PS4, finally to be unveiled?

I read somewhere about the PS4,that games will be tied to your system,So there will be no second hand market for PS4 games...but what if your system fails? :D

Also no backwards compatibility with PS3 games.

How true these are though,Who knows...it wouldn't surprise me if it were true though.

Is it not going to be bound to your PSN account, and you bind the system to your PSN account? I have my PS3 system on my PSN, I would imagine it is just a more restrictive form of this.

As for backwards compatibility, if you have PS3 games, you will most likely have a PS3. If not, expect a PS3 emulator with decent performance within the next few years, so if you want to sell your PS3 + games to buy a PS4, you can just re-buy the games in a few years for dirt cheap and play them on your PC
 
Is it not going to be bound to your PSN account, and you bind the system to your PSN account? I have my PS3 system on my PSN, I would imagine it is just a more restrictive form of this.

As for backwards compatibility, if you have PS3 games, you will most likely have a PS3. If not, expect a PS3 emulator with decent performance within the next few years, so if you want to sell your PS3 + games to buy a PS4, you can just re-buy the games in a few years for dirt cheap and play them on your PC

That, or Sony will give you the option to re-buy them as "classics" from the PSN. Not that I have a problem with that. I wish they would do it for PS2 games.
 
They do sell PS2 games on the PS Store.

They sell a couple of remastered games like the ICO games and Metal Gear Solid series, but that's about it.

Most,If not all the games on the PSN store are a ripoff. :mad:

That's not entirely true. Have you seen Journey? I wasn't a huge fan of it, but it got some of the best ratings I've ever seen for a downloadable game. IGN gave it game of the year.
 
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I disagree! We're talking about pc vs gaming when thinking about the next gen consoles. Its an interesting graphic directly relevant to the topic, pull your head in.

I just wanted to hear what ya'll think about it, and if ya'll plan to buy one?

"It" being the PS4, just for clarification. This isn't a console war thread.

Not that I disagree. I'm primarily a PC gamer, myself.
 
For games I prefer my PC, however my PS3 can play music, DVD's and Blurays, can stream Netflix and LoveFilm, I can play videos and music straight from my server or any other computer in the house. It is essentially a HTPC, albeit at this point a very cheap and small one. It isn't just for gaming, and whilst a PC is not either, it is a hell of a lot easier to get my PS3 started and watch a film than it is my PC, which is also much louder than the PlayStation is, so not great for those late night films when everyone else is in bed and I really need the volume to be low.

Then there are party games. How many Guitar Hero, Just Dance, Sports Champions and SingStar's are there for PC? If you are gaming on your own or on a LAN, PC is much better, but when you have friends round, you cannot beat a console.

As a primarily PC gamer, when the PS4 comes down in price, I will be picking one up, even though the main use probably won't be games.

Also, that graphic is somewhat misleading.

If you were to plot it again for 2012, I bet "PC" gaming would be even higher, but when you are taking into consideration the likes of Diner Dash and Bejeweled, you are including Facebook browser games which most people will now be playing on tablets or your every day home PC. Whilst yes, still gaming, it isn't gaming in the sense of your AAA titles and I believe a separate section should be had for smartphone/tablet, rather than roping it in with PC, when you thing of PC gaming, you don't think of someone sat with an iPad.

The income from consoles too, people have to regularly upgrade their PC's, whereas the console is always the same. Unless your console dies outside of warranty, you aren't going to buy another, but even then a lot will buy second hand because it is cheaper. With these things considered, it is no wonder profit has dropped when sales of the units have dropped too.

Then there are the titles themselves too. The "staple" games are out now. Everyone has GT5, GoW, Heavy Rain and Resistance now and no company is going to be making huge console exclusive titles any more (with the exception of GT5) because the PS4/720 are just around the corner, so there are no new games for people to buy, apart from the aforementioned party games and the annual sports games. The fact that the new consoles are only a year or so away is also driving unit prices down,so get another graphic in 2014 and let's see the difference then.


Whilst 90% of the time I prefer PC gaming, and whilst I would give up my console before I gave up my PC, it isn't black and white.

Oh and last thing, if you want to make a case for PC gaming popularity over consoles, you should have pointed out the most popular game in the world, League of Legends, and the graphic released by Riot: http://uk.ign.com/articles/2012/10/15/riot-games-releases-awesome-league-of-legends-infographic
 
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Well, I seen on T.V the other day that the Xbox 360 is down to $99 new. So that basically tells me Microsoft is about to re-veil there next console. Here comes the wars again!

Edit: PS2 won the the first war, Wii won the second, who will win the third? Xbox 720?

Know your roots, Nintendo! Well, that's my roots(Born 1984). Some may be the Atari.
 
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Well, I seen on T.V the other day that the Xbox 360 is down to $99 new. So that basically tells me Microsoft is about to re-veil there next console. Here comes the wars again!

99 dollars new? I checked Amazon last night and it was £189 :S
 
Read the smallprint :P

*Applicable taxes extra. Early termination fee and other restrictions apply. See retailer/web site for offer terms. Prices are Estimated Retail Prices. Actual retailer prices may vary.

So add VAT and the unlikelihood that it will be that cheap in the shops, thats bollocks

Read my "Edited" post.

Still $99 dollars though. And who don't have Xbox live anyway? That's the whole point in getting the Xbox over the PS3, for the community.

bollocks- meaning "testicles"?
 
Read my "Edited" post.

Still $99 dollars though. And who don't have Xbox live anyway? That's the whole point in getting the Xbox over the PS3, for the community.

bollocks- meaning "testicles"?

Is it? Personally i'd get an Xbox 360 for games exclusive to the console sod the community.

and yup bollocks=testicles, can be used to mean something is bad or wrong :P 'What a load of bollocks' it rolls off the tongue!
 
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