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PS4 must repeat the original PlayStation's success

A PlayStation Universe original feature: Sony must look to the past to make the PlayStation 4 success.

Arai4018d ago

Variety and varied games from developers from all corners of the world, only that can duplicate what was the PS/PS2.

Probably the golden age of gaming, as with these days it's the same over and over.

JsonHenry4018d ago

As someone who has been underwhelmed by the PS2 and the PS3 (compared to the competition) I can say that the PS4 is giving me the same vibe that the original PS gave me. I have not been this excited about a sony product since the original PS launch.

stb4018d ago

Underwhelmed by ps2 bro? The fuak?

Tito084018d ago

I would understand being underwhelmed by PS3, but why the PS2 the most successful home console? and in many ways did better than the PS1. If you don't mind the question.

shivvy244018d ago

i dont see whats wrong with the ps3 , it had many excellent games !

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CEOSteveBallmer4018d ago (Edited 4018d ago )

I can't believe some do exist that they don't even consider PS2 a success. even in third world countries PS2 is so popular. Man I don't know what shit your smoking all these years. Even the die hard 360 fans was once a PS2 user and they really really enjoyed it. grand theft auto and metal gear are one of the examples on how "vast" the games library PS2 has. Or i think your just trolling. sigh. Well if that's your opinion then fine. Its not like playstation will be affected with people like you who is "hard to please"

DragonKnight4018d ago

Underwhelmed by the PS2? Is such a thing even possible? The PS2 is the most successful console in history due to the fact that it literally has games for everyone. It probably has the biggest library of games of any console (note: hyperbole. I have no facts to back that claim up).

The ONLY console I can personally say, in my opinion, that ushered in the true Golden Age of gaming is the SNES. That console had games of such greatness that hasn't been matched still to this day. It may not have sold 155 million consoles, but when you have games like Chrono Trigger, A Link to the Past, or Earthbound, you don't need to sell 155 million consoles.

JsonHenry4017d ago

Yes, I was underwhelmed by the PS2. The damn DVD drive broke on 3 different PS2s of mine, the graphics abilities were overshadowed by the Xbox AND the Gamecube, and the online abilities of the PS2 were MASSIVELY abysmal compared to the original Xbox.

So yes, when compared to the competition, I was underwhelmed by the PS2. I never said I didn't have lots of fun with my PS2. Just that compared to the competition it was a lame duck in the hardware department.

Which is why I am so excited for the PS4 and really hope it pans out. This is the first time in a while that the Xbox and the Nintendo counter part are not more appealing to me.

Tito084013d ago (Edited 4013d ago )

I could careless about the graphics since the 3 consoles looked pretty good in their own merits & similar to each other, it was nothing like PS3, 360 & Wii, because honestly, you wouldn't have seen a game like GT3, Tekken Tag/4/5, Devil May Cry, Shadow Of Colossus, Metal Gear, God Of War, Onimusha, a tireless amount of exclusives. I mean those games looked good enough to compete with & looked better than most Xbox games in a graphical stand-point, with the exception of Halo, Doom 3, Ninja Gaiden & others, & that's despite the Xbox being more powerful. While Gamecube was a little more beautiful thanks to RE, Zero & RE4, but that was pretty much it, & it didn't mean the PS2 could not run those because it ran RE4 on one single disc compared to 2 mini discs on Gamecube, & sold a lot more on PS2 after being a Gamecube exclusive, no wonder it sold over 150 million.

The online on PS2, while not better than on Xbox, it was totally better than on Gamecube which supported only 4 games, that benefited games like Socom & others at the time. If your system broke on you, it might be because you didn't fully knew how to take care of your consoles or just a simple Xbox or Nintendo fanboy, because the hardware issues on PS2 wasn't as bad as the 360.

So you either didn't own a PS2 or you clearly had bad taste, because I still have my 2000 launch console & still works fine til this day, & you liked the PS1 gen more? you clearly was born yesterday kid, it takes more than graphics to sell 150m.

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ltachiUchiha4018d ago

I believe they can. If they can launch the system from around $399 to $499 I believe we will see the ps1/ps2 era again in the making. I also think the ps3 will continue to sell very well & by the time it is $199 it will reach 100 mil no problem. They will have 3 gens with 100 mil+ & u know the ps4 is going to follow the same path to the 100 mil+ club. I honestly have that much faith in the playstation brand.

MikeMyers4018d ago

Sony can't afford a slow start. They need the PS4 to do well right from the start. So if they price it too high (anything above $399) they may get themselves in trouble.

We have seen the slow growth of the Playstation Vita and the poor performance of the Wii U. Both Sony and Microsoft may have a tough time with their new consoles as well. The market is different than it was when the Xbox 360 and PS3 came out. So far there's lot of buzz about the PS4 so we'll have to wait and see how that transpires to real sales.

Outside_ofthe_Box4018d ago

Unrealistic goal. Competition is fierce now.

inmusicutrust4018d ago

For ps2 and 3 yes but not for the ps1. Who did sony even have to compete with?

Minato-Namikaze4018d ago

@inmusicutrust

Sega, nintendo......

DragonKnight4018d ago

Umm, the PS1 not only had to compete with industry veterans Sega and Nintendo, they also had to compete with the image of being a new console with absolutely no history to back them and no reason for anyone to trust in their product. The PS1 can be considered to be Sony's greatest success in the console industry, even above the PS2, due to all it had to fight against and still managing to sell 100 million consoles in its lifetime. The PS2 had the advantage of capitalizing on the PS1's success, which made things easier in the beginning. The PS1 had NOTHING to help it out at all and still dominated.

elhebbo164018d ago

PS1 had the CD player, its marketing was broader than that of competition (not only focusing on young gamers but adults), had huge install base, huge developer support (almost 8000 games), and sold 100 million units. What competition?

MikeMyers4018d ago

Sony was already established in the electronic market with a very trusted brand. They also took advantage of Nintendo's costly endeavor of cartridges (for the N64) who were actually working with Sony to come out with a CD drive add-on for the SNES. They failed to come to an agreement on control and Sony decided to have their own console later on. The rest is history.

Sony also wisely partnered itself with 3rd party developers who were not happy being ruled under Nintendo. So this is not a situation of David vs. Goliath. Sony came in at the right time with a sound history in making electronic devices. The 3DO and even the Xbox had a much harder battle.

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CGI-Quality4018d ago

So fierce, that Sony is the one still supporting its 7th generation console with fresh IPs.

What needs to happen with the PS4 is very simple - launch no higher than $499 and support it like they supported the PS3 and PS1 (both exceed the PS2 from a 1st party perspective).

Dj7FairyTail4018d ago

fresh IPs
like GoW Ascension being worst GoW
Sly Cooper 4, R&C Full Frontal Assault, LBP Karting, PSASBR, Star Hawk and Twisted Metal failed to sell and please gamers.

CGI-Quality4018d ago

I always love it when a random, one bubble poster offers nothing constructive to prove otherwise. ;)

CEOSteveBallmer4018d ago

hes just trolling dude. Maybe a PC or xbox fan who is butthurt and looking for things they could set as a negative example.

maniacmayhem4017d ago

Outside is right, Sony has very fierce competition now compared to it's PS1 days. PS1 had the CD-ROM going for it which was insanely popular when it was introduced. Every developer and publisher was going this route from Sega, Turbo Grafx, etc.

That and the fact that Nintendo who was the king of consoles decided not to support CD-ROM just guaranteed Sony's success among industry heads and the consumers who knew this was the next big thing.

Jek_Porkins4018d ago

It isn't really a goal that can be achieved easily, at the time Sony had something nobody really had, which was CD based games, everything just looked and played so much better on the PS1 when compared to everything else. The games were varied and amazing, and Sony was really on top of their game where innovation is concerned.

Trying to catch lightning in a bottle twice is difficult, but if Sony innovates and brings something for everyone, like with the PS1, they'll do really well.

Muerte24944018d ago

because ps2 did even better than ps1 and all consoles were all disc-based. Sony needs to push hard for America. They already have EU and JPN. Ps3 is doing wonderful and only need to sell 1.8 million every quarter for the next 11 quarters to hit 100 million sold. I've owned every playstation and every Xbox. Playstation brand it closely tied to gaming. Explain to me how Microsoft and start any better than they started this generation.

*Year of the market to yourself (10 million lead)
*Easier architecture
*Heavy developer support first 2 years
*Repurchases due to RROD from launch until mid- 2007
*Always cheaper than their closest competitor
*Superior online service (in the beginning)
*Exclusive DLC content for GTA4 and COD franchise
* Monster advertising campaign

How can you have all these things going for you and still end up last place?

Jek_Porkins4018d ago

I never mentioned Xbox in my comments, just stated why it would be hard to top the PS1 in sales, the fact that the consoles are so evenly divided makes it all the tougher though.

Bumpmapping4018d ago

They did catch lighting in a bottle twice it's called the Playstation 2.But yea I agree with what you wrote,there gonna have to bring there A game from the looks of it they already brought it.

Kingthrash3604018d ago

lol....."must"
the system has alot of hype almost as much as ps2 did....success is success but given how negative the media is (especially gameing news media) it will be hard to repeat the success of its successors.

Hicken4017d ago

Yeah, I'm not seeing how or why it MUST duplicate the success of the PS1.

What it MUST do is follow Sony's trend of good hardware and great software. Continue giving core gamers what they want, and the system will do fine.

Kingthrash3604017d ago

totally agreed my friend. well said.

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What Will The PlayStation 6 Look Like?

While we haven't even begun to tap into the full potential of the PS5, fans are already beginning to talk about what Sony's next console, the PlayStation 6, will look like and what features it will have.

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Jin_Sakai4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

“While we haven't even begun to tap into the full potential of the PS5“

We always here this statement yet we have plenty of games that struggle to run at solid frame rates or decent resolutions.

Skuletor2d ago

The developers should know the limits of these consoles, especially this far into the gen. I'd blame them and possibly the publishers, pushing to make games as visually appealing as possible at the cost of resolution and frame rate, which is nothing new in the industry.

franwex1d 15h ago

I may skip next gen altogether probably. We will see.

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Diablo IV is Available on PlayStation Cloud Gaming - Beats Xbox to the Punch

Diablo IV is now available to play via PlayStation Cloud Gaming! Still not available to Play on Xbox Cloud Gaming.

We ran our script again and found 15 other PS5 games (a lot of popular ones!) that got PS5 Cloud Gaming support within the last month as well.

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Hugodastrevas5d ago

Not for me, I'm 100% physical media all of the time.

jwillj2k45d ago

I hate that I have to keep calling this out, but your physical disks mean nothing if the game code attempts to connect to a server prior to playing.

Hugodastrevas5d ago

And that happens when? I'm playing completely offline here, stellar Blade to be more precise.
I'm sorry but I've never run into that imaginary problem you're talking about, I'm not saying it doesn't happen, but it has never happened to me.

jwillj2k45d ago

You not running into the problem yet has no bearing on my argument. You’re acting like the medium is the shield for you being able to always play your games when it effectively is not. The game code itself can try to connect to a server or the console you’re playing on may receive an update that requires that game to connect to a server. Just because you haven’t ran into it doesn’t mean anything lol you don’t own your games no matter how you try.

Hugodastrevas5d ago

So I have never run into the problem you're talking about and your answer is an hypothetical? Look I can play any game of my library offline right now without issue.
That issue is in your mouth and alone.

Crows905d ago

Actually...there's an easy way...don't connect. If it doesn't require a connection and you don't connect...the code can't update...obviously....confused why you don't get what he's saying.

outsider16245d ago

Hold on..lets say i dnt have an online connection, can i atleast play the game offline though. Was thinking of getting this

jwillj2k45d ago

None of you use your brains.

OK, let’s explore this playing offline. not talking about Diablo specifically just gaming in general.

Are you going to buy two PlayStations? One offline one online? If not, moment you want to play something that requires a connection you’re cooked.

Does game experience you love so much stay the same offline?

Is the game even playable offline?

The whole point of my argument is that we don’t hold the keys anymore. The gatekeepers are the developers and console makers regardless of whether it’s digital or physical. You altering your play style for a lesser experience is not a workaround, it doesn’t solve the overall problem.

None of this matters since the move to the cloud is inevitable.

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spicelicka5d ago

So you have to buy the game and can only stream to the PS5 devices using PS plus premium? What is the point of that. Much more useful when you can stream to other devices.

MrNinosan5d ago

Works great on my Portal while at work 👍

spicelicka5d ago

That's streaming off your PS5, not from the cloud. This is specifically referring to cloud gaming.

CrimsonWing695d ago

Can’t you, uh, do this on your phone?

Tacoboto5d ago

Sony doesn't yet have a web or app-based solution to stream games off their cloud service, the closest you may be able to get would be Remote Play if they allow cloud streaming during a Remote session.

And yes this applies to the Portal too.

Einhander19724d ago (Edited 4d ago )

Tacoboto

Please stop talking about PlayStation Streaming, you don't know what you're talking about.

I just explained this to you the other day where you were telling people that remote play was their only cloud solution, because apparently you didn't understand how PlayStation Premium works even though PS Now was a thing since shortly after the launch PS4..

You can stream to PC and Mac, and they had mobile clients for it in the past but probably for the same reason Microsoft is fighting Apple and Google PS Now wasn't allowed on App stores. Which is why it's not on iPhone and Android still.

And to be honest, I am glad they are trying to keep it on the console, all their moves away from the console seem like a step in the wrong direction, which isn't working so great for Microsoft...

anast5d ago

Blizzard is shoving this game everywhere. Diablo 4 is going to take an even bigger hit soon. Path of exile 2 is coming out and it looks insane.

Crows905d ago

Well they're about to release the next season...I think that might be way they're pushing the game again.

anast4d ago

I mean I get what you are saying, but D4 isn't doing that well either.

UnbreakableAlex5d ago (Edited 5d ago )

I completed it on gamepass. Thanks God I dint pay it full price. It plays like a lazy mobile game. I am not a pro diablo gamer (Diablo 1 was the only one I completed) but D4 has no atmosphere, no creepy feeling and soundtrack like the first one and its so easy, I managed to not buy any weapon and had 4 Million Credits on level 55. I always used the same 4 attacks from the beginning and died maybe 10-15 times. It's so easy, wtf. I remember D1 to be pretty hard.
WTF happened? Is Diablo 3 also that bad?

jwillj2k45d ago

Diablo 3 was my first Diablo game. I had to use the mailbox cheats to keep it interesting.

Crows905d ago (Edited 5d ago )

Diablo 3 was really hard at launch....then they made it easy.

They love scaling difficulty though.

anast4d ago

D2 is the pinnacle. I still fire it up from time to time.

GrmpyolGamer 5d ago

Considering that the PS cloud steaming is garbage compared to XCloud and is limited to certain devices this isn't something to brag about. Wake me up when Diablo is on PS plus

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Sony Patents To Prevent You From In-Game Harassment By Reading Your Emotions

A new patent recently published by Sony wants to gather biometric data of gamers to track whether one is being harassed using AI tools.

Profchaos17d ago (Edited 17d ago )

I hope this is one of those patents that never comes to fruition.

I already dislike the fact you can pay a significant amount for a online service buy associated games and content on said service and get banned from that service over potentially a misunderstanding the bans are already handed out for flimsy reasons

I'd rather see money invested in a ban that simply removes the offensive players ability to communicate with unknown players allow them to continue party chats with friends but not with Joe blow on cod.

exputers16d ago

Agreed. Blizzard recently banned a college Overwatch 2 player who's dependent for saying "shit." Pretty harsh.

Profchaos16d ago (Edited 16d ago )

How rediculas really. You can't say a word that's allowed in most PG films and prime time TV but the game is based around killing the enemy team using guns, explosives etc.

It's just backwards.

just_looken16d ago

What your talking about is called block list

In 2006 a spaceship dropped of the playstation 3/xbox 360 i say that that generation was the last great gen with game functions/tech that has yet to comeback

Anyhow the playstation 3 if you block listed a id they could not talk to you in chatroom with either text or voice. But that was pre mind fucked 2018 when people were more human than sheep.

But hey gta 6 is coming out billion dollar budget without a single player custom character creator and without singeplayer coop off/online something saints row 1-3 had on the xbox 360.

z2g16d ago

Take my social security and bank account numbers too! Here’s a picture of my wife and our address.

phoenixwing16d ago

Cmon where's the pictures of your children. Don't hold out on them.

H916d ago

At this rate I feel Sony will eventually sell a room to play games in it where they can monitor your every breath

jambola16d ago

I genuinely get a bit worried sometimes when a friend says something that could be offensive In a party
Because I have no trouble believing some bans would happen when in a private party for saying something wrong

SegaSaturn66916d ago

I want them to censor erotic content by measuring my groin temperature so i dont get too distracted while playing black ops 2.

Popsicle16d ago

Terrible idea. Not only do I not consent to providing my biometric data, the potential for mishandling biometric data is almost a certainty. Positive stress and negative stress can produce similar changes in biometrics. Interpreting the precise emotion a person is feeling is not only invasive but could be easily misconstrued. I hope this never comes to fruition.

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