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

One thing I can't stand about this new social media age, is the ability for some small post/opinion somewhere to get completely taken out of context, or for some small pieces of misinformation to spread like wildfire, etc.

Fro example, that guy who posted a badly worded tweet about Sony confirming badly calibrated PSU, and suddenly it's taken for gospel and touted as "information" on places like neogaf....
 
I'm surprised so many regular internet users are up in arms about the reported faults so far. Remember that the 360/PS3 era was the first online console era. Most console gamers back then, as with a lot of people in general didn't use the internet anywhere near as much.

Fast forward to 2013 and almost everyone uses the internet so the fact that I'm hearing a lot more about faults just fits with what I'd expect given the increase in general internet usage of the typical consumer.


And it's also true that most people won't go out of their way to praise something that works 'as expected'. People often shout about experiences that were above and beyond what they had hoped, but not ones that simply fit with their expectations.
However, most people would shout about failures.



I'm not naive enough to think it's not a possible cause for concern, but at the same time everything looks to be going as expected so far.




I've nearly been put off things when looking on TripAdvisor but then went through with them anyway and had an incredible experience.



I'm still looking forward to the launch. There isn't a huge selection of amazing games right off the bat but I've been a bit bored of gaming (PS3/360/PC/3DS/Vita) on all of these platforms recently soo feel like this might rejuvinate me a bit. Or maybe it won't and I just don't like games as much anymore...time will tell!
NHL and NFL seasons in full flow, and i'm in 2 squash leagues so as long as good games are out for next summer i'm happy. lol
 
Ps3 ylod after 7 years odd years of daily use. last of us killed it
wii stop reading disks after 2 years
Xbox360 elite since they first came out still going but disk drive keeps getting stuck. Only really used for the odd exclusive and skyplayer the odd time.
 
blitzwing85 said:
I'm surprised so many regular internet users are up in arms about the reported faults so far. Remember that the 360/PS3 era was the first online console era. Most console gamers back then, as with a lot of people in general didn't use the internet anywhere near as much.
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No the first online console was the original xbox
 
TheVoice said:
It's a dedicated component either way, the main difference being that it's internal rather than external. Doesn't make it automatically less likely to be faulty just because it's internal.
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Of course, just the way it was written was that it was somehow Amazon's fault that the power supply was messed up.
 
quickshot89 said:
No the first online console was the original xbox
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Wasn't counting consoles that 'could' play online. I'm talking about the console generation where MOST people started to play online. Very few people used online gaming on earlier consoles than the 360/PS3.

The point being anyway that because people were not online all that much you didn't hear about the issues as much.
So getting worried now just because you do hear them (even though they have always been there in any product launch) is a bit presumptuous
 
Bennie-Mac said:
Has anyone pre-ordered from Tesco and heard anything from them regarding launch day or available bundles? On the Tesco website it says they will contact you prior to release to inform you of your pre-order status but I've not heard a peep. Hoping I'll just be able to queue up and get one at midnight.
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I tweeted Tesco about this as i pre ordered in store ,they said i will get to chose when i collect the console.
 
blitzwing85 said:
Wasn't counting consoles that 'could' play online. I'm talking about the console generation where MOST people started to play online. Very few people used online gaming on earlier consoles than the 360/PS3.
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What do you class as that then, people playing in a party? Friends list? All came with the original xbox and Halo 2 paved the way for Console multiplayer over the net.
 
blitzwing85 said:
Wasn't counting consoles that 'could' play online. I'm talking about the console generation where MOST people started to play online. Very few people used online gaming on earlier consoles than the 360/PS3.

The point being anyway that because people were not online all that much you didn't hear about the issues as much.
So getting worried now just because you do hear them (even though they have always been there in any product launch) is a bit presumptuous
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Lets correct that. When most people started to WHINE online.
 
where can you purchase a ps4 with a 5 year guarantee? Do electronic stores still do 5 years guarantees (of course at a cost, which I'd be willing to pay)
 
anyone else get the Shopto payment choice email , I may pay now but the email said processing from the 16th so I take it the option to pay would be gone if they had already charged my card?
 
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