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The three most liked and disliked things about the PS4 according to gamers

The Playstation 4 has been out for at leased a month in most parts of the world. At 8bitbot we’ve been reading what gamers are saying about their new consoles and we’ve distilled their likes and dislikes into three parts each.

BitbyDeath3765d ago

Nailed it, only thing missing is a like for Live with Playstation

Infamous2983765d ago (Edited 3765d ago )

i miss that app, it was handy.

Pixel_Enemy3765d ago

I dislike sending invites to party chat. You have to select them one at a time instead of checking a box and selecting multiple people at one time. It is a small thing but it needs to be fixed.

RedDevils3764d ago

Those thing could easily be add on the new firmware updated like DLNA or Mp3 playback

KyRo3764d ago

There is a way you can kind of pause downloads but it's annoying.

If your turn off your router for 10 seconds say, the PS4 will stop downloading saying unable to download title. It then won't resume until you go to the downloads section in notifications and resume the download.

MarioAna3765d ago

Never had any gripes with the DS3, but the DS4 is much better. The battery life is a bit disappointing. Would love the full sleep mode pause/resume like the Vita has. I guess that's coming and it's the thing i look forward to the most. Remote play is much better than i thought it would be so kudos to Sony for that as well.

lifeisgamesok3765d ago

After playing Knack at a demo station the controller felt pretty light and even slippery other than that and lack of exclusives for the time being are the only negatives I see

I don't own the console though

Irishguy953765d ago

I find the controller ok, but the the triggers are still pretty poor and squishy. Lack of games in general for the moment is just, you know...give it 3 months and that is solved.

Hicken3765d ago

Didn't you once say you owned a PS4?

lifeisgamesok3765d ago

Nope the only time I got close to buying one was during early preorder stage and DRM hadn't been 180'd yet

sdozzo3765d ago

Good read. So, what does standby mode do right now? I use it rather than full shutdown.

Mr_Writer853765d ago

Carries on downloads

Looks for patches and downloads and installs when there is.

Uploads saves to the cloud.

MarioAna3765d ago

Also keeps the USB ports powered for controller charging.

Ju3765d ago

I am not sure what he's on with the standby mode. It works just fine. There won't be any faster "standby".

What's missing is "freeze" a game. If you go into standby it actually terminates the games. Sony mentioned you could come back from standby and continue where you left of - like the Vita. Not so on the PS4.

My PS4 downloads and installs just fine in standby. Not sure if I don't get it. Takes a couple of secs to boot...beaten by my Linux box (cold boot) - but that runs off a SSD. I get <10 secs each.

FamilyGuy3765d ago

The article confuses Standby mode for Sleep mode. The PS4 doesn't have Sleep mode yet and that's what would allow instant boot up. Standby mode does exactly what it's supposed to: It lets you charge your controller, download and upload in a low power state, automatically get and start downloading updates in that low power state and it allows you to turn on the system for remote play via PS Vita when you're away from home (internet) or in another room (wifi).

One of the likes this article is missing is streaming games and watching streams.

One dislike is not being able to upload a video directly to youtube.

RedDevils3764d ago

lol I always put my on standby over night to charge my ds4 and update/upload all what it need to be done before I need to used the PS4 again

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KakashiHotake3765d ago (Edited 3765d ago )

The gripes with PS4 are very minor and basic functions but the two big ones for me are like the author said, controller battery life and external media playback. With the controller they need to make some kind of function to turn the light bar off when it's not being used. It's only wasting power most of the time. With external media playback, this is a very simple yet crucial feature. I have a portable 2 TB HDD full of classic movies and there is no reason why I can't use it with my PS4 that is hooked up to my TV. I expect this will be updated sometime down the line.

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Rolling the Dice: Do Modern RPGs Miss the Point of Team-Based Play?

It seems it was long time ago. A bunch of friends spending hours on end playing RPG games, sitting around the table with the box of cold pizza. Excited about the story, listening to the Game Master, they were completely engaged in the worlds only visible to them and their imaginations.

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Takwin2619d ago

The GM is the programmer, and in MMOs and co-ops, you can play with others. If you want to ONLY use your imagination for the visuals, read a book.

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Record of Agarest War 2 announced for PS3

Scrawl: "Looks like we know how that new Compile Heart countdown is going to end. The latest issue of Famitsu has confirmed that Agarest Senki 2, known as Record of Agarest War 2 in the US, is Compile Heart’s newest title."

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Godmars2905063d ago

1) Hope they put it on disc this time.
2) Hope this is a positive for Neptune coming over as well.

Demons Souls5063d ago

If so, that's being developed & published by Idea Factory. Compile Heart has nothing to do with it (Thank God for that).

Godmars2905063d ago (Edited 5063d ago )

Thought Compile Heart was one of the companies lending characters.

Was also speaking in general as in regards to a US of Neptune. If these guys are offing a second game, NIS or Atlus, both of whom offer quirkier titles, will put that one out.

@kagon01:
My issue isn't - wholly - with the DL-only option, but the price. The first game should be $30. Maybe $40, and by that I mean $39.99. The only reason its $45 is the 360 disc version which has extras. Nevermind that by all rights its a PS2 game. Something that proabbly could have been done if the devs had the GOW2 engine or tools.

ClownBelt5063d ago

I approve of this god damn message.

Could have gotten my 60 bucks if they just put it on a disc.

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Tripl3seis5063d ago

Another exclusive damnn the ps3 keeps on rollin wit games awesome ;)

Jack-Pyro5063d ago

Is this a half decent SRPG, porn aside, cause if it is, i might just decide to go and buy it for the 360.

Anon73495063d ago

There's no porn just some sexual innuendos but that's it.

Also it is a great game by itself, maybe not graphically but everything else is top tier.

RedDevils5063d ago

so it had some kind of "top tier" porn story jk

ThanatosDMC5063d ago

Yup, it's a decent game. I just hate that a move has to go first before any attack options.

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Bless Online Korean MMORPG Gets Server Merge

This is not the first time that Bless Online receives a server merge in Korea. An announcement was made on the official Korean site.

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Bismarn2654d ago

Bless must be an amazing game to be on all these platforms (according to the tags): iPad iPhone Nintendo DS PC PS Vita PS2 PS3 PS4 PSP Wii Wii U Xbox Xbox 360 Xbox One