Playstation Orbis is Coming... Retro Gaming Boost to Follow!
Rumor has it that the new Playstation home console developer's kits are out there now. The machine is code-named Orbis , and this could actually end up being the name of the machine - the Playstation Orbis . The guts of the machine are an incremental leap, etc. etc. And like the upcoming " Xbox 720", it will not be backward compatible, and used games will have to be "married" to the machine, requiring a license purchase online from PSN . (Choosing to not go online and just playing the game will not work, either.) These are all just rumors, Kotaku broke the story recently. My point is not to examine the Orbis or the " Xbox 720" at this time. If the console manufacturers and game companies are going to begin controlling used games in such a way, this could make the machines and their services suddenly a bit too complicated for all but the hard-core or "core" gamer. Rather than selling more new games, the effect could actually be the ...