Sony CEO Kaz Hirai: PS4 is first and foremost a game console
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1. we don't know if it'll be bundled, but I don't see it as a major downside just a feature I don't want and would prefer to not pay for. The PS Eye however doesn't look to be gobbling up nearly as much of the PS4's resources however.
2. We'll see further proof of it's effects to be sure, but we've already seen the initial reverberations of the difference in philosophy with the hardware alone.
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And yet it will still have almost all the media capabilities of the Xbox One. It really makes me laugh when people moan about the Xbone having too much non gaming stuff when clearly PS4 is going to do most of those things as well. As far as games go? Xbone will be getting all the third party games PS4 is getting and their first party studios aren't exactly going to stop making games for Xbone just because of the way MS are positioning the system as an entertainment device. Both systems are going to have plenty of games. Both systems are going to have plenty of non gaming stuff.
I'm getting a PS4 instead of an Xbone by the way. I'm just calling it the way I see it. Some of the Sony ball washing here because they're supposedly all about the games is laughable.
I'm getting a PS4 instead of an Xbone by the way. I'm just calling it the way I see it. Some of the Sony ball washing here because they're supposedly all about the games is laughable.
Pound_lb003
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This is the point to me.
But what would I know, I am a gamer.
But what would I know, I am a gamer.
Syphon Filter
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keep fighting the good fight.
Barack Lesnar
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He's lubing us up. We're going to get violated at E3 with a DRM announcement similar to MS'.
Let's hope I'm wrong.
Coulomb_Barrier
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Yep, it's a sad state of affairs that when a new console is released, we have to be reminded that it's aimed at gamers by the manufacturers. I mean shit. How'd the gaming industry get to this point.
CassidyIzABeast
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I'm buying the PS4 because its all about the games unlike that Xbox One trash
Kaz: http://youtu.be/ilxg73azegg?t=1m19s
Kaz: http://youtu.be/ilxg73azegg?t=1m19s
Gemüsepizza
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Jesus just read what is written above. Some people's agendas are so obvious that it hurts.
Yeah and what's your point? PS Eye won't reduce system performance.
RamzaIsCool
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You know imo this is probably the biggest slap in the face of gamers that Microsoft has given. Even bigger then always online and the DRM shenenigans. They sacrificed performance for "other" features! I am kinda surprised that there isn't a bigger fuss about this here on Neogaf and the various podcasts! The awesome Ingame Chat podcast (go listen!!) touched this subject and as a gamer you should be mad about this. It's gonna bite them in the ass in a few years.
TimeEffect
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Not sure if he should be downplaying media features-- I'd brag about being the #1 Netflix video source, and I hope Sony works on continuing to push Netflix superiority.
What happens if MS nabs third party exclusives to games like Fallout? If just half of MS's 15 exclusives live up to the hype they are setting, will Sony be screwed?
What happens if MS nabs third party exclusives to games like Fallout? If just half of MS's 15 exclusives live up to the hype they are setting, will Sony be screwed?
PJV3
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A decade old fantasy about the living room.
DC1
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Well, games are why I have always bought consoles (no shit, lol). Additional features are great, just as long as the gaming side of things is the primary focus from both a hardware and content perspective. Making gaming just another feature and cutting back on the hardware in order to focus on all of these other things is simply not what I am looking for. Can't wait to buy a PS4.
plagiarize
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yep. consider the difference between an iPhone that can play games as well as all that other stuff, and a 3DS or Vita which can do a lot of the things the iPhone can, but clearly puts games as the focus.
it's not difficult to see two companies laid out two very different visions for their systems.
Jondoyle123
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so it will work offline like these game consoles : ??
snes , nes , md , Saturn , dreamcast , gc , ms , pc engine , pcfx , fm towns marty , n64 , ps1 ,ps2 , ps3 , xbox , xbox 360
because if so then yes its is foremost a game console
snes , nes , md , Saturn , dreamcast , gc , ms , pc engine , pcfx , fm towns marty , n64 , ps1 ,ps2 , ps3 , xbox , xbox 360
because if so then yes its is foremost a game console
I fundamentally believe that the initial market that we need to make sure we appeal to with any new platform
is really the gaming audience,
They're still going after the entertainment pie i.e all the same audience MS is going after.
Just another PR piece. Kinda like MS saying how they have the gamer at heart with 15 unique titles...yet surprisingly the reception of that news was different from this one
Just make that $350 rumor true and it is all good
They're still going after the entertainment pie i.e all the same audience MS is going after.
Just another PR piece. Kinda like MS saying how they have the gamer at heart with 15 unique titles...yet surprisingly the reception of that news was different from this one
Just make that $350 rumor true and it is all good
I agree with the last part but not the first. MS said they wanted to get the boring stuff out of the way first so that they can focus on games at E3. A billion dollars invested on games but everyone's focus is on the features that MS didn't really want to showcase at a video games convention.
Barack Lesnar
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This is my #1 issue with X1. The DRM sucks but it wouldn't be a problem for me. I was gung-ho about the 720, was gonna get both of them at launch, and then they daggered us with this bloated OS taking almost half the ram, a quarter of the cores, and 10% of the gpu power of the console. Just unreal. The ram is already slow enough and they're allocating 3 gigs of it for TV and Kinect functionality and "snapping".
RELEASE THE KAZ GIFS!!!
First time seeing this one. Amazing. LOL
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kriskrosbbk
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Sony FTW
Ploid 3.0
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It's Marley, man.
DC1
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lol!
Gemüsepizza
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And that's not the only thing, the difference in GPU processing power (+55% and more for PS4) is also a direct result of Microsoft's media center focus, they wanted 3GB for those features, that's why they went with DDR3 and eSRAM, and that's why they couldn't include more Compute Units for the GPU.
Doesn't that thing detects the pad's position? I doubt it'll be optional.
Seriously whats with this leap of logic lately?
BloodMoney
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yea, and we all know windows 8 is a bloated pile of shit.
i hope SNE keeps the PS4 OS as barebones as possible.
wow, I totally agree!
Eh - Sony and Nintendo make the same. Not the same amount, but they also "sacrifice" so we sould also be mad at them by what you say ...
PJV3
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Maybe throw in some stool samples too. Just to be sure.
Good to hear the continued message that games matter on a gaming console. A focus on games is what will get a console into homes during the first half of its life cycle, not TV integration, television shows, or non-gaming applications.
If you want to add them, ok. But the people who want to game are the people you need to buy it. Those interested in the extra features not related to games aren't going to buy your system until there's a decent price drop and 3rd parties aren't making games for your last-gen system.
If you want to add them, ok. But the people who want to game are the people you need to buy it. Those interested in the extra features not related to games aren't going to buy your system until there's a decent price drop and 3rd parties aren't making games for your last-gen system.
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