Will PS5 Support Bitcoin Mining?
Jul 17, 2018•38 min
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Episode description
On this episode we discuss the future of the Xbox and the PlayStation gaming consoles. Games editor Rishi Alwani and friend of the podcast Mikhail Madnani join host Pranay Parab to discuss.
PS5 hardware rumours (1:30)
- Blockchain DRM
- What we know about hardware
- Will it be easy to program for?
- How will this affect current gen titles
- Cross-gen games
Game streaming (8:15)
- Will streaming games instead of buying go mainstream?
- Will it be baked in to PS5 and next Xbox?
- Microsoft’s investment in services
The next Xbox (12:00)
- When will it launch?
- What big features we could see
- Microsoft’s two subscription services
- The future of Game Pass
What we want from next Xbox and PS5 (26:05)
- Hardware features
- Software improvements
- Games
- Physical vs digital
- Online features
Games we’ve been playing this week (33:50)
- Planescape Torment
- Octopath Traveller
- Golf Story
- Exploding Kittens
- Asphalt 9 Legends
- Cosmic Star Heroine
Music: Popular Potpourri and Path Complete from PPPPPP by Magnus “Souleye” Pålsson.
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