pub car king Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Ps4 is getting its first outing tonight in new York Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmalloy1888 Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Any news on the new ZX Spectrum ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just a bairn Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 PS4 Officially announced. Quite a meaty system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Brightside Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 I'll be buying the PS4, hands down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherrif John Bunnell Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Other than Watchdogs, nothing really impressed me about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count Mongo del Fantastico Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 I've never owned an x-box as I've stuck with Playstation constantly since they launched, but PS4 just underwhelmed me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpoonTon Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Watching the PS4 reveal last night made me feel like some sort of gaming dinosaur. It seemed to be mostly a bunch of really creepy looking guys telling me a bunch of ways in which I could/should be more social. For me the decent substance was revealing, essentially, PS3 games with really nice levels of background detail. Finding a way to kill loading times is the other positive of the tech for me. I've never owned a PS console, for a variety of reasons. I'll wait to see what MS has to offer, but at this point I'll probably go for whichever one turns out to be cheaper. For the record my console history is: Commodore 64, SNES, N64, Dreamcast, Gamecube, Xbox 360, Wii, Wii U (Gamegear, GBA, DS, 3DS). I love Nintendo, but at this point that's something seperate from what I'll be looking for in either the PS4 or new xbox. I play games every day, but it occurs to me that I haven't bought a 360 game for over a year. So it really could go either way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludo*1 Posted February 21, 2013 Author Share Posted February 21, 2013 I think the fact that the announcement to the PS4 had a lack of substance last night was telling. Sony are really relying on the PS4 working for them to come back from the brink here and anything given to Microsoft in this early battle could have a devastating effect IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLANCY2KTID Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Watching the PS4 reveal last night made me feel like some sort of gaming dinosaur. It seemed to be mostly a bunch of really creepy looking guys telling me a bunch of ways in which I could/should be more social. For me the decent substance was revealing, essentially, PS3 games with really nice levels of background detail. Finding a way to kill loading times is the other positive of the tech for me. I've never owned a PS console, for a variety of reasons. I'll wait to see what MS has to offer, but at this point I'll probably go for whichever one turns out to be cheaper. For the record my console history is: Commodore 64, SNES, N64, Dreamcast, Gamecube, Xbox 360, Wii, Wii U (Gamegear, GBA, DS, 3DS). I love Nintendo, but at this point that's something seperate from what I'll be looking for in either the PS4 or new xbox. I play games every day, but it occurs to me that I haven't bought a 360 game for over a year. So it really could go either way. You had a GameCube, therefor you are a top bloke despite now wanting a PS4. GameCube is amazing I still have mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherrif John Bunnell Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Good to see that Sony have confirmed that 2nd games will be playable and a permanent internet connection won't be required. The lack of any disc based backwards compatibility is a bit of a bummer though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.C Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 You had a GameCube, therefor you are a top bloke despite now wanting a PS4. GameCube is amazing I still have mine. Mario Doubledash = Dogs bollocks Super smash bros and Star Fox decent as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Capsule Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Good to see that Sony have confirmed that 2nd games will be playable and a permanent internet connection won't be required. The lack of any disc based backwards compatibility is a bit of a bummer though. I thought they DID say second hand games would be blocked. Sorry if I'm mistaken. They have done what Microsoft did last time, basically blown away everyone by announcing massive specs, but doing it BEFORE the competition do, no matter how much better Microsofts are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherrif John Bunnell Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 I thought they DID say second hand games would be blocked. Sorry if I'm mistaken. They have done what Microsoft did last time, basically blown away everyone by announcing massive specs, but doing it BEFORE the competition do, no matter how much better Microsofts are. They have confirmed that used games definitely will be playable. http://uk.ign.com/articles/2013/02/21/sony-exec-playstation-4-doesnt-block-used-games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmadaleKillie Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 I haven't decided yet to be honest. It will probably come down to price and which exclusives I think I will prefer the most. At the moment PS4 is the likely winner for me, especially if Microsoft continue to charge for playing online. Anyway, as we are talking console/Gaming history ZX Spectrum 48K ZX Spectrum 2 Mega Drive PC (Consistently had a gaming PC since but not the same one of course) N64 PS1 Gamecube Xbox 360 PS3 Wii Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Raccoon Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 I've had all three Play Stations so far and have always liked them so unless the new Xbox is something really special I'll probably go for a PS4 but when the price goes down a bit. As for my gaming history, Commodore 64 Sega Megadrive Amiga 1200 Gameboy PS PS2 PS3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forehead7 Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 With the next Xbox, you supposedly have to have an internet connection, and the discs are watermarked, whereby once played on one console it won’t play on another," Livingston said. "So I think the generation after that will be digital-only. http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2013/02/26/eidos-president-next-xbox-uses-watermarked-discs.aspx I know it's not a fully trusted quote but the President of Eidos, Ian Livingstone is more trustworthy than your internet rumour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherrif John Bunnell Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 That would be a suicidal business decision on Microsoft's part, especially since it is confirmed that Sony won't be adopting that policy. I think the Eidos guy might just be going on the same unfounded rumours that everyone else is though, I doubt Microsoft would reveal potentially damaging info like that to 3rd parties ahead of their own big reveal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Hahn Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 I hate this whole pish about constantly having to be online to play. Did no-one learn anything from Diablo 3? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdgarusQPFC Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 That would be a suicidal business decision on Microsoft's part, especially since it is confirmed that Sony won't be adopting that policy. I think the Eidos guy might just be going on the same unfounded rumours that everyone else is though, I doubt Microsoft would reveal potentially damaging info like that to 3rd parties ahead of their own big reveal. The Wii U doesn't have single use discs and the PS4 won't, so the next xbox won't either. To do so would be insane. To make a console dependant on its online connection would cause endless problems and microsoft wouldn't force a percentage of their community to have to opt out of a xbox if they don't have a online connection. Until microsoft announce the new xbox we won't know anything. But I'm starting to save up for mine now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewbo Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 I think the fact that the announcement to the PS4 had a lack of substance last night was telling. Sony are really relying on the PS4 working for them to come back from the brink here and anything given to Microsoft in this early battle could have a devastating effect IMO. They've done exactly what they had to do and targeted people who love games, the old ps2 crowd. Microsoft will basically come out and say "we've got netflix and youtube and all of that stuff, we play blurays, we've got spotify and we've got the same games as playstation". Unless they've got something massive thats been a very well kept secret then they've already lost this battle. I plan on switching because a) my problem with the ps3 was that everything crashed from running off of dodgy hardware (now they are pretty much the same PC level stuff) and b) xbox exclusives have gone downhill this year; I always disliked gears of war, halo ha just turned into call of duty: space, forza is good but monotonous and the arcade titles I can think of are sub par (with the exception of minecraft) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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