*** The Official Playstation 4 (PS4) Thread ***

hardkore said:
I love that guy! Love the way he flipped the table and threw the controller :D

never figured out if he's for real though. If he is.... Oh dear.
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The guy is a decent bloke, the woman who plays his sister is his wife, he put up an excellent video ***filled with swearing***- Will Gill
 
PS4 disc installs are mandatory on PS4, but the process won't be as laborious as on PS3, according to lead system architect Mark Cerny.

Discussing the PS4's installation process, Cerny said that the console can stream data from a game disc to its hard drive during gameplay, allowing games to potentially be playable within seconds of first inserting the disc.

While installation times will vary from one title to another, Cerny confirmed this his own game, Knack, will be playable within "10s of seconds" of inserting the disc, reports Kotaku.

Data begins streaming to the hard drive the moment a disc is inserted. Knack will continue to stream data - in the background - until it reaches a total of 37GB installed.

Users will be in control of manually deleting installation data to free up HD space for new installs. Cerny said Sony considered automatic install data deletion for games that a user hadn't played in a while, but settled on a manual process.

Cerny clarified that installs are mandatory - as they also are on Xbox One - because of the significantly faster read speeds offered by a hard drive when compared to Blu-Ray.
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http://www.computerandvideogames.com/437599/ps4-disc-installs-can-allow-for-gameplay-in-seconds/
 
Some more PS4 details,
Party Chat is actually party chat

Unlike the PlayStation 3's paltry group chat offering, the PlayStation 4's party chat is true to its name: eight person chat rooms that stay connected regardless of what each of those eight party members is doing on their own PS4. That means groups can jump from game to game seamlessly, keeping friends together in the process. You can even incorporate Vita buddies into the mix and vice-versa.

What's more, that eight person limitation is only a constraint of individual chat lobbies. Should you have enough friends online (with a 2,000 person list, you probably will), multiple lobbies are an option. This could lead to some delightfully nefarious scenarios, like one player in two lobbies on competing teams acting as a double agent, though we imagine the multiple lobby function to mostly apply to social butterflies.
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Trophies from PlayStation 3 and Vita show up alongside PS4; PS4 adds "rarity" metric

With next-generation game consoles comes next-generation meta rewards for playing games, apparently. The PlayStation 4's Trophy system is getting a bit of an overhaul on the new PlayStation, with both viewing Vita and PlayStation 3 Trophies available and a new rarity meter indicating how many people worldwide have unlocked individual accomplishments. One more opportunity to tell your buddy Travis how much better you are than him at video games.
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http://www.engadget.com/2013/11/11/playstation-4-details/
 
I know the PS4 uses laptop hard drives but whats to stop us from using sata/power extension cables and using a standard one? Certainly be cheaper.
 
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