Mustafa Mahmoud 3 days ago Console, Featured Tech News, Software & Gaming
Final Fantasy VII Remake was one of the biggest PS4 exclusives of 2020. At the time, it was believed that the game would come to Xbox and PC one year after its initial April 2020 launch – but that was not the case. Now, it has been announced that the PS5 remaster, titled Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade will be exclusive for “at least 6 months.”
PlayStation recently published a new trailer for Final Fantasy VII Intergrade. At the end of the trailer, alongside the “PlayStation 5 console exclusive” text, it was revealed that Intergrade will be “available on PS5 at least six months earlier than any other format” continuing the game’s exclusivity streak.
Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade is a PS5 remaster of the PS4 remake, but also includes a new episode of content seemingly exclusive for next-gen. With the specific wording of the exclusivity, it will be interesting to see whether Intergrade’s content will come later to PS4.
Of course, the big question is when will any version of the remake come to Xbox or PC. As mentioned, previous wordings of the exclusivity for the original remake suggested that the game would be PlayStation exclusive for a year. However, a year has come and gone and no news has come out regarding the game coming to other platforms – aside from PS5.
With Intergrade seemingly being exclusive for at least 6 months, it will be interesting to see whether come the end of that agreement, if the original remake, Intergrade, or neither will come to other systems. We will have to wait and see.
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Matthew Wilson 3 days ago Console, Featured Tech News
The new generation of gaming consoles has only just begun but as always, both console makers are already preparing for the future. This week, supply chain sources claim that Sony is already planning its PS5 refresh, which will move to a 6nm APU.
Citing supply chain sources, DigiTimes reports that Sony is already preparing a redesigned PS5, likely to be a ‘PS5 Slim’, with better power efficiency and hopefully lower hardware costs too. Currently, the PS5 uses an AMD 7nm APU produced by TSMC, but the PS5 Slim would use an updated chip based on the 6nm process, which in turn will bring power efficiency gains.
These efficiency gains enable console makers to slim down their designs, as we saw with the PS4 to the PS4 Slim, or even the Xbox One to the much smaller Xbox One S. These mid-gen slim consoles often also lower the price barrier for new customers by anywhere from $50 to $100 USD.
Don’t expect Sony to announce a PS5 Slim anytime soon though, apparently the company is targeting late 2022, so exactly two years after the initial launch of the PS5.
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KitGuru Says: What we’re talking about here is a slim model of the current PS5, not a beefed up console like the PS4 Pro or Xbox One X from last generation. Still, if it lowers prices and takes up less TV stand space, then that’s good news all around.
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Mustafa Mahmoud 3 days ago Console, Featured Tech News, Software & Gaming
CD Projekt Red previously confirmed that The Witcher 3 would be getting a free upgrade to take advantage of the latest generation of console hardware. Since then however, the company has been rife with controversy, following the less than stellar launch of Cyberpunk 2077. While the team continues to fix Cyberpunk, it would seem as though CDPR have opted to collaborate with modders to help get The Witcher 3’s next-gen patch out.
As reported by Kotaku, the creator of the The Witcher 3 HD Reworked project Halk Hogan revealed on his YouTube channel that he has been contacted by CDPR regarding the upcoming next-gen patch for The Witcher 3.
Hogan announced: “Hello my dear friends! It’s been a long time since the last video. I know I announced a new HDRP preview in early March but I was silent the whole time. Sorry for that. But in return, I have some good news, and the reasons why I was quiet and why I don’t have too much to show. I think the most important news is that I got an official message from CDPR about cooperation.”
Adding further explanation, he clarified that “While it’s not certain yet, it’s very likely that HDRP will be included in the official next generation update. I will inform you what’s next. As always, I would like to thank you for all your support and kind words.”
Modders are an important part of the gaming industry, and in most instances, their valuable work is left unacknowledged by game studios – while some studios are actively hostile towards them. As such, it is encouraging to see CDPR working with modders, and presumably paying them for their work and effort. Hopefully this also helps speed up the release of the next-gen patch, allowing the studio to focus on fixing Cyberpunk 2077.
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Mustafa Mahmoud 3 days ago Console, Featured Tech News, Software & Gaming
Unlike the start of the previous generation, where game publishers were trigger happy when it came to reselling older titles at a higher resolution or framerate, this generation has seen a shift toward free next-gen upgrades (with some exceptions). The latest game to get a free next gen patch is the action-rpg Remnant: From the Ashes.
Making the announcement on its website, the developers said “We’re incredibly excited to announce that on Thursday, May 13, Remnant: From the Ashes will receive a free major upgrade patch that will add the option to run the game at 4K resolution at 30fps the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X, or 1080p resolution at 60fps on both the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S!”
That is not all however, as the team confirmed that the game will be coming to Xbox Game Pass for PC (and can also be purchased outright from the Microsoft Store).
Remnant: From the Ashes is a tough but rewarding third-person shooter with satisfying gameplay, selling over 1.6 million copies. This free next-gen upgrade will only serve to improve that further – though it is slightly disappointing to see the 60fps mode limited to 1080p. Described by some as “Dark Souls with guns”, now is a better time than ever to check out Remnant: From the Ashes.
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Mustafa Mahmoud 4 days ago Console, Featured Tech News, Software & Gaming
Nintendo is no stranger to releasing games with user generated content. Super Mario Maker 1 and 2, as well The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening all allow for players to make their own game levels. Nintendo has now taken it to the next step with Game Builder Garage.
In a surprise announcement, Nintendo has revealed Game builder Garage, saying “Have you ever dreamed of building your own video games? The Game Builder Garage software is a great place to start! Anyone can learn the basics of game design and visual programming with step-by-step lessons created by the minds at Nintendo.”
Unlike Super Mario Maker, Game builder Garage offers all different types of gameplay styles and genres, allowing you to make 2D games, 3D games, top down titles, or something in between.
How robust the tools are is currently unknown, but Nintendo promises that “Game Builder Garage helps you understand the basics of visual programming in a fun, memorable way. With your new power-up, you just might look at the video games and apps you enjoy every day in a different way. Continue learning to power yourself up even further!”
Switch owners who find this prospect exciting luckily won’t have to wait long, as Game Builder Garage will launch on the 11th of June, and will cost a relatively modest $29.99. With titles such as Mario Maker and Dreams showcasing just how creative players can be, it will be exciting to see what fans do with Game Builder Garage.
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Today, Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition begins rolling out on PC, with totally reworked graphical features and ray-tracing effects. Next month, the Enhanced Edition update will also be coming to the Xbox Series X/S and PlayStation 5 consoles.
On the console side, the Enhanced Edition will offer ray-tracing on consoles for the first time, including ray traced emissive lighting. For the first time on console, Metro Exodus will also feature higher resolution and frame rate modes, as well as an FOV slider:
In the video above, we can see the Enhanced Edition in action running on an Xbox Series X. This particular version will run at 4K and 60 frames per second, as does the PS5 version. The Xbox Series S on the other hand will run the game at 1080p and 60 frames per second.
Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition launches on Xbox Series X/S and PS5 on the 18th of June. It will be a free update for all existing owners of the game. For those who don’t own the game already, a new ‘Complete Edition’ will be released, containing all the new enhancements and the two story expansions.
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Unit shipments of hard drives in the first quarter of 2021 were down both sequentially and year-over-year as consumer devices continued their migration to SSDs. Still, HDD capacity sold during the quarter set a new record of 288 exabytes as hyperscalers and enterprises upgraded their storage capabilities. Seagate remained the world’s largest maker of hard drives in terms of units and exabytes (EB) shipped.
Nearly 60% of New PCs Use SSDs
The industry shipped as many as 83.981 million PCs in Q1 2021, according to IDC. Meanwhile, only about 34.97 million hard drives for consumer PCs were sold last quarter (based on data from Trendfocus), so nearly 60% of personal computers shipped in Q1 used SSDs. This is not particularly surprising as many modern notebooks cannot house a hard drive. In contrast, enthusiast and workstation-grade desktops use SSDs because HDDs are rather slow for modern workloads by today’s standards.
The industry shipped 14.79 million hard drives for desktops (down 23% quarter-over-quarter) and 20.18 million drives for laptops (down 31.4% QoQ) in Q1, according to Trendfocus. The average capacity of an HDD for a client PC in the first quarter was 1.82TB (2.13TB for desktops, 1.58TB for notebooks), so most computers used rather inexpensive hard drives.
64 Million HDDs Sold in Q1
Hard disk drive shipments in the first quarter of 2021 totaled 64.17 million units, according to Trendfocus (via StorageNewsletter). Coughlin Associates (via Forbes) estimates that the hard drive TAM (total addressable market) in Q1 2021 was 64.1 million units, down from 67.8 million in Q1 2020. Meanwhile, Nidec believes that the industry sold 63 million units in the first quarter, up from 59 million units in the same quarter a year ago.
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Seagate retained its position as the world’s leading maker of HDDs, with about 27.54 million HDDs sold in the first quarter and 42.9% of the market. Western Digital shipped 23.09 million drives and commanded 36% of the market. Toshiba was the distant No. 3 with 13.54 million HDDs supplied and 21.1% of the market.
Seagate also led in average HDD capacity (5.07TB per drive) and exabytes shipments (139.5EB) in Q1 2021. In contrast, the average capacity of a Western Digital hard drive in Q1 was 4.72TB, and the company shipped 109.04EB of hard drive storage devices.
Since the remaining three HDD makers don’t disclose their detailed unit shipments, the numbers published by analysts are basically educated guesses. Meanwhile, the first quarter of 2021 did not bring many surprises as far as sales of hard disk drives are concerned, so the sales numbers and market shares should be quite accurate.
288 EB ~ 303 EB Shipped in Q1
The general trend for the hard drive market was set several years ago: HDD unit sales are declining while exabyte shipments are growing. Nothing changed in Q1 2021. Trendfocus believes that the total capacity of HDDs shipped by the industry was 288.28EB. By contrast, Coughlin Associates estimates that HDDs sold in Q1 2021 can store 303.34EB of data, up from 278.03 in Q1 2020.
The lion’s share of exabyte shipments belongs to 3.5-inch hard disk drives for servers, enterprise, nearline, and surveillance applications. About 16.05 million of such drives were sold in the first quarter, but with an average capacity of 12TB, they can store 192.78EB, thus commanding 66% of exabytes shipments in Q1 2021.
Console HDDs Are Dropping, DAS Remains Strong
Consumer electronics HDDs are a rather large category of storage devices for applications like game consoles, direct-attached storage (DAS), digital video recorders (DVRs), and similar things. Shipments of CE HDDs in Q1 2021 totaled 9.95 million units, according to both Trendfocus and Coughlin Associates. Meanwhile, the industry shipped 14.4 million CE hard drives in Q1 2020, based on data from CA.
Since the latest game consoles from Microsoft and Sony no longer use HDDs, it is not surprising that shipments of hard drives for consumer electronics dropped significantly — by 31% — year-over-year.
In fact, manufacturers shipped only 2.53 million 2.5-inch CE HDDs with an average capacity of 0.72 TB per unit in Q1 2021. The vast majority of 2.5-inch CE HDDs have been used for game consoles and branded external drives for years. So, as production of previous-generation gaming systems from Microsoft and Sony is winding down, shipments of 2.5-inchers will decline further.
By contrast, sales of 3.5-inch CE HDDs remain strong. Trendfocus says about 7.42 million of these drives shipped during the quarter. An average capacity of a 3.5-inch CE hard drive was about 3.47TB, which indicates that most of them were used for various demanding applications, such as DAS. Branded DAS with high-capacity HDDs inside seems to be a pretty successful business for HDD makers as many people buy direct-attached storage for their PCs that come with SSDs (which do not always feature enough capacity for things like media).
Enterprise HDDs Booming
Enterprise HDDs have been the one bright spot in recent years. The enterprise-grade HDD category includes various drives for a wide variety of applications, including servers (both cloud and on-premise), enterprise NAS, nearline, and surveillance. In total, 19.25 million such HDDs were shipped in Q1 2021, according to Trendfocus.
Surprisingly, despite general trends, shipments of 2.5-inch enterprise-grade HDDs (which includes legacy 10,000/15,000 RPM drives) totaled 3.2 million units, up both quarter-over-quarter and year-over-year. The average capacity of these HDDs was 1.37TB, so some legacy datacenters probably upgraded their capacities or just replaced old drives during the quarter.
Sales of 3.5-inch enterprise-grade HDDs exceeded 16 million units and increased sequentially and annually in the first quarter. Enterprise-class 3.5-inchers shipped by the industry in Q1 could store 192.78EB of data, and their average capacity now slightly exceeds 12TB.
Meanwhile, sales of nearline HDDs for exascalers like AWS and Microsoft Azure are booming. Seagate says that hard drives with 16TB and higher capacities (i.e., 16TB, 18TB, and 20TB) contributed nearly 50% of its capacity shipments during the quarter (139.5EB), which equals nearly 70EB.
Summary
The HDD market in Q1 2021 brought no surprises and was consistent with trends set in the last five years or so.
Mainstream client PCs are on track to replace HDDs with SSDs, but at the same time, people are buying more DAS, NAS, and cloud storage. To that end, shipments of client HDDs are declining, whereas sales of hard drives for other applications are growing.
Enterprise-grade 3.5-inch HDDs are thriving. Now that data is generated not only by users but by computers themselves (in various forms), demand for storage will only grow and 288EB ~ 303EB of HDD storage shipped in Q1 2021 will increase rather rapidly in the coming quarters.
Another emerging driver for HDD demand is of course Chia cryptocurrency. At press time (on May 8), storage space allocated to the Chia network was nearing 3 exabytes, increasing three times from about 1 exabyte at the end of April. From the general market point of view, that is slightly over 1% of exabytes shipped in Q1, but it is already hard to acquire a high-capacity HDD at retail. What is going to happen next and whether Chia is set to become a factor that will cause a global shortage of hard drives is something that remains to be seen, but signs are not good for general users.
Valve’s Steam hardware survey was just updated, and one of Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 3060, one of the best graphics cards, showed up on the charts for the first time. Sure, it has a very minute 0.17% market share at the time of this writing, but the card only launched in late February. Every Ampere GPU now at least shows up, which makes us wonder where AMD’s RX 6000 series GPUs are hiding.
It’s no secret that Nvidia is pumping out a far greater volume of Ampere graphics cards compared to AMD and its competition RDNA2 products. AMD has to split its allotment of TSMC 7nm wafers between the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Ryzen 5000 CPUs, and Radeon 6000 GPUs. AMD’s contractually obligated to provide a lot of console chips, relative to the others, so guess which product line gets the short end of the stick.
AMD CEO Lisa Su is aware of the problem as she has promised to ramp up production significantly for the Radeon RX 6700 XT after it launched. And to be fair, it’s only been out a bit less than two months. However, it seems RX 6700 XT production still isn’t competitive with even the lowest stock of Nvidia’s GPUs.
Looking at eBay’s sold listings for the RTX 3060 and RX 6700 XT, which is what we do in our GPU pricing index, scalpers are selling off literally double the number of 3060s compared to RX 6700 XTs. Just this week alone, 382 RTX 3060s and 182 RX 6700 XTs were sold off to buyers. There were also 734 RTX 3070 cards sold, at an average price of $1,371.
These numbers from eBay should give us a good guess as to the production numbers of AMD and Nvidia worldwide. If these numbers are at all accurate, it helps explain why Steam hasn’t put any RX 6000 series GPU on its hardware survey list.
Steam has never told us how it operates the hardware survey program and what requirements hardware models have to meet to be on the chart. However, looking at the charts, we believe there’s a market share limit in place that all products on the charts have to meet. It may change a bit month to month, but right now the minimum value to show up as a line item is 0.15%. Considering Nvidia’s RTX 3060 has 0.17% and appears to be selling at roughly twice the rate of the RX 6700 XT, that would put AMD’s best RDNA2 share at less than 0.10%.
Again, there’s some conjecture on our part, but this suggests Steam simply needs more of AMD’s RX 6000 series graphics cards before they’ll breach the 0.14% market share point. The RX 6700 XT has also been selling at nearly triple the rate of the other RX 6000 series cards — since launch, on eBay at least, RX 6700 XT alone outsold the combined RX 6900 XT, RX 6800 XT, and RX 6800.
This certainly isn’t good news for AMD, though it’s regretably expected. There were rumors that 80% of the wafers AMD uses at TSMC right now are for the latest consoles, leaving Ryzen and Radeon to share the remaining 20%. Nvidia meanwhile only has to produce GPU wafers at Samsung, and while it can’t keep up with demand, it appears to be doing a much better jump at shipping cards than AMD. In general, Nvidia looks like it’s outselling AMD GPUs by at least a 5-to-1 ratio.
Hopefully, something will change so that AMD’s more budget-friendly RDNA2 products can be more competitive in production volume with Nvidia’s Ampere GPUs. But while we wait for RX 6700, RX 6600, and RX 6500 products to launch, there are strong indications Nvidia will have RTX 3050 Ti and RTX 3050 laptops this month, and likely RTX 3080 Ti desktop cards as well.
As the first week of the Epic v. Apple trial comes to a close, Apple is picking a fight over one of Epic’s witnesses. The fight centers on testimony from Lori Wright, Microsoft’s vice president of Xbox business development, who testified about the distinction between “general purpose” and “special purpose” devices on Wednesday in favor of Epic’s claim. Wright’s testimony set off a day of confusion over whether Microsoft actually makes money selling Xbox hardware. Apple is now asking the judge for an “adverse credibility finding,” basically a determination that Wright’s testimony can’t be trusted because of irregularities in document production.
In a new filing, Apple argued that some of the documents referred to in Wright’s testimony weren’t produced in advance, and the entire testimony should fall under a cloud. Apple’s lawyers zeroed in on Wright’s claim that Xbox hardware was sold at cost in order to subsidize game sales.
“Ms. Wright testified about the supposed unprofitability of Microsoft’s console business without providing the P&L statement from her files that could have substantiated (or disproven) her testimony,” Apple’s filing argues.
Apple has actually made this case before, arguing back in April that Wright’s testimony should be stricken from the record because of irregular document production in the weeks leading up to the trial. Now, they’re arguing that Wright stepped outside of the preset parameters of her testimony, and her entire testimony should be deemed not credible.
And at the center of it all is Microsoft’s profit-and-loss analysis for the Xbox hardware, which no one on the Apple side has seen. It’s worth remembering here that Apple and Microsoft have been locked in heated competition for decades now, and while Apple doesn’t have a product competing specifically against the Xbox, the broader companies are tied up in a delicate balance of fierce competition and business cooperation. As a result, Microsoft really does not want to give Apple sensitive financial data about the Xbox — and Apple sees the P&L statement as a way to punch back at Microsoft for getting involved in the App Store fight in the first place.
From the beginning of the Epic v. Apple trial, documents have been an issue — and it’s likely to continue being a problem as long as the proceedings go on. Both sides agreed in advance to upload exhibits to a public Box folder (it’s here, if you want to follow along), but the actual use of that folder has been extremely chaotic. On the first day of the proceedings, more than 100 different filings were uploaded to the general exhibits folder, only to have a handful clawed back as sealed — including some of the Sony docs we published here. Nearly every day, documents have been added to the Box and then pulled back, to the point where we’ve had to mirror the whole thing just to make sure we don’t miss anything.
Some of this is normal. A big part of the legal fight is over which documents can be used in the trial and which parts of those documents can be blacked out to conceal trade secrets or other information the companies would rather not get out. The companies’ lawyers have been going back and forth on these tiny details for months; it’s just what lawyers do.
But it’s fair to say this case has been unusually chaotic — either because of the remote nature of the trial or the sheer volume of different companies involved. A lot of information has come out of the discovery in this case, and not all of it was supposed to. Now, Microsoft is caught between giving up information that could help in court and giving up business secrets to a longtime rival. Microsoft wants Epic to win this case, and it’s willing to talk about Xbox profitability if it helps to make that happen. But giving up that information in open court might be a bridge too far.
With just three games left of the Turkish Super Lig, Galatasaray vs Besiktas sticks out as the last remaining hurdle between league leaders Besiktas and the first part of their possible third Turkish domestic double. Make sure you know how to watch a Galatasaray vs Besiktas live stream from anywhere in the world.
Galatasaray vs Besiktas live stream
Date: Saturday 8th May
Kick off: 6.30pm BST / 7.30pm CET / 1.30pm ET
Location: Türk Telekom Stadium, Istanbul
Live stream: BeIn Sports (US, CAN, France, Turkey)
A 23rd Turkish Super Lig title looks unlikely for Galatasaray this time around. The Lions sit in third place, six points off top spot, and although it’s not mathematically impossible, they’d need need a few favours from the clubs facing both Besiktas and Fenerbahce in the closing stages of the campaign.
It’s all on as far as Besiktas are concerned, though. The Black Eagles need two wins from their last three to guarantee their first title since 2017 and set them up nicely for their Turkish Cup Final on Tuesday 18th May with the chance of that historic double. They’re missing a few key players ahead of the Istanbul Derby, however.
Second-top scorer Vincent Aboubakar is an injury doubt, as is centre-mid Oghuzan Ozyakup, as well as loanee Everton forward Cenk Tosun. The season’s star striker, Canadian Cyle Larin, is raring to go, though.
Gala have a few problems of their own. Season stalwart defender Christian Luyindama will likely be missing but winger Henry Onyekuru has returned to training after a hamstring injury.
It’s a 6.30pm kick-off in Istanbul on Saturday night. Lucky Super Lig fans in Brazil and Japan can watch a Galatasaray vs Besiktas free live stream with a 7-day DAZN free trial. Those in US, France, Turkey and Canada can watch the action with a subscription to BeIn Sports. It also appears to be available as a Bet365 live stream in the UK. Make sure to use a VPN if needed when travelling outside those countries for access.
Read on for full details on how to watch a Galatasaray vs Besiktas live stream in HD or for free wherever you are in the world.
Watch a Galatasaray vs Besiktas free live stream
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Rights to show Turkish Super Lig matches in the USA – including the epic Galatasaray vs Besiktas clash – belong to beIN Sports. It’s easily bolted on to your existing cable package in the States and you can watch via the beIN Sports Connect app.
Not got cable? Good news – popular streaming platform FuboTV carries beIN Sports. Better yet, FuboTV offers new subscribers a free 7-day trial. That’s right, you can watch Galatasaray vs Besiktas for free!
Those in the UK also appear to be able to access a free live stream using their mobile phones through Bet365. You’ll need to sign up and wait for the video symbol next to the app to turn yellow when live,
Going to be outside the US and UK this weekend? Simply use a VPN to access FuboTV and Bet365 as if you were back in your home state. We recommend ExpressVPN as it comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee and 24/7 customer support.
When the free 7-day trial ends, the entry-level FuboTV package costs $65 per month but it does get you 110 premium TV channels and much more. Not for you? You can cancel any time – there’s no lock-in contract.
Galatasaray vs Besiktas kicks off at 1.30pm ET / 10.30am PT on Saturday morning in the States.
Watch Galatasaray vs Besiktas live stream anywhere in the world using a VPN
Even if you have subscribed to the relevant Galatasaray vs Besiktas rights holders, you won’t be able to use them when outside your own country. The service will know your location based on your IP address, and will automatically block your access.
A Virtual Private Network (VPN) helps you get around this obstacle. A VPN creates a private connection between your device and the internet, such that the servers and services you’re accessing aren’t aware of what you’re doing. All the information passing back and forth is entirely encrypted.
There are many VPN providers out there, with some more reliable and safe than others. As a rule, we’d suggest a paid-for service such as ExpressVPN which offers a 100 per cent risk-free money back guarantee. If you’re not happy with the service any time within the first 30-days, then you can cancel with no penalties at all.
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Japan & Brazil: Galatasaray vs Besiktas live stream on DAZN
Football fans in Brazil and Japan get the chance to watch a Galatasaray vs Besiktas live stream for free. DAZN has the rights to show the Turkish Super Lig and a whole host of sports in these territories, and, best of all, DAZN offers a 1-month free trial. So long as you’ve not used yours already, then you can fill your boots.
Sadly the DAZN free trial isn’t available to those outside these regions. If you are a DAZN customer but travelling abroad, simply use a VPN to access a Galatasaray vs Besiktas live stream without being blocked.
UK and Australia: Galatasaray vs Besiktas live stream
Sadly there is no televised coverage of the Turkish Super Lig in the UK and Australia right now. The best option is to sign up to Bet365 and use its app for the free Galatasaray vs Besiktas live stream.
The game is currently scheduled for a free live stream on the platform. Signing up to Bet365 is free. No betting required. The video icon next to the match listing should turn yellow when the game is live, although the schedule can be subject to change.
If you are a Bet365 customer but travelling abroad, simply use a VPN to access a Galatasaray vs Besiktas live stream without being geo-blocked.
Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez and Billy Joe Saunders are set for a blockbuster showdown in Texas on Saturday. The 12-round super-middleweight unification bout tops a big-time boxing bill that will be streamed exclusively on DAZN. Can Canelo become a three-belt holder at 168lbs? Follow our guide on how to watch a Canelo vs Saunders free live stream, from anywhere in the world.
Canelo vs Saunders free live stream
Main card: 1am BST / 8pm ET / 10am AEST
Ringwalks: 4am BST / 11pm ET / 1pm AEST
Venue: AT&T Stadium, Texas
Free stream: DAZN free trial (Canada)
Watch anywhere: Try ExpressVPN
UK stream: DAZN (£2/month)
US stream: DAZN ($20/month)
Tickets: Seatgeek (from $40)
Canelo retained his WBC, WBA and Ring Magazine super-middleweight titles in February when he beat Turkey’s Avni Yildirim, while Saunders (30-0, 14 KOs) holds the WBO strap since defeating Shefat Isufi to capture the vacant WBO championship in May 2019.
After some disagreement about the size of the ring (Saunders briefly threatened to fly home) both fighters are now ready to grace the AT&T Stadium, which will play host to a 60,000 boxing fans. (You can buy Canelo vs Saunders tickets for $40.)
Heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has arrived in Texas and says Saunders has what it takes to outfox the 30-year-old Mexican:
“Canelo Alvarez’s kryptonite is someone who boxes and moves — southpaw, slick, good feet, good hand speed, good power. Billy Joe Saunders does all of that. He will give him a boxing lesson, smash him, stop him in round 11 or 12… I’ve never been as confident about anything in my life.”
The bookmakers disagree – as does ‘Iron’ Mike Tyson. The tiger-hugging pigeon fancier claims Saunders is “already knocked out”. Perhaps he missed Saunders’ demolition of Chris Eubank Jr?
Saturday’s unmissable fight is exclusive to DAZN but it’s much cheaper in some countries than in others. Here’s how to find a Canelo vs Saunders free live stream from anywhere in the world.
Watch Canelo vs Saunders for free on DAZN
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Boxing fans around the world can stream this weekend’s big fight live on DAZN. Subscription to the sports streaming service costs $20 a month in the USA, or just £2 a month int he UK. Canadian subscribers enjoy a FREE trial. Worth knowing, right?
Canelo vs Saunders free live stream with DAZN free trial
DAZN has the rights to the UFC, Bundesliga, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, US Sports, Fightsports, and much more live and on demand in selected European countries. Try it free for one month. Cancel at anytime.
Going to be outside Canada this weekend?Simply use a VPN to access the DAZN free trial without being geo-blocked. We recommend ExpressVPN because it comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee and 24/7 customer support.
The Canelo vs Saunders ringwalks are expected at 11pm ET / 8pm PT.
Canelo vs Saunders free live stream anywhere in the world using a VPN
Even if you have subscribed to the relevant Canelo vs Saunders rights holders, you won’t be able to access these streaming services when outside your own country. The service will know your location based on your IP address, and will automatically block your access.
A Virtual Private Network (VPN) helps you get around this obstacle. A VPN creates a private connection between your device and the internet, such that the servers and services you’re accessing aren’t aware of what you’re doing. All the information passing back and forth is entirely encrypted.
There are many VPN providers out there, with some more reliable and safe than others. As a rule, we’d suggest a paid-for service such as ExpressVPN.
Try ExpressVPN risk-free for 30 days ExpressVPN offers a 30-day money back guarantee with its VPN service. You can use it to watch Canelo vs Saunders on your mobile, tablet, laptop, TV, games console and more. There’s 24/7 customer support and three months free when you sign-up.
UK: Canelo vs Saunders live stream
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DAZN has the exclusive rights to stream this fight live online. Subscription costs just £1.99 a month – a tenth of what it costs in the States!
Remember: British boxing fans stuck outside the UK this weekend can use a VPN to access DAZN for £1.99 from anywhere – without being blocked.We recommend ExpressVPNbecause it comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee and 24/7 customer support.
The Canelo vs Saunders ringwalks are expected at 4am BST.
Canelo vs Saunders fight card
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Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez vs Billy Joe Saunders – for WBO, WBA (Super), WBC and The Ring magazine super-middleweight titles
Elwin Soto vs Katsunari Takayama – for WBO light-flyweight title
Kieron Conway vs Souleymane Cissokho – for WBA inter-continental super-welterweight title
Frank Sanchez vs Nagy Aguilera
Christian Alan Gomez Duran vs Xavier Wilson
Keyshawn Davis vs Jose Antonio Meza
Marc Castro vs Irving Macias
Castillo Kelvin Davis vs Jan Marsalek
Canelo vs Saunders tale of the tape
Name: Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez – Billy Joe Saunders
Nationality: Mexican – British
Date of birth: 18th July 1990 – 30th August 1989
Height: 5ft 9 inches – 5ft 11 inches
Reach: 70 inches – 71 inches
Total fights: 58 – 30
Record: 55-1-2, 37 KOs – 30-0, 14 KOs
Billy Joe Saunders on Canelo Alvarez
“You’ve never been in the ring with someone like me. You’ve never seen anybody with this heart.”
“This fight is all about the brain. Not about power, muscle or skill, it’s the brain and the game plan, and being able to execute that game plan.
“I’m not going to sit here and slag people off and big people up. Canelo has been doing it for many, many years now, destroying everyone. Six of those were Brits. I don’t really take anything from any of them because I do my own thing.
“That’s what’s going to win this fight, something I bring to the table that none of them had. Hatton did a good job many years ago, Ryan Rhodes also. I still haven’t watched the Callum Smith fight now, I’ve seen highlights.
“But I think tactics may have been a little bit wrong there and a bit rushed because they didn’t have a lot of preparation for it. That’s what I hear anyway.”
Canelo Alvarez on Billy Joe Saunders
“It’s always been 20ft and now he wants 24ft,” Alvarez told 5 Live Boxing after the dispute over the size of the ring. “If he wants I will give him the whole stadium. I don’t care.
“He’s been talking a lot about me for the last four years. In a couple of days it will happen and it’s a little more personal.”
Update: Walmart’s restock of the PS5 and Xbox Series X seems to be over. If you’re looking for some accessories to go with a console, we have some picks below.
Due to the global electronic component shortage, getting your hands on a PS5 or Xbox Series X has been challenging. Fortunately, if you want another shot at getting either next-gen console, Walmart has done a surprise drop right now for both systems, while supplies last.
As seen on Walmart’s website, the PS5 digital edition and Xbox Series X gaming consoles are available for purchase. We’re noticing that stock is coming in and out, so stick with the page for a few minutes and keep refreshing to see if you can add one to your cart.
Once you get your PS5, if you are looking to buy some games, some of the hottest titles such as Returnaland Spider-Man: Miles Morales are available on the console. Resident Evil Village is releasing tomorrow, May 7th.
If you are worried about not having a ton of storage available to store all of your games, the latest PS5 update allows you to store PS5 games on an external hard drive. Although you cannot play these games on an external HDD, this is still good to help manage which games are currently stored on your SSD.
Xbox fans, once you have secured Microsoft’s next-gen console, if you are unsure what type of games to buy, a subscription to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate might be the best option for you. It includes a robust library of first- and third-party titles for you to download and play. And unlike the PS5, you can purchase a 1TB SSD expansion to add to the Xbox’s base storage (512GB on the Series S, 1TB on the X), though it is not cheap.
Xbox Series X
$500
Prices taken at time of publishing.
The Xbox Series X is Microsoft’s flagship console, serving as its most powerful (and biggest) option that costs $499.99. While the Series S is aimed at smooth 1440p performance, the Series X is focused on fast 4K gameplay.
$500
at Walmart
Xbox Series S
$300
Prices taken at time of publishing.
The Xbox Series S costs $299.99. Compared to the Series X, it’s far smaller, less powerful, and it has half the amount of SSD storage built in. It also lacks a disc drive.
According to a report on DigiTimes, Sony’s manufacturing partners are preparing to start production of a redesigned PlayStation 5 model in about a year from now. The new model is expected to be cheaper to build, which will enable the company to cut the price of its latest console, which is in line with typical strategy to cut a console’s price after two years on the market. The redesigned unit is projected to have a shorter lead time, which should improve supply.
The new version of Sony’s PlayStation 5 will reportedly rely on an AMD-designed system-on-chip (SoC) made using TSMC’s N6 (6 nm) fabrication process as opposed to the current SoC which uses TSMC’s N7 technology. Sony did not comment on the information to Digitimes. From the article, it appears the redesign is more internal, rather than changing the console’s physical appearance.
Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL), a part of ASE Technology Holding, and Tongfu Microelectronics are projected to continue providing chip packaging services for Sony’s assembly partners. Meanwhile, no company has officially confirmed its involvement with a redesigned PS5.
TSMC’s N6 process uses extreme ultraviolet lithography for up to five layers which allows the use of multipatterning, speeding up manufacturing and potentially increasing yields. Also, the N6 technology promises up to 18% higher transistor density compared to N7, which can shrink die size and further reduce costs. Meanwhile, N6 continues to use the same design rules as N7 and enables designers of SoCs to re-use the same design ecosystem (e.g., tools, IP), which drops development costs.
Sony sold over 7.8 million PlayStation 5 game consoles since the product was launched last November till the end of Q1 2021, which makes the system one of the fastest selling gaming machines ever. Demand for PS5 is likely to exceed supply for months to come, and some industry insiders expect Sony’s partners to produce more than 10 million PlayStation 5 consoles this year.
The PlayStation 5 now has a YouTube TV app, arriving more than six months after the console launched. That means anyone lucky enough to actually buy Sony’s latest console now has another way to watch live TV on it, as first spotted by Android Police.
YouTube TV costs $64.99 per month (not counting additional extras) and allows up to three simultaneous streams within a household, which could be useful if your PS5 is hooked up in another room from your main TV.
Having another device that works with YouTube TV could be especially helpful for Roku owners, given the ongoing feud between Google and Roku that has seen YouTube TV removed from Roku’s channel store. (That means new Roku owners can’t install or re-download the app if they don’t already have it on their device.)
Admittedly, the Venn diagram of “PS5 owners who subscribe to YouTube TV and also own a Roku device that didn’t already have the YouTube TV app” is certainly vanishing small. But in a world where corporate disputes can mean losing access to the services you pay for on the devices you already own at the drop of a hat, having more streaming options is never a bad thing.
A Microsoft executive has admitted that the company doesn’t earn any profit on sales of Xbox consoles alone. The admission came as part of the Epic v. Apple trial yesterday, confirming what we’ve known for years: Microsoft sells Xbox consoles at a loss. Asked how much margin Microsoft makes on Xbox consoles, the company’s head of Xbox business development, Lori Wright, said, “We don’t; we sell the consoles at a loss.”
An Epic Games lawyer asked a follow-up question: “Does Microsoft ever earn a profit on the sale of an Xbox console?” Wright replied, “No.” That doesn’t mean Xbox doesn’t make money, though. Microsoft was keen to point this out in a statement to The Verge just hours after Wright’s testimony yesterday.
“The gaming business is a profitable and high-growth business for Microsoft,” says a Microsoft spokesperson. “The console gaming business is traditionally a hardware subsidy model. Game companies sell consoles at a loss to attract new customers. Profits are generated in game sales and online service subscriptions.“
The Xbox Series S.Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge
I asked Microsoft whether it never truly makes any margins on hardware alone, but the company didn’t respond in time for publication. Typically, Microsoft and Sony subsidize hardware at the beginning of a console’s lifecycle, but those early component costs tend to decrease over time. Those lower costs also translate to lower retail prices for consoles over time, though.
A teardown analysis of the Xbox One S, for example, revealed an estimated bill of materials of $324, which is $75 less than the $399 launch price for the 2TB version of the console, back in 2016. Microsoft also launched a disc-less version of the Xbox One S two years ago, which was presumably also sold at a loss.
Sony and Microsoft have similar business models for PlayStation and Xbox consoles, but Nintendo is the exception. In court documents, Microsoft estimates that hardware is generating a loss for Sony, but a profit for Nintendo. That’s backed up by Nintendo’s impressive 84.59 million Switch sales this year, up to March 31st.
Why all these costs are being discussed right now is a big part of the ongoing Epic v. Apple trial. Epic isn’t happy about Apple’s 30 percent revenue cut on in-app purchases for Fortnite, but Apple is arguing that Epic should also take issue with Microsoft or Sony’s identical 30 percent cut. It has resulted in hours of testimony about whether the iPhone is more like a PC or an Xbox, and a debate around open platforms versus locked-down ones. Microsoft clearly sees a difference between Xbox and PC, and has only cut the amount it takes on the Windows side to 12 percent, while the Xbox remains at 30 percent.
Microsoft obviously wants to maintain its business model for Xbox, and has attempted to push the industry toward digital games for years. Microsoft has very much sided with Epic Games in the case against Apple, and Epic has admitted it has never even questioned Microsoft’s digital sales cut. But how long this harmony will exist between the pair will very much depend on the future of digital game sales and cloud gaming. Microsoft is increasingly focused on its Xbox Game Pass subscription, which spans across devices that aren’t even Xbox consoles.
Game Pass also includes xCloud, Microsoft’s cloud gaming technology. Fortnite isn’t part of xCloud, because Epic Games won’t allow it. That highlights the emerging battles that are starting to take place in the game industry over shares of revenue. It looks like Microsoft has been preparing for some of them, but Epic v. Apple feels like the beginning of a greater war over the digital future of game stores.
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