[notbov]

So, uh, there's some new, next generation-ish systems coming out this month. The PS4 comes out in ~2 days and the Xbox One is out in about 9. They both do advanced fancy things, like playing nice-looking versions of games you may or may not already care about, streaming your gameplay and voice to the world and not playing MP3s or CDs.

So, if you're getting a new funbox this month, come in and post about how there's nothing to play for the next 6 months.

(seriously, I'm expecting Resogun to be the best game out of either system's library)

With that said, let's look at some sexy teardown pictures:



http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2013/11/ps4-gallery/
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2013/05/xbox-one-development-photos/
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[mauve]

I have never been less enthused about a hardware generation in my life. I am pretty hype for all the inevitable stumblings they're both going to take though!

Pretty sure PS4 is set to not run any 'unauthorized' content whatsoever, hence the lack of any sort of generalized non-Sony media playback.
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[Touran]

I am proud to say I'm on the one gaming forum on the internet that doesn't care so much about the CONSOLES as it does the actual implications they have to GAMES


This is the first generation of Consoles I won't be participating in (ok if there's say, an actually good Steel Battalion a-like released I will end up with whatever it's released on I've got a weakness)
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[radish]

I'm gonna give it a few months to decide which I'll be picking up for sure, but it's most likely going to be the PS4.
Waiting until there's games worth getting though (definitely getting one for GG Xrd if I don't already have one by then)

I've been without a modern console since my 360 died some months back, so I'm actually really looking forward to getting one of these.

wish I knew someone buying the xbone on day one so I could try out KI.

[radish]

If I were getting launch games, it'd be Knack or maybe Killzone? (never played any of them before and they look okay)
Resoguns probably gonna be pretty cool

[DJ]

My god I have impressively shitty impulse control.

Edit: Wow, really tired of my posts getting stealth deleted. There was a large one above this one that's gone now. That's intensely aggravating; if it's someone's goal to get me to just give up bothering, it's working.
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[Jigsaw]

So, what is Resogun and why should anyone be excited? I've heard several people say it looks to be the most interesting game at launch, but I've never seen or heard anything about the actual game itself.

[Toptube]

I Think Resogun will be free for PS+. So if you want that game anyway, now may be a good time to start your PS+ subscription.

I will probably eventually get a PS4. I....am not financially able to purchase so freely, right now. I know it will have exclusives that I may want and I also want to play BF4 with the Blu-ray.com people. Playing BC2 with them was an absolute blast. Unfortunately, I sat out for BF3 on consoles, because it wasn't very good. BF3 in general, was kind of a step back. But the consoles versions controlled horribly and were severely gimped in player counts for multiplayer.

It is incredibly stupid how the console companies are going for such a locked down/locked in experience. In the end, I think it will hurt them a bit with PR and eventually they will have to relax things a bit. I think some board members are just crossing their fingers that some how magically consumers will just take it up the ass.

I do also have a solid gaming PC that is a bit more powerful than a PS4. So I will be gaming on that side, as well. and it is shaping up to be one of the most interesting times in recent memory, to be a PC gamer.



But, all total, my gaming habits have severely waned in the past three years. I pretty much only really care about the next Souls game, Battlefield, the next Metal Gear, and the occasional Rally game. Aside from that, I pretty much just have occasional one-off experiences with games that for whatever reason, catch my interest. But it's not like when I was younger, where I played a lot of games, all the time. I go weeks now, barely playing anything.

[boojiboy7]

I'm waiting to find out which system the shmups decide to go with this gen, as those are some of the few games I really like that don't get home ports regularly. But that will be awhile, so I am good.

[Talbain]

I won't be buying any of them for the foreseeable future. The only reason I could see myself buying one is because Hidetaka Miyazaki is doing some cool new thing and not releasing it to PC for some reason.
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[Isfet]

ditto. have no plans to buy a new console any time soon or possibly (??) ever?

sometimes i'm tempted to get a Wii U, but then i don't know why, so i don't.

my guess is, were i to get one of these, eventually, it'd be a PS4.

[The King]

I can't see buying one.

Maybe someday I'll buy a Vita or 3DS on a whim. A big heavy box that I need to hook up to a tv to play is a much less likely impulse purchase.

[nuttyevans]

Can see myself getting a PS4 down the line when they bring out a slim model or something. Will play some Wiiu for the time being.

[parker]

I might buy a ps4 controller for pc one day. I'm never paying a monthly fee to use a console online.
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[Mikey]

Resogun's gameplay reminds me a lot of this:

http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Product/Orbitron-Revolution/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802585509f9

The reason I bring it up is that game was solid but sort of underwhelming, so I'm not sure I get all the Resogun hype.

[BenoitRen]

[sarsamis]

My launch PS3 is still chugging along!

Anyways, I should have a PS4 coming in 2 days... no idea what I'm going to do with it. Maybe Knack? I doubt that, though, and I have no interest in Killzone. I guess I'll just dink around the PSN store and see if there's anything I want.

[Dracko]

[Victor]

Seems like there is zero reason to own one of these things for the next six months? I do look forward to the day a couple years from now when buying one of them makes sense.

Nurburgring absence snuffed out any misguided inkling to pay $600 to Forza.

Maybe I'll buy a WiiU in the next few weeks to play the new Mario game quickly, sell it off before Xmas.

[Felix]

I bought a 3DS to play 3D Land and Crimson Shroud and made money on it when I sold it off, that was a fine plan, you could probably do likewise with the WiiU.

anyway I ignored the current console generation apart from occasional exposure to 360s between 2006 and 2008 until buying a PS3 in 2011, and I have actually gotten a lot of happy use out of the PS3 since. so I guess I'll wait and see whether this one gets its act together inside of five years?

[Felix]

[Gironika]

[CubaLibre]

I would have got a PS4 maybe probably but the whole "you cannot play any music on this that is not branded with Sony-specific DRM" absolutely killed my interest in it. Like 3/4 of the reason I have a PS3 is that it is my Living Room Box - just like they want it to be! - and now you're saying I can't play my god damned music on it? What is this madness?
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[GcDiaz]

Gironika: Don't think they are. But you just know it'll be DLC later on.

Me, I'll pass on the XBone because OMG ZEALOT, and don't really expect to get a ps4 until sometime next year. Waay too many PS3/PC games to work thru, not to mention DkS2 will be sure to consume my March/April/whatever. Absolutely no impetus.
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Let's bring sexy back!

[notbov]

Sony is claiming that MP3 and DLNA support is coming "soon". The One is kinda in a similar spot, where it's not a full-featured DLNA client, but you can still push media to from a compatible device. It too has a fancy service you have to pay for to get in-game music (the ghosts of Zune).

PS4 reviews are slowly trickling out from Trusted Videogame Reviewers. Resogun is the best, Knack is an affront to humanity (still buying it, 60 bucks in PSN credit), Killzone is mostly good. Oh, and Sony has put out the firmware update so you can pre-load it onto a thumb drive and have the ability to fail to connect to PSN during launch as everyone tries to get on at the same time.
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[CubaLibre]

The fuck is a DLNA.
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Let's Play, starring me.

[miaou]

[Felix]

[Drem]

[notbov]

DLNA is the set of standards that lets PS3 Media Server stream illicit goods from your computer to your PS3 and other compatible devices. It wasn't one the PS3 at launch either, so it can come "soon".
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[CONSUME_PRODUCTS]

i bought everything at launch last time via being a horrible person and having disposable income for the first time, never again

wait 18 months for the price to come down & the os to mature

and uh... maybe some games will be out then

[Toptube]

Yeah there are some more strange omissions coming to light, particularly from Sony:

no 3d blu-ray support or 3D gamin support

the PS4 appears to once again have wierdly incomplete sound optons. the PS3 was like this, until a later hardware revision allowed a complete set of sound options.


I can't believe that SONY hasn't tested 3d blu-rays and gaming to death on the PS4, especially considering how mature it ended up on the PS3. I wonder if they are holding out through the holiday season, hoping people will buy separate blu-ray players, etc. then come spring time, magical firmware that brings all these features...

[Family Computer]

I'll pick up a PS4 somewhere down the line once there are some more compelling games for it. I don't think the system will interest me much until Japanese dev support ramps up which wont be for a while because the system isn't launching until next year there.
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[Toptube]

Here's a quick taste of Resogun, from Eurogamer:





*this game is free with PS+ for presumably the next couple of months.

[Toptube]

Sony has now folded under backlash pressure (RE: DLNA, MP3, possibly other things). Looks like their corprorate finger crossing didn't work. On top of that, they are playing the innocent/ignorant/naive card:

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/437850/post-launch-ps4-update-to-add-mp3-dlna-support-confirms-yoshida/

[CubaLibre]

[dementia]

I canceled my PS4 preorder. I feel like it's going to be a while until there's something I need to play on it.

Interested in trying that Crimson Dragon though (X1 game).

[Felix]

[zombieman000]

[Toptube]

Digital Foundry says Dead Rising 3 averages about 20 frames per second...


*hopefully they will iimprove the framerate through patches. Because the game was totally rushed. It was only like three months ago that preview builds were slogging at 10 - 15fps.

[Rud31]

BUT SO MANY ZOMBIES. LIKE YOU CAN'T BELIEVE THE ZOMBIES ON SCREEN.
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