New PS4 Trailer Wants You to “See the Future of Play” on the “World’s Most Powerful Console”

The days just before Christmas are the biggest spending period of the year in many European countries, when people rush to buy last minute gifts for their loved ones. It’s not so surprising that Sony Computer Entertainment released a brand new trailer for the PS4, bringing the fighting words to bear.

[Cindy-rella]

The best console for core gamers and it is the most powerful console on earth

[yarbie1000]

Alienware Alpha

[OculusRift]

Is not a console

[yarbie1000]

http://www.tomshardware.com...

http://venturebeat.com/2014...

http://www.digitaltrends.co...

Or maybe the official press release?

http://www.businesswire.com...

[Onehandband1t]

Alienware Alpha is being sold as a console and btw, consoles are closer to Alienware than they are the old gen systems so you could say that it is a console

[PlayableGamez]

@OculusRift it's a console.

[I_am_Batman]

You could say it's a console without the benefits of a console mainly being first party games and optimisation for specific hardware.

[LonDonE]

Alien ware alpha is not a closed system environment like traditional consoles so no matter how much it tries to be a console, it simply is not!!!

I love how so many haters get so salty whenever any one mentions the FACT that PS4 IS THE MOST POWERFUL GAMES CONSOLE ON EARTH!! they start mentioning the steam box, or the alien ware, or whatever else, like pc which is just STUPID!

IT IS A FACT, so people need to learn to deal with it!

[Rimeskeem]

It both a PC and a Console.

[ShinMaster]

It plays PC games. It runs on Windows 8.1 and uses Steam Big Picture.

It's not a console.

[Eonjay]

If I were you, I would be apprehensive about the Alienware Alpha. You can get much more bang for your buck. You can build a better micro gaming PC for cheaper or at some of the higher prices, you can build a much more powerful rig.

[SteamPowered]

Dont waste your bubbles Yarbie. N4G is all about the consoles. If you want an intelligent Pc forum, I recommend Tom's hardware or Pcgamer. Twitter is also a great resource for Pc related news.

[callahan09]

Yeah, that's a PC with a controller-friendly user interface, that's meant to look good under your television. Other than that, it isn't a console. It's not a closed environment, it doesn't have optimized software being developed for it, and it isn't even a uniform hardware platform, it comes in different variations of power with different components under the hood, exactly like a PC. It's a PC, just one that's meant to act a little bit more like a console, but it's not what a console is.

[TheRedButterfly]

"The best console for core gamers"... Oddly self-serving, don'tcha think?

[miyamoto]

this

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

[ThePhoeniixRisess]

most powerful console
thats right baby
haters gonna hate

[PlayableGamez]

Alienware Alpha?

[pyroxxx]

It is a shitty ass pc,.. Really wonder how it runs new games maxed out at 1080p,... Playing Skyrim maxed out at 1080p is nothing to brag about,.. Would really like to see some benchmarks of new releases and how it handles this gen's games,..

[boing1]

You can buy it in different hardware configurations so no, it's not a console. It's a wannabe small PC.

[Gaming247allday]

Marginally more powerful it should say lol, great marketing Sony! your really sucking in these saps

[DarkAstronaut]

"Marginally"

What ever helps you sleep at night.

80% of current gen games this early running at 40% higher resolution with extra effects on PS4 is not marginal. Just like sales aren't marginal, just like the amount of games isn't marginal. What is marginal is the average rating of PS4 and Xbox One games in 2014. 0.4 is marginal.

http://www.metacritic.com/f...

That's marginal and subjective.

[GameDev1]

Am sorry its either powerful than other consoles or not powerful as others, there is no marginally powerful

And you would be a total dunce to market your console as marginally powerful

It has shown to play multiplats better and exclusives with even better graphics and that is what you would market it as

[iiorestesii]

I love how X1 early adopters is a thing(gimmick) to reconcile the fact that X1 has seen a $200+ price flop in the last year.

[rainslacker]

Marginal or not, it's still the most powerful console, so what's you're point?

[DarkAstronaut]

- The Best Hardware
- The Most Games
- The Best Selling Hardware
- The Best Selling Software

The PS4 is sitting in a nice position, that's undeniable.

[Sayburr]

Yep, I have to admit... they have a great marketing department and they are in a very nice position for the console market.

[pyramidshead]

I think this is the first time the most powerful console has been market leader too.

First time for everything but if you think about it Sony's message with its marketing have been laser focused and it's paid back in spades.

[Nightcyberspud]

I have both but play more on the XB-1. Yes I agree Playstation has better hardware but the multiplayer is light years ahead of Sony on Xbox live. Particularly in the voice chat audio quality. On PSN everything sounds muffled compared to on XBL.

[WeAreLegion]

You might have something set up incorrectly. Voice chat on both consoles is top-notch.

[Genuine-User]

Hyperbole detected.
What you're stating is factually incorrect.

[kenmid]

Yes- The most games

No- The best games

[Applejack]

Of course the best games would be a no, it's totally subjective to the gamer.

[medman]

@kenmid
I've always owned multiple consoles every generation, and it strikes me in playing with gamers across many platforms that the only people who think xbox has the better exclusives are the poor unfortunates who have never played Sony or Nintendo exclusives, and really have no clue what they're missing out on. Microsoft is a distant third in that battle, and that's coming from someone who bought his 360 long before he bought his ps3 or wii last gen, primarily because Mass Effect and Gears of War were must plays for me. This gen, based largely on ps3 exclusives, my ps4 came first, with a wii u to follow in 2015 and the xbone whenever it gets the slim redesign. So no bias, just straight facts son.

[jrshankill]

O Rly? Wish they would fix Little Big Planet 3. It's a broken mess. Still no online play. Sounds like Halo to me.

That's undeniable.

BTW It is not the most powerful console on the market, Alienware Alpha is. Before you moan that it isn't a console.. we can also remove components from a PS4 and call it something else.

"The Alienware Alpha combines the freedom of PC gaming with the ease of a console."

There you go.

[Cra2yey3]

Their marketing on ps3 was abysmal tho

[Hellsvacancy]

And it still sold

[Inception]

Kevin Butler ads for PS3 are awesome

[NicSage]

I have my ps4 with many games but as of late I play my xbone more. Sunset & FH2 keep me sucked in, I play consoles for the exclusives.

Sunset overdrive has been the best game I've played in a long time, so refreshing to play something that isn't serious. Reminds me of the fun I had with bad company 2.

Maybe I just like the underdog? I was a massive ps3 fan now I'm a big Xbox fan.

[Spid3r6]

It only takes to own both to realize which one you use the most. Xbox One is my default console and my default media center and my default exercise machine.

[Darkxen117]

The trailer was good but majority of the games that appear in the commercial are on Xbox one. And the part that said they have all the entertainment like music,apps,movies in that department Xbox have more way more apps,to choses from music,movies,tv shows.And for the part the multiplayer and network Xbox live is still way better than psn. The only thing is true in that commercial is that the ps4 is more powerful at least on paper but yes is little more powerful than Xbox one.

[GameDev1]

Do you people on N4G know marketing at all??

You want Sony to start listing the pros and cons of their console against others in an ad where they are trying to sell their console as the best console on the market

And basically most of what you said is down to preference, a good amount of phones and tablets have more apps than the Xbox, Xbox live being better than PSN is a myth, both have their troubles

PS4 is more powerful than the Xbox One, the specs are there, the visuals are there, the superior multiplats performance is there, there is no little

[Destiny1080]

its the worlds most powerful console

http://gifyu.com/images/U4D...

https://farm8.staticflickr....

[mkis007]

that is creepy lol

[tekksin]

I'm so glad they ditched the crying babies. Sony advertisements are finally where they should be. This was awesome.

[JakeD]

Sorry to Say but Sony you are clearly delusional that you think That PS4 is the most Powerful console

Lets see

Sending a friend Message horribly slow
no Friends online notification ( Ps3 had it )
No Pause Resume gameplay ( XboxOne has it)
no DLNA ( Xbox One has it )

No power there sorry that tagline doesn't belong to you

[MegaDan]

Salty much?

[Simco876]

Personally those points don't mean anything too me. Still most powerful console.

[LordMaim]

Strange that you didn't talk about playing games when talking about a games console.

[josephayal]

the ultimate ulltra super gaming machine full 1080p 60fps

[Der_Kommandant]

Loyal to playstation since 1996

[Condemnedman]

What strikes me funny is how Sony fanboys always have to mention the obvious. It's like they are insecure little children.

[kenshiro100]

Its funny how people like you are salty.

[Condemnedman]

Yep I'm really salty because I'm playing the best exclusives lol.

[kenshiro100]

Nah, you're salty.

[TheFallen1327]

Its funny that when sony fanboys compare xbox one to ps4 they always mention 1080p and 60 fps, but when the ps4 is compared to pc then wanna say its not about the better graphics.

[Spartacus10]

Clearly you dont understand what the debate is about.

Both consoles sell for ~£350. One is more powerful than the other. The problem is both of those things combined, not soley the x1 being weaker.

If x1 was weaker AND cheaper, no-one would have a problem. But MS are joking if they think people will pay a similar amount of money for weaker hardware.

As for PC's, I've never seen a single comment in my life which states consoles are powerful than all PC builds.

Maybe you misread a comment, or took it out of context if you read it on one of those articles that try and build a PC for as much as a console... because those always end up in failure.

[Spotie]

It's funny that when the Xbox can't win a console debate, fanboys turn to PC.

[neomahi]

DID I JUST SEE HIM UPLOAD A VIDEO TO YOUTUBE!?! Is this coming to the States?