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greenmedic88 on 23 March 2014
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It's been 4 months.

I could just leave it at that.

Or I could just point out that the first year of release of the majority of consoles, barring those that launched with a killer app (Super Mario Bros., Wii Sports, Tetris) generally have a pretty rough first year as far as game selection goes. That means it's a given. If one can't recognize this repeating pattern, then they're of course free to complain that every time they stick their hands in the fire they get burned as they do it over and over, but people with a bit more sense know better.

People with slightly more than average savvy can simply look at the launch release calendar to see what the first year PS4 catalog will bring and make an informed decision based upon that.

If there are any problems with the PS4 it would be that it currently, emphasis on currently, does not offer the media functions that the PS3 eventually gained as well as some that it had on launch. And I will point out that while those media functions were part of why the PS3 became my default entertainment box, those same functions didn't sell millions of other consumers to pay $500-600 for a game console that first year on the market.

In short, what's currently absent on the PS4 outside of the games we all know are in development because we can use Google and look up the release schedule, is not a priority when it comes to expanding the PS4's marketshare. The games, which take higher priority (Sony markets the PS4 as a gaming system, not a TV box) are scheduled for release. And even though all those absent functions may not have hard target dates, odds are highly in favor of them being delivered as well. HDCP link was announced for the next PS4 update along with a bunch of other format/codec functions, video editing, the ability to offload in console video capture and screen grabs, etc.

Personally, I just want a media remote like the PS3, but I know that's coming as well even though it's not announced. But I certainly didn't pre-order a PS4 last summer because I was expecting it on day one. So, mildly annoyed, but no complaints.