The Official PS4 Thread - Part 2

[TX85]

That $10 for the PS4 version of a game by using the PS3 disc is a great deal,IF games like GTA V&WWE2K14 eventually gets ports then I can just use the PS3 discs instead of buying them again

 

[StrainedEyes]

That $10 for the PS4 version of a game by using the PS3 disc is a great deal,IF games like GTA V&WWE2K14 eventually gets ports then I can just use the PS3 discs instead of buying them again

I feel like these upgrade deals won't extend to something like GTAV, which if it does come out on PS4 will be an HD version with all the DLC included. This $10 upgrade is going to probably just be for the launch window games that have cross-gen versions.

 

[TX85]

I feel like these upgrade deals won't extend to something like GTAV, which if it does come out on PS4 will be an HD version with all the DLC included. This $10 upgrade is going to probably just be for the launch window games that have cross-gen versions.

Yeah probably,still cool deal though

 

[Iceman]

cool!! ( and yes, pun intended.....lol )

t:

Well it's completely ironic. Because during the PS3, if Sony did a little something the press/fanboys would go all over it. IGN covered up a lot of the RROD problems, as did the entire press which was a huge ordeal. So it seems the tables have turned. But I think Sony has done way better, in almost every way. And they will continue to do so. MS as a whole company I really don't care for, the way they have done business over the past 20 years eh. I originally loved the first X-Box, but then they changed a lot of their goals and I've been skeptical about them since.

I guess I probably didn’t follow the gaming press as closely in those days as I do now so I may have missed some of this. But it’s a well known fact how unbelievably immature the Xbox fanboys were back then. A lot of people don’t like Microsoft and their practises over the last decade so you’re not alone. I was never even slightly tempted to get the 1st Xbox!

The problem is the positive news is really just them getting rid of the terrible things that so many fanboys including tons on the Hype Xbox area were fine with. Then when they got rid of them they acted like "Oh ya I guess that's cool" after praising them for doing so. Sony has better in house studios, and seems to be out for blood in making sure they get some good deals with third party devs ect.

I agree that a good amount of the positive news is just reinstating various things that should have been there in the 1st place for many fans but there have been plenty of other good news articles and every single one attracts the same stupid negative comments from the same commenters. If an unquestionably good story comes out that Microsoft are giving away $1,000 to every gamer, $100B to charity & $20B each to Sony & Nintendo to encourage good relations amongst the companies and their fans, the same idiot commenters will call it an act of desperation, a publicity stunt or something like that without acknowledging that there was anything at all positive. And I never found Sony guys to be incapable of giving balanced responses in the past. Xbox guys yes but most of those kids have either disappeared or.. grown up? (no, don’t be silly!).

Sony has had great material from their major in-house guys over the last few years and that should continue even if not announced yet. But apart from the big $100 difference-in-price announcement, most of the crazy cheers & Sony landslide victory at E3 was related to them not having always online and used game restrictions, features that are no longer an advantage. Not that much was announced in terms of big gaming exclusives, although this will surely change.

Are there many XBox fanboys on the Hype? I mean apart from the 2 who got banned? Look at the poll votes in the XB1 Vs PS4 thread. I can’t imagine a real fanboy not voting for Xbox whatever the circumstances. Although there were definitely tonnes of them in about 2006 when it seemed like I was the only guy with a PS3.

But I agree with a lot of what you are saying. But the last part, to me it's almost humorous because for years the press/Xbox fans (EGM's famous cover of throwing tomatoes at the PS3) ripped on Sony to no end. And now it seems the shoe is on the other foot and they don't like it all of a sudden.

Two wrongs…

And I was a fan of the 'wrong' machine both times lol.

But on to PS4 stuff, I have my console a few games/an extra controller, DVD remote and vertical stand on my list of things I will get launch day.

Which games did you get? I haven’t decided yet. Will probably be games that have good multiplayer or Destiny style co-op so that I can replay them a lot as I will still be using my old consoles a lot over the next few years trying to clear out my huge backlog of old games. Need to decide on one main single player game to focus on (first) though. Preferably something that will be good to show off the new console to friends.

 

[StrainedEyes]

The PS+ version of Driveclub contains the full game's trophy list and will be available on PS+ into next year.
Source

So the only real difference between the "free" version and the full retail are a few missing cars and tracks.

 

[TX85]

Well that's cool,I don't care about trophies but I mean the free version ain't that limited/incomplete from the full payable version..which makes it just seem like some DLC included

 

[SolarTiger]

The PS+ version of Driveclub contains the full game's trophy list and will be available on PS+ into next year.
Source

So the only real difference between the "free" version and the full retail are a few missing cars and tracks.

Seems like Driveclub won't exactly be the new Forza/Turismo though.

 

[SpideyVille]

So I'm kinda facing a dilemma here. I have a launch PS4 pre-ordered from Amazon, and I did it when I didn't have a job. I figured that somehow I would be able to afford it, and if not, I would either cancel it or let my brother take it. Fast forward to now, I have a job and I can start saving soon so I can afford it and maybe a game by the time it releases.

However, with this job, my gaming life has been non-existence as I haven't touched my PS3 since I started. I barely have any time to do anything when I get home and my weekends have been so busy with me trying to catch up on everything else that I don't feel like I have enough time to play as much as I'd like. So now I don't know if I should keep my pre-order and pay it myself, or if I should let my brother have it instead and wait a few months for things to calm down for me. I didn't plan on getting the PS4 right away anyway since part of me wanted to wait to see any hardware issues that might needed to be fixed, and I figure if my brother takes it, I can always go to his house to see it without worrying about anything happening to it.

 

[X Knight]

So I'm kinda facing a dilemma here. I have a launch PS4 pre-ordered from Amazon, and I did it when I didn't have a job. I figured that somehow I would be able to afford it, and if not, I would either cancel it or let my brother take it. Fast forward to now, I have a job and I can start saving soon so I can afford it and maybe a game by the time it releases.

However, with this job, my gaming life has been non-existence as I haven't touched my PS3 since I started. I barely have any time to do anything when I get home and my weekends have been so busy with me trying to catch up on everything else that I don't feel like I have enough time to play as much as I'd like. So now I don't know if I should keep my pre-order and pay it myself, or if I should let my brother have it instead and wait a few months for things to calm down for me. I didn't plan on getting the PS4 right away anyway since part of me wanted to wait to see any hardware issues that might needed to be fixed, and I figure if my brother takes it, I can always go to his house to see it without worrying about anything happening to it.

If you didn't really want a PS4 right away, I'd suggest you let your brother have your preorder.

then, you can focus on work, save up money, and wait till next year or later to get a PS4 yourself. that way, you can let the bugs and kinks work their way out, and you could always go to your brother's house to test it out on occasion.

plus, more games will be available next year.

 

[Havok83]

looks like some worker took some photos of the PS4 production floor

 

[Benstamania]

It haaaaaas begun!

 

[Iceman]

So I'm kinda facing a dilemma here. I have a launch PS4 pre-ordered from Amazon, and I did it when I didn't have a job. I figured that somehow I would be able to afford it, and if not, I would either cancel it or let my brother take it. Fast forward to now, I have a job and I can start saving soon so I can afford it and maybe a game by the time it releases.

However, with this job, my gaming life has been non-existence as I haven't touched my PS3 since I started. I barely have any time to do anything when I get home and my weekends have been so busy with me trying to catch up on everything else that I don't feel like I have enough time to play as much as I'd like. So now I don't know if I should keep my pre-order and pay it myself, or if I should let my brother have it instead and wait a few months for things to calm down for me. I didn't plan on getting the PS4 right away anyway since part of me wanted to wait to see any hardware issues that might needed to be fixed, and I figure if my brother takes it, I can always go to his house to see it without worrying about anything happening to it.

How may hours do you work per day mate?

 

[SpideyVille]

If you didn't really want a PS4 right away, I'd suggest you let your brother have your preorder.

then, you can focus on work, save up money, and wait till next year or later to get a PS4 yourself. that way, you can let the bugs and kinks work their way out, and you could always go to your brother's house to test it out on occasion.

plus, more games will be available next year.

It's not so much that I didn't want it, because my excitement about gaming was a full 10 since I felt like I had so much time for it. I was just worried that I would be scrapping together money to get a PS4 and that the chance of something being wrong with it early on would not make it worth it. But now things have changed where I can afford it if I really wanted it, but I just don't have the time for it, so who knows how long it'll sit in my room without even being touched.

But I think I will just let my brother take it. It' not going to cost me anything and it'll just be less stress to deal with since I'm also trying to save up money to move out. I think I'll consider buying it in February once inFamous comes out, since that's my most anticipated next gen game.

How may hours do you work per day mate?

I work from 9am-6pm on the weekdays, but then there's also the time it takes me to commute and wake up in the morning, so my days are normally taken up from 6am-8pm. So in the couple of hours that I have before its time to go to sleep, I have to find some dinner, get my clothes ready for the next day and maybe spend a few minutes online.

I have the weekends free, but I use those mostly to catch up with people/things or go out and get anything that I might need for the week, so that free time usually flies by too.

 

[Benstamania]

I'd get it just to have it when I could play it.

 

[Iceman]

It's not so much that I didn't want it, because my excitement about gaming was a full 10 since I felt like I had so much time for it. I was just worried that I would be scrapping together money to get a PS4 and that the chance of something being wrong with it early on would not make it worth it. But now things have changed where I can afford it if I really wanted it, but I just don't have the time for it, so who knows how long it'll sit in my room without even being touched.

But I think I will just let my brother take it. It' not going to cost me anything and it'll just be less stress to deal with since I'm also trying to save up money to move out. I think I'll consider buying it in February once inFamous comes out, since that's my most anticipated next gen game.


I work from 9am-6pm on the weekdays, but then there's also the time it takes me to commute and wake up in the morning, so my days are normally taken up from 6am-8pm. So in the couple of hours that I have before its time to go to sleep, I have to find some dinner, get my clothes ready for the next day and maybe spend a few minutes online.

I have the weekends free, but I use those mostly to catch up with people/things or go out and get anything that I might need for the week, so that free time usually flies by too.

I see.

Is that a 2 hour commute?! Maybe you should get a Vita/3DS then. Unless you're driving that is!

My commute is only 1 hour so that saves 2 hours every weekday. And I've pretty much given up other home based leisure interests like watching TV to focus on gaming.

 

[Doc Ock]

I'd get it just to have it when I could play it.

That's what I'm doing pretty much, there is still so much I want to play on PS3 and the games Im most looking forward to aren't arriving until next year. I did pre-order the Battlefield 4 bundle so there's that to play, but I probably won't be buying or getting anything more until Christmas...my money has gotta go towards gifts! I feel selfish enough buying a PS4 lol.

 

[SpideyVille]

I'd get it just to have it when I could play it.

The thing that I'm more concerned with in that case is having my brother or nephew messing around with it while I'm at work. I've already found games missing or out of the cases because they have no respect for my stuff and I can't lock up my room. I've even gone as far as hiding my controllers and stuff, but they still search the house to find it.

I see.

Is that a 2 hour commute?! Maybe you should get a Vita/3DS then. Unless you're driving that is!

My commute is only 1 hour so that saves 2 hours every weekday. And I've pretty much given up other home based leisure interests like watching TV to focus on gaming.

That's the other thing though. I've pretty much given up on TV as well. Heck, I've gone entire weeks without even turning on my television.

As for handhelds, I have my nephew's DS but it just doesn't interest me enough to want to play on the train. The last handheld type of game that I played was Candy Crush on my phone, and I stopped playing that after a while too. Not to mention, half of the time I'm squeezing in between people on the train and barely have space to move, so my hands wouldn't be free anyway.

But I'm going to see what happens when GTA V comes out because I am definitely getting that the day it comes out. For most other games that have come out in the last couple of months, I've decided to wait for sales since Gamefly doesn't seem like it would be worth it with my schedule. But I know most games like Splinter Cell, the Last of Us, and even something later like Assassin's Creed 4 will be at least half price on Black Friday, so I figure I might as well wait. But with GTA, I don't see the price dropping for a while and that game looks too awesome to pass up, so I'll see how I can manage to use that to get back into gaming.

 

[Iceman]

That's the other thing though. I've pretty much given up on TV as well. Heck, I've gone entire weeks without even turning on my television.

As for handhelds, I have my nephew's DS but it just doesn't interest me enough to want to play on the train. The last handheld type of game that I played was Candy Crush on my phone, and I stopped playing that after a while too. Not to mention, half of the time I'm squeezing in between people on the train and barely have space to move, so my hands wouldn't be free anyway.

But I'm going to see what happens when GTA V comes out because I am definitely getting that the day it comes out. For most other games that have come out in the last couple of months, I've decided to wait for sales since Gamefly doesn't seem like it would be worth it with my schedule. But I know most games like Splinter Cell, the Last of Us, and even something later like Assassin's Creed 4 will be at least half price on Black Friday, so I figure I might as well wait. But with GTA, I don't see the price dropping for a while and that game looks too awesome to pass up, so I'll see how I can manage to use that to get back into gaming.

Is your commute actually near 2 hours 'cause if so I can see why you'd have hardly any free time at home. And I don't really get into handhelds too much either aside from simplistic games. Hopefully you get a chance with GTA V!

 

[X Knight]

SpideyVille, you live at home with your brother or nephew??

 

[TX85]

IF there was an option to reset/turn off or at least set to private Trophies..Would you?,I'm someone who never cared for Achievements&Trophies but am embarrassed to not have any Platinum trophies and hope no one ever sees my profile to check them out

I'd love an option to at least set them to private so whenever someone goes to my profile it'd only show my PSN ID and languages I speak,I don't even want my level 10 number to show up next to my ID on my friend's list

 

[Iceman]

I don't know on PS3 but there might be a way. You can hide achievements and game history on 360. Your total score will still be there but everything within that can be hidden.

 

[BatMatt]

IF there was an option to reset/turn off or at least set to private Trophies..Would you?,I'm someone who never cared for Achievements&Trophies but am embarrassed to not have any Platinum trophies and hope no one ever sees my profile to check them out

I'd love an option to at least set them to private so whenever someone goes to my profile it'd only show my PSN ID and languages I speak,I don't even want my level 10 number to show up next to my ID on my friend's list

Don't be embarrassed. My only Platinum is from The Walking Dead, which you get just by completing the game. So if you want one, buy it (doesn't hurt that the game is amazing too)

 

[Iceman]

I do agree you should be able to turn that kind of stuff off. Same as multiplayer stats for games you're terrible at...or at least until you get good!

 

[OcStat]

It would be a nice feature, a buddy played a UFC and FIFA game on my ps3 which I will never ever play again so I have a few games at 0% on my trophy lists. And even friends that are higher levels than me aren't necessarily "beating" me, as I have more golds and platinums. Meaning they play more games, but I totally finish more of the games I play.

Is it confirmed that GTAV would be ported to PS4? I seem to recall Rockstar saying that wouldn't happen.

I am going to by a PS4 the day MGSV comes out, just like I did with my PS3/MGS4 bundle.

 

[TX85]

Rockstar said that at the moment the focus is on current gen consoles but never said there won't ever for sure be a port,I think it's very likely there will be next-gen and PC ports sometime next year or so in a GOTY/Collector's Edition release