Got my boner machine, loving the controller. It's the perfect shooter controller, the sticks are slightly taller than the 360s, some people were whining about taller sticks? go look at the crazy tall sticks mlg players use, it's supposed to help with precision, no clue about that ;p, but they feel perfect in my big ass viking hands. Funny about the turn out, there were 36 people in line at best buy, the exact same number of people in line for ps4 last week. I was the only repeat offender.
The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !
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Xalara
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My girlfriend is in Japan on business and I was tempted to ask her to buy one for me. If only to play Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions on a big screen. The only issue is I'd have to have a Japanese PSN accountVitaTV on top of an Xbone:
Man I can't wait till that thing makes it over here. Really hope it does anyways.
Yeah, I'd be tempted to import one if they weren't retardedly region locked.My girlfriend is in Japan on business and I was tempted to ask her to buy one for me. If only to play Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions on a big screen. The only issue is I'd have to have a Japanese PSN accountSo I think I can wait a little while until it's over here.
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The only problem with a Japanese PSN account from abroad is that you can't use a credit card, so you must order store credits from PlayAsia or some similar import shop which adds to the costs (at least that's how it worked a couple years back when I bought Suda 51's The Silver Case that was in their PS Classics library). That and the store being in japanese obviously.
The VitaTV might add a layer of region locking though, so I am not sure if you can play physical and/or digital games from the US. Brian Ashcraft tested one for Kotaku the other day, but he is based in Japan so the only thing I remember for sure is that he could not access the US PSN store with his US PSN account.
The VitaTV might add a layer of region locking though, so I am not sure if you can play physical and/or digital games from the US. Brian Ashcraft tested one for Kotaku the other day, but he is based in Japan so the only thing I remember for sure is that he could not access the US PSN store with his US PSN account.
So after spending a few hours with the Xbone today trying out Forza, Dead Rising, Skype, working out how to send video to it from my NAS (the secret is to send my NAS to windows first :/) I'm liking it.
The graphics are a noticeable upgrade from 360/PS3, though expecting them to be a little less stellar once the PS4 is next to it for comparison and the integration to stream video to it from my pc and youtube works well (I have my ipad paired to it for youtube which is not really any worse than having to queue shit up in WMP from the NAS to play to the XB1) but the big surprise is the controller really. I have larger hands, the original Xbox controller was the perfect size for me, DS2/3 were always a little small with the triggers not reaching far enough into my fingers to fit right and the 360 controller being pretty good but these fit really well without being as large as the originals so friends shouldn't have issues with them either when they come round.
I'm also finding that the feedback from them is a definite improvement over the 360 controller for Forza for me. There is enough feedback, and over what seems a larger area of dispersal, that I can really feel bumps in the road and when I am getting lose of traction compared to on the 360 where I just had to use the official steering wheel. I just finished a few laps of Mount Panorma in the race version of my car and ended up with a top 500 lap time which I know would never (and didn't) happen in any of the 360 Forza's. Whether that change is due to being familiar with the track, the car or a real change in how much feedback the new controllers give you I can't say but I do know that I ~think~ the controller was a big factor and that to me is a positive thing given how much time we'll be spending with the things.
The graphics are a noticeable upgrade from 360/PS3, though expecting them to be a little less stellar once the PS4 is next to it for comparison and the integration to stream video to it from my pc and youtube works well (I have my ipad paired to it for youtube which is not really any worse than having to queue shit up in WMP from the NAS to play to the XB1) but the big surprise is the controller really. I have larger hands, the original Xbox controller was the perfect size for me, DS2/3 were always a little small with the triggers not reaching far enough into my fingers to fit right and the 360 controller being pretty good but these fit really well without being as large as the originals so friends shouldn't have issues with them either when they come round.
I'm also finding that the feedback from them is a definite improvement over the 360 controller for Forza for me. There is enough feedback, and over what seems a larger area of dispersal, that I can really feel bumps in the road and when I am getting lose of traction compared to on the 360 where I just had to use the official steering wheel. I just finished a few laps of Mount Panorma in the race version of my car and ended up with a top 500 lap time which I know would never (and didn't) happen in any of the 360 Forza's. Whether that change is due to being familiar with the track, the car or a real change in how much feedback the new controllers give you I can't say but I do know that I ~think~ the controller was a big factor and that to me is a positive thing given how much time we'll be spending with the things.
Ive been doing what research I can on this because I was teetering on the brink of ordering a Vita tv. According to aNeogaf threadI found that have actual owners posting feedback and trying things, the Vita Tvwillplay US games, but only certain ones. More importantly, according to guys who own a Vita and the Vita tv, it is possible to use your US PSN on the Vita tv but you have to use memory cards from a Vita to transfer it over via this process:
Though the VitaTV needs to be updated to the latest version before it will actually read from the memory card. Also good idea to have your memorycard updated to the latest version from your Vita also in preparation for use with the Vita TV.
1: Update Vita to latest version w/ mem card inside
2: Update VitaTV to latest version
3: Remove mem card from Vita and Insert into VitaTV
4: Check to see if all data is present
5: Play shit
Sony has a list of games that are compatible with the Vita Tv (Here), however the US versions of some games on that list do not play, such as Soul Sacrifice, because they require a patch to fire up on the Vita tv which is only available for the Japanese versions of the game.
Im kinda torn after that Neogaf thread. Id be happy having Persona 4 on the big screen but aside from that, gaming options would be limited unless I bought a Vita as well to make use of the memory card transfer.
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So not sure if I posted any of this yet so here goes --
Got my bad PS4 last Friday, called Sony. They said they'd send me a box for it and it'll be a few days til it gets there.
Box shows up the following Monday (4 days ago). Sweet, but I don't feel like driving the 30 miles to the nearest FedEx place that day. That and the return box needed a copy of the receipt of purchase. I bought it from Amazon and I don't have a functioning printer at my apartment and really didn't want to have to drive back to work just to print that.
Print receipt at work on Tuesday and drive to FedEx to send it off.
Get e-mail saying they received my PS4 on Thursday (yesterday, the 21st)
Get e-mail today (22nd) saying my replacement (or maybe it's the same PS4 but fixed, not completely sure on that one) has been shipped. Tracking number says delivery today, the 22nd.
Unfortunately........ I left town yesterday after work and I am now 600 miles away in Tampa, with my PS4 going to my apartment in Goldsboro, North Carolina. Son of a bitch. However I am freakin' amazed at the turnaround speed. Gonna have my roommate fire the bitch up whenever the box shows up today.
Got my bad PS4 last Friday, called Sony. They said they'd send me a box for it and it'll be a few days til it gets there.
Box shows up the following Monday (4 days ago). Sweet, but I don't feel like driving the 30 miles to the nearest FedEx place that day. That and the return box needed a copy of the receipt of purchase. I bought it from Amazon and I don't have a functioning printer at my apartment and really didn't want to have to drive back to work just to print that.
Print receipt at work on Tuesday and drive to FedEx to send it off.
Get e-mail saying they received my PS4 on Thursday (yesterday, the 21st)
Get e-mail today (22nd) saying my replacement (or maybe it's the same PS4 but fixed, not completely sure on that one) has been shipped. Tracking number says delivery today, the 22nd.
Unfortunately........ I left town yesterday after work and I am now 600 miles away in Tampa, with my PS4 going to my apartment in Goldsboro, North Carolina. Son of a bitch. However I am freakin' amazed at the turnaround speed. Gonna have my roommate fire the bitch up whenever the box shows up today.
When I went to the Gamestop closest to me last night to get the new Mario and Zelda, there was literally 11 people there at midnight for the Xbox. Compared to last week the same shop had at least 80-90 people for PS4s.
Circumstantial and all, small Gamestop in a North Dallas suburb.
I'd rather pay a little extra to a company like Falcon-NW to build me a PC with the parts I want who I know will burn in everything for a week.
Circumstantial and all, small Gamestop in a North Dallas suburb.
No shit, putting together a new PC makes me a nervous wreck - especially the seating heatsinks on top of CPU's - always feels like you got to bend the motherboard in half to get it clipped in. Thankfully they use screws these days. Haven't built a PC for myself the last 2 times after doing it about 6 times from highschool through college.
I'd rather pay a little extra to a company like Falcon-NW to build me a PC with the parts I want who I know will burn in everything for a week.
Xexx
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So yeah, i prefer xbox UI over ps4 currently, i mean....I got to pick my own colors! No but really i dislike PS4's bland UI, maybe it would be better if i could just use a background images or something.
Yeah my gamestop said they had less xbox preorders but in the end they had alot more show up trying to buy w/o preorder than for the ps4.
Tuco
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We've all kinda known that high information gamers will gravitate to PS4 so that's no surprise. The real story will be told post Christmas I think when the low information shoppers will have their say.
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Aren't most Xboner purchases from low-information people with the exception of a few die-hard fans? I mean, everyone I've met that bought a launch Xboner didn't even know about the MAJOR PR disaster that occurred in the summer. Most of them didn't even know it came with a kinect! Just that it was XBOX TO THE EXTREME.
You mean aside from the fact that PS4 doesn't have shit for games that I care about? The PS4 is the better piece of hardware, but what does that matter if it doesn't play the games I am interested in?
Right now, the PS3 has better games and if I have a hankering for some next-gen sauce, I can log into Steam for a buffet of games that Yao Ming face anything on either new console.
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I know one guy IRL that bought one last night. He's a 45ish year old business owner, and he just likes the Xbox brand. He knows full well that the PS4 is a more powerful system, but he's "not a Sony guy".
He told me that he picked up Forza, Call of Duty & Battlefield. So far he's only played Forza, and enjoyed it. He's spending $400 on the Ferrari steering wheel now. He'll pick that up on his way home from work.
He told me that he picked up Forza, Call of Duty & Battlefield. So far he's only played Forza, and enjoyed it. He's spending $400 on the Ferrari steering wheel now. He'll pick that up on his way home from work.
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I think the premise was "high information gamers BUYING A NEW CONSOLE will gravitate to PS4". No one cares that you want to play your PC bro, WE GET IT. IT'S BETTER. IT'S 3x-4x THE PRICE TOO.
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Playstation 4 review if you are on the fence from the most jaded video game guy on the internet.
I opened my box and quite literally just swapped the unit with my PS3 and reconnected everything. I didn't have to do a thing. Same power cord, same HDMI and Network cable (Obviously) and I turned it on and was up and running. System updated to 1.51, logged right into my PS Plus account existing from my PS3, went into the store and downloaded Resogun and Contrast. I bought Need for Speed off the PS Store, input my 10 dollar credit and also bought that flower game which is actually pretty cool. I then sent my step son to get NBA 2k14 and Black Flag while I fiddled around with everything. $49X2 - Walmart was already honoring the $49 dollar deal for all PS4 games.
1) Supply a long USB charge cable for Christ sake. It's better than the 5 inch cable we got with the PS3, but come on. Luckily I bought a long 15 foot cable from before, and can use that.
2) The headset is an absolute joke. May as well have not even included it. Which I think is why I see a huge disparity of voice users between Sony and Microsoft. With the original Xbox and the 360, the headset was functional, wrapped around the top of your head, and had a postional microphone. Volume control was easy as well. It's no wonder why there is a large contigent of PS users that do not use voice. I wouldn't either with this thing.
Resogun: Reminds me a little of a next gen defender. Fun title. Free, so I cannot complain. Nothing earth shattering here like people have been saying. But it's fun to screw around in the game.
Flower: Amazing detail to graphics and very addicting game play. Great music. Very impressed. Only played the first level.
Need for Speed Rivals: Holy shit is this game fun, and it looks amazing. And I do not even like racing games. I bought it because I can be a cop and run into others and ruin their driving day. Fantastic graphical effects, GREAT sound, easy controls (Xarpolis is right though first person is a lot easier to control) and plenty of particle effect smashing and customization of cars. This is going to be a really fun game. Looking forward to more playing time. Too bad I have a lot of family in town right now, which is ironic because after Thanksgiving Thursday everyone leaves and my wife works the weekend so I have a ton of time next weekend.
NBA 2k14. First, I do not even like Basketball. But for some reason, I've found that I like playing basketball video games. I was wrong on previous opinions on this one. While NBA Live from EA is a total complete waste of cash, NBA 2k14 is fluid, runs in 1080p, has VERY fluid announcing and commentary, and holy hannah it feels like I am watching a real basketball game. This game makes me sad. Because when I see the quality of this title I think of how great their football franchise was, how much EA fucking sucks with Madden, and hope one day that ridiculous NFL exclusive licensing agreement (Which should be illegal as far as I am concerned) goes to 2K Sports. They have made one hell of a game here, and I can only imagine what they would do with another Madden competitor. I rememeber 2k4 and 2k5 football like yesterday and it blew madden away every step of the way.
Black Flag: At first when playing I wasn't that impressed. It was slightly better than my XBox 360 version. Water was the same. Added fog effects. Then, I realized that it didn't download the 1080p patch. For some reason I had to reboot the machine for this to happen, but once it did... Holy shit. What a difference. I was wrong on this one as well. I was only 20% in on the 360 version., so I will be starting over here. it's a hell of a fun game to play anyway so I do not mind.
UI: Horribly bland. I was looking for theme options like with my PS3 but I guess those aren't in existence yet. Once that hits I am sure it will be better. From a functional stand point, way above and beyond the PS3. And incredibly fast. I purchased Need for Speed, and I was playing it within 15 minutes. The 2k14 stream system was horrible. Horribly slow install time, and what you could actually play was SO limited it wasn't worth it. So I played something else while that did it's install. The game itself made up for the wait.
Controller: So much better. The L2 and R2 buttons actually will be functional this time around. Solid grip. Need to get used to not having a start button. Thats kinda weird.
Sharing functionality: They did an AWESOME job here. I have never streamed anything in my life. Usually because I don't care that much, and also because it was too cumbersome. I hit a button, set up an account, and I was streaming my need for speed rival race in seconds. One push of a button here is awesome. Not sure how much I will use this, but I probably will when I start playing a really cool new release and people can laugh while I die in Dark Souls 2.
System functionality: Looks good. Limited options compared to the PS3 though it feels. Trying to decide what will be better. Linear Dolby, Linear DTS, or PCM. I have a high end receiver capable of DTS Master audio lossless, Sean?
Overall very happy with the system. Games look fantastic, the UI is accessible, and I am glad I bought one now.
I opened my box and quite literally just swapped the unit with my PS3 and reconnected everything. I didn't have to do a thing. Same power cord, same HDMI and Network cable (Obviously) and I turned it on and was up and running. System updated to 1.51, logged right into my PS Plus account existing from my PS3, went into the store and downloaded Resogun and Contrast. I bought Need for Speed off the PS Store, input my 10 dollar credit and also bought that flower game which is actually pretty cool. I then sent my step son to get NBA 2k14 and Black Flag while I fiddled around with everything. $49X2 - Walmart was already honoring the $49 dollar deal for all PS4 games.
1) Supply a long USB charge cable for Christ sake. It's better than the 5 inch cable we got with the PS3, but come on. Luckily I bought a long 15 foot cable from before, and can use that.
2) The headset is an absolute joke. May as well have not even included it. Which I think is why I see a huge disparity of voice users between Sony and Microsoft. With the original Xbox and the 360, the headset was functional, wrapped around the top of your head, and had a postional microphone. Volume control was easy as well. It's no wonder why there is a large contigent of PS users that do not use voice. I wouldn't either with this thing.
Resogun: Reminds me a little of a next gen defender. Fun title. Free, so I cannot complain. Nothing earth shattering here like people have been saying. But it's fun to screw around in the game.
Flower: Amazing detail to graphics and very addicting game play. Great music. Very impressed. Only played the first level.
Need for Speed Rivals: Holy shit is this game fun, and it looks amazing. And I do not even like racing games. I bought it because I can be a cop and run into others and ruin their driving day. Fantastic graphical effects, GREAT sound, easy controls (Xarpolis is right though first person is a lot easier to control) and plenty of particle effect smashing and customization of cars. This is going to be a really fun game. Looking forward to more playing time. Too bad I have a lot of family in town right now, which is ironic because after Thanksgiving Thursday everyone leaves and my wife works the weekend so I have a ton of time next weekend.
NBA 2k14. First, I do not even like Basketball. But for some reason, I've found that I like playing basketball video games. I was wrong on previous opinions on this one. While NBA Live from EA is a total complete waste of cash, NBA 2k14 is fluid, runs in 1080p, has VERY fluid announcing and commentary, and holy hannah it feels like I am watching a real basketball game. This game makes me sad. Because when I see the quality of this title I think of how great their football franchise was, how much EA fucking sucks with Madden, and hope one day that ridiculous NFL exclusive licensing agreement (Which should be illegal as far as I am concerned) goes to 2K Sports. They have made one hell of a game here, and I can only imagine what they would do with another Madden competitor. I rememeber 2k4 and 2k5 football like yesterday and it blew madden away every step of the way.
Black Flag: At first when playing I wasn't that impressed. It was slightly better than my XBox 360 version. Water was the same. Added fog effects. Then, I realized that it didn't download the 1080p patch. For some reason I had to reboot the machine for this to happen, but once it did... Holy shit. What a difference. I was wrong on this one as well. I was only 20% in on the 360 version., so I will be starting over here. it's a hell of a fun game to play anyway so I do not mind.
UI: Horribly bland. I was looking for theme options like with my PS3 but I guess those aren't in existence yet. Once that hits I am sure it will be better. From a functional stand point, way above and beyond the PS3. And incredibly fast. I purchased Need for Speed, and I was playing it within 15 minutes. The 2k14 stream system was horrible. Horribly slow install time, and what you could actually play was SO limited it wasn't worth it. So I played something else while that did it's install. The game itself made up for the wait.
Controller: So much better. The L2 and R2 buttons actually will be functional this time around. Solid grip. Need to get used to not having a start button. Thats kinda weird.
Sharing functionality: They did an AWESOME job here. I have never streamed anything in my life. Usually because I don't care that much, and also because it was too cumbersome. I hit a button, set up an account, and I was streaming my need for speed rival race in seconds. One push of a button here is awesome. Not sure how much I will use this, but I probably will when I start playing a really cool new release and people can laugh while I die in Dark Souls 2.
System functionality: Looks good. Limited options compared to the PS3 though it feels. Trying to decide what will be better. Linear Dolby, Linear DTS, or PCM. I have a high end receiver capable of DTS Master audio lossless, Sean?
Overall very happy with the system. Games look fantastic, the UI is accessible, and I am glad I bought one now.
Tuco
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I wasn't making a statement on you. I was saying that on average high information gamers are choosing PS4. That's factual and doesn't imply that all high information gamers will buy a Ps4 or that anyone who doesn't buy a PS4 or buys an xbone is a low information gamer.
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I am pleased you enjoy your PS4, but I am even more pleased that you have finally decided that AC4 looks different. Welcome to the master race, dude.