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Sony Shows that Games Run on Actual PS4 Consoles at Events With Pictures, Debunks Rumor on Using PCs

Sony Computer Entertainment is showcasing the PS4 in Italy at the Games Week trade show in Milan, and the staff at the booth finally decided to debunk the widespread rumor alleging that games at events and on demo stations are running on PCs and not on actual PS4 hardware.

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whoyouwit043834d ago

Haven't both Microsoft and Sony already done this?

Abriael3834d ago (Edited 3834d ago )

That's Microsoft, not Sony. Unless Major Nelson has suddenly jumped the moat :D

xPhearR3dx3834d ago (Edited 3834d ago )

Yeah I know, I assumed you meant Microsoft since you didn't specify and there's pics of the PS4 in the article. Sony has been showing off the PS4 at their stores for a couple weeks now. I saw someone post a picture of the PS4 itself and the controller up close last week while playing Knack.

I guess this is where the picture came from. One of these. http://blog.us.playstation....

pixelsword3834d ago (Edited 3834d ago )

Yeeeah, the hatemongers need to get their act together:

if they used PCs, then the whole PS4 overheating thing that was blown out of proportion (in a container with no ventilation, when container was opened PS4 went back to normal operating parameters) wouldn't make sense.

There's also numerous people who took pics of themselves playing the PS4.

The only reason why Nelson had to show pics was because when a Xbone-looking station malfunctioned at an event, it showed a PC running windows:

http://hothardware.com/News...

Now, it could be that it was merely running the xbone through the PC like they said you could do, but will that give the xbone's graphics a boost, and not representative of the actual graphics? I don't know, time will tell; since that incident happened, hatemongers decided that the PS4 had to have been running on PCs as well.

bintarok3834d ago (Edited 3834d ago )

The real question was what 'games' that being played on the actual PS4 in the events. People are keep bashing it because they could only see Knack, DriveClub, and indies. They haven't seen BF4 or COD running on retail PS4.

edit. i forgot to include KZ4 in the actual list. Tx abriel.

Abriael3834d ago

@bintarok: this one plays Killzone. You can see it from the label at the top.

Army_of_Darkness3834d ago

How do I know it's not a pc in the form of a ps4 huh?? This is madnessssss!

sAVAge_bEaST3834d ago

@Army

Well it is a Super Computer, in the form of a Ps4.

DOMination-3834d ago

PS4 in "playing a playstation4 game" shocker.

Whatever next.

1nsomniac3834d ago (Edited 3834d ago )

Microsoft did upload pictures of "real" Xbone systems in action at an event after they had already been caught out once but they were quickly debunked again as 1 blue screened to a Windows 7 OS.

Proving that not only did they lie about it running on the console AGAIN but also that they didn't have enough faith to even run there own Windows 8 OS with their own gaming software.

Khajiit863834d ago

@pixel

I would love a desktop with an xbox one built in it. "Kinect load windows"

Army_of_Darkness3834d ago

I wonder if my disagrees were due to the lack sarcasm humor? :-$

BBBirdistheWord3833d ago (Edited 3833d ago )

of course there were real ps4s on display.

How else would they have got a pic and video of a real ps4 overheating while in operation?

In fact there were numerous reports of real ps4s glitching, also.

It was a real ps4 and it did overheat/glitch. No question.
No matter how much the ps4 fans disagree.

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BX813834d ago

How did the next gen start with excitement and end up like this? WTF happened? We are no longer talking about features and our favorite games we can't wait for. Instead were waisting time on stories like this and rumors.

PeaSFor3834d ago

we are pretty much "killing time" while waiting, its normal.

ThanatosDMC3834d ago

Pretty much because we want the new consoles all ready.

Abriael3834d ago

@ThanatosDMC: unfortunately I'm quite sure there are many out there that would wish the opposite.

fullmetal2973834d ago

Nah, its what fuels the fanboy wars and this website is nothing but a giant war room.

Khajiit863834d ago

Dude I cant wait to get in line at bestbuy for my PS4.

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sigfredod3834d ago

That is why the state on the article they explain that still some myths running around on tweeter and people that still believe is truth thats why the show the pics again

1nsomniac3834d ago (Edited 3834d ago )

Although Sony has been using real ps4's for a long time as seen by Yoshidas on stage demo a while back. Although xbone used massively overpowered pcs then they came out admitting they were pcs but then said, "here, ok these are now running on real xbones" with xbones in full site only to find out yet again that there not actually connected & again connected to hidden pcs again!!

Microsofts actions so far have been disgusting for the entire release of the XBone. It has nothing to do with fan boyism. The 360 was great, the XBone is a console being pushed by corporate idiots who want to get as much profit out of as little work without the slightest bit of knowledge of their subject matter!!!

That's why there's so much hate for them now!!

I_AM_ CANADIAN_19893834d ago

After looking at these pics of the ps4 in the sealed plexiglass boxes and all the overheating rumors, I hope sony have started adding a vent with a exhaust fan. Not that hard to install. #endtheps4abuse lol

maddskull3833d ago

microsoft weren't
showing games with the xbox one first they were using a powerful pc

saber000053833d ago

Microsoft on multiple events used PCs instead of Xbox1

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xPhearR3dx3834d ago

Well considering the thing launches in a little over 2 weeks, I'd hope they weren't using PC's to show off PS4 games. E3 was around 6 months before launch. Made sense then, not now.

Abriael3834d ago (Edited 3834d ago )

You'd be surprised how many comments I see on articles even like yesterday with people alleging that PS4 games still run on PC on demo stations and at events.

It surprises me every time. No matter how many times you tell them that it's 100% inconceivable that store demos run on PCs, because Sony (or microsoft) would never, ever give access to a PC including files from games to store clerks they have no control on. Can you imagine what kind of can of worms that would open?

pyramidshead3834d ago

haha this will definitely shut any xbox fanboy up about the games running on PCs.

Even they will some how try to find some way to spin this like the ps4 is photoshopped into the picture or something ridiculous.

Nice to see Sony squashing rumours.

iamnsuperman3834d ago

I didn't realise this was a big rumour. They could have east put the PS4 on something nicer than a cardboard box

Flyingdog6703834d ago

Well at E3 they probably ran on dev kits, but in recent events and the demo stations, i'm sure that they were running on the actual hardware. Still, some people would still say they were running on PC's.

xXxSeTTriPxXx3834d ago

Because kzsf looks that good.

Foxgod3834d ago

Both Ms and sony used pc,s in the past.
Its obvious, if games where fully ready to be shown earlier, then they might as well have launched the consoles earlier.

The hardware and software where simply not mature enough yet.
But a good pc will run anything you trow at it.

DoesUs3834d ago

Will it play XB1 games or PS4 games like Ryse or KZ:SF?

Be terrific if possible.

Foxgod3834d ago

if the source code is compiled for those platforms, then yes.

LoydX-mas3833d ago

It is bizarre that only here on N4G could a post like yours get so many disagrees when what you posted is absolutely correct.

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mkis0076h ago

Such a good game to me. Crazy how different peoples opinions can get.

Crows905h ago(Edited 5h ago)

For me it wasn't that surprising. There was some bad press before. There's also the matter and element of a person's disposition when trying out a certain game. Sometimes you're just not really into the type of game that you're playing so you put it down because you don't like it. Not necessarily because it's a bad game but because you're just not up for something like this. Reviewers have a tough because no matter what they feel like playing they've got to play what's releasing.

I have many times gone back to games that I put down only to thoroughly enjoy them the second time around because either there wasn't another exciting game coming out around the same time or I just had no other games to play and haven't played that type of game in a while. I'm not the type of person that can just play a souls game through all this iterations one after the other without getting burnt out on the formula.

In my opinion this game was great from the start. Some bugs here and there but nothing worse than the most AAA releases during the same time after and before. All I did was wait one week and I had a phenomenal time with the game. No other zombie survival game comes close to how I thoroughly enjoyed this one

-Foxtrot4h ago(Edited 4h ago)

Yeah I thought it was pretty decent, it had its flaws but for their first big console single player open world game it's a solid 8/10.

I have never seen an AAA "zombie" game feature as many enemies as the horde sections did, you really had to think about your surroundings and plan carefully.

I feel journalists had an issue with this game from the moment it was announced, they really didn't like the Biker characters and the overall Biker gang theme. If they were anything else I feel it would have had a better chance or at least they'd overlook some of the flaws like they do for certain other open world games. They don't mind waiting weeks or months for a patch knowing its coming but a game that has it Day 1 it's suddenly a big no no? Yeah this was one of those moments that showed you how they cherry pick who to suddenly decide to go harsh on when they want to.

mkis0074h ago

Ill never forget the reviewer who tried to claim the "ride me like you ride your bike" line was anything but a joke...they (sarah and deacon) explicitly call it a joke and the reviewer still misinformed the reader about it as if it was a literal thing.

Michiel19894h ago

the score on metacritic is 71 from journos, its 9 points lower than your review so stop making stuff up. They didn't hate it from the start, they on average just liked it slightly less than you.

-Foxtrot4h ago(Edited 3h ago)

@Michiel1989

I'm not making anything up, they held a grudge against it and made stuff up themselves like mkis007 has just pointed out. That 71 on Metacritic is why it didn't get a sequel.

Anyway how can I make anything up when I didn't even mention metacritic in my original post?

Leeroyw5h ago

Second act of that game far surpassed the first. Which is why people felt it didn't live up to the hype of the trailers. Personally I loved it. But it was a slog to get your bike and weapons up to skill.

Inverno5h ago

Was gonna post a brick wall of text but I'll keep it short. Pardon my French but f**k the media for the hate they gave this game. If you have a PC to play it on you can get it as low as 10 bucks, and if you have a PS then it's a no brainer. Totally worth a play.

phatak5h ago(Edited 5h ago)

I don't even comment here often but had to for this game, I still stand by my opinion that this was one of the top 10 games of the ps4 generation, I preferred days gone over god of war, horizon and last of us 2, the launch version was definitely piss poor and that messed up the reviews for this game, honestly some games deserve a re-review or post patch review as the metacritic score stays forever but the reality is its not even the same game anymore, the ps5 patch is amazing and the pc version which I play on nowadays is one of the best looking games ever, complete shame that we wont get a sequel, god of war got one, horizon got one, last of us got one, spider man got one,ghosts of tshushima about to get one but this game wont get one, sucks to be honest.

Ps3/360 era had some hidden underated games for me it was shadows of the damned, alice madness returns that deserved more sales and a sequel/ higher scores, and similarly for the ps4 era it was days gone, and dying light 1 that deserved much more love, dying light atleast got a sequel, everyone needs to play this game once and judge for themselves, for me its officially the most underrated game of the ps4 era, go play it if you haven't.

andy854h ago

Awesome game. Just bought it for my laptop last week

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