Aaaannnnnddd I'm out. I mean really..why do they need the social media? I want the console for the games..and as a commenter said in the Yahoo! article (with a lil tweaking)...I want a console that if I took it to a cabin in the middle of the woods (with no internet connection) I would still be able to play my games
As for the not being able to play the past discs..why even do that?? Frankly, it is just a middle finger to people that have them. "You really like this game? Well..better keep the console for it because the next one..no ****ing way!"
Clearing a few things up here. Games work without internet (That was just a rumor). There is still used games*.
Well..better keep the console for it
If you have past games already, just go play them on that console. Why do they need to spend $100 each console on old software? $100 can literally halve sales, and the PS4 price is probably going to be high enough.
I don't know about you, but I prefer to keep my consoles. I can see your problem though.
*However, I think something shady is going on. They said you can still play used games but I think they're putting in some price that you have to pay once you put it in.
As for more social media, they didn't really say the share button was social media. It is basically the ability to hand your game off to a friend on say, a particularly hard mission and let him show you how to do it (In real time). Social media wasn't even mentioned. I think that this feature looks kind of boring at first, but once we see what developers can do with it, we will begin to see the capabilities.
Also, it looks like they are getting really desperate to get some Vita sales, because the Vita can be used as a controller for the new console.
I agree. I was even thinking of getting one, just need some really good games to come out for it. So far, I'm not convinced.
Now you're probably asking WHY they did that, right?
So it can play games better.
Basically, what happened last year is that Xbox had a standard tech and PS3 came up with this new cell thing. What ended up happening was that this severely affected the programmiongx it would take to port games over, but games made exclusively for PS3 would look a little bit better than exclusive Xbox. Now, both systems are very similar and the PS3 port of the game (Or maybe the Xbox will become the ported to system...) will function much better than previous years. This will save a lot of money from companies having to put extra people into the Playstation version, just because the programming was different.
The console itself is probably done completely, hardware wise. The design might not be.
I don't see why people care so much about what it looks like anyway. In my current setup, you can't even see my Xbox or the wires.
But I'm not really sure if this is enough for another 10 years. Although compared to what we have the pc ports will get better the next years.
You realise the previous consoles had about 500mb of RAM, right? Also, you have to just double the RAM they say because (usually) at least 3/4 of it is all into the gaming part. While as a PC needs to use the other bits of RAM.
x86-64 Jaguar technology
It's a decent regular computer. (Compared to the cell engine thing). It looks alright from what I've seen.
It looks retarded compared to the older DualShock models.
I don't mind it, looks comfortable.
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Also, in case you guys were wondering. Yes I'm probably going to get a PS4. The absolute BS that Xbox did with their gold membership really made me angry and PS+ is offering free games just for signing up.
