if they eventually take their talents over to Microsoft.

Microsoft's strong push of the Xbox One as a multimedia centre that will attract sports, TV and film fans as much as it will people who just want to play video games would surely be a perfect fit for Quantic Dream's vision, even if they have made their allegiance to Sony abundantly clear.

Quantic even released an app that allowed Beyond to be controlled by smartphone for people unfamiliar with the dual analog setup which, considering Microsoft's continued push of Xbox Smartglass, would just make sense.
Xbox Fitness will (unfortunately) be a huge hit

Wii Fit proved to a be a monstrous success for Nintendo, and Microsoft is looking to jump on that bandwagon with Xbox Fitness. The app will be included with Xbox Live Gold memberships until December 2014, with it then becoming a paid service.

While I personally prefer to do my exercising outdoors rather than sweating in front of my TV, I think this will prove to be huge for Microsoft,  and if they keep that subscription fee low enough and frequently update it with new workout videos, it could see the Xbox One worming its way into the living rooms of people who are uninterested in video games, similar to the impact Wii Fit had on the Wii.
PlayStation Plus will offer up top PS3 titles for free

Sony has already announced that PS3 games will be streamed to the PS4 and Vita via the cloud gaming network Gaikai, but that will inevitably come at a price - a price that those who already owned the games will probably be unwilling to pay.

The PlayStation Plus service has offered subscribers a fantastic array of free games over the years, and this trend will likely continue with the PS4. However, seeing as how the PS4's library won't be large enough for this to be the case in its first couple of years on the market, I'm predicting that the PS3's best games will be made available for free to Plus subscribers.
Rare will bring back a few of their most popular series as Kinect games

Rare used to be everybody's favourite third-party developer. Creators of Banjo-Kazooie, GoldenEye 007 and Conker's Bad Fur Day, there was a time when it looked like the company could do no wrong. Now is not that time.

Since 2010, Rare's main focus has been on developing Kinect titles, the derivative Kinect Sports being chief among them. The company will continue its focus on motion-controlled titles with the Xbox One, too, but seeing as how every owner of the console will mandatorily own a Kinect, there's a chance that we could see Rare undergo a revival of sorts and bring back Banjo and the crew to entice those of us who have been begging for their return to take on chance on purchasing a Kinect game or two.
The PS4 will revive the Vita

The PS Vita's a great handheld console but is simply lacking the games. Fortunately, Sony hasn't given up on it, and are really pushing the connectivity between it and the PlayStation 4, along with unveiling a whole bunch of great looking new titles for the near future. I'm predicting that the PS4 will inject some life into the Vita and a whole bunch of people will finally be introduced to the considerable charm of Persona 4.
We'll get a great Wii U Pokemon game, but it won't be the RPG we're all hoping for

Nintendo won't allow developer Game Freak to release a Pokemon RPG on the Wii U, because doing so would have a negative impact on the series' hugely successful portable games.

However, I think we'll definitely see a Pokemon game make its way to the Wii U, with the smart money being on either a beat-em-up or a Skylanders-esque platformer complete with tons of expensive figurines for fans to collect.
The PlayStation Eye will become completely obsolete

The PlayStation Eye was removed from the PlayStation 4 bundle to lower its price point, and I have no doubt that this will render its use completely obsolete save for its implementation in a handful of games, similar to the PS3's Eye.
Downloadable multiplayer-only titles will become the next big thing

Titanfall is an online multiplayer-only title, but that little fact hasn't prevented it from becoming one of the most heavily anticipated next-gen titles. This marks a huge change in the public's perception of multiplayer-only games, as they have thus far only found notable success on the PC, and could mean that we'll see smaller studios incapable of devoting enough time to the creation of a single-player and a multiplayer mode still being able to find considerable success.
The Kinect will win over the casual crowd and be fundamental to Xbox One's success

The first Kinect was a great concept but a flawed final product that lacked decent software. However, the market for it was there and it sold like hot cakes, so I'm thoroughly expecting the improved Kinect 2.0 (which is bundled with the Xbox One) to prove itself as a big selling point for the coveted "casual" audience.

While I'm personally not excited by the prospect of controlling my video games by flailing my arms around, as Nintendo have now moved towards a more traditional controller setup with the dual analog sticks of the GamePad, I'm predicting that the Xbox One will top many a kids' Christmas list in 2014 when Microsoft has rolled out a few more motion-controlled titles.
PlayStation 4 will trounce the Xbox One across holiday period

After the PR disaster that was the Xbox One's unveiling, I predict that the PlayStation 4 will shift the most units across the holiday period by a wide margin . Sony is simply offering the most enticing package, with its console being more affordable and marketed much more proficiently than its rival.


Microsoft will win ground back from Sony in the long run.

While I believe Sony will win the holiday 2013 battle, Microsoft has a good chance of winning the war. We've all praised Sony for its courting of indie developers and the like, but Microsoft is making a beeline for that most profitable of markets: the bro.

Thus far, Microsoft's pushing of sports to the forefront of the Xbox One's priorities has been a curious business decision, but it is indicative of the demographic they are looking to appeal to. That demographic, the one that will attend a midnight launch of a Call of Duty game and spend an obscene amount of money on Ultimate Team packs on FIFA, is an extremely profitable one which Microsoft also had a firm hold of in the current console generation.
The Titanfall series will dethrone Call of Duty

Many are becoming tired of the Call of Duty franchise, with the fewer pre-sales of Ghosts indicative of this, and while Battlefield 4 looks great that series' focus on more strategic gameplay has always stood to alienate those who prefer their action more fast-paced and, let's face it, dumb.

Fortunately, from the looks of the various previews and gameplays demos we have seen of it, Titanfall looks to bridge that gap. I believe that by the time we see the inevitable Titanfall 2, which unlike its predecessor will no doubt be released on the Xbox One, PC and PS4 simultaneously, we could actually have a CoD-killer on our hands.
Bayonetta 2 will flop

The announcement that Bayonetta 2 would be arriving exclusively on the Wii U divided opinion. Nintendo fans loved the fact that developer Platinum Games was showing such support to the new console, while fans of the original Bayonetta who weren't planning on picking up the Wii U were understandably more than a little frustrated.

I personally believe that Bayonetta 2 should absolutely have been a multiplatform title, and I think the fact that it will be releasing solely on the Wii U will prove to be its unfortunate undoing. Even though I'm of the opinion that 2014 will see Nintendo change the public's opinion of the Wii U, I simply don't think that owners of the console are Bayonetta 2's target audience and, as was the case with Platinum's The Wonderful 101, its lack of sales will reflect this.
Mario Kart 8 and Super Smash Bros. U will turn around the Wii U's fortunes.

Much in the same way that the two-hit combo of Super Mario 3D Land and Mario Kart 7 improved the 3DS's fortunes, I believe that when Mario Kart 8 and Super Smash Bros. U release next year they will prove to be system sellers for Nintendo's console.

Nintendo has struggled to gain a foothold on the market in the Wii U's first year on sale, but with the big hitters out of that starting gate they have a great chance of converting many more to the console's cause.
Quantic Dream will start developing for Xbox One

Beyond: Two Souls has been receiving mixed reviews, with many still not seeing the appeal of Quantic Dream's "interactive movie" style of game design. But while David Cage and his crew are already planning a game for the PS4, I wouldn't be surprised if they eventually take their talents over to Microsoft.

Microsoft's strong push of the Xbox One as a multimedia centre that will attract sports, TV and film fans as much as it will people who just want to play video games would surely be a perfect fit for Quantic Dream's vision, even if they have made their allegiance to Sony abundantly clear.

Quantic even released an app that allowed Beyond to be controlled by smartphone for people unfamiliar with the dual analog setup which, considering Microsoft's continued push of Xbox Smartglass, would just make sense.
Xbox Fitness will (unfortunately) be a huge hit

Wii Fit proved to a be a monstrous success for Nintendo, and Microsoft is looking to jump on that bandwagon with Xbox Fitness. The app will be included with Xbox Live Gold memberships until December 2014, with it then becoming a paid service.

While I personally prefer to do my exercising outdoors rather than sweating in front of my TV, I think this will prove to be huge for Microsoft,  and if they keep that subscription fee low enough and frequently update it with new workout videos, it could see the Xbox One worming its way into the living rooms of people who are uninterested in video games, similar to the impact Wii Fit had on the Wii.
PlayStation Plus will offer up top PS3 titles for free

Sony has already announced that PS3 games will be streamed to the PS4 and Vita via the cloud gaming network Gaikai, but that will inevitably come at a price - a price that those who already owned the games will probably be unwilling to pay.

The PlayStation Plus service has offered subscribers a fantastic array of free games over the years, and this trend will likely continue with the PS4. However, seeing as how the PS4's library won't be large enough for this to be the case in its first couple of years on the market, I'm predicting that the PS3's best games will be made available for free to Plus subscribers.
Rare will bring back a few of their most popular series as Kinect games

Rare used to be everybody's favourite third-party developer. Creators of Banjo-Kazooie, GoldenEye 007 and Conker's Bad Fur Day, there was a time when it looked like the company could do no wrong. Now is not that time.

Since 2010, Rare's main focus has been on developing Kinect titles, the derivative Kinect Sports being chief among them. The company will continue its focus on motion-controlled titles with the Xbox One, too, but seeing as how every owner of the console will mandatorily own a Kinect, there's a chance that we could see Rare undergo a revival of sorts and bring back Banjo and the crew to entice those of us who have been begging for their return to take on chance on purchasing a Kinect game or two.
The PS4 will revive the Vita

The PS Vita's a great handheld console but is simply lacking the games. Fortunately, Sony hasn't given up on it, and are really pushing the connectivity between it and the PlayStation 4, along with unveiling a whole bunch of great looking new titles for the near future. I'm predicting that the PS4 will inject some life into the Vita and a whole bunch of people will finally be introduced to the considerable charm of Persona 4.
We'll get a great Wii U Pokemon game, but it won't be the RPG we're all hoping for

Nintendo won't allow developer Game Freak to release a Pokemon RPG on the Wii U, because doing so would have a negative impact on the series' hugely successful portable games.

However, I think we'll definitely see a Pokemon game make its way to the Wii U, with the smart money being on either a beat-em-up or a Skylanders-esque platformer complete with tons of expensive figurines for fans to collect.
The PlayStation Eye will become completely obsolete

The PlayStation Eye was removed from the PlayStation 4 bundle to lower its price point, and I have no doubt that this will render its use completely obsolete save for its implementation in a handful of games, similar to the PS3's Eye.
Downloadable multiplayer-only titles will become the next big thing

Titanfall is an online multiplayer-only title, but that little fact hasn't prevented it from becoming one of the most heavily anticipated next-gen titles. This marks a huge change in the public's perception of multiplayer-only games, as they have thus far only found notable success on the PC, and could mean that we'll see smaller studios incapable of devoting enough time to the creation of a single-player and a multiplayer mode still being able to find considerable success.
The Kinect will win over the casual crowd and be fundamental to Xbox One's success

The first Kinect was a great concept but a flawed final product that lacked decent software. However, the market for it was there and it sold like hot cakes, so I'm thoroughly expecting the improved Kinect 2.0 (which is bundled with the Xbox One) to prove itself as a big selling point for the coveted "casual" audience.

While I'm personally not excited by the prospect of controlling my video games by flailing my arms around, as Nintendo have now moved towards a more traditional controller setup with the dual analog sticks of the GamePad, I'm predicting that the Xbox One will top many a kids' Christmas list in 2014 when Microsoft has rolled out a few more motion-controlled titles.
PlayStation 4 will trounce the Xbox One across holiday period

After the PR disaster that was the Xbox One's unveiling, I predict that the PlayStation 4 will shift the most units across the holiday period by a wide margin . Sony is simply offering the most enticing package, with its console being more affordable and marketed much more proficiently than its rival.



The Kinect will win over the casual crowd and be fundamental to Xbox One's success

The first Kinect was a great concept but a flawed final product that lacked decent software. However, the market for it was there and it sold like hot cakes, so I'm thoroughly expecting the improved Kinect 2.0 (which is bundled with the Xbox One) to prove itself as a big selling point for the coveted "casual" audience.

While I'm personally not excited by the prospect of controlling my video games by flailing my arms around, as Nintendo have now moved towards a more traditional controller setup with the dual analog sticks of the GamePad, I'm predicting that the Xbox One will top many a kids' Christmas list in 2014 when Microsoft has rolled out a few more motion-controlled titles.
PlayStation 4 will trounce the Xbox One across holiday period

After the PR disaster that was the Xbox One's unveiling, I predict that the PlayStation 4 will shift the most units across the holiday period by a wide margin . Sony is simply offering the most enticing package, with its console being more affordable and marketed much more proficiently than its rival.
Nintendo will sell cheaper Wii U bundles without the GamePad

I love the GamePad. Considering its size it fits nicely in your hands, in the few games that have incorporated it into their gameplay it has worked magnificently and it offers a wonderful combination of console and tablet gaming .

Unfortunately, it is being underutilised, and this has led many to question its significance. While I would love for Nintendo to convert the non-believers, with their next three big first-party games seemingly failing to use it any notable way, I'm wondering whether the console manufacturer may start to release bundles that replace it with the Pro Controller, instead selling the GamePad separately with games that require it such as Wii Party U.
Microsoft will win ground back from Sony in the long run.

While I believe Sony will win the holiday 2013 battle, Microsoft has a good chance of winning the war. We've all praised Sony for its courting of indie developers and the like, but Microsoft is making a beeline for that most profitable of markets: the bro.

Thus far, Microsoft's pushing of sports to the forefront of the Xbox One's priorities has been a curious business decision, but it is indicative of the demographic they are looking to appeal to. That demographic, the one that will attend a midnight launch of a Call of Duty game and spend an obscene amount of money on Ultimate Team packs on FIFA, is an extremely profitable one which Microsoft also had a firm hold of in the current console generation.
The Titanfall series will dethrone Call of Duty

Many are becoming tired of the Call of Duty franchise, with the fewer pre-sales of Ghosts indicative of this, and while Battlefield 4 looks great that series' focus on more strategic gameplay has always stood to alienate those who prefer their action more fast-paced and, let's face it, dumb.

Fortunately, from the looks of the various previews and gameplays demos we have seen of it, Titanfall looks to bridge that gap. I believe that by the time we see the inevitable Titanfall 2, which unlike its predecessor will no doubt be released on the Xbox One, PC and PS4 simultaneously, we could actually have a CoD-killer on our hands.
Bayonetta 2 will flop

The announcement that Bayonetta 2 would be arriving exclusively on the Wii U divided opinion. Nintendo fans loved the fact that developer Platinum Games was showing such support to the new console, while fans of the original Bayonetta who weren't planning on picking up the Wii U were understandably more than a little frustrated.

I personally believe that Bayonetta 2 should absolutely have been a multiplatform title, and I think the fact that it will be releasing solely on the Wii U will prove to be its unfortunate undoing. Even though I'm of the opinion that 2014 will see Nintendo change the public's opinion of the Wii U, I simply don't think that owners of the console are Bayonetta 2's target audience and, as was the case with Platinum's The Wonderful 101, its lack of sales will reflect this.
Mario Kart 8 and Super Smash Bros. U will turn around the Wii U's fortunes.

Much in the same way that the two-hit combo of Super Mario 3D Land and Mario Kart 7 improved the 3DS's fortunes, I believe that when Mario Kart 8 and Super Smash Bros. U release next year they will prove to be system sellers for Nintendo's console.

Nintendo has struggled to gain a foothold on the market in the Wii U's first year on sale, but with the big hitters out of that starting gate they have a great chance of converting many more to the console's cause.
Quantic Dream will start developing for Xbox One

Beyond: Two Souls has been receiving mixed reviews, with many still not seeing the appeal of Quantic Dream's "interactive movie" style of game design. But while David Cage and his crew are already planning a game for the PS4, I wouldn't be surprised if they eventually take their talents over to Microsoft.

Microsoft's strong push of the Xbox One as a multimedia centre that will attract sports, TV and film fans as much as it will people who just want to play video games would surely be a perfect fit for Quantic Dream's vision, even if they have made their allegiance to Sony abundantly clear.

Quantic even released an app that allowed Beyond to be controlled by smartphone for people unfamiliar with the dual analog setup which, considering Microsoft's continued push of Xbox Smartglass, would just make sense.
Xbox Fitness will (unfortunately) be a huge hit

Wii Fit proved to a be a monstrous success for Nintendo, and Microsoft is looking to jump on that bandwagon with Xbox Fitness. The app will be included with Xbox Live Gold memberships until December 2014, with it then becoming a paid service.

While I personally prefer to do my exercising outdoors rather than sweating in front of my TV, I think this will prove to be huge for Microsoft,  and if they keep that subscription fee low enough and frequently update it with new workout videos, it could see the Xbox One worming its way into the living rooms of people who are uninterested in video games, similar to the impact Wii Fit had on the Wii.
PlayStation Plus will offer up top PS3 titles for free

Sony has already announced that PS3 games will be streamed to the PS4 and Vita via the cloud gaming network Gaikai, but that will inevitably come at a price - a price that those who already owned the games will probably be unwilling to pay.

The PlayStation Plus service has offered subscribers a fantastic array of free games over the years, and this trend will likely continue with the PS4. However, seeing as how the PS4's library won't be large enough for this to be the case in its first couple of years on the market, I'm predicting that the PS3's best games will be made available for free to Plus subscribers.
Rare will bring back a few of their most popular series as Kinect games

Rare used to be everybody's favourite third-party developer. Creators of Banjo-Kazooie, GoldenEye 007 and Conker's Bad Fur Day, there was a time when it looked like the company could do no wrong. Now is not that time.

Since 2010, Rare's main focus has been on developing Kinect titles, the derivative Kinect Sports being chief among them. The company will continue its focus on motion-controlled titles with the Xbox One, too, but seeing as how every owner of the console will mandatorily own a Kinect, there's a chance that we could see Rare undergo a revival of sorts and bring back Banjo and the crew to entice those of us who have been begging for their return to take on chance on purchasing a Kinect game or two.
The PS4 will revive the Vita

The PS Vita's a great handheld console but is simply lacking the games. Fortunately, Sony hasn't given up on it, and are really pushing the connectivity between it and the PlayStation 4, along with unveiling a whole bunch of great looking new titles for the near future. I'm predicting that the PS4 will inject some life into the Vita and a whole bunch of people will finally be introduced to the considerable charm of Persona 4.
We'll get a great Wii U Pokemon game, but it won't be the RPG we're all hoping for

Nintendo won't allow developer Game Freak to release a Pokemon RPG on the Wii U, because doing so would have a negative impact on the series' hugely successful portable games.

However, I think we'll definitely see a Pokemon game make its way to the Wii U, with the smart money being on either a beat-em-up or a Skylanders-esque platformer complete with tons of expensive figurines for fans to collect.
The PlayStation Eye will become completely obsolete

The PlayStation Eye was removed from the PlayStation 4 bundle to lower its price point, and I have no doubt that this will render its use completely obsolete save for its implementation in a handful of games, similar to the PS3's Eye.
Downloadable multiplayer-only titles will become the next big thing

Titanfall is an online multiplayer-only title, but that little fact hasn't prevented it from becoming one of the most heavily anticipated next-gen titles. This marks a huge change in the public's perception of multiplayer-only games, as they have thus far only found notable success on the PC, and could mean that we'll see smaller studios incapable of devoting enough time to the creation of a single-player and a multiplayer mode still being able to find considerable success.
The Kinect will win over the casual crowd and be fundamental to Xbox One's success

The first Kinect was a great concept but a flawed final product that lacked decent software. However, the market for it was there and it sold like hot cakes, so I'm thoroughly expecting the improved Kinect 2.0 (which is bundled with the Xbox One) to prove itself as a big selling point for the coveted "casual" audience.

While I'm personally not excited by the prospect of controlling my video games by flailing my arms around, as Nintendo have now moved towards a more traditional controller setup with the dual analog sticks of the GamePad, I'm predicting that the Xbox One will top many a kids' Christmas list in 2014 when Microsoft has rolled out a few more motion-controlled titles.
PlayStation 4 will trounce the Xbox One across holiday period

After the PR disaster that was the Xbox One's unveiling, I predict that the PlayStation 4 will shift the most units across the holiday period by a wide margin . Sony is simply offering the most enticing package, with its console being more affordable and marketed much more proficiently than its rival.


Mario Kart 8 and Super Smash Bros. U will turn around the Wii U's fortunes.

Much in the same way that the two-hit combo of Super Mario 3D Land and Mario Kart 7 improved the 3DS's fortunes, I believe that when Mario Kart 8 and Super Smash Bros. U release next year they will prove to be system sellers for Nintendo's console.

Nintendo has struggled to gain a foothold on the market in the Wii U's first year on sale, but with the big hitters out of that starting gate they have a great chance of converting many more to the console's cause.



Quantic Dream will start developing for Xbox One

Beyond: Two Souls has been receiving mixed reviews, with many still not seeing the appeal of Quantic Dream's "interactive movie" style of game design. But while David Cage and his crew are already planning a game for the PS4, I wouldn't be surprised if they eventually take their talents over to Microsoft.

Microsoft's strong push of the Xbox One as a multimedia centre that will attract sports, TV and film fans as much as it will people who just want to play video games would surely be a perfect fit for Quantic Dream's vision, even if they have made their allegiance to Sony abundantly clear.

Quantic even released an app that allowed Beyond to be controlled by smartphone for people unfamiliar with the dual analog setup which, considering Microsoft's continued push of Xbox Smartglass, would just make sense.
Xbox Fitness will (unfortunately) be a huge hit

Wii Fit proved to a be a monstrous success for Nintendo, and Microsoft is looking to jump on that bandwagon with Xbox Fitness. The app will be included with Xbox Live Gold memberships until December 2014, with it then becoming a paid service.

While I personally prefer to do my exercising outdoors rather than sweating in front of my TV, I think this will prove to be huge for Microsoft,  and if they keep that subscription fee low enough and frequently update it with new workout videos, it could see the Xbox One worming its way into the living rooms of people who are uninterested in video games, similar to the impact Wii Fit had on the Wii.
PlayStation Plus will offer up top PS3 titles for free

Sony has already announced that PS3 games will be streamed to the PS4 and Vita via the cloud gaming network Gaikai, but that will inevitably come at a price - a price that those who already owned the games will probably be unwilling to pay.

The PlayStation Plus service has offered subscribers a fantastic array of free games over the years, and this trend will likely continue with the PS4. However, seeing as how the PS4's library won't be large enough for this to be the case in its first couple of years on the market, I'm predicting that the PS3's best games will be made available for free to Plus subscribers.
Rare will bring back a few of their most popular series as Kinect games

Rare used to be everybody's favourite third-party developer. Creators of Banjo-Kazooie, GoldenEye 007 and Conker's Bad Fur Day, there was a time when it looked like the company could do no wrong. Now is not that time.

Since 2010, Rare's main focus has been on developing Kinect titles, the derivative Kinect Sports being chief among them. The company will continue its focus on motion-controlled titles with the Xbox One, too, but seeing as how every owner of the console will mandatorily own a Kinect, there's a chance that we could see Rare undergo a revival of sorts and bring back Banjo and the crew to entice those of us who have been begging for their return to take on chance on purchasing a Kinect game or two.
The PS4 will revive the Vita

The PS Vita's a great handheld console but is simply lacking the games. Fortunately, Sony hasn't given up on it, and are really pushing the connectivity between it and the PlayStation 4, along with unveiling a whole bunch of great looking new titles for the near future. I'm predicting that the PS4 will inject some life into the Vita and a whole bunch of people will finally be introduced to the considerable charm of Persona 4.
We'll get a great Wii U Pokemon game, but it won't be the RPG we're all hoping for

Nintendo won't allow developer Game Freak to release a Pokemon RPG on the Wii U, because doing so would have a negative impact on the series' hugely successful portable games.

However, I think we'll definitely see a Pokemon game make its way to the Wii U, with the smart money being on either a beat-em-up or a Skylanders-esque platformer complete with tons of expensive figurines for fans to collect.
The PlayStation Eye will become completely obsolete

The PlayStation Eye was removed from the PlayStation 4 bundle to lower its price point, and I have no doubt that this will render its use completely obsolete save for its implementation in a handful of games, similar to the PS3's Eye.
Downloadable multiplayer-only titles will become the next big thing

Titanfall is an online multiplayer-only title, but that little fact hasn't prevented it from becoming one of the most heavily anticipated next-gen titles. This marks a huge change in the public's perception of multiplayer-only games, as they have thus far only found notable success on the PC, and could mean that we'll see smaller studios incapable of devoting enough time to the creation of a single-player and a multiplayer mode still being able to find considerable success.
The Kinect will win over the casual crowd and be fundamental to Xbox One's success

The first Kinect was a great concept but a flawed final product that lacked decent software. However, the market for it was there and it sold like hot cakes, so I'm thoroughly expecting the improved Kinect 2.0 (which is bundled with the Xbox One) to prove itself as a big selling point for the coveted "casual" audience.

While I'm personally not excited by the prospect of controlling my video games by flailing my arms around, as Nintendo have now moved towards a more traditional controller setup with the dual analog sticks of the GamePad, I'm predicting that the Xbox One will top many a kids' Christmas list in 2014 when Microsoft has rolled out a few more motion-controlled titles.
PlayStation 4 will trounce the Xbox One across holiday period

After the PR disaster that was the Xbox One's unveiling, I predict that the PlayStation 4 will shift the most units across the holiday period by a wide margin . Sony is simply offering the most enticing package, with its console being more affordable and marketed much more proficiently than its rival.


Rare will bring back a few of their most popular series as Kinect games

Rare used to be everybody's favourite third-party developer. Creators of Banjo-Kazooie, GoldenEye 007 and Conker's Bad Fur Day, there was a time when it looked like the company could do no wrong. Now is not that time.

Since 2010, Rare's main focus has been on developing Kinect titles, the derivative Kinect Sports being chief among them. The company will continue its focus on motion-controlled titles with the Xbox One, too, but seeing as how every owner of the console will mandatorily own a Kinect, there's a chance that we could see Rare undergo a revival of sorts and bring back Banjo and the crew to entice those of us who have been begging for their return to take on chance on purchasing a Kinect game or two.
The PS4 will revive the Vita

The PS Vita's a great handheld console but is simply lacking the games. Fortunately, Sony hasn't given up on it, and are really pushing the connectivity between it and the PlayStation 4, along with unveiling a whole bunch of great looking new titles for the near future. I'm predicting that the PS4 will inject some life into the Vita and a whole bunch of people will finally be introduced to the considerable charm of Persona 4.
We'll get a great Wii U Pokemon game, but it won't be the RPG we're all hoping for

Nintendo won't allow developer Game Freak to release a Pokemon RPG on the Wii U, because doing so would have a negative impact on the series' hugely successful portable games.

However, I think we'll definitely see a Pokemon game make its way to the Wii U, with the smart money being on either a beat-em-up or a Skylanders-esque platformer complete with tons of expensive figurines for fans to collect.
The PlayStation Eye will become completely obsolete

The PlayStation Eye was removed from the PlayStation 4 bundle to lower its price point, and I have no doubt that this will render its use completely obsolete save for its implementation in a handful of games, similar to the PS3's Eye.
Downloadable multiplayer-only titles will become the next big thing

Titanfall is an online multiplayer-only title, but that little fact hasn't prevented it from becoming one of the most heavily anticipated next-gen titles. This marks a huge change in the public's perception of multiplayer-only games, as they have thus far only found notable success on the PC, and could mean that we'll see smaller studios incapable of devoting enough time to the creation of a single-player and a multiplayer mode still being able to find considerable success.
The Kinect will win over the casual crowd and be fundamental to Xbox One's success

The first Kinect was a great concept but a flawed final product that lacked decent software. However, the market for it was there and it sold like hot cakes, so I'm thoroughly expecting the improved Kinect 2.0 (which is bundled with the Xbox One) to prove itself as a big selling point for the coveted "casual" audience.

While I'm personally not excited by the prospect of controlling my video games by flailing my arms around, as Nintendo have now moved towards a more traditional controller setup with the dual analog sticks of the GamePad, I'm predicting that the Xbox One will top many a kids' Christmas list in 2014 when Microsoft has rolled out a few more motion-controlled titles.
PlayStation 4 will trounce the Xbox One across holiday period

After the PR disaster that was the Xbox One's unveiling, I predict that the PlayStation 4 will shift the most units across the holiday period by a wide margin . Sony is simply offering the most enticing package, with its console being more affordable and marketed much more proficiently than its rival.



Downloadable multiplayer-only titles will become the next big thing

Titanfall is an online multiplayer-only title, but that little fact hasn't prevented it from becoming one of the most heavily anticipated next-gen titles. This marks a huge change in the public's perception of multiplayer-only games, as they have thus far only found notable success on the PC, and could mean that we'll see smaller studios incapable of devoting enough time to the creation of a single-player and a multiplayer mode still being able to find considerable success.

he Kinect will win over the casual crowd and be fundamental to Xbox One's success

The first Kinect was a great concept but a flawed final product that lacked decent software. However, the market for it was there and it sold like hot cakes, so I'm thoroughly expecting the improved Kinect 2.0 (which is bundled with the Xbox One) to prove itself as a big selling point for the coveted "casual" audience.

While I'm personally not excited by the prospect of controlling my video games by flailing my arms around, as Nintendo have now moved towards a more traditional controller setup with the dual analog sticks of the GamePad, I'm predicting that the Xbox One will top many a kids' Christmas list in 2014 when Microsoft has rolled out a few more motion-controlled titles.
PlayStation 4 will trounce the Xbox One across holiday period

After the PR disaster that was the Xbox One's unveiling, I predict that the PlayStation 4 will shift the most units across the holiday period by a wide margin . Sony is simply offering the most enticing package, with its console being more affordable and marketed much more proficiently than its rival.

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Commentary Youtube Channel.

I bought the two boxsets of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and Seasons 4-7. Now there is a channel with commentary on Power Rangers. Seasons 8-11 come out this month.

Oddly, the channel got 400,000 views in only 4 months!  I have Mighty Morphin Power Rangers to make my flickr popular. I would do a commentary, but I just watch the boxsets alone on my Playstation 4.  I thought it was funny to see the red ranger on Facebook in October. Red Ranger is funnier then Super Mario Bros costumes.

There is nothing of DLC that I really need. DLC is a waste of money. PC Expansion packs are more worth it like RPGs Nightwinter Nights, Neverwinter Nights 2, Diablo 2, Elder Scrolls III, Elder Scrolls IV and first person shooters like Half-life 2, These expansion packs offered more for the money and they came in a box!
Now expansion packs are changed to DLC and are on consoles. I am not buying an DLC for consoles, because I don't rebuy games with DLC conent nor do I own expansion packs for console. I dont know if PC is nichi like Sega Saturn or Dreamcast.
This DLC is moron. I do not buy the same game across two console platforms. That's moron. Who has that kind of money? I normally buy one version for PC and then one version for console without PC expansion packs.
I think i have enough pc games. Guild Wars 2 might be my last pc game for at least 24 months. I have no idea what is happening for PC. I know Nvidia and Radeon release new GPUs like clockwork and then new PC games use 5 year old game engines. I don't know if PC is dead or why there aren't many DirectX 11 games? Maybe next gen will solve the DirectX 11 void on PC???
They didn't wipe PC games off Wal-Mart or Target or Best Buy so PC is not yet Commodore Amiga.