PS4 Announcement It's Almost Upon Us!

[theeboredone]

It feels like it mainly because compared to the game list, Sony had far more games, exclusives and third party. They did spend a lot of time on AC4 and Watch Dogs...the latter at least was worth it.

Quick Pros and Cons list for Sony:

Pros:
-Mass Indie Game Support. 10+ games shown?
-399.99
-PSN+ stepping it up
-No used game restriction
-Infamous 2
-Final Fantasy Versus
-KINGDOM HEARTS
-Mad Max

Cons:
-A lot of third party games
-PSN+ required to play online. Pretty much XBL
-Console design?? I think it's okay. At least it's small.
-Probably missing some other stuff.

Sony started off super slow with the technical difficulties, Vita, and PS3 support (boring, but necessary). MS just skimmed the 360 really quickly. The bombshells obviously were the price and used games.

Also, keep in mind. Some of the MS games will also end on PC or be MP as well (Witcher, MGS, Battlefield come to mind).

 

[Reflexx]

For big budget games, Sony's conference was pretty much, "Look at this awesome game!"*

*will also be on Xbox One.

The used game stuff played to the crowd of game journalists and bloggers who really hate DRM. I don't think it matters much to the general public. It matters a little, but not much.

But that $399 price was a bombshell. That will definitely be great for them.

But I can't help but wonder if the price and used-game friendly talk is just there to cover the fact that they barely showed and big budget exclusives.

 

[theeboredone]

Sony will probably get off to a slow start. We don't know how many games will be available for both consoles day 1. Historically speaking, every console takes its time getting off the ground in the games department. What Sony does have an advantage is that due to the Indie support, there will be plenty of games via PSN that will be available to DL for free or at a good price. Indie or Triple A, having more games on your side can't be a bad thing.

The bigger series like Uncharted and KH will probably come much later in the cycle. And this is also why I usually wait two years before buying a console. Better video game library + a drop in price.

 

[Alexandre Donnert]

Man, if you did know about the Xbox and Xbox 360 tiil 2 years with the PS3, you was kidnapped and you're in a place in the woods without any communication, or was in a coma!

 

[BIGPADDY]

Man, if you did know about the Xbox and Xbox 360 tiil 2 years with the PS3, you was kidnapped and you're in a place in the woods without any communication, or was in a coma!

I was living in a cave.