The amount of negativity in Sony threads.....

I think it was over 3 million watched Sonys live stream and GT broke records with how many people watched their live stream... I think it was over 300k... I don't know where 8 million comes from but I doubt they were stream lived. Probably just watched the following days by people who missed it or were directed to it by the people who watched it live. I know my friend watched it the next day and said he was having a difficult time do to the lag (that I assume was from high traffic still)

As long as sony prices it right. I say between $350 or $400 for base model and $500 for the other one would be a great price.

The huge factors that they can confirm to help fan the hype flames or put a nail in their coffin.

1. Price : Personally I think 499$ is too much for a launch console for the majority of console purchasers, especially if their is no new media format to attach itself to, 399$ is better but seems very unlikely given the specs. SO depending on how they price it could go a long way.

2. Accessibility of used games: If they can confirm that used games will play on PS4 without additional costs, that will help the hype train along nicely. If they do allow 3rd parties to start charging to unlock used games, I don't know how people will react, seeing as no company has ever done it before.


3.Cost of online play: Going with a Xbox live gold approach seems possible for Sony seeing as how many social and online services they are proposing and seeing as how successful Xbox Live was this generation. If its free then add more fuel to the hype train.

So whenever they announce this stuff it could sway the hype either way, you could have a wet dream of 399$, all used games work and free online, or you could have the nail in the coffin of 499-599$, used games blockage, and paying for online, making it a much harder struggle to get early and mid gen adopters.

Lol, I see that as a positive.  The more negativity they bring, the more it shows they are worried.  Wii U is doing poorly and while it may recover after a price cut, it's definitely not coming first after dropping so low.  MS seem to be focusing more on the casual market and multimedia functions (kind of like a jack of all trades, but possibly a master of none), while the Wii U shows us that the casuals will most likely not be there in droves next gen. 

Sony, on the other hand, seem to be fixing every mistake they made from this gen.  A gen where, even though they messed up almost every step for the first year or two, they will end up a very close 2nd.  It's pretty easy to see why people think they will claim #1 next gen.  As for hype outside the Sony fanbase, all I have to say is the 27.62M views the first PS4 trailer has gotten in just under a month is not from Sony fans just reclicking the vid.  If MS doesn't announce anything soon, then that hype is just going to continue to grow.  Especially with many of the rumors for the NeXbox not shedding the console in the best of light where core gamers are concerned.

Social media is not a good indicator.

The Playstation Allstars Battle Royal teaser trailer got 4 million views......Nuff said

I don't understand why people don't understand the difference between the two.... Nuff said

So.....What is the difference?

A teaser of something secretive that people watch trying to figure out what it is not hype first of all. Its doing its job by attracting curiosity but when people realized what it was for they couldn't care less. People weren't interested in the game. They were interested in what the teaser could be about. Also, youtube isn't really social media like twitter or facebook. Twitter and facebook has more of a connection with friends than youtube. When friends are discussing it with each other is a lot different than some random person watching some random video and posting some random comment so some random people may or may not see it from the rest of the spam

The differences are glaringly obvious

mmmmm, I wouldn't exactly say glaringly obvious, but I'll bite.  Yes there is a difference, yes it has more discussions, however it has been proven time and time again that having hype on teh interwebs doesn't really translate into sales.  The 3DS was huge when it first launched and EVERYONE was talking about it, same for the Vita.  However the sales only came when they were at the price and had the games people were looking for.  Its just that internet hype is a very strange thing to get your hopes up for.