While I’m not the biggest fan of cloud gaming and the seemingly unavoidable input lag that comes with it, I was very impressed by the way services like On Live serve up demos. Unless you’ve got a blazing fast internet service with no data cap, chances are you don’t want to be using the cloud all the time, so what happens when you opt to buy a game? Downloads from the PS4 store are segmented, so you can download part of a game and start playing immediately while the rest of the data downloads in the background. The main caveats of that system were the limited selection of games available and the fact you often had to download up to ten gigs of data to try the game. It sounds similar to the system used for some PS3 games, where instead of downloading a “demo,” you essentially download the full game and get to play a 30 minute trial. “You browse the store, hit x, and instantly try the game. “Our goal is to make free exploration possible for every game in the PlayStation store,” he announced at the currently streaming PS4 announcement event.
Sony may have made the process a lot easier with a little help from the cloud.Īccording to an announcement from Gaikai-founder and CEO, Dave Perry, PlayStation 4 owners will be able to access demos instantly via the witchcraft that is cloud gaming. Producing demos costs money and manpower, and that extra cash/effort doesn’t always translate into more sales, even if the game itself is good. You find out more about all this stuff over on the Oculus blog.It seems the PS4 is borrowing one of cloud gaming’s best features.ĭemos consumers love them, developers and publishers hate them.
I joke so much about Skyrim being the jack-of-all-consoles, but truly, I've been looking at the wrong game all this time.įacebook Connect also brought the announcement of Oculus-exclusive Assassin's Creed and Splinter Cell games, as well as a release date for Respawn's Medal Of Honor: Above And Beyond (December 11th, in case you were wondering). Not even joking, like, I didn't realise just how many times Myst has been remastered, remade, re-released and ported to new things. No word on a release date for PC, but its Steam and GOG pages are already up if you'd like to keep an eye on it. Myst is set to arrive after the launch of the Oculus Quest 2 this December. The devs say it includes "new art, sound, interactions, and even optional puzzle randomisation", and there are some very pretty screenshots on the website (though, I'll pop a few below for your perusal). The new Myst island does look rather lovely, even if the trailer doesn't show any actual gameplay.
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