Say what you will about the state of patent disputes in America these days. There are of course companies that specialize in securing patents for the sole purpose of suing companies who end up actually putting those ideas to some sort of commercial use, and then there are frivolous battles between competing manufacturers. And finally, the minority of cases involve actual theft of intellectual property. But regardless of the circumstances, … [Read more...]
There is a possibility that Crysis 3 will be making its way to the newest Nintendo console. This kind of story may seem like a positive for Nintendo, but when you really look at it, consider Crysis 3 – a quintessential “multiplatform” title. This just highlights the fact that multiplatform now refers to only the PS3 and the Xbox 360, and Nintendo’s consoles kind of disappear in the background. Crytek producer Mike Read … [Read more...]
After failing to find success in the massively multiplayer online game Final Fantasy XIV, Square Enix is now preparing to launch a sequel that addresses gamer complaints and hopes to make a much bigger splash in the admittedly competitive MMO community. While Final Fantasy has always been one of the great RPG franchsies, its attempts to bring the world of moogles and phoenix downs to the online world haven’t risen to the same level. But … [Read more...]
31-year-old company VeriFone, which is facing competition in some of its industries for the first time thanks to the rise of alternative payment platforms, is starting to get a little testy. Instead of looking at Square as a viable threat to its decades of credit card processing monopolies, VeriFone instead thinks the company is going to implode, despite all the positive media attention it has received. The CEO of VeriFone Doug Bergeron was … [Read more...]
Microsoft is ready to dole out its latest update to Xbox Live. And today, a bunch of lucky Xbox 360 users who have nothing better to do than check out the latest Xbox news had the chance to sign up to become a beta tester for the latest online Xbox features. But even for those who didn’t get their names entered in time, today’s news provided an insight into what we can expect next on the Xbox 360 Dashboard. The 2012 Xbox Live Update … [Read more...]
It seems Netflix is suffering from the same kind of problem that most huge monopolistic companies face – even though a lot of people use it, most of them aren’t very satisfied with it. Compared to other streaming video services, Netflix ranks low on the customer satisfaction scale even though it is clear that a growing population of Americans have a Netflix account. A Consumer Reports survey of 15,000 users found that 81% of those … [Read more...]
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