| Title | Slouching Toward the Next Generation: in the shadow of Killzone |
| Author | Scott Dobrosielsky |
| Posted in | Features |
| When | November 19, 2013 |
The Playstation 4 sold one million copies in 24 hours. It not only shattered the previous day one sales record, but torched the one week record in a single day. Sony had some last minute bad luck with the delay of Drive Club and Ubisoft's Watch Dogs..
Read the full articleI hope Tom is as pleased with Rivals as I am. Yeesh, what a great game. It straddles the fence between next and current gen quite nicely, and makes me wonder what they'll be able to do with a strictly next gen system.
Have you downloaded the 1080p patch for AC4 yet? Because apparently that's gone live only recently.
Much like the PS3 (which I only got last year!) the real potential of the PS4 is in future exclusives. Sony has a better stable of first-party franchises than Microsoft, a better relationship with Japanese developers, and a larger backlog for PSN and up-scaled older titles. That last may not sound like much of a selling point--HD re-releases should be the epitome of lazy cash-ins--but playing games like God of War 2 and Shadow of the Colossus with better graphics and no slowdown is revelatory. I was astonished at how poor God of War 3 felt when I did a back-to-back playthrough of 2 & 3; I got used to it quickly enough, but 30 fps is no substitute for 60 fps.
So I'm not going to rush out and buy a PS4, but the potential for something great is there. We'll have to wait and see.
I think your thinking is sound; I don't understand why people rush out to buy new consoles, especially with such weak launch titles.
Yup the system automatically downloaded it yesterday, I honestly don't notice any dramatic increase in quality.
I'm guessing Resogun.
Corrections:
"Killzone[:] Shadow Fall"
It looks like a blank line is missing between "call it a day." and "Most of these gorgeous".
"blend in with your surrounding[s]"
You were of course correct.
