Miss the worldwide unveilings of the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One? Can’t afford to dedicate four hours of your leisure time to catching up on what you missed? Don’t worry; we have two condense synopses of both events to share with you, courtesy of the talented Matt Lees (@Jam_Sponge).
With the confirmation that Battlefield 4 will be released on the Next-Gen consoles (minus the Wii U), fans of the series will have to wonder; will online play be as unreliable as it has been in recent years? Recently EA’s Battlefield 3 servers crashed due to an attack made by a group of cyber hackers. While this instance has a culprit to point fingers at, it doesn’t explain the years of issues EA and Dice have had trying to maintain an entertaining online environment for it’s players. The game, although entertaining, has been plagued by problems since Battlefield: Bad Company 2. Difficulties have ranged from simply being able to join games, being mysteriously dropped from matches in the middle of battle, and being booted from servers by their owners for not abiding by “rules” against using certain weapons and equipment (which is illegal, by the way). While gamers shouldn’t hold their breath over being booted by tyrant server owners, they shouldn’t accept the less than stellar online quality in which
While it seems we are a ways away from an official announcement regarding a new PlayStation console, Kotaku allegedly got their grimy hands on some details.