PS4, finally to be unveiled?

tech savvy said:

I don't know, what do you know?

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was that part of the comment aimed at you?
Negative.

M1kkelZR said:

/facepalm ima kill myself soon /endfacepalm

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jnskyliner34 said:

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hahahahahahahaha!

http://www.t3.com/news/pc-is-lead-platform-for-watch-dogs-reveals-ubisoft-boss

I'ma just leave this here.

It looks like all three platforms will be moving along together.

and Ubisoft is lying to us too now

Makes sense, Rather than spending millions to develop a completely custom system, use existing pieces, with some modding, and a new UI but a core based on PC software, and they save tons on development and game makers save tons on porting. Surprised the 360 didn't run on a modified windows system with a completely different UI but the same drivers and stuff for the core system, they could have saved tons and made it a lot easier and quicker, although resource usage may have been worse. But with the new processors, i will bet that one module on the PS4 will be dedicated to running the home menu and the other 3 will work on the game. If the 360 follows with a similar layout (iirc rumors say 8-core AMD too don't they), they can have 1 module dedicated to Kinect (new kinect will be much more accurate supposedly) and i guess a single core might run the dashboard in Kinect games, hopefully this will mean they can now look good and be worth something, but I highly doubt the Kinect will ever have a truly good game for RPG players (can't see a good FPS ever happening)

A lot of the reason these consoles didn't use standard os, and then modified them is because the APIs have huge overheads. That allows seemingly lower powered hardware to run much more efficiently, therefore do more. Coding to the metal can be done where a known and relatively fixed hardware deployment is implemented.

Windows doesn't have this luxury as it needs to work with the highest diversity of hardware set ups of all OSs.

M1kkelZR said:

yeah sure, we ruin this for others... /facepalm ima kill myself soon /endfacepalm



So you think that looks bad? It looks good to me, but what do I know as an editor and what not.

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I didnt say it looked bad. Like I said, they didnt add displacement mapping which would have made it look a million times better. And the low resolution textures here and there dont help.

NECRO! I feel we can keep all PS4 stuff in one thread. It's not the hottest topic on the forums.

Anyway, launch is less than a month away, and I have a day one pre-ordered, only for Watch Dogs and Drive Club to be pushed back to Spring. I just can't believe the launch line up....there isn't a single non-indie/non PC port exclusive outside Killzone. I like Indies, but none of them will take advantage of the new technology in these consoles.

Even considering the multi-platform AAA's, that's only AC4, COD Ghost, and BF4. Like...that's it. I'm looking forward to some games coming in Spring, but what the hell am I going to play until then? I envy people getting an XBox One. I'd love to play Dead Rising 3.

Oh wait. There is Knack. Wooo....

And as an aside, this isn't an opening for people to bring up PC gaming. This is still a PS4 thread.

You get a console to keep and use for years so who cares if it is released with less exclusives if it has them later down the line? I would use that as incentive to wait until spring, it is after the Christmas period, a few months after launch and therefore cheaper. If you don't really want it at this point, wait for when you do want it.

I will look at things next year but I am still leaning towards the PS4 I think although the One is looking more and more tempting. As with the PS3 and 360 though, will get it second hand in at least a years time with a boat load of second hand games, so will have plenty of time to see and make my mind up.

My only concern about the PS4 is all these Xbox ppl coming to PSN, xbox has a lot more kids and i don't want them on PSN :/

Aastii said:

You get a console to keep and use for years so who cares if it is released with less exclusives if it has them later down the line? I would use that as incentive to wait until spring, it is after the Christmas period, a few months after launch and therefore cheaper. If you don't really want it at this point, wait for when you do want it.

I will look at things next year but I am still leaning towards the PS4 I think although the One is looking more and more tempting. As with the PS3 and 360 though, will get it second hand in at least a years time with a boat load of second hand games, so will have plenty of time to see and make my mind up.

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I mean, I agree to an extent. I go with Playstation consoles for their track record of having amazing games down the line. One thing to consider though, is that sales get more and more aggressive with each generation. The PS3 was already hard enough to come by for several months following its launch. And to hope for a price drop as soon as Spring is quite a stretch. I got my day one pre-order back in June, and my intended launch title was going to be Watch Dogs. Considering the possibility that I won't be able to find one for a while after launch is what makes me keep my pre-order.

I'm not so uptight about the slim selection of exclusives, it's more than they only even have 2 to choose from. That kind of baffles me. Launch titles are a big factor for a lot of people purchasing a console that don't really have some prior sway one way or the other.

Maybe you're right, though. I may just have to keep my PS3 out a while longer. There are a couple games I haven't gotten around to. Not to mention Dark Souls 2 comes out in like March.

Im expecting most of the games to be modded for PC use, given that its all on X86 now.

Launch Day finally here!

Any one got the PS4?!? If so, would love to hear your personal review.