Me PS4 finally arrived at around 4:30pm! I took the day off work as well, what a waste.
First impressions of the console itself is that it's the best looking console on the market without a doubt. It feels like the cheapest console on the market too, it's so light it feels like an empty box. I prefer a nice solid feel like a PS3 or 360.
The new DS4 (dual shock 4 controller) is so nice, it's completely revamped from the DS3. It really feels like quality when holding the pad at least.
When I hooked the PS4 up and turned the power on at the mains I had a shiver down my spine as nothing happened, no lights, no sound just nothing just a silent lowley "useless" PS4. I thought the console was dead on arrival. I looked for a power switch on the console itself as the PS3 has one at the back and I couldnt find a bean . I tried a different plug socket and still nothing. Then I tried hooking up the pad via usb to console to see if it would come to life and still nothing. I punched the floor so hard I thought I broke my hand in anger. I read the instructions and they were no help. Then I googled and found theres a power button on the front of the console that I'd missed in my hurry to get the beast going. Alas it sprang to life!
The set-up was rather brisk, took a mere 2 minutes to get to the home screen then I was prompted with a must have update so I thought here we go,downloading a 300+mb file from the Playstation network on the European launch day, its never going to happen! To my amazement it downloaded in around 1 minute! I couldn't believe my eyes. It also installed fine and back to the home screen I was
Tried signing into the PSN (Playstation Network) at around 5pm and couldnt because of too much network traffic and have been trying ever since and still cant get on 2 hours later .
I had a quick blast of Killzone and loved every second of it. The graphics are actually amazing, but holding a proper control pad again in the living room is just liberating compared to sitting at a desk with a mouse and keyboard.
I'll keep you updated to how it goes as I'm planning an all nighter
I have sorted the cables at the back now, they were messy due to checking plug sockets
First impressions of the console itself is that it's the best looking console on the market without a doubt. It feels like the cheapest console on the market too, it's so light it feels like an empty box. I prefer a nice solid feel like a PS3 or 360.
The new DS4 (dual shock 4 controller) is so nice, it's completely revamped from the DS3. It really feels like quality when holding the pad at least.
When I hooked the PS4 up and turned the power on at the mains I had a shiver down my spine as nothing happened, no lights, no sound just nothing just a silent lowley "useless" PS4. I thought the console was dead on arrival. I looked for a power switch on the console itself as the PS3 has one at the back and I couldnt find a bean . I tried a different plug socket and still nothing. Then I tried hooking up the pad via usb to console to see if it would come to life and still nothing. I punched the floor so hard I thought I broke my hand in anger. I read the instructions and they were no help. Then I googled and found theres a power button on the front of the console that I'd missed in my hurry to get the beast going. Alas it sprang to life!
The set-up was rather brisk, took a mere 2 minutes to get to the home screen then I was prompted with a must have update so I thought here we go,downloading a 300+mb file from the Playstation network on the European launch day, its never going to happen! To my amazement it downloaded in around 1 minute! I couldn't believe my eyes. It also installed fine and back to the home screen I was
Tried signing into the PSN (Playstation Network) at around 5pm and couldnt because of too much network traffic and have been trying ever since and still cant get on 2 hours later .
I had a quick blast of Killzone and loved every second of it. The graphics are actually amazing, but holding a proper control pad again in the living room is just liberating compared to sitting at a desk with a mouse and keyboard.
I'll keep you updated to how it goes as I'm planning an all nighter
I have sorted the cables at the back now, they were messy due to checking plug sockets
