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I look at all the anti One threads on this site and others elsewhere and see all the assumptions that people are making about what the One does and the PS4 doesn't.

For example: As of right now (at least to my knowledge), nothing is set in stone about how the ps4 will handle used games and how the camera will function or if it can do what the Kinect 2.0 can do. Most people as of now are assuming it's incapable of reading your heartrate, reading your emotions, hearing your voice commands.
For all we know, Sony could turn around tomorrow and say "See what MS did with their camera? yeah, we're doing it too."

With regards to the used game stuff. Sony has said they will leave it to developers but that doesn't stop everyone from saying we'll do exactly what's happening on the One. If that happens to be the case, Sony can easily say "Well, this is not our fault" and try to pass the blame. 
It's clear the reason EA are leaving Nintendo in the cold is because they said "no" to this weird used game policy.
The difference here is Nintendo were brave enough to actually step up and say "No" unlike Sony who said "You decide"

When you strip it down, it's not exactly the same thing now is it?

I think instead of classing Sony as the last Bastion of Sanity as many have been doing lately, we should wait until they come out 100% and confirm everything.

Don't get me wrong, still not feeling the One but at the same time, I'm not in a rush to jump on the PS4 bandwagon and I don't think everyone should either.



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There are still a lot of questions to be answered from both sides yes. Or to put it frankly, we still don't know precisely how much the PS4 and Xbone will be fucking us over as consumers.

But many people are also enthusiastic about the powerful hardware and games that were shown for PS4, and there's nothing wrong with that.



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Sal.Paradise said:

There are still a lot of questions to be answered from both sides yes. Or to put it frankly, we still don't know precisely how much the PS4 and Xbone will be fucking us over as consumers.

But many people are also enthusiastic about the powerful hardware and games that were shown for PS4, and there's nothing wrong with that.


No I agree, I was mainly referring to the GiFs and fake adverts threads. Particularly the ones that whilst funny, made bold assumptions about the ps4.



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Ps4 can't handle used games like it sounds like that MS will handle it. I suggest you just cross that outta the OP right now. Ps4 will not require online so how do you expect people without online to register their game to their account?



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Waiting a bit before jumping to conclusions is the best thing we can do right now... but we are on gaming forums and being realistic isn't a quality here...



Max King of the Wild said:
Ps4 can't handle used games like it sounds like that MS will handle it. I suggest you just cross that outta the OP right now. Ps4 will not require online so how do you expect people without online to register their game to their account?


PS4 won't handle used games the same way as the One but EA seem to be supporting the ps4, which leads me to believe that they have something not necessarily bad but "satisfying" to EA. Since we don't know what it is, we can't assuming it's consumer friendly.

Additionally, I think Sony's true stance on the thing will be known once we find out what they want their first party to do.



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At the very most the Ps4 could only do what they've done with the Ps3. And by their comments its the most reasonable conclusion to make. Online passes.

Also, why should we assume anything about used games like we should for X1? That's just insanely silly.... We had leaks and news concerning this for the X1 for months and haven't heard a peep about it for the ps4... so again, why should we talk about a non issue?



Ajescent said:
Max King of the Wild said:
Ps4 can't handle used games like it sounds like that MS will handle it. I suggest you just cross that outta the OP right now. Ps4 will not require online so how do you expect people without online to register their game to their account?


PS4 won't handle used games the same way as the One but EA seem to be supporting the ps4, which leads me to believe that they have something not necessarily bad but "satisfying" to EA. Since we don't know what it is, we can't assuming it's consumer friendly.

Additionally, I think Sony's true stance on the thing will be known once we find out what they want their first party to do.

Because EA, a company that supports every manufacturer, is supporting the ps4 we should assume the ps4 will stop used games? Thats some silly thought process.



Max King of the Wild said:
At the very most the Ps4 could only do what they've done with the Ps3. And by their comments its the most reasonable conclusion to make. Online passes.

Also, why should we assume anything about used games like we should for X1? That's just insanely silly.... We had leaks and news concerning this for the X1 for months and haven't heard a peep about it for the ps4... so again, why should we talk about a non issue?


Worst case scenario.

Sony are terrible at keeping secrets but once in a while, they succeed. what if, this one time they succeed it's the worst news imaginable?



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