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sabastian on 20 October 2014

Dualshock 4 Touch Pad> Wii-u Gamepad> XB1 Controller.

Share Button > Any feature on Wi-U & XB1.



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*Sound Of Rain on 20 October 2014
Intrinsic said:
Lol.. I know what you mean. It sure as hell seems that way if you just take the PS4 outa the box. in its defence though it also has a camera capable of voice recognition and motion control. A kinect isn't "new ".

I think the new things, well until Morpheus gets here (if it ever does) are more under the hood things. Better OS, Share features (play/share) and PS Now.

Then again, considering how well it has been selling so far I guess more of the same is exactly what everyone wanted.

This guy understands. It's a great gaming console but that's all it seems to be for now. Nothing is wrong with that though



ICStats on 20 October 2014

OP, you're calling it lame because it doesn't have big gimmicks, but gimmicks are not what most people are after these days as can be seen in Wii U doing terrible and XB1 dropping Kinect in a very short time.

People are less impressed by Wii U Gamepad or Kinect when they have tablet screens everywhere, and Google Now / Siri.  People have access to all-in-one smart devices these days, so the limited tablets & voice recognition on the consoles are in reality pretty lame.



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Anfebious on 20 October 2014
Dr.Henry_Killinger said:
2 points:
1. Consumers are buying Quality > Novelty, consoles aren't toys anymore. Just like being a geek, lame is the new cool.
2. Did any last gen console have a good first year? I don't even remember getting one that early.


1. Yes.

2. As far as sales go the Wii sold 20 Million units so I'd say that's a great first year. Even the launch lineup was pretty good I mean... it had Twilight Princess, Trauma Center, Red Steel and others.



"I've Underestimated the Horse Power from Mario Kart 8, I'll Never Doubt the WiiU's Engine Again"

*Sound Of Rain on 20 October 2014
bigtakilla said:
PS4 is lame, with it's best games being rehashes. Also agree, nothing new to add to gameplay that's been implemented at all, nor will it ever.

You can't say it will never have new gameplay



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estebxx on 20 October 2014
Slade6alpha said:
estebxx said:

PS4

-The first console to have a constantly recording option so you can record your gameplay and share it on the web
-The first controller to have a Touchpad that works as a button at the same time
-The first console with an upcoming VR headset
-The First console that will let you play other friends games on their systems through shareplay and that will transform local MP into online MP

Sony not only made a console that had unique not before seen features (on a console) but is still adding them, since Shareplay will come soon in Update 2.00 and VR headset could come next year

Yeah the PS4 is soooo LAME.... /S.

Edit: you can also play your PS4 games on a Vita or a PSTV through Remote play...

How are any of these "first" features anything to really brag about though? 

Touchpad as a button? Only thing I remember using that for was the absorb smoke and other powers in Infamous SS, and even that could be used as a button. VR headsed is something that hasn't been tested yet. Seems just as about unnesstial as the Kinect. Companies need to stop "innovating" for the sake of it. 

well i dont know about you but i love being able to record my gameplay without the need of an external recording hardware, i dont think i need to defend Shareplay and VR since the premise of them alone sounds exciting, and since they havent come out yet i cant judge if they will work as advertised or not.

and if you want to see my opinion about the touchpad then scroll some posts above to my response to Kitler.

Also i agree (outside of the recording gameplay feature) i dont care about any of the other features, the reason why i bought the PS4 was for the games, innovating for innovating is nonsense i much rather see a console that improved in everything that is essential for a console and thats what the PS4 focused on.



prinz_valium on 20 October 2014
estebxx said:

PS4

-The first console to have a constantly recording option so you can record your gameplay and share it on the web xb1 can do that, too
-The first controller to have a Touchpad that works as a button at the same time  lol yes, its a cheap version of the wii u controller
-The first console with an upcoming VR headset u got a point here, but this is not ready right now.
-The First console that will let you play other friends games on their systems through shareplay and that will transform local MP into online MP dont get the second part, but yes a cool feature. but xb1 got the home console thing and family sharing should come out before the drm 180,  too (and maybe it will, just like the ps4)
 
Sony not only made a console that had unique not before seen features (on a console) but is still adding them, since Shareplay will come soon in Update 2.00 and VR headset could come next year

Yeah the PS4 is soooo LAME.... /S.

Edit: you can also play your PS4 games on a Vita or a PSTV through Remote play...

just my thoughts on that points...



bigtakilla on 20 October 2014
*Sound Of Rain said:
bigtakilla said:
PS4 is lame, with it's best games being rehashes. Also agree, nothing new to add to gameplay that's been implemented at all, nor will it ever.

You can't say it will never have new gameplay

I can say based off experience what will be made implementing the new gameplay will be underwhelming. 



Locknuts on 20 October 2014

I agree. It hasn't got the features and that would be fine if it had the games, but it doesn't have that either yet. Next year it might earn its sales but I guess Sony's marketing has just been really effective this time.



Qwark on 20 October 2014

For people who can't read only
He says that he doesn't care about the lack of innovations the PS4 brought to this gen and he is enjoying the gen so far. Innovations are not by definition improvements (Kinect, Wii mote, Gamepad, PS eye, PS move, 3d on a more powerfull ds which was ditched with the 2ds, should I go on).
Games and the power of the hardware determines the experience for the most part, gimmicks as listed above may only improve the experience a bit.

The PS4 controller on the other hand has a touch pad which is an innovation and is used quite well in Killzone Shadow fall.



Please excuse my (probally) poor grammar