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PS4 Launch Thread [Thread being archived 1/1/14]

Wario64

works for Gamestop (lol)
is there a way to make the controller audio (the special stuff that just comes through the controller like Killzone radio) - come through the TV instead? Eg gaming at night and not wanting to disturb people.

I want to know as well

I silenced my controller audio. Now I just get no audio from the audiologs
 

mitchman

Gold Member
DTA confirmed today that the PS4 is the first consumer device to support the new DTS-HD Master Audio|7.1 technology.

DTS today confirmed that the PlayStation 4 is the first consumer device to ship with their next-generation, high definition, surround sound audio technology.

DTS-HD Master Audio|7.1 on the PS4 can be utilized by disk based media (Blu-ray) along with digital video downloads and video streaming.

See http://www.gaming-age.com/2013/11/ps4-first-product-feature-dts-dts-hd-master-audio7-1-technology/
 

Mifune

Mehmber
Okay, is it me or is the PS4 game audio fucking SPECTACULAR? I was playing Flower and I nearly jumped off the couch when the transformers fired up in that one level. I've never experienced simulated surround like that through headphones.
 

hitme

Member
May be old, but if you guys check out your system information on settings, what's the number that's listed after it says PS4? My number is 854 and I'm assuming that's the 854th PS4 build? Maybe? No?
 

Darien

Member
What demos are available right now?

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Got the PS4. Set it up, turned it off. Tried the safe mode update but my USB wouldn't fit. Bit the bullet and did it via internet. Worked within 5 mins. Downloaded Resogun, Contrast, Flower, DCUO, Blacklight and installed Killzone. Had no issues whatsoever with PSN.

Resogun - Very pretty. Fun as hell to play too. Only beat level one so far.
Contrast - Have not played yet.
Flower - Holy shit. Beautiful, relaxing and great music. Great use of the 10 dollar credit.
DCUO - Yawn. Shallow schmup.
Blacklight - Have not played yet.
Killzone - Great graphics, but some textures could use some work. Story is a bit dry. I fucking suck at MP.
Streaming - amazing. I love it. Ustream has much better quality and more stable video it seems.
Console itself - very well made. Has a surprising weight and size to it. Looks sleek. Collects a ton of dust though. Haha.

Has Warframe been fixed yet? Would love to try it.

Probably buying AC4 and BF4 on Thursday.

Demos need to be put up. Absolutely no excuse, Sony.
 
Got the PS4. Set it up, turned it off. Tried the safe mode update but my USB wouldn't fit. Bit the bullet and did it via internet. Worked within 5 mins. Downloaded Resogun, Contrast, Flower, DCUO, Blacklight and installed Killzone. Had no issues whatsoever with PSN.

Resogun - Very pretty. Fun as hell to play too. Only beat level one so far.I
Contrast - Have not played yet.
Flower - Holy shit. Beautiful, relaxing and great music. Great use of the 10 dollar credit.
DCUO - Yawn. Shallow schmup.
Blacklight - Have not played yet.
Killzone - Great graphics, but some textures could use some work. Story is a bit dry. I fucking suck at MP.
Streaming - amazing. I love it. Ustream has much better quality and more stable video it seems.
Console itself - very well made. Has a surprising weight and size to it. Looks sleek. Collects a ton of dust though. Haha.

Has Warframe been fixed yet? Would love to try it.

Probably buying AC4 and BF4 on Thursday.

Demos need to be put up. Absolutely no excuse, Sony.

Dcuo shallow? A game you can spend 100's of hours? No way u played it long enough to know if its shallow.
 
Assassins Creed is easily the best launch game i have tried on the PS4.
FIFA 14 is a steaming pile of shit. The goalie does absolutely nothing, its really difficult to dribble and pass without losing the ball. I keep saying it but this is by far the worst game i have ever played. Its rare to find online competition that doesn't play as Madrid/Spain. Luckily for me i sold this game and i cannot wait to send it as far away from my neighborhood as possible... if it were possible id take every copy in existence and the equipment used to make this game, including the technology behind it and lock it in the seventh layer of hell. A lot of people shit on the yearly iterations of Call of Duty but id prefer that over this game.
 

MilkBeard

Member
Assassins Creed is easily the best launch game i have tried on the PS4.

I have to say, I was on the fence about this one because I picked up AC III and thought that was just 'alright.' But I'm glad I did anyway, because AC4 in my opinion is leagues better, and it just feels really great to run around buildings and assassinate and just fool around. It also runs really well on the PS4. The setting they chose this time is great.
 
Hey guys sorry to bother all of you with this, especially in this thread, however it is the most active one for all things PS4.

I ordered a PS4 from Amazon as soon as some stock popped up on launch day, to ship to Australia.(Fastest possible shipping, which they auto picked DHL Express)

Some others on a Australian forum ordered 2-3 hours later then me and have got theirs already and some will be receiving it tomorrow.(everyone is posting their tracking info)

Amazon:
Latest Event: Phoenix AZ
Package received by carrier – November 15, 2013 12:00:00 AM

DHL/Amazon Chat:
Friday, November 15, 2013 Location Time
1 Shipment information received PHOENIX, AZ – USA 00:00

As seen above, I contacted Amazon chat after DHL told me they only received the Shipment information, not the package itself, rep confirmed it, still assured me 20th November delivery date.

That was 10 hours ago, my package has still not been given to DHL, I doubt very much it will arrive in Australia by the 20th of November.

I'm devastated as information is confusing me, Amazon website says it has given the package, while the Amazon customer service confirmed they had issues giving the package to DHL.

Here is the kicker, same goes for my Assassins Creed 4 order, that one is the same as PS4, stuck in Phoenix and not budging since the 12th which was the shipping day.

Anyone have a similar experience? My hype is dying here, almost like Grinch stole my present.
 
Trickiest part of switching back to Playstation (from the PS1/2 era) is going to be deciding which games to not buy as they'll likely end up as PS+. One of the pros of having not been a PS3 main console is that almost every PS+ offering is something I don't have.
 

Derrick01

Banned
Out for delivery!

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Stealthcobra said:
Dcuo shallow? A game you can spend 100's of hours? No way u played it long enough to know if its shallow.

I have a level 30 character on the PC version, it's a pretty terrible and shallow MMO (even though almost all MMOs are shallow). It suffers from the worst case of MMO quest design that I've ever seen. Literally every quest I ran into was go here and kill X guys or collect X items.

Also for future reference time played does not equal complexity. You can play Dynasty Warriors or Angry Birds for 400 hours, it doesn't make them deep games.
 
So how is HDMI-CEC working for everyone? My Panasonic plasma (42PZ85U) will turn the PS4 on when I turn the TV on. I can also use the remote to browse the GUI, but none of the video apps work with the remote. Has anyone gotten their remote to work within Netflix, VUDU, etc.?
 

ttocs

Member
I'm in the 100's here :O

Warframe is just great to me. My surprise launch game.

I played the beta on the PC and enjoyed it but didn't see myself playing it too much with the other games that were out at the time. With the small list of launch titles though, I actually went back to it a few times this weekend and had a good time.
 

ttocs

Member
Guys there are PS4 to buy in U.S. stores?
Sony has already delivered new stocks?
what is the situation?

Thanks :)

The gamestop by my house in Maryland has 2 in stock on Saturday when I went. I spoke with the woman there and she said that if you try you can definitely find some stores in the area that still have them either through canceled preorders or extra stock. I would try calling around.
 

JP

Member
It's not available from the store or the download list, but I think it's included in the recovery software cause you can see the tile in HDD upgrade videos.

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Cheers, I'm not that bothered about it but I'd rather have access. Maybe the PlayRoom icon stays on the PDM in the way that Netflix and other apps do on the PS3 and just download it from there?

Thanks.
 

LiquidMetal14

hide your water-based mammals
So the UI remained intact through the crash... This is actually a good thing. Crashes are going to happen. Nothing worse than freezes that force you to hard reboot the machine, which is what would've happened on other consoles.
Any crash I've had with any game has kept the console intact. It seems like the SW acts completely independent of the UI. I haven't had a single system lock up to where I had to hard reboot.

Got the PS4. Set it up, turned it off. Tried the safe mode update but my USB wouldn't fit. Bit the bullet and did it via internet. Worked within 5 mins. Downloaded Resogun, Contrast, Flower, DCUO, Blacklight and installed Killzone. Had no issues whatsoever with PSN.

Resogun - Very pretty. Fun as hell to play too. Only beat level one so far.
Contrast - Have not played yet.
Flower - Holy shit. Beautiful, relaxing and great music. Great use of the 10 dollar credit.
DCUO - Yawn. Shallow schmup.
Blacklight - Have not played yet.
Killzone - Great graphics, but some textures could use some work. Story is a bit dry. I fucking suck at MP.
Streaming - amazing. I love it. Ustream has much better quality and more stable video it seems.
Console itself - very well made. Has a surprising weight and size to it. Looks sleek. Collects a ton of dust though. Haha.

Has Warframe been fixed yet? Would love to try it.

Probably buying AC4 and BF4 on Thursday.

Demos need to be put up. Absolutely no excuse, Sony.
DCUO is a game you can spend tons of time on, I just re-installed it last night and even after a year all my characters where there. Warframe has worked for me as of Saturday.

Out for delivery!

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LOL it's like the kid who didn't get picked in the pick up baseball game.
 

Derrick01

Banned
LOL it's like the kid who didn't get picked in the pick up baseball game.

I always got picked first or second in basketball though :(

It's not my fault UPS is a pile of crap that misses deliveries, holds your package in a warehouse 30 minutes from you and won't let you pick it up because "lol we don't work on the weekend in 2013". Sorry but I'm still mad at them.
 

Petrie

Banned
I really like Warframe, but it needs to do a better job explaining how all the systems, upgrades, etc work. That's going to drive me away.
 

LiquidMetal14

hide your water-based mammals
I always got picked first or second in basketball though :(

It's not my fault UPS is a pile of crap that misses deliveries, holds your package in a warehouse 30 minutes from you and won't let you pick it up because "lol we don't work on the weekend in 2013". Sorry but I'm still mad at them.

I don't blame you. Do you at least have some games? You should grab Warframe and the free Plus freebies. I got NFS, BF4, and KZ.
 

Giggzy

Member
I'm having PS4 withdrawals :( First day back at work since the launch and all I want to do is lounge around in my underwear and play games!
 
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