Subscription Ideas for Next gen Consoles

Game industry pundits are currently specualting on what the Xbox 720 and PS4 will do to improve game consoles in the near future (Names for these next next gen consoles are of course still tightly under wraps). One of the ideas that the games industry has put out is that New Consoles will have a built in subscription option to lower new costs and attempt to get buyers to commit to their respective platforms in the long term.

These ideas have been brought to the table by many games industry pros but this article borrows heavily from a recent CandVG article about the future of Xbox; WiiU2 and Playstation Next:

Microsoft has been trialling a console subscription model in the States, where customers pay $99 upfront for a new Xbox 360 bundled with Kinect and a two year Xbox Live Gold account, the subs then kick in with a Xbox subscriber being billed $14.99 for the following 24 months.

An insider Sony executive says that Sony considered this very same subscription idea for the PS3  and think it would make sense for the platform holders to roll it out from the offset of the next generation. This follows a similar model for users of mobile phones whomoften want to stay at the front of technologys wave and pick up the latest models when they are released. With consoles and modern smartphones coming in at similar premium prices this amkes a lot of sense. It has worked for Apple with iPhone and iPad, so there certainly is potential for consoles to do the same.

The CandVG article goes on to say "The subscription model also allows the platform holders to sell their high-power machines at a low deposit RRP, meaning that the huge investment required to make these machines won't be reflected in such exorbitant product costs. The PS3 suffered tremendously when it launched at $599, but a subscription model would likely cut that price down by more than half."

Minecraft Pocket Edition :Guide to Crafting, smelting and harvesting.

Our Minecraft Pocket Edition Guide continues to be popular and since the recent update that brought crafting, smelting and harvesting to Minecraft PE we've decided to do some research and bring you some more hints and tips about how to use the new smelting , crafting abilities and more.  The Guide to  Minecraft Advanced Touch Technology Interface System (MATTIS) crafting system. 

Minecraft Pocket Edition Updates you need to know about:

There are now furnaces-this guide will allow you to get to know how to use the Minecraft Furnaces better,
Also look out for

• Trees now drop saplings.
• You can now craft glass panes (or thin glass).
• All resources can now be gathered(except redstone, try to mine redstone and it simply gets vapourised).
• Full crafting of weapons and tools.
• Look forward to crafting iron, gold ,lapis lazuli and diamond blocks.
• You can place ores using the Creatives Menu
• Also look out for Bows and drops from chickens, skeletons and spiders (feathers;arrows/bones and string respectively)
• Now Bone meal can be crafted too (for use on Saplings in Mojangs Top Game)

What Can you craft in Minecraft PE?


Crafting - blocks
In the world of Minecraft, you can make most objects by crafting. Simply enter your inventory and then hit the 'craft' button in the top corner. If an object's name is written in white, it means you have the materials to make it.

Tap on the big ingredients list box on the right to craft the item, and instantly add it to your inventory.
Of course a crafting table is also necessary for some of the bigger and more elaborate objetcts. Some examples of forthcoming objects that Notch's game might reference but aren't available yet:cakes, mushroom stew, fish.

Minecraft pocket Edition Crafting Recipes

Outcome	Description	Recipe
	Brick Stairs - compact brick staircases	(6)
	Bricks - decorative building block	(4)
	Bricks Slab - used for making long staircases	(3)
	Clay - decorative building block	(4)
	Cobblestone Slab - used for making long staircases	(3)
	Crafting Table - allows you to craft a more varied selection of items	(4)
	Fence - a barrier that certain enemies can't jump over	(6)
	Fence Gate - an openable gate for your fence	(2)  (4)
	Furnace - allows you to use the smelting menu	(8)
	Glass Pane - decorative window for your buildings	(6)
	Ladder - allows you to climb vertically	(7)
	Sandstone - decorative building block	(4)
	Snow - a compact way to store snowballs	(4)
	Stick - used to make tools, weapons, and other objects	(2)
	Stone Slab - used for making long staircases	(3)
	Stone Stairs - used for compact staircases	(6)
	Wooden Door - a door that opens and closes when hit	(6)
	Wooden Planks - useful building material for weapons and tools	(1)
	Wooden Slab - used for making long staircases	(3)
	Wooden Stairs - used for compact staircases	(6)
	Blue Wool - decorative building block	(1)  (1)
	Yellow Wool - decorative building block	(1)  (1)

How to craft tools and weapons in Minecraft Pocket

Outcome	Description	Recipe
	Arrow - ammunition for bows	(1)  (1)  (1)
	Bone Meal - fertiliser for crops, and used in dye recipes	(1)
	Bow - used for long-ranged attacks when used with arrows	(3)  (3)
	Dandelion Yellow - used as a dye	(1)
	Diamond Axe - a fast way to chop wood-related blocks	(3)  (2)
	Diamond Pickaxe - a fast way to mine stone, and required to mine certain types of ore	(3)  (2)
	Diamond Shovel - a fast way to dig, and used to collect snow	(1)  (2)
	Diamond Sword - an offensive weapon to deal with enemies	(2)  (1)
	Golden Axe - a fast way to chop wood-related blocks	(3)  (2)
	Golden Pickaxe - a fast way to mine stone, and required to mine certain types of ore	(3)  (2)
	Golden Shovel - a fast way to dig, and used to collect snow	(1)  (2)
	Golden Sword - an offensive weapon to deal with enemies	(2)  (1)
	Iron Axe - a fast way to chop wood-related blocks	(3)  (2)
	Iron Pickaxe - a fast way to mine stone, and required to mine certain types of ore	(3)  (2)
	Iron Shovel - a fast way to dig, and used to collect snow	(1)  (2)
	Iron Sword - an offensive weapon to deal with enemies	(2)  (1)
	Stone Axe - a fast way to chop wood-related blocks	(3)  (2)
	Stone Pickaxe - a fast way to mine stone, and required to mine certain types of ore	(3)  (2)
	Stone Shovel - a fast way to dig, and used to collect snow	(1)  (2)
	Stone Sword - an offensive weapon to deal with enemies	(2)  (1)
	Wooden Axe - a fast way to chop wood-related blocks	(3)  (2)
	Wooden Pickaxe - a fast way to mine stone	(3)  (2)
	Wooden Shovel - a fast way to dig, and used to collect snow	(1)  (2)
	Wooden Sword - an offensive weapon to deal with enemies	(2)  (1)
	Lapis Lazuli - used as a dye	(1)
	Shears - used to take wool from sheep, and makes placeable leaf blocks	(2)
	Torch - lights up dark areas, and melts snow and ice	(1)  (1)

Crafting - survival gear

Outcome	Description	Recipe
	Bowl - will be used to hold mushroom stew	(3)
	Sugar - will be used in the cake recipe	(1)

Crafting - decorative items

Outcome	Description	Recipe
	Block of Diamond - a compact way to store diamond ore	(9)
	Block of Gold - a compact way to store gold ore	(9)
	Block of Iron - a compact way to store iron ore	(9)
	Book - used to create bookshelves	(3)
	Bookshelf - a decorative item	(6)  (3)
	Diamond - used to create strong weapons and tools	(1)
	Gold Ingot - used to create strong weapons and tools	(1)
	Iron Ingot - used to create strong weapons and tools	(1)
	Lapis Lazuli Block - a compact way to store Lapis Lazuli	(9)
	Paper - used to make books	(3)

What is Smelting?

Here is where the new furnace update becomes important, just select the furnace to bring up the smelting menu this will allow new objects to be created by melting down other objects.
What Fuels should I use for Smelting?
Tap the top-most box, and then choose one of the highlighted materials from your inventory on the left of the screen. Then, tap the box below and pick one of your fuels. Some fuels are more effective than others - be creative with your use of fuels something like coal will burn for a long time, but sticks not so long.

You need to provide enough fuel so that the material completely melts (represented by the arrow that changes from grey to white) before your fuel is used up. You can put in a lot of fuel, and you can collect any leftovers when the smelting process is over.

Outcome	Description	Recipe (add fuel)
	Brick - used to make brick blocks
	Glass - used to make windows
	Stone - decorative building block, used to make stone slabs
	Diamond - used to create strong weapons and tools
	Gold Ingot - used to create strong weapons and tools
	Iron Ingot - used to create strong weapons and tools
	Lapis Lazuli - used to dye wool blue
	Charcoal - used to make torches, and is also a fuel
	Green plant - will be used to dye wool green

 
Where to find Natural materials (clay,iron ore etc.)
 You'll need to find those resources in the wild.

The list below will help you find those naturally occurring materials in your random Minecraft world.

Where to find the different materials and what they do  the  Material	Description
	Clay balls - rare material, found in sand and sometimes underwater. Best harvested with a shovel
	Cobblestone - common material. Dig down into the earth if you're struggling to find some. A pickaxe is needed to harvest cobblestone
	Sand - very common material, found by water
	Snowball - use a shovel on snow to make snowballs
	Wood - punch trees to collect wood. Comes in brown and white varieties, but they can be used interchangeably while crafting
	Wool - use shears on sheep to obtain wool. It can be dyed to make different colours
	Feather - use any tool or weapon to kill a chicken to produce feathers
	Flint - sometimes produced when mining into gravel
	Bone - skeletons sometimes drop these when killed
	String - spiders drop these when killed
	Dandelion - natural flowers that blossom randomly throughout the world
	Gold ore - found deep beneath the ground. Requires a powerful pickaxe to successfully mine
	Diamond ore - found deep beneath the ground. Requires a powerful pickaxe to successfully mine
	Iron ore - often found slightly beneath the ground. Requires a powerful pickaxe to successfully mine
	Lapis ore - extremely rare material, found deep beneath the ground. Requires a powerful pickaxe to successfully mine
	Coal - mined from coal ore blocks
	Sugar cane - natural plant, found throughout the world Many thanks to Pocket Gamer for their useful crafting guide which we have researched and adapted further.