Engadget: Sony PlayStation 4 review: fast, powerful, worth it

Every day, a new phone. A new tablet. A new laptop that doubles as a blender -- and it has Android! Video game consoles, thankfully, aren't quite so prolific. In 18 years of PlayStation's existence, we're only just this week reaching number four -- a massive difference from the likes of Apple's iPhone or Nokia's (ridiculously populous) Lumia line. This Friday, the PlayStation brand enters the "next generation" once more with the PlayStation 4, and the world is significantly different than the last time around: HD is now standard, online multiplayer an expectation and multitasking a given.

Beyond interesting, great-looking game experiences, gamers in 2013 expect a multitalented, speedy game console that's as fast and powerful as the ever-surging wave of bleeding edge electronics that are standard in modern life. Let's find out if the PlayStation 4 lives up to our lofty expectations

[JoGam]

Great review

[Kayant]

Coming from engadget it's very surprising.

[Raf1k1]

Apple aren't in the games console business :)

[ZBlacktt]

The video works when you go to the link website.

[quarkist]

Engadget does not allow to play the video on n4g :(

[xSHADOWx]

Very good - and honest!
Nice one Engadget :P

[TheEnigma313]

One more day fellas.

[DeadMansHand]

Sir, this chap will be picking his up in 10 hours and 17 minutes. Having tomorrow off from work is also in the works. I suspect that there will be a lot of unscheduled sick days in America tomorrow.

[meatnormous]

I took these days off in june. I have 5 days off to enjoy my new ps4.

[sigfredod]

Stop teasing me.... i want mine now

[RiPPn]

12 hours!!

[TwilightSparkle]

im honestly satisfied with my ps3 i played the ps4 demo and it almost looks the same as the ps3 games, just the ps4 seem to have slightly better graphics, and graphics to me is not what makes the games great, gameplay is key and replay ability.

[Nujabes_]

I wish developers stopped focusing a little bit on graphics and started focusing on gameplay and AI instead. We already have stellar graphics (Killzone:SF for example) but we still have nothing "next gen" in terms of gameplay or AI.

Same goes for the Xbox One, games with great graphics but mediocre gameplay (Ryse)

[esemce]

Yeah True from what I'm seen KZSF looks gorgeous but the AI is as dumb as ever.

[monkey nuts]

Esemce, did you really just state the the AI in Kz games are dumb?! The AI in Kz 2 was some of the most intelligent AI I've had the pleasure of playing against in regards to Fps's. Refreshing even, instead of just wave after wave until you get to a certain point in the map (ala cod) they try to actually flank your position or flush you out with grenades etc.

[frostypants]

What do you mean "we STILL have nothing"? Dude, patience...

[WeAreLegion]

You played the wrong demos. That Knack demo is over six months old. When you get to play Killzone: Shadow Fall, it will change everything. The same goes for Battlefield 4...if you haven't already played it on Ultra settings via PC. The PS4 is so freaking cool!

[frostypants]

Better hardware allows better gameplay and better replayability. Otherwise you'd still be playing an Atari 2600.

[colonel179]

"It's not simply a controller we'll "put up with" for the rare exclusive PS4 titles"

RARE exclusive PS4 titles? If the PS3 is any indication, PlayStation exclusives are anything but rare.

One minor thing I don't like about the UI is that the recent items move to the left. I think that should be optional and customizable. I should be able to move the tiles in the order I want, and also be able to hide them. Anyway, a lot to improvements will come for sure once Sony start getting feedback.

[Maxor]

Obviously no one bothered to read to article. While it praised the PS4 graphically prowess it slamed Sony exclusives like Killzone and Knack as being bland and uninspired with muliplats like Assasin Creed and Battle Field 4 being superior titles.

I knew this going in as Sony launch exclusives have a history of being nothing more than tech demos and fillers. The good stuff tend to come in year two.

[colonel179]

Yeah, I am not going to worry about launch titles. They are just meant for you to have fun while you wait for the great games to come. By christmas next year, we will start to see very good games, nothing compared to a launch title.

Killzone and Knack are going to be fun, that's what matters. Also, reviews mean nothing this time; they are very corrupted by money. They don't say what they want to say anymore, but what they are asked or forced to say due to business practices.

[WeAreLegion]

Tech demos and fillers?

Ridge Racer was filler?
Rayman?
Tekken Tag Tournament?
SSX?
Dynasty Warriors?
Midnight Club?
Armored Core?
Timesplitters?
Resistance: Fall of Man?

Are you being serious?

[webeblazing]

think he meant 1st party but that was kinda harsh tho.

[BarneyS]

Hey look, a PlayStation 4 that works (in their video)! This is big news! Maybe someone should make a news item about it cause that's what happened with every bricked PS4 so far.

[Dude Dutch]

Ok big talk since you joined 6 days ago. Are you glad to finally have found something to pick on Sony?

It feels almost like it is 2006 or 2007 again.

For crying out loud......

[BarneyS]

I was trying to be sarcastic here but apparently you didn't understand what I was trying to say.
What I was trying to say was that I thought it was rediculous that every bricked PS4 got it's own newsitem.
I'm definitely not picking on Sony, I'm gonna buy a PS4 myself. I was just trying to point out that the panic reactions to bricked PS4's were rediculous. But I guess it was a bad attempt, my bad.

[Dude Dutch]

Ok thanx for your reply. But it might help to ad an /s.

Anyway happy gaming ....

[KiLLUMiNATi_89]

Lucky ones tonight and after all the talk and wait people can finally experience the "PS4" for themselves... I have a week to go to experience what I've been waiting for, enjoy your prefer console peeps....

[SpinalRemains138]

Black beast

[Lykon]

this put my mind at rest ... this guy said it doesn't get hot and works fine ...obviously not a troll blog or on MS payroll.