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PS4 browser is better in performance than PS3 browser but certain video sites cant be used while they worked just fine on PS3. The Wii U browser is hands down the best browser on a console in perforamnce, supported video sites and usability. Its even better than on mobile/android tablets dueto the touch stick and having buttons and analog sticks for extra controls, the only problem it doesnt support adblock.



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sabvre42 said:
AsGryffynn said:
Is the PS4 browser nice?

No. Its a pain in the ass to browse with.

That said, I still use it for pornhub sometimes. 

 


No way...
Everytime I use it every video site that is not youtube lags, has 1000X pop-ups and crashes.



Awww, why not the Wii U Internet Browser? It's absolutely incredible. I use it more than I use anything on my Wii U, even games.



bet: lost

Because the other systems have actual games to play.



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No not really, rather just pop open my iphone, PS4 browser is cumbersome much better than PS3 but still.



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NOOB



The browser on the PS4 is does just fine for basic browsing needs, but I would rather just use my smart phone.

I will say the X1 browser is a much smoother experience though. However in my experience the PS4 browser is more compatible with certain sites than X1. Been so long though that I cannot give a proper example.

All in all, both need work but the X1 has the edge when it comes to browsing.



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sabvre42 said:
AsGryffynn said:
Is the PS4 browser nice?

No. Its a pain in the ass to browse with.

That said, I still use it for pornhub sometimes. 

 

 

LOL. Does it actually work?



Made a bet with LipeJJ and HylianYoshi that the XB1 will reach 30 million before Wii U reaches 15 million. Loser has to get avatar picked by winner for 6 months (or if I lose, either 6 months avatar control for both Lipe and Hylian, or my patrick avatar comes back forever).

It seems that you trust a lot stat counter, it's a good tracker but not the best, (netmarkeshare is and  you can search why) as for browsers don't take it as a gospel since it doesn't count unique users but number of visits...

For instance 1 person opens 1000 pages on ps4, 2 people open 100 pages on xboxone...  For stat counter ps4 wiil be far above xbox one with its methology, despite more users browing on xbox one actually...

StatCounterNetMarketShare
records data from 3 million websites analyzes data from 40 thousand websites
analyzes 17.5 billion page views per month analyzes 160 million unique visits per month
make no adjustments or weightings other than removing bot activity and pre-rendering applies country weightings according to CIA Internet Traffic data. For example, if Brazil accounts for 4% of global traffic but only 2% of NetMarketShare data, the results are doubled
is independent and has no commercial partners is a commercial company with partners paying for data
reports are based on page views reports are based on daily unique visitors

Not that I doubt that ps4 dominates the (home) consoles browser wars, is the 8th gen (home) console  and currently, the console market, hot thing, with that huge installbase which is more than double of its two rivals, ergo way bigger pool of possible users... I just call into question the numbers!

 

By the way do we know if that tracker includes handheld consoles? I guess not , seeing the console sales by vendor  tracking... It has sony at 66%, microsoft 25% and Nintendo at 7%...3DS is at almost 60m. 

However, even without the handheld consoles,  tracking is  still wrong... PS4 is at 35.9m (53%), xbox one at 18-19m (28%) and wii u at 12-13m (19%)!        Definately, a tracking mess (it should have not include a section for consoles, at least not for operating os and sales by vendos since its methodology about them is lousy), where are the 7th gen (home) consoles numbers? In browsers section, it  has ps3, xbox 360 and wii, in sales by vendor option it cannot have them (it seems it has them), with the market shares that shows, where are the 86-87m of xbox360 and 102 wii or a significant porportion of it), it wouldn't add up at all... Terrible!

The result of tracking page views and not unique users and going by console internet browsing tracking (especially with this deplorable methodology) to extrapolate operating system  /sales by device vendor marketshare  about consoles! lol between 2012 and 2013, it has Microsoft at zero.

By the way, you choose operating system (console) which is the same with sales by device vendor option in case of consoles,  for talking about browsing... What? You mean that this option has cumulative number of browsers share by company? It says top 7 console OSs...



Nearly every post I have ever made on this site has come from a PS3, PS4, PSP, or PS Vita. I love the console browsing experience. I even sold off my PC and Smartphone last years as they had become redundent.

Hope more and more people start moving from PC to consoles for web browsing. It is a much better experience, and much more convienent.



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