Tag Archives: Erik Kain

My Idiotic Reason For Preferring The Xbox One

By Dave Thier, Contributor

As and jockey for gamers’ attention for the Xbox One and PS4 this fall, I’m leaning towards agreeing with Erik Kain when he says that the PS4 will likely be the better choice. I like Sony’s policies towards indie games, I’m a huge fan of Naughty Dog, I’m not all that excited about the Kinect, and most importantly, I think Sony is set up for a slightly better launch than Xbox One. A bigger install base usually means better games, as well as better versions of multi-platform games. …read more

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Destiny Video From Sony PlayStation Meeting Now Live

By Michael Venables, Contributor

The Sony PlayStation meeting announced the new PS4 platform at 6 p.m. EST yesterday, and is covered via Erik Kain in more detail. Forbes Tech channel’s Carol Pinchefsky, who was onsite at the press conference, and Paul Tassi, who liveblogged the PS4 event both provided initial specs, content demos and the latest PS4 updates from the press conference. In related news earlier this week, Bungie and Activision officially announced that Destiny would be shipping on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. …read more
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Skylanders Franchise Hits $500 Million in US Sales

By Dave Thier, Contributor All those portals of power, game discs and figurines are adding up quick. The Skylanders Franchise, which Erik Kain calls “Diablo for kids,” has already racked up $500 million in sales in the US alone, according to Activision. For the uninitiated, Skylanders plays much like any other third person action game […]
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