Semi Weekly Newsmashup 11, Dying Light, Xbox 360 and Playstation 4 news!

[Caboose The Ace]

Finally I have had enough spare time to commit to making a smashup. So with that out the way lets begin.
 
Article one: The PlayStation Four total sales pass over the 30 million mark worldwide
 

 
If you don't know the PS4 is selling well, very well and is currently outpacing the PS2. So that's why it should be little surprise that the PS4 recently crossed over the mark of 30 million units sold around the world. Its been little over two years since the consoles release and its continuing to demonstrate the fastest and strongest growth in PlayStation hardware history.

 

Are you surprised by this news? 
 
Article two: Dying Light season pass and expansion price goes up


 
Developer Techland announced that the upcoming expansion for Dying Light and its season pass price's will be going up on December 8th. The season pass was previously being sold for $20 but now Techland has been buffed the price up to $30. Not only that but zombie game's upcoming expansion, The Following, has also seen a price increase. From $15 to $20. The reason for this sudden increase in price is because the new expansion's scale has been increased to be much larger than originally planned.
 
"Over the past weeks, Dying Light: The Following has almost reached its final stage: main quests, side quests, new skills, and driving challenges are ready," Techland has said. "We now are moving into the polishing period. Looking at it, it's clear how big the expansion pack has grown, it could be a standalone title, but since it would mean a launch delay, we decided against it. However, due to the increased scale of the project, we needed to revise the pricing that we announced back in August, and so we want to let you know that Dying Light: The Following will be priced at $20."

 

What do you think of this increase in price? Is it justified?
 
Article three: The Xbox 360 is now ten years old


 
This is less of an article and more of a retrospective because the Xbox 360 recently turned ten years old and its honestly hard to believe its been ten years. I grew up with the Playstation 2 and played it quite a bit. Or at least to the extent where I began to get interested in the new generation of consoles. It ultimately came down to a choice between the Ps3 or the Xbox 360. I was leaning towards the Ps3 but that all changed when my friend brought his 360 to my house one day. In it was Halo 3 and that was the game that convinced me to buy an Xbox 360, just for that game because I enjoyed it so much.
 
I still remember going down my local games store and buying my 360. This was back when the console was still white so I think you know what happened next. The red ring of death came but luckily I was not deterred and managed to get enough money together to buy newly released Xbox elite that I still own to this day. The 360 is really a great console. So many things we take for granted today come from the 360.
 
Achievements, Indie developers, integrated online play, among many things. Its been ten good years for this console and even though I rarely touch my 360 I still have many fond memories using it. After all it was the system that really got me into gaming so I guess I owe it a great deal.

 
Thanks for reading this weeks smashup everyone, until next time!
 
Article one: http://uk.ign.com/articles/2015/11/25/ps4-sales-pass-30-million-worldwide
Article two: http://www.gamespot.com/articles/price-increase-for-dying-light-expansion-and-dlc-p/1100-6432603/