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12 Nov 2013, 8:30 pm

Most likely some of you have as far back as Eurogamer.
I only just got round to playing it tonight for an evening event with a Sony rep.

Have to say I was slightly underwhelmed considering I've put a deposit down and reserved money aside for this.
It's not so much the machine that was disappointing (it's amazing!). It's the fact that there were no demos to showcase how great this machine really is, alongside some of the better games being delayed from launch. C'mon..FIFA 14 and Knack!? Octodad was awesome yes but again not the best showcase for a new platform. GAME's lock-in events are void of Shadowfall, Drive Club, Watchdogs demos, Destiny...and so on. It needed those games present IMO.

Hoping the PS4 doesn't have the same start the PS3 did. It shouldn't but it's beginning to seem that way now :(



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12 Nov 2013, 10:35 pm

JanuaryMan wrote:
Hoping the PS4 doesn't have the same start the PS3 did. It shouldn't but it's beginning to seem that way now :(


The PS3 when it was released only had 14 bland launch titles. It's a bit different with the PS4, and the company's development and advertising track record is pretty clean.

Not to mention most of the launch titles this year are long awaited games, and a lot of them are PS4 exclusive. There should be nothing to worry about.


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13 Nov 2013, 2:26 am

JanuaryMan wrote:
Most likely some of you have as far back as Eurogamer.
I only just got round to playing it tonight for an evening event with a Sony rep.

Have to say I was slightly underwhelmed considering I've put a deposit down and reserved money aside for this.
It's not so much the machine that was disappointing (it's amazing!). It's the fact that there were no demos to showcase how great this machine really is, alongside some of the better games being delayed from launch. C'mon..FIFA 14 and Knack!? Octodad was awesome yes but again not the best showcase for a new platform. GAME's lock-in events are void of Shadowfall, Drive Club, Watchdogs demos, Destiny...and so on. It needed those games present IMO.

Hoping the PS4 doesn't have the same start the PS3 did. It shouldn't but it's beginning to seem that way now :(


Hmm, what about the machine itself make it amazing?

I've no intention of touching one of the things myself, but I generally still follow what happens in the console side of the industry for the heck of it, and I'm curious as to what some of the initial impressions of the thing are when people try it.



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13 Nov 2013, 3:42 pm

I was impressed with the controller and how it feels. I didn't miss the Start and Select buttons at all.
The raw power of the machine makes it very seamless to use on the menus. The hardware is compact for its spec and looks very nice. All of the games I played had no latency or framerate issues, period. You could tell from the image quality it's a new generation of gaming. However...
Sadly we got nothing at this event to show us what the machine could really do, which was why I was left unimpressed. Not by the hardware but by the launch software specifically.



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13 Nov 2013, 4:32 pm

JanuaryMan wrote:
I was impressed with the controller and how it feels. I didn't miss the Start and Select buttons at all.
The raw power of the machine makes it very seamless to use on the menus. The hardware is compact for its spec and looks very nice. All of the games I played had no latency or framerate issues, period. You could tell from the image quality it's a new generation of gaming. However...
Sadly we got nothing at this event to show us what the machine could really do, which was why I was left unimpressed. Not by the hardware but by the launch software specifically.


Usually games tend not to show what the machines can REALLY do till later on when the developers have had enough experience with the console.



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13 Nov 2013, 4:45 pm

RandyM wrote:
JanuaryMan wrote:
I was impressed with the controller and how it feels. I didn't miss the Start and Select buttons at all.
The raw power of the machine makes it very seamless to use on the menus. The hardware is compact for its spec and looks very nice. All of the games I played had no latency or framerate issues, period. You could tell from the image quality it's a new generation of gaming. However...
Sadly we got nothing at this event to show us what the machine could really do, which was why I was left unimpressed. Not by the hardware but by the launch software specifically.


Usually games tend not to show what the machines can REALLY do till later on when the developers have had enough experience with the console.
While true, there are already demos of games that do demonstrate why you should buy a PS4, and they weren't on show at the event - Killzone: Shadowfall, #DriveClub, Watchdogs, NBA2K14 (not a game I like but a good technical demo).



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13 Nov 2013, 9:28 pm

Driveclub, Watchdogs were both pushed back until spring 2014. Destiny isn't due to come out until around then, too.

Usually a demo of a new console has games that are coming out when the console launches to give people reason to buy it.

I have played Knack and FIFA on a PS4 demo unit I thought both were good. Everything I seen online about Killzone: Shadowfall looks good. Just because a demo unit does not have the games you want, does not make it a bad system.



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13 Nov 2013, 9:52 pm

Watch Dogs looks great but I really do wonder if this delay will give them some more time on it. The only games so far that I see that look to me are. Infamous Second Son, Watch Dogs, MGS5 and any of the other games that may be coming out. I do really like The Witcher but so far they haven't shown anything about it besides having the developers throw around buzzwords nonstop.



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13 Nov 2013, 10:03 pm

I was unimpressed an i played a demo of killzone, but everyone at my work tells me that I am a PC snob so maybe it is just me. :shrug:


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