Destiny, Destiny, Destiny. It’s a funny old game, sometimes. I know tons of people who are grinding away at the Strike playlists and putting in hours on the Crucible with naught to show for it in terms of legendary weapons and armour. I was in the same place for a long time, with that damned Cryptarch giving me nothing but rare and uncommon weapons for my legendary engrams, until I suddenly landed myself one of those exotic weapon bounties. After a little bit of effort I was the proud new owner of a fancy shotgun (not usually my weapon of choice, but it’ll do), but then in the course of the next 2 hours of game time, Destiny threw two more exotic weapons my way, a rocket launcher and a hand cannon.
Of course, what I really wanted was a pair of legendary gauntlets, and so the grinding continues…
It’s been a fairly subdued week on the news front, with the biggest news coming out of Microsoft’s camp, as the purchase of Minecraft developer Mojang was announced. It’s a deal which sees Notch step away from leading such a behemoth franchise, handing the reigns over so that he can focus on what he enjoys most, fiddling around with silly game ideas without pressure.
RedStarGlow said, “Wow! What a mixed bag of emotions this will bring. The corporate news folks are looking at this as an attempt by MS to grow their phone market share. Gamers see it as a way to grow Xbox and screw Sony. For MS, I think they see it as a cash cow and a chance tap into a large audience. They just have to tread carefully not to alienate.”
Thankfully, it has been made clear that other versions of the game on PlayStation and phone will still be supported, and LethalX08 said he was “happy to see Microsoft allowing the previous ports to keep receiving support.”
Of course, it was still a rather surprising announcement for some, as Amphlett revealed:
My 9 year old son is off school today due to sickness. I just told him about the Notch leaving Mojang and he burst out crying… I sometimes wonder whether these big companies understand what their audiences really love? Still, if it doesn’t show up on a spreadsheet then it doesn’t matter, does it?
DriveClub is just around the corner, and with the PlayStation Plus edition still an uncertainty in many peoples’ minds, there was a leaked look at the content that it would include.
As wonkey-willy snarkily asked, “So its Freemium then?” Hodgi92 observed, “What I got from the video is that only the tour events without the blue shopping basket icon are available with the PS Plus edition, and there are only 6 of them. That is slightly too few for my liking, however I’ve always been looking at the PS Plus edition as an extended demo with every intention to upgrade, unless I really dislike it.”
Unfortunately, though not necessarily a big deal for DriveClub, it does face other problems in the form of lacking racing wheel support. Andrewww wrote:
For me, driving games on the PS4 have unofficially been declared dead by Sony, by not allowing support for the steering wheels out in the market.I got a Logitech G25, and I’ll definitely not buy another one for the new console, so that was that.
There’s a rather messy situation in which only Thrustmaster wheels are currently supported, leaving the rather popular Logitech wheels and those of any other company high and dry. Hopefully Sony can work with these other companies to get support added some time soon.
Though we all know how effective online petitions are, Andrewww did link to a couple.
Finally, although the PlayStation 4 has been selling like gangbusters, other parts of their business have not been doing quite so well. Some divisions have been sold off, but Sony expect to take a $1.3 billion loss this financial year, thanks to an underperforming smartphone division.
This was surprising news to Starman, who said, “Wow, they certainly need to change something. I read before that Sony had sold off all the unprofitable sectors, but it looks like that was wrong.” To which Bunimomike replied, “They’ve been trying to seal up the cracks in the dam on a few departments, fella. This is more of a mighty fissure than a crack, sadly.”
Indeed, if they keep haemorrhaging money, it seems like they will have to take more drastic measures. It’s a shame because quite a few people posted about how they like their Sony handsets. In a comment that was echoed by a number of other comments, GTOWN wrote, “I’ve got a Z1 and it’s the first decent handset I’ve had from Sony. It’d be a shame if they sold it off now. Although they are releasing too many handsets now.”
Hopefully a renewed focus can see Sony turn things around on this and several other fronts.
Unfortunately, a recent server hiccup has knocked our forums for six once more, and we’re still looking into how to get them back up and running. For now, this section is based solely off what you are posting on What We Played, the first major trophy mentioned from DividSmythe, who grabbed the platinum for Smart As on PS Vita.
Youles followed this up by sniping his way around some odd little glitches in Sniper Elite 3 to bag that platinum, as Lyts1985 managed to reach 100% of trophies and get the platinum for The Last of US. Meanwhile, tactical20 seems to be right near the very end of Wolfenstein: The New Order and ron_mcphatty polished off Velocity 2X.
But really, it’s Destiny that has been taking a hold of a lot of peoples’ game time, with MrYd onto an exotic bounty, just as I was, while LegendishThingy has already polished his off to grab the same Invective shotgun as I own.If you’re still stuck without enough legendary gear and exotic thingamabobs, then I wish you luck, and may the Cryptarch forever be in your favour.
A inferior race has been busily tapping your latest trophies into his tables, and you can head over to page 2 to view the latest leaderboards.
If people want to keep sending photos in, I will be happy to post them, but gaming places isn’t a regular feature. If you fancy it, just use the submission form below, get in touch with him on Twitter at @teflon, or just send an email to him using [email protected].
ron_mcphatty
Amphlett, it might be some conselation to your son that Notch and his family are going to really enjoy themselves with some of the cash he’s made. My neighbours son works for Gamma at Farnborough airport, we got talking about weddings and my neighbour said the guy who sold Minecraft has hired a private jet for a fortnight to take him and his family to stay on Richard Branson’s Necker Island. Seems like an extravagant but pretty decent way to share the fruits of your success :)
In other news, I’m getting married next Saturday! At the moment its STRESS but now we’ve finished work and got everything arranged I hope we can start getting excited. So, get those forums sorted, I want to be able to post a picture!
pdannysan13
Congratulations !
I hope you have a great wedding and a great party !
ron_mcphatty
Haha, thanks dude, it’s actually gonna be less of a party and more of a gig. Three bands! I hope I get time to watch them all.
TSBonyman
Congrats Ron, have a great day!
freezebug2
Yeah, best wishes to you and Mrs mcphatty for the big day, be sure to send a slice or two of the cake to TSA towers ;)
Elsewhere, no forums to post stuff so thought I’d mention here of a recent plat achievement from the R&C collection Vita, namely R&C 3 as it’s the easiest possibly a fastest.
Also, I bought Grid Autosport from the US PSN store *Flash Sale* for $12.49 utter bargain I though considering that the UK PSN store want to relieve you of £39.99 hard earned for the pleasure ;)
wonkey-willy
“snarkily” i had to Google that.
don’t think i was being snarky just pointing out that drive club could cost a small fortune if you let it.
for me I’ll be happy with the standard tracks and cars.
And all the best to Ron and his good lady and future wife(hope shes not going to put a stop to the gaming mate?)lol =0