In an otherwise slow news day for PlayStation, with the Xbox One getting pretty much all the attention, we still managed to pick up a few pieces of information to justify bringing you The Catch-Up for an unprecedented 6th day in a row.

General News

• Curve Studios (Thomas Was Alone, Lone Survivor on PlayStation) announced that they think Microsoft “refusing to concentrate on easier submissions and discoverability leaves the way clear for Sony to capture the most innovative market in gaming right now.” They also seemed to reveal that Thomas Was Alone has already reached 200,000 sales on the PSN.
• Pool Nation launched on the PS3 in Europe today, with the developers saying that it’s “PS3 only at the moment – but we have been experimenting with balls on Vita version….”
• According to Amazon, Adventure Time: Explore the Dungeon Because I DON’T KNOW! will be $49.99 and is launching on November 12th.
• Amazon France added a listing for a Beyond: Two Souls PlayStation 3 bundle scheduled for launch day. The Soul Sacrifice PS Vita bundle Amazon France currently has listed isn’t valid in North America, so we’ll have to wait and see if this is true.
• Neversoft and Raven Software are now both confirmed to be helping Infinity Ward on Call of Duty: Ghosts.
• Pre-orders at EB Games for FIFA 14 include 24 FIFA Ultimate Team Premium Gold Packs
• The Mortal Kombat news teased for today was just the announcement of a PC version for Mortal Kombat.
• Marc Whitten, Chief Product Officer on the Xbox One, said that while he’s “not close enough to really understand how [Sony's] system works,” he thinks that the Xbox One will have “the best-looking games in the living room.”
• When Tearaway hits the PSN in North America, you’ll receive the pre-order bonuses for free. No confirmation yet for Europe.
• A new God of War: Ascension update is coming tomorrow, adding a new Trial of the Gods map – Tower of Delphi – and other improvements. We’ll do our best to get you the full notes upon release.
• Kite Fight attacks the EU PSN on May 29th.
• Two Tribes (Toki Toki 2) received their PS4 dev kit today.
• The first live action/CG trailer for Destiny is going live tomorrow.
• Jokingly, Ken Levine clarified that the first BioShock Infinite DLC isn’t horse armor for Elizabeth, rather Elizabeth armor for a horse.

Videos

• If you missed the Xbox One event yesterday, this video tells you everything you need to know:

• If you really missed the Xbox One event yesterday, here’s the Call of Duty comparison video:

• Passing Time is now available on PlayStation Mobile:

Are you still playing the God of War: Ascension multiplayer? How many times do you think they said “TV” during the Xbox One reveal? Let us know in the comments below.

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Bandai Namco could not have timed the release of the PSP-exclusive RPG Summon Night 5 more perfectly. It arrived on the market with virtually no competition, and thereby took the title as the best-selling game in Japan during its release week. Other games near the top were the same that have dominated the charts for a while now. The numbers themselves are not high, as Japanese sales all around were in a bit of a slump, but the ranking positions of Animal Crossing, Friend Collection, and Luigi’s Mansion remain near the top. Here are the 20 best-selling games in Japan for the week ending May 19, according to Media Create (figures measured in thousands).

1. (PSP) Summon Night 5 – 105.511
2. (3DS) Friend Collection: New Life – 63.055
3. (3DS) Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon – 20.304
4. (3DS) Animal Crossing: New Leaf – 16.492
5. (PS3) MuvLuv Alternative: Total Eclipse – 12.373
6. (PS3) Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen – 8.759
7. (3DS) Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission – 4.539
8. (WII) Taiko no Tatsujin Wii: Super Deluxe Edition – 4.351
9. (3DS) New Super Mario Bros. 2 – 3.851
10. (3DS) Mario Kart 7 – 3.354
11. (PS3) Tomb Raider – 3.276
12. (3DS) Tousouchuu – 3.033
13. (PSV) PhotoKano Kiss – 2.807
14. (PSP) Pro Baseball Spirits 2013 – 2.577
15. (3DS) Taiko Drum Master: Chibi Dragon and Mysterious Orb – 2.567
16. (3DS) Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate – 2.534
17. (PS3) Naruto Shippuden: Narutimate Storm 3 – 2.532
18. (PSP) 7th Dragon 2020-II – 2.324
19. (WIU) New Super Mario Bros. U – 2.237
20. (NDS) Pokemon Black 2 / White 2 – 2.168

Hardware sales looked like this:

3DS – 37,124
PS3 – 10,948
Vita – 10,931
PSP – 6,524
Wii U – 6,037
Wii – 1,143
Xbox 360 – 349

This week sees the release of Valhalla Knights 3 for Vita. We’ll have to wait and see if that’s enough to lift it out of yet another sales slumps. Fortunately, the slump isn’t just for Vita. The 3DS sales this week set a new low for a weekly performance post-price-drop. The floor had previously been about 44 thousand, which it reached in July of last year.

The rumors are true as EA has confirmed that NHL 14 won’t be making an appearance on next generation consoles this year, despite their Madden, FIFA, NBA, and UFC franchises all releasing on the PS4 and Xbox One within the next 12 months.

This news comes via a statement from EA, which reads:

NHL 14 will not be available for Xbox One or PlayStation 4 this year. Our team is laser-focused on delivering the greatest hockey experience to-date on the Xbox 360 and PS3, grounded in the speed, skill, and aggression of the sport. We look forward to developing a best-in-class hockey experience for new platforms in the future.

The most obvious reason for NHL 14 skipping next-gen this year is that, while the NHL games do exceptionally well in Canada, overall it doesn’t hold a candle to the sales EA sees with the Madden and FIFA franchises.

Voting is still happening for the NHL 14 cover art, so head over here to make your pick for the game scheduled to release this September.

Are you upset that NHL 14 is staying on the current generation this year? Who do you think will win the Stanley Cup this year? Let us know in the comments below.

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With Television being the next-generation of gaming, the Daily Reaction crew of Seb and Dan have decided to break down some of the best shows to watch while you game.

Game of Thrones:

Dan: This right here is the best gaming experience you can have. Based off of A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin, Game of Thrones takes you through an epic struggle for the throne of Westeros. Filled with enough sexposition, violence and a midget so damn cool it makes me want to be shorter, I could not recommend any better way to utilize a next-gen console.

Seb: If you don’t watch this and come away writing fantasies involving Peter Dinklage, something’s wrong with you. Of course, the amount of cunnilingus involving women who have never ever washed may put you off your dinner, but all the pseudo-English accents and naked dragons make it worth it.

This is actually what the world looks like without internet, so it’s vital that companies force people online in any way possible, no matter how anti-consumerist, to keep the Wights at bay.

Breaking Bad:

Seb: Oh my god, Breaking Bad is awesome. It’s a visceral experience that has some of the best cutscenes you’ll find on console. Getting past it being Malcolm in the Middle’s Dad took me a few episodes and Jesse has way too much forehead going on there, but the plot is downright fantastic. Drugs, guns, baldness and expendable children.

Dan: Any show that starts with a mustache wielding, gun toting, middle aged man in his underwear, and I’m hooked. AnyOne with only One chance to make a difference, looking for One way to provide for their family, needs to watch this One show without having their One and only find out – this is the One and only One show Two watch.

Sherlock BBC

Dan: As everyone’s favorite deer-stalker wearing detective grows in popularity by having number of movies and television shows pop up about his life, people should accept no imitations and enjoy Sherlock the way he was meant to be. This modern take stars, up and comers Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock and the newest Hobbit, Martin Freeman as Watson. Sherlock is an always observant, always watching and judging detective, something that we have heard is quite popular with some of the gaming demographic, so fans should love him.

Seb: I might not be as big of a Cumberbitch as Dan, but there is something mesmerizing about the voice acting in this episodic show. Even famous game directors are obsessed with it, because it’s the future of television and gaming.

There’s no need to wait for Star Trek to hit TVs, The ‘Batch is already here.

24:

Seb: Danger lurks around every corner, so it’s great that super Jesus is here to save everyone through good ol’ torture. In an hour, the writers have managed to pack so much in, with constant twists and turns, just like a recent program I watched.

Dan: Exactly, this show is great because all of the real information that comes out near the end, shows just tricky some people or companies can be about the real facts. This roller coaster of a show really captured a nation’s attention for about 8 years, that was until people realized that the content started to falter and each year became more and more like the year before.

The Walking Dead:

Dan: Just when you thought you were rid of that expensive lump that sat in front of the TV, the one that died too early from heat exhaustion, it seems he’s back. This is the premise of The Walking Dead, a show that puts people in difficult situations, where decisions could mean playing the game of life for another 8 to 10 years, or end up fighting something that is already dead and doesn’t know it.

Seb: It never dies, it just comes back and back and won’t stop coming. I hear that the next series will have a dog in it to mix things up a bit, though.

Arrested Development:

Seb: The name of the show means “an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely”. It’s really great to see something celebrate the confusion and lack of focus that can hit any person, or company.

As a side note, I’d love a device in my living room that always recorded all of my conversations so that I can find out if I’m a Tobias.

Dan: Running a business can be a difficult thing to do, especially if you don’t have a product you can just recycle day in and day out. This show has is a prime example that all good things must come to an end at some point, and that it can be better to end off on a high note than to milk something year after year until it becomes a shell of its former self.

But, there’s always money in the banana stand DLC.

What do you think about next-gen gaming? Is this the way of the future? Did we miss any shows that you want to play? Let us know in the comments below, email us at DailyReaction@PlayStationLifeStyle.net or tweet check in daily with us at Seb and Dan.

Now that the Xbox One unveiling is over and EA showed off a bunch of titles for the next generation, Frank Gibeau, President of EA Labels, was able to give a candid statement about Electronic Arts.

After calling the next-gen hardware “incredible,” he revealed that the Battlefield 4 demo that debuted way back in March “was actually showcasing the next generation of Battlefield, which will run on Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC.” So, this is what you can expect on PS4 when Battlefield 4 launches on the system:

As for specific genres that there’s so much more to show of, Frank named “racing, RPGs and shooters that are going to astonish you with their graphic fidelity.” Judging by those clues, he’s likely just talking about Need for Speed, Dragon Age III: Inquisition, and Battlefield 4.

It’s possible that he’s also referencing the Star Wars games, which are going to be getting some attention during their E3 2013 press conference on June 10th at 1PM PST, where EA will be giving us a first look at their plans, in addition to showing off a bunch of next-gen titles.

To finish everything up, he then named “DICE, BioWare, Criterion, Visceral, EA Sports and others,” who have the job of showing us what the new consoles can do.

With so much expected to happen at the EA press conference, are you going to tune in on June 10th? Or is the Sony one all you care about? Let us know in the comments below.

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Game Informer revealed another video today about the inFamous franchise, this time interviewing Nate Fox, Game Director on inFamous, and Brian Fleming, Co-Founder of Sucker Punch, about the origins of inFamous.

After finishing up the PS2 Sly games, Nate talked about how the pitch process to Sony involves creating a “pitch book” with pictures and words describing how great your game is, then the executives would give the green light based on a “gut emotional reaction.”

While we all know that Sucker Punch went on to do inFamous and inFamous 2 on the PlayStation 3, they pitched four different games to Sony, with one of them called Nasty Little Things. Brian Fleming described it as something where you “collected little creatures and went on adventures with them” and were summoned through the main character’s tattoos.

Another one was called Uncharted, something they call a “coincidence” when talking about the other one. The history behind Uncharted was that they were watching Lost on TV at the time and they “always wanted to make a dinosaurs game,” so Uncharted was set on an uncharted island where a man wakes up and there’s monsters on this island. As Nate said, “They didn’t take it,” with Brian adding that the “Naughty Dog game was already in development” at the time Sucker Punch pitched Uncharted.

As for the early days of inFamous, it was originally called True Hero, with the basis of that being that you had to make decisions, something that eventually made its way into inFamous.

Do you think it’s funny that Sucker Punch and Naughty Dog both had the idea for an Uncharted video game at around the same time? Let us know in the comments below.

Essential Reading:

• EA Confirms: Need for Speed on Next-Gen, Ultimate Team for FIFA 14 on PS4, Online Pass Still Valid for Previous Titles
• Square Enix’s 10th Anniversary Site Opens up Again, Countdown Clock Frozen at 46:49

We’re a forward thinking group here and we wanted to look towards the next-next generation of video games. While it’s a given that Sony’s console following the PlayStation 4 is going to be the PlayStation 5, Microsoft’s next Xbox could pretty much be anything at this point, so we decided to have a little fun in closing out our Ask PSLS’s focused on the Xbox One, asking everyone: What Should the Xbox One’s Successor be Called?

Chandler Wood – Two (@FinchStrife)

If we’re going by their counting logic on Windows as well as this Xbox, I can think of too many names that Microsoft could use. Xbox Ten Percent would be good, as that is nearly what they’ve lowered their approval rating too, according to some polls. Perhaps the Xbox 2000? No, lets go with the Xbox XP. Or better yet, drop the Xbox as the identifier and simply call it the Windows XPox. Better still, let’s have other companies such as Lenovo or HP build a box, and run it on their Windows platform. I don’t think that’s been done before. Ever.

Dan Oravasaari – Three (@FoolsJoker)

I think they will call it the Xbox ThreeSixty, because that makes as much sense as calling the next-gen Xbox One.

Anthony Severino – One (@Sev_Anthony)

I think they’ll call it… quits. Because the Xbox One name and catering to the living room instead of the gamer is the wrong move. Pack your motherfucking bags, Microsoft.

Jason Dunning – Four (@Jasonad21)

Well, it’s tough to say what Microsoft is trying to accomplish with their console names. It seemed like they didn’t want to copy PlayStation going in numerical order by calling the Xbox’s successor the 360, but then they went completely backwards and called their third console ‘One’.

So, I believe they’ll take a cue from Coca-Cola and call it the Xbox Zero, or maybe Vanilla Xbox with Cherry.

Louis Edwards – Five (@ftwrthtx)

Xbox Infinity… because Microsoft has to wake the hell up at some point and say “What the hell were we thinking?”

Sebastian Moss – Seven (@SebMoss)

 As if this thing is gonna get a successor.

Heath Hindman – Xbox Pun (@RPGLand)

The Sucksessor.

What do you think the Xbox One’s successor should be? Let us know in the comments below.

Joining Rockstar’s ferociously long list of currently available PS2 Classics on the PSN is The Warriors, which was originally released back in 2005. You’ll be able to pick it up starting on May 28th in North America and May 29th in Europe for $9.99/€9.99/£7.99.

With The Warriors joining PS2 Classics next week, it joins all these previously available Rockstar titles on the PSN, though it doesn’t represent their complete PS2 history:

• Bully
• Grand Theft Auto III
• Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
• Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
• Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
• Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
• Manhunt
• Max Payne
• Midnight Club
• Midnight Club 2
• Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition Remix
• Red Dead Revolver

Are you going to buy The Warriors? How many Rockstar PS2 Classics do you own? Let us know in the comments below.

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Essential Reading:

• Best of PlayStation Network Volume 1 Goes to Retail on June 25th, Jak & Daxter Collection on Vita Out June 18th
• The Catch-Up: May 21st, 2013 – Metro Dev: “We Welcome the New Consoles to Join the “Generation” We’re Already in on PC”

The last time Square Enix’s 10th Anniversary site opened, it let us know they’re “thinking of collaborations and a bunch of things that should make everyone a little bit happy.” Now that it has re-opened, we were given a clock stuck at 46:49, as well as a little bit more information, as translated by Gematsu:

As of April 1st we’ve reached our 10th anniversary! We hope you’ll continue supporting us going forward as well!

Well, last time on this site we said “we are thinking about various things.” Now, we are working on a lovely (and a tad heartwarming) site.

As soon as preparations are in order, the counter will start moving. Please wait a little longer. ROCK’N ROLL!

There’s a bunch of things Square Enix could be teasing right now – a mobile version of a Final Fantasy game, just a site re-design, or a new entry into a long running franchise. When that countdown clock does start moving, we’ll let you know if it turns out to be anything substantial.

What do you hope Square Enix unveils when the clock starts counting down? Let us know in the comments below.

The PlayStation Vita may have quite a few fighting games in its roster, but this sale on the European PlayStation Store running from May 22nd until June 5th is all about fighters (and a couple non-fighters) just on the PlayStation 3.

Check out all the titles on sale below, with PlayStation Plus members getting an additional 10% off, except on the last two:

• Double Dragon Neon – Was €7.99/£6.49, Now €3.99/£3.19
• Final Fight: Double Impact – Was €9.99/£7.99, Now €4.99/£3.99
• Golden Axe – Was€4.49/£3.69, Now €1.99/£1.59
• Lord of the Rings: War in the North – Was €19.99/£15.99, Now €9.99/£7.99
• Marvel vs. Capcom: Origins – Was €14.99/£11.99, Now €7.49/£5.99
• Mini Ninjas – Was €19.99/£15.99, Now €9.99/£7.99
• Mortal Kombat – Was €19.99/£15.99, now €9.99/€7.99
• Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection – Was €9.99/£7.99, now €4.99/£3.99
• Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix – Was €14.99/£11.99, now €7.49/£5.99
• Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike Online Edition – Was €14.99/£11.99, now €7.49/£5.99
• Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition – Was €14.99/£10.99, now €7.49/£5.99
• Tekken Tag Tournament 2 – Was €29.99/£19.99, now €14.99/£11.99
• The King of Fighters XIII – Was €14.99/£11.99, now €7.49/£5.99
• The King of Fighters XIII GOLD EDITION – Was €29.99/£23.99, now €14.49/£11.59
• Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown – Was €12.99/£9.99, now €6.49/£5.19
• Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown Complete Edition – Was €24.99/£19.99, now €11.99/£9.69
• EA Sports MMA – Was €29.99/£19.99, now €9.99/£7.99 (No PS+ discount)
• Fight Night Champion – Was €29.99/£19.99, now €14.99/£11.99 (No PS+ discount)

Will you be buying any games thanks to this sale? Let us know in the comments below.

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Update: David Bull, Associate Product Manager at SCEA, answered a few questions about the Best of PlayStation Network Volume 1, revealing that Sound Shapes and When Vikings Attack! won’t include Cross Buy, meaning you don’t get the Vita versions for free.

Not only that, you have to install each game individually on the PS3′s HDD (disc still required to run the games), and they do not come with any DLC.

Original Story: All the way back on April Fools Day, the ESRB rated the Best of PlayStation Network Volume 1, “a compilation of four PlayStation Network titles.” This compilation has now been confirmed, and you’ll be able to pick it up at retail starting on June 25th.

Priced at $39.99, it includes When Vikings Attack!, Sound Shapes, Tokyo Jungle, and Fat Princess, meaning that you save $15 over buying all them separately via the PSN.

Also out in June is the Jak & Daxter Collection for PlayStation Vita, which is now confirmed for a June 18th release date at $29.99.

Do you like the line-up for Volume 1? Is $39.99 too high of a price tag? What do you think should be included in Volume 2? Let us know in the comments below.

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Essential Reading:

• Xbox One Joke About Finding TVs “So Challenging!” Made Into Twitter ad by Oblivious @Xbox Account
• Xbox One’s One Chance at Being Twitter’s Number One is One-Upped by Sony and Steam
• Ask PSLS: What Did You Think of the Xbox One Reveal Event?

Hitting the PSN throughout the summer, four different DLC packs for Metro: Last Light will include all new single player content, with the first one, the Faction Pack, scheduled for release in June.

While Deep Silver and 4A Games didn’t give out highly detailed descriptions of each DLC pack, here’s what you can expect:

Faction Pack – June 2013

• New, original single player gameplay that expands on the universe and story.

Chronicles Pack – TBA

• New, original single player gameplay that expands on the universe and story.

Tower Pack – TBA

• Presents a unique solo challenge.

Developer Pack – TBA

• Gives you some interesting tool with which to explore the world of Metro.

Andrew Prokhorov, Creative Director at 4A Games, talked a little about the future DLC:

Artyom’s story may have been concluded in Metro: Last Light, but there are other characters with stories to tell, some familiar locations that fans of the Metro series wanted to revisit, and some new challenges that 4A wanted to explore. Since completing the game we have been working on these new stories and hope to release them throughout the summer.

The Metro: Last Light Season Pass is now on the PSN for $14.99, with PlayStation Plus members getting a 25% discount until June 4th.

Are you going to buy any Metro: Last Light DLC? Let us know in the comments below.

It was a bit of a crazy day today, what with the curtain finally pulled back on the Xbox One (Chandler wants everyone to use the X-Bone shorthand) and a Twitter account for the Call of Duty dog killing it after just a few hours of existing.

You can check out all the news from earlier today by following this link, but here on The Catch-Up, you’ll see the stuff we didn’t have time for.

General News

• If you missed it in our PlayStation Store Global Update, Ratchet: Deadlocked HD is now available on the North American PSN. Anyone who previously purchased the PS3 version of Full Frontal Assault can now go to the disc benefits section and get your free copy of the game, as well as the free Vita version of Full Frontal Assault. No date was given for the European release of Ratchet: Gladiator HD, so stay tuned.

• When Class of Heroes 2 comes to the PSN on June 4th, it will be $24.99 and is PSP and PS Vita compatible.

• For a little bit more insight into the EA Sports Ignite engine, the official website is now open.

• Ubisoft has six next-gen titles headed to the Xbox One during the console’s first calendar year, including Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag and Watch Dogs, as well as “a mix of new episodes of existing franchises, new IPs and digital titles.” Unless those titles are Kinect only, expect the PS4 to get them all, with more details about their next-gen plans coming at E3 during their press conference on June 10th.

• During the Xbox reveal, there was raucous clapping happening throughout the event, with press attendees noting that “journalists are not clapping and whooping here” and “applause is coming from the back of the room, for those of you that asked. Pretty sure that’s where all the MS employees are.”

• Rami Ismail of Vlambeer revealed that “it’ll probably be a month or two” before we see Luftrausers on PS3 and PS Vita, “depending on how quickly we can finish it and how long it’ll take for the game to go through certification.” Rami then said Luftrausers has been in development “for a year now.”

• Best Buy USA is holding a sale on PSN cards – $10 for $9.50, $20 for $18.50, and $50 for $45. Not a tremendously great deal, but you still save a few bucks.

• Ending the general news section on a classy note, the Shadow Warrior Twitter announced that we can expect “health pick-ups, no weapon limit, ridiculous one liners, unlimited shurikens, and more Wang than you can handle.”

Metro: Last Light DLC and Burn News

• The Metro: Last Light Season Pass is now on the PlayStation Store (discounted for PlayStation Plus members), and we can expect details about all the future DLC tomorrow. What we do know so far is that it is brand new single player content “being created after Last Light’s completion.”

• In burn news, the Metro Twitter said, “we welcome the new consoles to join the “generation” we’re already in on PC with Metro: Last Light.” Now put on sunglasses and cue the CSI: Miami opening sequence.

News That Might End up not Being News

• Ed Boon, who is known for having a little fun on his Twitter account, sent out that “my Spider sense is picking up on an MK related announcement tomorrow… wait, I’m DC, I don’t have Spider sense. Musta been a false alarm?” With Injustice still getting a lot of attention, does this point towards a Mortal Kombat DLC character (who isn’t Scorpion) for the game? If it does, we’ll definitely let you know.

• Elsewhere, the Need for Speed Facebook page sent out this picture, possibly hinting at the next Need for Speed title being Hot Pursuit:

Francis News

If you have time to watch the whole video, you’ll see a great explanation as to why the new Xbox is called the Xbox One. If you don’t have enough time, just skip to 1:45 or 2:45 and watch it escalate:

What did you think of the Xbox One explanation? Did it make sense? Are you going to buy any PSN cards thanks to the sale? Let us know in the comments below.

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The following, bafflingly, is true.

Before today, no one knew who Microsoft would target with their next Xbox. The original Xbox clearly focused on the dudebro gamers and online players, but the latter half of the 360′s life increasingly abandoned the core and embraced Kinect fans and Netflix users. With Sony aiming mostly for core gamers, where Microsoft aims their Xbox One will deeply impact its chances at success. With the One reveal event, we talked about the fact that games made up a small part of the show, with favor given to TV features, but commented on how it was still a side-feature rather than a main selling point.

Xbox’s Twitter account, on the other hand, believes that there is a group of consumers out there unable to work out how to watch TV.

As a joke, Carolyn Petit tweeted:

Every night when I watch TV, I think, “It’s just all so challenging! THERE’S GOT TO BE A BETTER WAY!” Finally, there is. #XboxOne

Upon seeing this Tweet, @Xbox proudly made the tweet into an ad (without asking for permission) – “A better way to watch TV:”

Said ad is viewable right up top on hashtag searches for XboxOne. While this is hilarious, the sad thing here is that Xbox thinks that real people actually too stupid to work TVs exist in great enough numbers to make them a feasible target audience.

Oh the future is bright.

You’d think that EA would’ve said everything they had to say already today, but there’s actually some more news coming from Electronic Arts.

First up, regarding FIFA Ultimate Team for FIFA 14, EA explained that the PlayStation 4 version of the game will include it, “with some exclusive content for #XboxOne.” So, you don’t have to worry about missing out on a big aspect of FIFA 14 on PS4, you’ll just be without some add-ons.

Sticking with next-gen news, EA confirmed that Need for Speed is headed to Xbox One, meaning a PS4 version is almost a given. For more information on this and “other” next-gen games, we’ll just have to wait until E3, but one game that doesn’t seem to be making the leap to next-gen is NHL 14.

To finish up the EA info, when it was announced that they were eliminating the Online Pass program for future titles, it left a question mark as to what this meant for already available games that require the pass. They cleared that up today by saying, “This change is for all future EA games from this point forward, no change to current games.” This means that for something like Crysis 3, you still need to have that code, otherwise you’re paying to go online.

Are you glad that Ultimate Team isn’t going anywhere in FIFA 14 on PS4? If Need for Speed launches this year on next-gen, would you get it on PS4 or PS4?

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