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According to foreign media Insider Gaming, with the release of new documents in the FTC v. Microsoft acquisition case, Sony SIE President and CEO Jim Ryan’s previous content in the court question and answer session was revealed, and at that time he claimed that his PlayStation Plus subscription service “More meaningful” than Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass.

Jim Ryan is actually not optimistic about Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass service and has criticized Microsoft’s service many times before.

In this round of FTC court, Jim Ryan stated that he believed that when Microsoft introduced AAA games with budgets of more than US$100 million to Xbox Game Pass, it had tried to use Microsoft’s “monetary power” capital to provide game publishers with minimum income. ensure. However, Jim Ryan said he believes this approach has not had a significant effect, and publishers have not paid more attention to Microsoft. In comparison, Jim Ryan said that his PlayStation Plus subscription service is “more meaningful” than Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass.

However, because of this, he said that this has also led to Microsoft “carrying out large-scale acquisitions to ensure 3A games” in recent years.

Jim Ryan reiterated that he has communicated with all publishers about Xbox Game Pass, but everyone dislikes Game Pass because the service “not only destroys the value of individual games, but also causes damage at the entire gaming industry level.” ”.

Jim Ryan also revealed that the number of Xbox Game Pass subscribers announced by Microsoft in January 2023 was 25 million, but PlayStation Plus currently has nearly 50 million subscribers, so PlayStation’s subscription service is more practical.

Finally, Jim Ryan compared Microsoft’s $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard with Sony’s $3.6 billion acquisition of Bungie. He believed that Bungie could bring far more value to PlayStation than Activision Blizzard, so he continued to criticize Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard. The case is negative.

At the end of July this year, Jim Ryan announced that global sales of the PS5, which will be launched in November 2020, officially exceeded 40 million units. From independent games to AAA best-selling masterpieces, PS5 currently has more than 2,500 games.

Jim Ryan said that when developing PS5, SIE always prioritized the preferences and needs of the community, which is why innovative designs such as adaptive triggers and tactile feedback were developed on the DualSense controller and PlayStation VR2. PlayStation Studios and third-party partners are making full use of these features to expand their creative ideas and demonstrate cross-generational leaps in the gaming experience provided to players.

According to SteamCharts data, since the release of the DLC for “Cyber ​​2077 Free Fantasy” and the 2.0 version of “Cyber ​​2077” was also updated on September 21, the number of people online for the game has begun to show a sustained increase. Rising momentum. Finally, the game’s recent Steam online audience exceeded 150,000, reaching a peak of 151,290 on the evening of September 23. This is also the highest number of online users for the game on the Steam platform since its release in December 2020.

Data shows that the game once had 225,670 online visitors in January 2021. In the following two and a half years, the number of online users was usually between 20,000 and 50,000. In September 2022, thanks to the launch of a new round of updates supporting NVIDIA Full Light Tracing and DLSS 3, the number of online users once reached 136,724.

Judging from the overall list, “Dian Yu Ren Ke 2077” currently ranks 7th in terms of online players.Lower than “Baldur’s Gate 3”, higher than “Grand Theft Auto V” and “Starfield”。

Version 2.0 of Dian Yu Rebel 2077 is a free update and was launched on September 21. According to previous reports, version 2.0 can be said to have revamped the game and introduced many new gameplay methods. Officially stated,Including corrections and improvements to core game elements (such as police system, specialization tree). These adjustments are applicable to this game and support the PC version and the current generation home console version for free.

Players can use existing archives to continue playing, but officials also recommend players to restart a new game to get the best adjusted gaming experience. Starting from September 26, players who own “Freedom Fantasy” can also choose to start a new game and jump directly into the plot of the expansion pack, playing with new characters that have been configured by the system and have an appropriate level.

Since the game system has been significantly adjusted, players are officially advised to uninstall all game modification modules launched before version 2.0 of the update file, and then install them after the modification module community releases a new version. Game modification mods that have not been updated may disrupt the gaming experience and sometimes even cause serious errors.

Steam Deck is a handheld game console independently developed by Valve, the parent company of the Steam platform. It can play large-scale AAA games anytime and anywhere. It is a very attractive selling point for players. Therefore, the release of Steam Deck caused a sensation in the player community. , for a period of time when it was first launched, it was almost “hard to find”. At the same time, Steam Deck has also led to the craze of Windos handheld consoles. Many manufacturers have followed suit and launched similar products. Even many well-known manufacturers have followed this trend, such as ROG AllY or Logictech G Cloud.

Although Valve founder Gabe Newell has previouslyinterviewWe’ve made it clear that there will be a Steam Deck 2, but it doesn’t seem like they plan to do anything about it anytime soon. Valve engineer Pierre-Loup Griffais told The Verge that they want to update when there is a significant improvement in performance, but they also don’t want to sacrifice battery life for performance.

Here is Pierre-Loup Griffais’ full talk:

The most important thing to us is that Steam Deck can provide game developers with a fixed performance. The message we want to tell consumers is also very simple, that is, every Steam Deck can play the same games. Therefore, changing performance levels is something that must be viewed with caution, and we only do so if performance can be significantly improved. At the same time, we do not want performance improvements to come at the expense of power efficiency and battery life. I don’t expect technology to improve by such a leap in the next few years, but we still pay close attention to innovative architectures and processes to understand the future direction.

Valve’s reasons for being so cautious actually make sense, especially when it comes to battery life. As early as more than 30 years ago, the story of the first-generation GameBoy successfully reversing its performance disadvantages by relying on battery life tells us that for handheld consoles, nothing is more important than battery life.

But as Steam Deck started this wave, the performance of Windos handheld consoles launched by various manufacturers has become more and more improved. Even Apple has shown its ambitions for the 3A game market in the latest iPhone 15 Pro. In addition, various The AAA masterpieces of each game manufacturer are increasingly demanding performance. I wonder if Valve can really endure until 2026?