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Ashadian on 12 December 2013
FarleyMcFirefly said:
theprof00 said:
FarleyMcFirefly said:
theprof00 said:

I'm not sure why you make it such a point to say Sony sacrificed innovation when they did quite a bunch of innovations.
Just because xbox one went over the top and added garage door opening functionality doesn't mean sony sacrificed.

EDIT: Additionally, and I'm not calling you a liar, but it sounds like you didn't even play ps4 as much as you say you did. Sounds like your friend got an xbox1 and you went over to play it. I guess I am calling you a liar. Oh no, but it's not because you didn't like ps4, it's just the way you gloss over the details "we checked out the UI but there wasn't much there", "played for a while but got bored respawning and shooting in killzone". That sounds like someone who is trying to be vague.

EDIT2: No cross game chat? No mention of streaming? Yeah, no, take your viral somewhere else.

PS4 is innovative?

Are you about to tell me how xbone is and ps4 is not?
Or are you just making throwaway comments to improve your post count?

I'm dead serious. Tell me how the PS4 is innovative... Tell me what new things it has brought to the table for console gaming... I just see a more powerful PS3.
I'm sure it has and will get many great games, but it is in no way innovative to the gaming industry.





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SvennoJ on 12 December 2013
Max King of the Wild said:
SvennoJ said:

The Snap feature is awesome, play your game while checking facebook, or Vgchartz at the same time, or video chat with your friend while both playing... the same game, or something different.

I really don't understand this, maybe cause I've been able to do that since windows 3.1 and have always preferred full screen gaming instead. I switched to consoles to get away from the multi tasking distractions. Maybe it's just me, I'm not that interested in talking to friends while playing (unless they're in the room ofcourse). I usually ignore the message received notification, will get back to you after I finish the chapter or race.

The live streaming feature is nice to check out other games, and random drunk people, but gaming is the nr 1 purpose.


Me and 3 of my co workers are the same exact way. We have each other on the friends list but we only talk if we are playing together. Seriously... what is there to say while sitting and playing a game and paying attention to the game more than the person on the mic? There would be a lot of dead air and i just hate dead air. Makes me feel like i need to talk to fill it even if i have nothing

Exactly, I find myself starting to comment on my own actions in game, and half the time I can't understand what they're saying so I end up turning the game sound down. Might as well stop playing altogether.
My friends are the same anyway, so we prefer to stick to text communication when not playing the same game together. Read and reply at your convenience. I like how that has been improved on ps4. Nice thread layout and extremely easy to add screenshots to the thread. And while I initially didn't think much of the motion based text input, I now use it all the time when I don't have the keyboard plugged in. It works a lot better then wii-mote and move simply because you don't need to hold it in the air nor point it at something. I hope they enable it for the browser soon.



kafar on 12 December 2013
Ashadian said:
FarleyMcFirefly said:
theprof00 said:
FarleyMcFirefly said:
theprof00 said:

I'm not sure why you make it such a point to say Sony sacrificed innovation when they did quite a bunch of innovations.
Just because xbox one went over the top and added garage door opening functionality doesn't mean sony sacrificed.

EDIT: Additionally, and I'm not calling you a liar, but it sounds like you didn't even play ps4 as much as you say you did. Sounds like your friend got an xbox1 and you went over to play it. I guess I am calling you a liar. Oh no, but it's not because you didn't like ps4, it's just the way you gloss over the details "we checked out the UI but there wasn't much there", "played for a while but got bored respawning and shooting in killzone". That sounds like someone who is trying to be vague.

EDIT2: No cross game chat? No mention of streaming? Yeah, no, take your viral somewhere else.

PS4 is innovative?

Are you about to tell me how xbone is and ps4 is not?
Or are you just making throwaway comments to improve your post count?

I'm dead serious. Tell me how the PS4 is innovative... Tell me what new things it has brought to the table for console gaming... I just see a more powerful PS3.
I'm sure it has and will get many great games, but it is in no way innovative to the gaming industry.


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yea, yea yea, you just see a more poweful ps3. well i just saw a more poweful kinect bundled with a tv box. lol.

don't even go there.





S.T.A.G.E. on 12 December 2013
Mensrea said:
For me, I could care less about looking at facebook on my console, or any of that other stuff. It's all about the gaming abilities. PS4 wins in controller department, power, etc.

Based on PS3, PS4 will also have far more content than 360. For me it's a clear choice.


I played both and I say the Xbone won the launch because they kept Dead Rising from Sony and they have Killer Instinct. Those two games alone are just so much more fun than anything the PS4 launched with exclusively. Of course Sony will have the true hot exclusives soon enough and take over as they always do but I would be lying if I said I wasn't having fun with the Xbone right now.



Fallout5orGTFO on 12 December 2013

i agree, the ps4 is good, but its just boring. waiting 3 months to actually play a good game on it...no thanks



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TheSting on 12 December 2013
S.T.A.G.E. said:
Mensrea said:
For me, I could care less about looking at facebook on my console, or any of that other stuff. It's all about the gaming abilities. PS4 wins in controller department, power, etc.

Based on PS3, PS4 will also have far more content than 360. For me it's a clear choice.


I played both and I say the Xbone won the launch because they kept Dead Rising from Sony and they have Killer Instinct. Those two games alone are just so much more fun than anything the PS4 launched with exclusively. Of course Sony will have the true hot exclusives soon enough and take over as they always do but I would be lying if I said I wasn't having fun with the Xbone right now.

True exclusive? KI? 

Anyway in KI I'm doing ok in it so far. Not great but ok. Still learning mixups and combo breakers. I wish they let you Dojo train with anyone. I'm familiar with Jago because of my Ryu background but I may main Sabrewulf. Damn is that how you spell that lol. 



ps3-sales! on 12 December 2013

I usually buy game consoles to primarily play games. I guess I'm weird D:



Currently own:

 

  • Ps4

 

Currently playing: Witcher 3, Walking Dead S1/2, GTA5, Dying Light, Tomb Raider Remaster, MGS Ground Zeros

S.T.A.G.E. on 12 December 2013
TheSting said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
Mensrea said:
For me, I could care less about looking at facebook on my console, or any of that other stuff. It's all about the gaming abilities. PS4 wins in controller department, power, etc.

Based on PS3, PS4 will also have far more content than 360. For me it's a clear choice.


I played both and I say the Xbone won the launch because they kept Dead Rising from Sony and they have Killer Instinct. Those two games alone are just so much more fun than anything the PS4 launched with exclusively. Of course Sony will have the true hot exclusives soon enough and take over as they always do but I would be lying if I said I wasn't having fun with the Xbone right now.

True exclusive? KI? 

Anyway in KI I'm doing ok in it so far. Not great but ok. Still learning mixups and combo breakers. I wish they let you Dojo train with anyone. I'm familiar with Jago because of my Ryu background but I may main Sabrewulf. Damn is that how you spell that lol. 


Yep. Thats how you spell his name. I love fighting games so Xbox One is the main game for me right now across all consoles. Titanfall is the next one, plus Microsoft got my cousins to buy Xbox Ones in Europe because of the free Fifa on day one consoles. I am once again forced by association to go Microsoft first and Sony second. By the time I buy a PS4 Sony will have amassed more true exclusives than Microsoft as always. 



DareDareCaro on 12 December 2013
Sevengen said:

I've seen both consoles at a friends house, got to spend a good amount of time with each, and while the PS4 is defiitely a powerhouse of a console, the X1 was the only machine out of the two that actaully made me feel like I was interacting with something 'next-gen'.

We played Battlefield on both systems and there's no doubt which one looked better. The PS4 version. Played Killzone also and can't really say I was all that impressed by it. Great graphics, but not really enough going on to make it feel like the vanguard shooter of the 8th gen. Sorta boring after a couple days. Spawn. Shoot. Die. Cruised around Sony's UI for a bit and there simply wasn't all that much to do, to interact with. 
It just feels like a more powerful PS3

The X1 on the other hand, the downgrade in Battlefields graphics notwithstanding, truly felt next-gen to me. Let me explain that a little bit. Every gamer understands that better graphics won't equate to a better experience, it's the level of interaction you have with the game that matters, and that holds true with the consoles themselves. 

Sony, again, brought a monster console to the masses, a graphical beast, but did so at the cost of innovation. No one buys a console anymore 'just to play' games. Those that say that are simply fooling themselves, intentionally, and doing so in an attempt to downplay the advantages that the competitor has. 
And this is where the X1 really shines against the PS4:
What it can do in addition to games, the different ways you can interact with it, what it offers as a complete package.

The X1, right now, can do things that the PS4 simply can't and will never be able to. 
The Snap feature is awesome, play your game while checking facebook, or Vgchartz at the same time, or video chat with your friend while both playing... the same game, or something different.
The Upload Studio. We must have spent 45 minutes or so just checking out the different videos that other players posted, some just a few minutes before we clicked on them... everything from a 5 second stream of somone's three point shot, to a quick video blog about Sports Rivals. 
It was all amazingly fast, intuitive, and seamlessly accessible right there on the dash.
The Kinect 2. Say what you want about it, hate on it if it makes you feel better, but the thing is simply awesome and a huge advantage for the X1.
The HDMI input, don't really need to say anything more about that. 

Sony went for more of the same, just bigger. 
Microsoft went for something different, innovative. 
Sony wins the graphics war... Microsoft takes everything else.
Pretty easy decision.

You're kidding right?  Joke thread alert!



SvennoJ on 12 December 2013
ps3-sales! said:
I usually buy game consoles to primarily play games. I guess I'm weird D:

You are, nobody just plays games anymore. You brag about them on facebook and twitter while watching somebody else's gameplay in upload studio or live stream.