Revisiting the PS4 presentation - Mark Cerny
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ginger ninja
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Now this is some real shit, Gaming, Games, Gamer ! keep you tv and casual bs to yourself and go back to the roots
In comparison everyone on the MS stage came across as a PR agent, full of fake enthusiasm, bland catch phrases and lies.
IonicSnake
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Up to the publishers is their response I think. No online required at all to play on the PS4 is confirmed though.
crazepharmacist
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It's funny if you watch Angry Joe's reactions videos they are also night and day. Had to watch his PS4 one to cheer me up after seeing his Xbox one.
Prophet Steve
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He does not keep repeating himself, he does not look extremely smug. There seem less marketing terms. It is more personal. Everything also seems well-argumented and everything seems to focus on game developers, gamers and games.
Also, we are not treated like a moron.
Also, we are not treated like a moron.
Especially the Microsoft Studios chief. He really came across as a corporate suit first and foremost.
Phonomezer
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It was a corporate presentation, not sure what you're expecting.
Is this one of those "Xbox has no heart and/or soul!!1" posts?
revolverjgw
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Cerny was an endearingly awkward breath of fresh air from the usual bloodsucking corporate types that you see on stage during these things. You know he knows his shit and he cares about it.
To me, Cerny is the perfect presenter for a conference because he's comes across as very passionate about what he does and not so much as an arrogant salesman. He at least seems to be humble, very intelligent, and is talking about something he loves. To me, he's the exact opposite of Mattrick who drives me crazy for some reason. Mattrick seems more like a corporate guy just trying to say what people want him to say. Nothing more, nothing less. And no, it's not any bias considering I own all brands of consoles...lol
The passion really shows in a conference and you truly feel it when Cerny is up there. He brought a genuine love for what he does and shared it with the world while still being just a normal guy and not a salesman. It was a breath of fresh air.
The passion really shows in a conference and you truly feel it when Cerny is up there. He brought a genuine love for what he does and shared it with the world while still being just a normal guy and not a salesman. It was a breath of fresh air.
The PS4 reveal was also a corporate presentation.
To be fair the only person who seemed to be genuine at the MS conference was the Activision Publishing CEO.
Beermeister
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This.
Acquiescence
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Do you know what I love from watching that? There's no phoney ass clapping coming from Sony employees every time Cerny says something. The air of desperation isn't there as a result; it doesn't feel forced, but natural. And Cerny's obviously enthusiastic about the whole thing. You get the impression he's happy and proud to be up on that stage talking about his input regarding the PS4.
I hope he makes an appearance at Sony's E3 conference. He's a terrific presence.
I hope he makes an appearance at Sony's E3 conference. He's a terrific presence.
sacrificengineer
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It was a really great show. It feels even more great now.
Cerny provided a human element to a type of event which is traditionally very dry, soulless and dead behind the eyes. Normally presented by synthetic organisms like everyone on stage at yesterdays Xbox presentation.
He spoke with passion and enthusiasm while remaining entirely grounded, and he spoke at length about the technology of the PS4 without appearing condescending or losing people half way through. I don't think I've ever seen a hardware reveal for anything where so many people rank the numbers, data and theory aspect of the reveal as their favourite bit.
He's a very compelling speaker and I think his prominence at Sony's event was very deliberate. I hope he's at E3.
He spoke with passion and enthusiasm while remaining entirely grounded, and he spoke at length about the technology of the PS4 without appearing condescending or losing people half way through. I don't think I've ever seen a hardware reveal for anything where so many people rank the numbers, data and theory aspect of the reveal as their favourite bit.
He's a very compelling speaker and I think his prominence at Sony's event was very deliberate. I hope he's at E3.
StevePharma
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There was some small applause (maybe a bit muted I don't know) when he revealed 8 GB unified memory. Imagine if Mattrick did that. That tent would lift up from the ground.
Almost sounds like Sony.
CERNY PS4
lol, id almost forgotten about that. What a strange thing to liken a console to
pslayer666
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they did give specs.
Rocket science stuff and 5 million transistors (i might be wrong on the number of transistors, GAF please correct me)
Rocket science photons!
He probably wasn't (at least to some extent). This was the most apparent during the gaikai remote play demonstration. David Perry goes to Cerny how is it, and then Cerny responds with like 5 sentences, describing the process he's seeing to which David Perry responds with "I was expecting you to say cool"
Yeah, the transistor count they said was 5 billion not million.
bamboobimbo
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Cerney sold me on the dream. Microsoft's T.V box was a hilarious non-starter to the whole of Europe.
I still can't believe how honest Cerny and all of Sony has been about their mistakes with the PS3 and PSN. Usually they would just gloss over the failings of the previous console and just talk about how it's improving but they're outright acknowledging that they made bad choices and are focusing on fixing them. It's really refreshing and surprising from a PR standpoint.
this is great
REMEMBER CITADEL
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Something that didn't feel like just a bug/feature fix to PS3 with prettier graphics. The only somewhat inspired bit was some of the Gaikai stuff, but they couldn't tell us when that would be implemented.
In that regard I mostly agree with Tom Bramwell from his today's Eurogamer article:
Those same "natural interfaces" are part of what makes it uninteresting for me personally, there is just nothing compelling about it. The "games" part of that statement is for me somewhat mysterious, since I mostly saw rehashed games.
j0hnny_385
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Maybe I'm too jaded but I was perfectly happy with PS4 being an "upgraded" GAMING machine. I need those machines for gaming. I use my HTPC for multimedia and will continue to do so for a long, long time.
I agree with this fellow GAFfer!
well said.
TacticalFox88
Banned
The people presenting the Microsoft conference LITERALLY talked as if they were reading off an internet Press Release to the media verbatim.
I was physically uncomfortable listening.
I was physically uncomfortable listening.
opticalmace
Member
Almost sounds like Sony.
Sorny
you would expect someone in a position like Cerny, which is Lead architect at Sony for the PS4 to be a lil weird give off maybe a nerdy feeling which to me equates with an element of 'real'.
Seeing the Microsoft Lead architect answers "tuff" questions made me cringe.
It was like he was trying to convince me that the lifestyle I need to be living is more conducive to owning an xBONE..
Didn't seem genuine and felt like his words carried no respect..
Seeing the Microsoft Lead architect answers "tuff" questions made me cringe.
It was like he was trying to convince me that the lifestyle I need to be living is more conducive to owning an xBONE..
Didn't seem genuine and felt like his words carried no respect..
jamest1080
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Going to watch the entire thing again just to get perspective. Just watching a few minutes of him is making me get fanboy tingles though.
I didn't expect anything different from you to be honest, Your bias has always taken the front seat.
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