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

Guys i'm using my Dualshock 4's touchpad as my mouse on my Yoga 13 and it's pretty rad.

L1 is left click, R1 is right click. Unfortunately it doesn't register holding the button down yet which makes scrolling a pain, but the application is still in beta and lets you configure sensitivity and the colour/intensity of the LED too. It works shockingly well.

http://forums.pcsx2.net/Thread-DS4-To-XInput-Wrapper

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Derrick01

Banned
So I'm still getting crashes when I try to view screenshots in preview mode. Sony should probably fix that sometime in this generation. Just happened 3 straight times.
 

viveks86

Member
So I'm still getting crashes when I try to view screenshots in preview mode. Sony should probably fix that sometime in this generation. Just happened 3 straight times.

Oh! First time I'm hearing that. Although mine does occasionally crash while editing video clips. It happens especially when I preview the clip all the way to the end.
 

def sim

Member
Hard reboot fixed the preview crash for me. Anyway, Resogun and Contrast complete. The latter's performance problems is a shame, but I enjoyed the story well enough. Surprisingly heavy plot.
 

viveks86

Member
Hard reboot fixed the preview crash for me. Anyway, Resogun and Contrast complete. The latter's performance problems is a shame, but I enjoyed the story well enough. Surprisingly heavy plot.

Yeah I'm waiting to play that game until they fix the issues. Apparently, a patch would be out sometime soon.
 

Dunlop

Member

fyi,

Picked this charger up tonight and it is fantastic (er as fantastic as a charger can be,,,,,)

Put the controller on, simple push and it automatically clicks into place. Can't comment verses the official one as I have yet to see it but well worth the $30 I paid
 

hwy_61

Banned
fyi,

Picked this charger up tonight and it is fantastic (er as fantastic as a charger can be,,,,,)

Put the controller on, simple push and it automatically clicks into place. Can't comment verses the official one as I have yet to see it but well worth the $30 I paid

Just ordered this on Amazon thanks to you. Too bad its OOS atm. Oh well, I ordered it anyway.
 
fyi,

Picked this charger up tonight and it is fantastic (er as fantastic as a charger can be,,,,,)

Put the controller on, simple push and it automatically clicks into place. Can't comment verses the official one as I have yet to see it but well worth the $30 I paid

Same here. My only issue is that I wish it had a little more heft so that it stayed put more when you took the controller off, but it's not a huge issue. I think when I get a 2nd controller (bring those colored ones here already, Sony) that will alleviate a lot of that.

Oh by the way it might be a YMMV situation but they are $19.99 at WalMart.
 

StoopKid

Member
Somebody is streaming dynasty warriors early on ps4 live stream and you can interact with the game.

First game I've see interact on ps4
 

Tunesmith

formerly "chigiri"
Somebody is streaming dynasty warriors early on ps4 live stream and you can interact with the game.

First game I've see interact on ps4

I'm guessing same guy as I posted yesterday:

Apparently Dynasty Warriors 8 (Asia release I believe) is interactive via streaming, took a screen:

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The only PS4 title so far that is as far as I know, or are there others?
It's Traditional Chinese, roughly translated it's from top to bottom:

meat dumplings (health item)
old spirits (booze, another item)
healers boots (another item)
defensive attack/cover (a buff)
adds, giving or getting support adds. (not clear here, really hard to translate)

Pretty basic interactivity but sure are signs of things to come. :)
 

jwk94

Member
It's Traditional Chinese, roughly translated it's from top to bottom:

meat dumplings (health item)
old spirits (booze, another item)
healers boots (another item)
defensive attack/cover (a buff)
adds, giving or getting support adds. (not clear here, really hard to translate)

Awesome, thanks!
 

wizzbang

Banned
It's a good baseline to figure out if its the controller or the audio being streamed from the system etc.

Console is .5' closer to me in a vertical position, it's behaving now, dropouts one second every ... 6 hours gameplay? I can live with that, vs a dropout every minute or two.
 

leng jai

Member
Downloaded Contrast. Game feels janky as hell and not very polished. Framerates seems inconsistent which is kind of ridiculous when you see what's actually produced on screen.
 
So my PS4 is working fine. I like the look of it, the UI is fine, really quiet even when installing games from disc. Good, strong wifi connection. Yeah, really happy.
The DS4...I like it but not the sticks. They are better but they're too small. I find that my left thumb is always sliding off the left stick. I actually prefer the raised feel of the DS3 sticks because it gives my thumb something to grip. The DS4 sticks just don't feel right. Perhaps they can be replaced with the older sticks?
 

Tunesmith

formerly "chigiri"
So my PS4 is working fine. I like the look of it, the UI is fine, really quiet even when installing games from disc. Good, strong wifi connection. Yeah, really happy.
The DS4...I like it but not the sticks. They are better but they're too small. I find that my left thumb is always sliding off the left stick. I actually prefer the raised feel of the DS3 sticks because it gives my thumb something to grip. The DS4 sticks just don't feel right. Perhaps they can be replaced with the older sticks?

I had the same concerns initially as well, sticks felt small. Got used to it quite quickl though and now I love them.
 

panda-zebra

Member
That horizontal bar on my PS4 is getting bigger and bigger and more cumbersome to navigate. They need to place all games in a separate box like how they do with the library.

I find it handy that recently played games are right there a few button presses away, and I do own plenty of games already so it's quite full, but I'm not the sort to jump from game to game too often. For those who do, I imagine it's rather annoying and it'll only get worse. What I personally dislike about it is a game being bumped up the list just because it got an update.
 

panda-zebra

Member
Downloaded Contrast. Game feels janky as hell and not very polished. Framerates seems inconsistent which is kind of ridiculous when you see what's actually produced on screen.

Despite that it's still quite interesting and the story carries it well, worth putting up with (for free at least).
 

Certinty

Member
Downloaded Contrast. Game feels janky as hell and not very polished. Framerates seems inconsistent which is kind of ridiculous when you see what's actually produced on screen.
If you can live with that, the rest of the game is pretty good. Nothing amazing but has a fairly decent story and some nice puzzles to make it worth a playthrough.
 

Dunlop

Member
Same here. My only issue is that I wish it had a little more heft so that it stayed put more when you took the controller off, but it's not a huge issue. I think when I get a 2nd controller (bring those colored ones here already, Sony) that will alleviate a lot of that.

Oh by the way it might be a YMMV situation but they are $19.99 at WalMart.
I have 2 controllers which is probably why I didn't notice any issue with the weight.

About the price, I'm in Canada so a 50 percent markup is par for the course :-(
 

Nyx

Member
Is there a way to turn off the mic in the camera?

Cause yesterday I found out it's always open, I feel sorry for anyone in that NFS Rivals session haha.
 

kriskrosbbk

Member
Guys ,how many years you get for your consoles ? 1 or 2 ? I have an option to take a PS4 now but with 1 year or to wait till 29th Jan for one with 2.Just different shops .Just wanted to know ,what do you say ..
 

ParityBit

Member
I was just looking at the PS Store to pick up some monies for my wallet (The paypal deal!) and I noticed that you can download KZ for the multiplayer trial the weekend of the 28/29.

I was curious about it, since the SP got pretty hammered, but this is a good chance to test it for people who want to know how the multiplayer is.
 

Dunlop

Member
Guys ,how many years you get for your consoles ? 1 or 2 ? I have an option to take a PS4 now but with 1 year or to wait till 29th Jan for one with 2.Just different shops .Just wanted to know ,what do you say ..
Warranty?

Standard is 1 year.

Sony sells an extended warranty for 3 years at 50/60 dollars
 

NewDust

Member
So today I received Ghosts (don't ask, it was cheap and my friends play it...) And after looking at the cover I realised they must have sent me the wrong region disc... Or so I thought. The spine number is CUSA 00025, which made me believe this was a US region release (I'm from Europe/BeNeLux region). After checking my other games I see they all are CUSA, both for first and third party. PS3 games differ for first and thir party, for instance:

BCES 1st party EU
BCUS 1st party US
BLES 3rd party EU
BLUS 3rd party US

Also Killzone is CUSA 00002 (pack-in), anyone knows what might be 00001?




And yes... I know I use ellipses rather freely...
 
I was just looking at the PS Store to pick up some monies for my wallet (The paypal deal!) and I noticed that you can download KZ for the multiplayer trial the weekend of the 28/29.

I was curious about it, since the SP got pretty hammered, but this is a good chance to test it for people who want to know how the multiplayer is.

Multiplayer is fucking amazing! (Except for the poop that is TDM.) Check out the MP thread for more impressions. Play with Killzone GAF for the best experience. Play Classic or 24 Player Warzone and stay the fuck out of TDM unless you enjoy being spawn camped. And beware, there is no auto aim, so if you're coming from COD or BF be prepared to adjust.
 

mjAUT

Member
Has anybody else ordered the Knack bundle which was in stock at Amazon UK yesterday?

I chose the express shipping option and my package is "Dispatching now" - since 18 hours :(

The ETA is still tomorrow or Friday, but I have real doubts that this will hold.
 
Don't know if this has already been posted around here, but Scott Lowe tweeted this pic out of the blue:

https://twitter.com/ScottLowe/status/413102483461124097/photo/1

and then yosp answered: "We'll see you on news sites when they post a photo of journalists taking photos of a newly announced product at CES 2014"

I guess Scott posted this in anticipation of CES 2014 and it's all just some harmless banter, but maybe we'll get to see the VR headset at CES...?

Back to topic: my PS4 Killzone bundle is being prepared for shipping, fucking finally!
 

Hasney

Member
Has anybody else ordered the Knack bundle which was in stock at Amazon UK yesterday?

I chose the express shipping option and my package is "Dispatching now" - since 18 hours :(

The ETA is still tomorrow or Friday, but I have real doubts that this will hold.

Yup. Been delivered and everything.
 

nampad

Member
Finally got my KZ megabundle 1 1/2 hours ago and the user experience sucks so far.
The initial setup took some loading and waiting and the firmware update took two tries to download.. After that, I wanted to play KZ but there is an update which I don't want to skip so I download it.
I think to myself that I can do something while I download the patch and visit the PSN store to queue up all my other games in the download list. Now why the fuck does the PS4 download 4 items at the same time slowing down my KZ patch? Why can't I pause certain downloads? Also, the KZ patch download already got aborted once.

I know I can still just play right away but in times of day 1 patches with big performance gains I want to start a game in its best state.
 

Raptor

Member
Is it worth it getting a extended warranty in BestBuy? is very expensive and will probably be a waste, Sony offers 1 year right?
 
I have 2 controllers which is probably why I didn't notice any issue with the weight.

About the price, I'm in Canada so a 50 percent markup is par for the course :-(

It seems like everywhere else in the country have these in stock except Saskatoon. I need one bad, the cat keeps chewing the USB cable if I accidentally leave it hanging off my tv stand.
 
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