What Did You Think of the PlayStation Meeting and PlayStation 4?

Now that the PlayStation meeting is over and we’ve had a chance to take a look at the PlayStation 4 and Sony’s plans for the new console, Sebastian, Dan, Chandler and I wanted to do a special edition of Ask PSLS where we talk about what we thought of the meeting and PS4.
-PSLS

[doctorstrange]

I missed Kaz

[TrendyGamers]

They'll take him out of cryo sleep for E3.

[theBAWSE]

Makes me kinda disappointed to turn on my ps3

[Root]

Hope they wake Walt Disney while they're at it

[Shadow Flare]

Kaz was busy promoting PlayStation in his own way

http://i.minus.com/ieeosojk...

[starchild]

Haha.. yeah I'm sure we'll be seeing plenty of Kaz.

Anyway, I think they did a really phenomenal job. It basically sounds like my dream console so far. Sony have learned the correct lessons from this generation and I think they are ready to dominate next gen. But I'll wait and see how things pan out with the next Xbox and the Steam Box.

[WilliamH]

I agree, it needed more engrish.

[bothebo]

Everyone does

[3-4-5]

There was prenty of it

[Knight_Crawler]

It was great just disappointed that we did not get any Last Guardian news or new footage or a new game from Santa Monica.

The Last Guardian should have been showed instead of Knack or what ever its called.

[bothebo]

You heard of E3? Why would Sony show all of their cards now?

[user3915800]

The worst reveal in gaming console history, idiotssssssssssss console PS4 here it is, lol, where the f is itttttttttttt... lol Trolls most be dying with fever by now, having nightmanres lol... Like I said the worst liars in the console market its sony.

[kneon]

Nlvwithgms, get over it. They showed some great games and technology. Looking at your comments its obvious you can't handle the fact that they have an awesome console coming. Just suck it up and preorder already.

[Foolsjoker]

One word...Awesome!

[Blastoise]

Definitely.

[Flipgeneral]

*saw Blizzard and became intrigued...*
*saw Diablo 3 and did a face palm*

Pretty stoked by literally everything else

[Conzul]

I was just so happy that it's gonna be called Playstation 4 - not some Orbis or new naming style.

[Wedge19]

Wonderful. The Future is Now.

[TrendyGamers]

Well, in about 8 months.

[Godchild1020]

The future is with PlayStation... And maybe with Microsoft (we will just have to wait and see).

Edit: I didn't mention Nintendo, because I already have a Wii U.

[Relientk77]

Fantastic, I want a PS4

[PopRocks359]

Nice conference. I'm rather intrigued by some of their concepts. Wish they had shown more though. I guess that's what E3 is for.

[ftwrthtx]

No PS3 backwards compatibility, no launch purchase for me.

[Rainstorm81]

Here's a thought....keep your PS3

[karl]

what really? i thought i heard something about that..

cant confirm it though

[slutface]

lol why would u buy a ps4....to play ps3 games? BC issue has always perplexed me. i never touched another ps2 game after purchasing my ps3.

[PS3and4_HAS_GAMES]

Lol I agree who cares about playing your last gen game on your next gen console. The reason we buy next gen consoles is to play next gen games.

[Bimkoblerutso]

I've played through a lot of my old PSOne games on my PS3, actually. I wouldn't call it essential (even less so given the PS3 and PS4 are going to be using the same HD standard), but I've always loved going through my older games with BC.

[porkChop]

I guess your PS3 would stop working as soon as you buy the PS4?

Anyway, I don't mind. The PS3's architecture is too complex for emulation, so Sony would literally have to put the PS3's GPU and CPU in the PS4 to make it work. That would drive up the cost of the console significantly, so no thanks. I have a PS3 that plays my PS3 games just fine, I don't need another one.

[kenshiro100]

Your loss.

[Godmars290]

I know I'm tired of devs talking up their titles.

[mushroomwig]

Aside from a few dull moments it was good. Backwards compatibility isn't an issue for me as I already own a PlayStation 3.

I don't mind that the console wasn't shown, mainly because there are so many other events left this year so what's the rush?

[baldulf]

Not bad, I was expecting something else from Media Molecule but the PS4 is very promising so far (no price yet, though)

[whoyouwit04]

It was OK, like I said it excited me enough for me to know that I do want A PS4 day one, But there really wasn't a wow moment for me.

[BullyMangler]

great stuff, although it seemed oddly FAMILIAR

[Blastoise]

Why's that?

[BullyMangler]

why is that?? . .
well the whole "if someone wants to watch tv, you can stream games to the Vita" thing reminds me of something no?
and the whole "i'm stuck", can you please give me some tips thing also looks familiar. also the "motion music play" sseems just a tad bit familiar tanbien. and the cool "street social" tech kinda maybe ive seen it before somewhere .

but that "panta rhei" game = yes please

[pr0t0typeknuckles]

felt like a mini e3, it pretty much destroyed nintendos e3 2012,imo.

[chadboban]

As someone who likes actually likes Nintendo, I do have to agree. But it's not like Nintendo's E3 2012 was exactly that hard to beat anyway lol.

But as I always say, this gen will most likely be the same as last gen for me which means PS4, Wii U and a PC will be what I game on. Already have a 3DS and plan to get a Vita later this year. Gotta have my handhelds too.

[Xer0_SiN]

ok. it destroyed all three e3 presentations last year...combined >=).

[stuntman_mike]

I dont care much for all this connected crap, but the games are looking excellent, i've already put a pre-order at shopto.

[Ethereal]

Loved it! I can't wait to see more at E3 in person this year!

[WeAreLegion]

Best conference I've seen in years. They nailed it.

People are still complaining though...

[--Onilink--]

im kinda scared about the possible price, and that so many online features for free is looking less and less likely. Im already reluctant to pay for Live, and was paying for Plus, so hopefully i wont have to add another subscription to the list.

Overall looking pretty cool, i was pleasently surprised they did go with the 8Gb DDR5, though it goes in hand with being scared about price. As someone who tries to own all plataforms and usually waits for a nice bundle/pricedrop I was really hoping they dont go too high on the price

[Virus201]

This guy sums it up.
http://youtu.be/fapXExvsZC4...

But in all seriousness, I was very impressed with the event and will pre order the PS4 as soon as it's available.

[laoboy_Smoke]

It showed me how much Sony understands me as a gamer... PERIOD!

[laoboy_Smoke]

I also am very interested in what QD have up their sleeves because that tech demo was astounding IMO.

[creatchee]

I'm.....troubled at their focus on social media. Killzone looked great, but I'm not a huge fan of the franchise other than looks. Watch_Dogs looks even better than before (graphically and gameplay wise). The racing game sounds cool and looks slick - that kind of social media integration is something I'm cool with. Diablo III would have been a coup a couple of years ago, but now it's more of an added bonus than an essential pickup.

Overall, i wanted to see more, but I'm very hopeful for the future. E3 should be interesting.

[MrBeatdown]

I'm not worried about the social media stuff. All the network stuff seemed very gaming oriented. I don't think they're just slapping Facebook and Twitter junk everywhere. It looks like they are taking that kind of connectivity and sharing and applying it in a way that makes sense for gaming, like sharing gameplay, screenshots, and comments, and easily being able to communicate and interact with people.

[Sketchy_Galore]

I hate to say it but I wasn't too impressed. I wasn't devastated or even really disappointed but I certainly wasn't wowed. For every game shown I would be amazed if you told me it was running on a PS3 but I would probably believe you. Of course it's not just about the graphics but then what else was shown? The games we got to see actual clips of we're the same old shooting and whispering 80's catchphrases in a gravelly voice. I'm always interested in the work of Media molecule and Jonathon Blow but I'm just as in the dark about their upcoming games as I was before the conference.

Don't get me wrong, unless we see a major turnaround in the way Microsoft has been going about things recently Sony are the only horse in this race for me and I will be picking this console up. I just feel like I can wait without much of a problem. I'm sure if they actually show the Last guardian at E3 that will excite me a lot but as of now it was just the same old same old cheesy adolescent stuff, ever so slightly better looking and a few strange appearances such as, 'lets turn down the lights late in the show while we announce the console release of this Pc game that came out a while back and was widely considered a disappointment'. I dunno, maybe I'm just getting too old for it all. It just all struck me as the same old same old.

[kingmushroom]

you're just gonna have to buy a PS4 to be wowed.

[Munnkyman]

my reaction to the ps4

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[KING85]

I thought it was a pretty solid overall conference. There were a few dull moments with some of the dialogue from the designer, but the games shown were very impressive. That racing game looks pretty darn sweet and I'm no racing fanatic but I definitely was intrigued. Also Killzone, Watchdogs, Infamous, and Capcom's working title were pretty darn good.
I know we all say gameplay comes first, and I agree it does, but those graphics are very impressive. Look at gameplay and graphics 10-15 years ago. Technology is amazing!

[D3stinySm4sher]

I liked a lot of the features, but there was too much of a focus on people jizzing themselves over visuals, without actually showing off much that was NEW.

I care more about the prospects of the functionality, streamlining things so I'm not sitting waiting for downloads or installations, video uploading/sharing, all of that. I was disappointed at how there wasn't actually a lot of concrete game footage shown from anything new that I care about, but that's probably what E3 will be about.

Also, LOLs at Square for showing up with absolutely nothing new to show.

[contradictory]

didn't watch it unfortunately
not that interested in conference hyping thingies anyway
they'll be stuffing it down my throat anyway in the next few days so it's not like i'm missing anything
but specs wise i'm interested...

[Legendary-Status]

PS4 is a Monster.. Sony got it's point across without going to overboard...now square enix..you bet not disapoint and show us all what we been waiting so long for... hmm FF Vs 13 come E3..but anyways...ugh im already imagining how immersive the games are going to be! deep down, watch-dogs, killzone shadow fall, infamous 2nd son..just a taste ughhh I want a ps4 now!!! lol

[Baka-akaB]

It was quite great . It was never going to convince everyone and haters ... but so far i'm sold . I liked the game i saw or got a glimpse of .

PS : and Square is a complete troll , not only for bringing nothing (wich i expected anyway) ... but for not even giving us a different and new footage from the luminous engine

[MrBeatdown]

It was fantastic.

I've been saying next-gen was Sony's to lose because they had the clearest path... keep doing what they've been doing with games, content, and services, but refine everything that was held back by hardware.

Looks like they are doing that and then some. They are going for speed and eliminating waiting in just about every aspect of the PS4... installs, downloading, and even starting up the console... and interface screenshots show options like voice chat and joining a player's game from their profile, so it looks like they are going after Live head on.

I was expecting it to be good, but never thought I'd be this impressed. So far, it's everything I could have asked for, and more.

[WooHooAlex]

If I had to rate the conference...

1st hour: 10/10 - I thought it was really cool how they introduced the system. They explained the specs and architecture in a way I understood. They introduced the badass new controller, told us all about how you can live-stream your game and how your friends can participate, save and upload your gameplay videos and they even gave us a glimpse of how the next-gen PSN will work with cloud integration. I thought all of that stuff was fascinating.

2nd hour: 8/10 - The games were good, they obviously looked pretty, some of it we already knew about tho. I felt like it was just lacking that one "punch" at the end where they went "Before we go, here's the first look at an exclusive Metal Gear, coming in 2014" Or even Uncharted 4 would have been incredible.

Overall I'd give it a strong 9/10. Probably the best console reveal event I can think of ATM.

[IcicleTrepan]

I was impressed with the online stuff and the overall vision but the games didn't impress me. Some you could tell were prerendered (and they didn't bother to say otherwise). some of the games weren't even exclusive. On the feed I watched, it had an after-show and the guy from Ubisoft said that Watchdogs was running on a PC not a PS3 for the demo. Also Watchdogs is not exclusive, nor is Destiny nor Diablo 3. Tech demos were interesting but they aren't games and a billion bouncing balls or a grandpa on the screen doesn't amount to shit if they learned anything from last time. They're just tech demos and don't give an accurate representation of how it could handle a game world full of characters all moving independently. I'm sure the real hardware works fine (it's AMD after all) but there's a lot of room for bullshitting in that conference.

[josephayal]

I wanna see a fat ps4

[porkChop]

Lots of power, lots of features, lots of games, great controller, nice UI, etc. It was perfect. I couldn't have asked for a better reveal. Sony killed it. I don't think Microsoft is too worried, because I'm sure they're going in a similar direction.

But Nintendo? They should be worried because it's obvious that the Wii U can't compete in terms of horsepower, storage, RAM (8gb vs 2gb), hype, or anything else really. All Nintendo has going for themselves right now is their 1st party games because it's clear that the Wii U won't be getting many multiplats next gen.

The rumored and expected price of the PS4 is around $450. Why would anyone spend $350 for a Wii U when for $100 more you can get a vastly superior experience? Instead of making a tablet controller, Sony was smart by supporting Vita, smartphones, and tablets, to allow for the exact same gameplay possible in the Wii U. Nintendo was very short-sighted, and the Wii U was a very poorly designed console. Nintendo is fucked.

[Jek_Porkins]

Despite low units sold in January, the Wii U is actually ahead of where the PS3 and the Xbox 360 were at the same point and time. They haven't really shown or announced any of the big AAA software.

Right now it is a guessing game with prices for the PS4 and the 720, but they could cost upwards of $500 and Nintendo has room to lower the Wii U's price. I could see a $250 standard edition Wii U by the time a $400-$500 PS4 comes out.

I mean when people saw the power of the Vita they said the same thing about the 3DS, Nintendo is screwed ect.. And we all know what has happened since then.

[porkChop]

"Despite low units sold in January, the Wii U is actually ahead of where the PS3 and the Xbox 360 were at the same point and time."

True, except you can find Wii U's anywhere and everywhere. They're nowhere near being sold out. The PS3 and 360 were both completely sold out for much of their early days due to supply shortages. That kind of demand simply isn't there for the Wii U. The sales have really dropped off.

"Right now it is a guessing game with prices for the PS4 and the 720, but they could cost upwards of $500"

True, the price hasn't been revealed. It *could* be $500 or more, though considering the backlash with the PS3 I highly doubt Sony would make that mistake again.

"I mean when people saw the power of the Vita they said the same thing about the 3DS, Nintendo is screwed ect.. And we all know what has happened since then."

Handhelds are a completely different market, being affected by completely different factors compared to consoles. You can't use the Vita's situation as some kind of indicator for the PS4 because the markets aren't comparable at all.

You're also neglecting the fact that people said the 3DS was screwed when it was still at the $250 price point. The ONLY reason that the 3DS survived was because Nintendo made the fastest, and most drastic price cut in gaming history.

[Jek_Porkins]

I thought it was okay, I mean the graphical power was impressive. I like that they showed some Move stuff, some social media stuff, some entertainment media and I like the camera stuff.

At the very least it's clear Sony and Microsoft have a lot of the same ideas when it comes to the next generation.

The third party stuff impressed me a ton, I thought it drug on a bit too long and not seeing any type of PS4 console was very similar to the Wii U announcement where they just showed the controller.

[Xer0_SiN]

second son, deep down, and watchdogs has peaked my interest. very nice.

i have not mentioned killzone, because i havent seen a damn video yet. ipad promting me to upgrade adobe...right.

EDIT: just jumped on my comp. GADAMN...im officiall blown. GG has outdid themselves again. its like killzone 2 all over again.

[kenshiro100]

It was solid. I was amazed by how the new Killzone and Infamous looked. If they announce Uncharted 4 at E3, that will be insane. They also need to focus on RPGs.

[Bumpmapping]

Great did exactly what needed to be done E3 will be perfect set up for Sony.

[PS3and4_HAS_GAMES]

I thought it was great. I got to see kz4, a new infamous game, and watch dog looked really good as well. And all those features!!!! Wow

[JAMurida]

The best word to describe an entire essay of typing based on my feelings toward it is, "Potential".

[BuffMordecai]

Microsoft just got raped.

[DivineAssault]

i thought it was good.. Not as much info as i wouldve liked regarding vita functionality with it but enough to keep me happy & wanting it.. E3 will put the cherry on top

[Xer0_SiN]

e3 is gonna put the cherry on top and sony is gonna pop it with another megaton announcement >=).

[izumo_lee]

It was a tease & Sony did a great job in wetting the appetite for more news about the system & what it is capable off.

I was entertained & it made me excited to learn more about it.

[Thatlalala]

Overhyped... Only thing that really impressed me was the new Killzone, that looked awesome. I pretty much see a 600 dollar console with a 100 dollar controller which seems to have features that, one wont be utilized correctly or, two just dont seem to matter to me. Only time will tell but for now, I think everyone needs to take a chill pill. Rarely any exclusives, and just some tech demos... need more than that to blow me away. Now if Usher was up there... that's a whole different story.

[mochachino]

Very pleased to hear about the specs and the many of the games looked amazing.

[sashimi]

Day one buy! Along with Killzone shadow fall, Knack, infamous second son so far and will keep an eye out for deep down.

[jalen247]

I enjoyed the conference 9/10.

[TheLastGuardian]

It was mind blowing. Better than I could've ever imagined. Sony killed it. PS4 = day f**king one!