Playstation 4

[Optimus Bone 69]

On my third Xbox in a week, scared to open my daughter xmas present
Total joke

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Going to go pick one up today to celebrate being debt free. The only other thing I could think of to do was get drunk, but I have worm in the morning.

[The Destroyer]

Got mine on Friday. Early days, but I'm quite liking it so far.

My worst issue is getting used to playing BF4 on the Dualshock 4 after so many hours of playing the last few games on a 360 controller. But I'll cope.

[Sepholio]

KK is on the money here, there has been a history of console launch problems that has happened enough for me to never consider getting a console at launch ever. I'm happy you didn't run into these issues, but it's well documented.

On the line about Day 1ers deserving it, Heisenberg also hit the note I was on that there's a early adoption culture for certain items that seem ridiculous and can only be because of the same attitude the makes people post "First" in gaming article comment sections. When we get software day one, at least that's because we know others will and we wanna be where the party is; big get togethers and such. This is a time in gaming where there's not quite an urgency to jump next-gen, with iffy launch libraries on both consoles to be honest. Add to that the most annoyingly pathetic console fanboy war in... ever. I kind of want these people to have hardware problems. I don't mind people spending money stupidly to have issues after the fact. Makes me feel good.

But if your luck stands I'm hoping you yourself don't have any issues, I didn't mean for you specifically to have issues. Hell, I even noted that I rather things work out. I don't want Sony or Microsoft to fail or anything. I want an Xbox One. Just not at launch.

So much hypocrisy here. You hate pathetic little fanboy wars? You sir are the single largest Xbox360 fanboy I've ever known.

You want these people to have hardware failures and that makes you feel good because they spent money in the process? Sounds like someones jelly. Shit, I kind of don't feel bad for wishing RRoDs upon you anymore.

You hope he doesn't have any issues with his launch console, but hope others do? What is your deciding factor on who should/shouldn't get a brick for their hard earned money on launch day? Or are you just trying to save face by saying it wasn't specifically directed at him because he called you on your bullshit? Even if it wasn't aimed specifically at him, you aimed it at day 1 adopters in general, which is a category that he is obviously in, which means the comment is still directed towards him. If you're going to make nonsense statements, stick by them.

KK is the only one even near the truth here in that people should know by now that hardware issues are to be expected at launch and said people should be prepared to deal with that. Nearly everything has issues at launch, it is just skewed in the public eye when it comes to consoles because they have such a huge launch day install base. Look at other types of products that have huge launches, such as cell phones; those also always seem to have multitudes of issues reported. Usually happens when you have vastly more people using something as compared to something not many people use at all. People who adopt an item at launch should at least acknowledge the failure potential; however they don't deserve it because they want something first or get it before you, Kalyx.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Knack is pretty damn enjoyable.

Only little annoyance so far is that video apps ignore your screen size settings. Everything else works as advertised.

[Sepholio]

I've been marveling over the Trine 2 demo. The 3d visuals are insane.

[Kalyx triaD]

So much hypocrisy here. You hate pathetic little fanboy wars? You sir are the single largest Xbox360 fanboy I've ever known.

You want these people to have hardware failures and that makes you feel good-

'Da fuck are you even talking about? Stop that. Jesus.

I'm not an Xbox fanboy, ass, I have a few blogs blasting X1's features and marketing. I don't want anybody having hardware failures and I was completely Sony-sympathetic during the network shutdown.

Facts are free, get some before you post an epic rant. ...Wow.

Didn't even read the rest, your opening premise rendered that a potentially huge waste of time. I'm just kinda blown away really. Another guy who knows little about me trying to expose a lot about me.

[Kalyx triaD]

And you I like so I'm perplexed in a sense. Do you not read my stuff? Wassup?

[Kalyx triaD]

I'm backtracking reading posts giving you the benefit of a doubt and shit... Dude: I addressed some of the stuff you coughed up, while marveling at how eagerly you avoided certain points to make your post. My posts were as clear as a 'Kalyx VG paragraph' can get.

You are trolling, good sir, and I love you for it.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

I've been marveling over the Trine 2 demo. The 3d visuals are insane.

Yeah, not played it on PS4, but maxed out the PC version and it was gorgeous. Got the Wii U version cheap too and that probably plays the best. About the only game benefitted by a touchscreen.

[ClockShot]

Ordered myself a 2TB hard drive today. Was gonna go for an SSD but good lord those are expensive for high storage and the one I got now in my PC has a mind of it's own.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

UK PS4 OWNERS!

Think £50+ is too much per game? Well it is, it's goddamn scandalous. Think £35-40 is a bit better? Follow this guide:

http://www.nowgamer.com/features/2176331/ps4_how_to_buy_us_digital_psn_games.html

Ignore the Borderlinx part, there's an unnecessary expense. Use this address:

10398 W Overland Rd
Boise, ID 83709

Works perfectly, just got Killzone through Amazon doing this and it's much cheaper. Just remember, if you want any DLC, buy US PSN credit and buy the US DLC as DLC is region locked to the region of the game you bought.

Some games aren't available for download, such as EA games. In this instance, buy US PSN credit from Amazon (make sure the code is emailed and not posted) to the value you want to spend and buy it on the store directly.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Speaking of Killzone... The enemies are a little camp.

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[#BROKEN Hasney]

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[Emperor Smeat]

According to Eurogamer, Gaikai services currently on track for a late 2014 release in North America while everyone else has to wait till 2015. As of right now, Sony doesn't know how the redemption process for PS3 games will be on for the PS4.

According to Eurogamer, the service will enter full distribution in third quarter 2014 in North America. It will then come to other territories in 2015.
https://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2013/12/02/report-sony_2700_s-gaikai-service-coming-second-half-2014.aspx


For those in Europe, Sony has temporarily disabled the ability to redeem codes on PSN as part of launch period stability concerns for PSN.

The PS4 launch in Europe was this past weekend and PSN was not prepared for all the traffic coming to the service. To cope with this Sony has temporarily suspended Voucher Redemption on PSN.

That includes money cards, product vouchers, PlayStation Plus vouchers; basically anything that has a code. So the three vouchers inside every PS4 and any upgrade voucher are currently useless, locking out more-or-less SIX launch games from being accessed.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/psn-loses-option-redeem-codes-after-eu-launch

[The Destroyer]

I haven't even taken Killzone out of its shrink wrap yet. Maybe at the weekend.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

ACIV PS3 Digital is on sale at Amazon for $30 today. If you buy that, the PS4 upgrade is just $10.

Done this and just got ACIV PS4 for £25.

http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FAssassins-Creed-IV-Black-Flag%2Fdp%2FB00GGUWLE6%2Fref%3Dpd_sim_vg_5&h=pAQGoWlB1

[#BROKEN Hasney]

My hard drive is 50% full.

[ClockShot]

Fired up Contrast for the first time today. Aside from the occasional glitch or clunkiness, it's a solid game.

[Purgatory]

Yeah, I got the demo on my 360. It is fairly clunky, but a marvelous idea for a puzzle game.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Need for Speed is alright. Love that you're dropped in a multiplayer world of cops and robbers immediately and that is also the single-player. A bit disappointing it's like Hot Pursuit rather than Most Wanted... Miss the crazy crashes.

[The Rogerer]

Sorry Hasney. I didn't mean to be so flippant about your hard drive situation. It is going to be a serious problem this generation. I tend to buy digitally now on the PS3 because my disc drive is stupidly, ridiculously loud, and I am debating whether to upgrade or just end up with that sucker 95% full in the next year.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Sorry Hasney. I didn't mean to be so flippant about your hard drive situation. It is going to be a serious problem this generation. I tend to buy digitally now on the PS3 because my disc drive is stupidly, ridiculously loud, and I am debating whether to upgrade or just end up with that sucker 95% full in the next year.

I thought you were joking anyway, so no worries. I used the embarrassed smiley because it's half full due to the amount of crap I have installed.

At the time of that post, I had the following:


Resogun
Contrast
NBA 2k14
FIFA 14
Killzone: Shadowfall
Knack
DC Universe Online
Warframe
Warthunder
Flower
Assassin's's Creed IV


I've now added Need for Speed, Putty Squad and Blacklight. Going to need one of those Samsung 2TB HD's soon. Only ones that fit by being 9.5mm high.

Really glad my PS3 is hacked with that drive noise and just played off an external hard drive. That drive noise is as bad as the Dreamcast.

[The Rogerer]

I had two PS3s in the past where it wasn't an issue at all. First one YLOD, Second one I sold through a dry patch, then I got this new one and it seems they replaced the laser rail with the motor from an Epson inkjet printer.

[Heisenberg]

NBA2K14 is awesome on the PS4, my brother got a new PS4 in yesterday and I was trying to draw fouls on our first game against each other.

I ended up blowing a 20 point lead b/c I oversold like 55 attempts to draw a foul.

Press circle twice while on D and enjoy.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

NBA2K14 is awesome on the PS4, my brother got a new PS4 in yesterday and I was trying to draw fouls on our first game against each other.

I ended up blowing a 20 point lead b/c I oversold like 55 attempts to draw a foul.

Press circle twice while on D and enjoy.

Oh god, I love you for this.

[The Destroyer]

Finally stuck in Killzone and played maybe 15-20 minutes worth. Got no real desire to ever play it again.

[Kalyx triaD]

You purchased a Killzone game?

[The Destroyer]

It was bundled with the console. It was a decent deal so I thought "why not?". How wrong I was.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

It was bundled with the console. It was a decent deal so I thought "why not?". How wrong I was.

Trade it in while it still has good value. You can get more cash at CEX than a new game costs at Amazon YS's digital store.

AC4, Need For Speed and Knack are all great.

[The Destroyer]

I doubt they'd take it, it's marked as a bundled copy and not for resale. :(

I think I'm getting AC4 for Christmas, so I'll need to made BF4 and Lego Marvel last me til then.

[Kalyx triaD]

Next-gen BF4 is quality and Lego Marvel is charming.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

From what I've read, BF4 is pretty good when it works, but people are having more matches crash than they finish.

[Kalyx triaD]

The weeks after the launch things were tough, but there are more clean matches than crashes now. I play it on previous gen and played it on next-gen and while I ran into issues it's been pretty good since the 2nd and especially 3rd patch.

Currently they're ironing out the last few crash conditions with occur during map loading. Aside from that, I would recommend this to anybody and reassure them it's not as bad as what they may read - being somebody who actually plays it and all.

[alvarado52]

It's not nearly as bad as it's played out. It's just another case of the Internet turning a mole hill into a mountain. I play it on 360 and One and have had very very few issues.

[The Destroyer]

Yeah bar the issues with the DLC becoming available and maybe one match failing to load, I've had no real issues with BF4 either.

[ClockShot]

Anybody having some weird issues after today's maintenance?

Was in a party and got booted for no reason. Wouldn't let me back in with either the join or the invitation. Just kept kicking me an error message. I couldn't even create my own party and bring my friends in.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Guess I'll find out about BF4 myself. Just got it for £4.

[The Destroyer]

£4? Bargain.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

The Sun's subscription service was doing a deal where you got £10 PSN credit on their service on a £1 trial and didn't check to see if a card was already registered. Was going to post it here, but they were sold out once I made my 5th account.

Had £40 credit, the PS3 version was on sale for £25 and then paid the £10 upgrade and had £5 change. Winner.

[ClockShot]

Note to self: Sync the trophies before I log out. Even if I didn't get any.

[Disturbed316]

Is there a list anywhere of what free games there are on PSN for the PS4? Also, can you download games that were released for PS3 that will work on PS4?

Been giving my next-gen choice a lot of thought recently as I now have money to buy either a PS4 or Xbox. Xbox's lean towards tv apps, movies etc doesn't interest me at all as I just want a gaming machine.

[Emperor Smeat]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_PlayStation_4_games#Free-to-play_games

Need PS+ to get the regular monthly free PSN games which only are available to get for that particular month.

Digital PS3 games won't be playable on the PS4 until Sony brings over Gaikai. Sony hinted only a few games would be available at launch and then would gradually increase over time.

[Disturbed316]

Sweet, thanks