1621

Both next gen consoles look very cool…and I’m utterly uninterested in buying either of them. I finally sold my 360s (one was free, the other was an original 20gb version) because, well, I never, ever, used them. Didn’t even turn 'em on. Other than Rock Band, which I hadn’t played in a year or more, I had I think, um, no games for it any more. I played maybe two or three games with any degree of seriousness in the entire time I had a 360.

I love the idea of these machines, but a combination of the types of games, the controllers (I think I’m just too set in my ways to ever really master one), and the fact we only have one real TV and I’m by far no. 2 on the list of people who actually get to use it, makes a console pretty much a non starter.

But really, the PS4 looks super slick from a geeky perspective. Like the Vita, which I also don’t have (though I do have two PSPs and a bunch of DS thingies, which do get used a lot for tactical RPGs).

1622

No, the first part of my post was in reference to whether or not MS will “win” or “lose” this generation (what does that mean exactly anyways? Is coming in at 2nd place a few million units behind considered a loss?)
The last part of my sentence was not meant for you directly, just the internets in general. The Xbone might be great for dancing in front of or watching football but the masses have shown for other products that a significant dollar savings is the only thing that matters. In other words, if people buy consoles the same way that they buy phones then yes, MS will probably “lose” this generation.

1623

My PS4 is apparently shipping now. I have to admit I’m pretty excited about stabby pirate time this weekend.

Maybe I’ll figure out the streaming thing and super annoyingly stream me playing for no damn reason. The future!

1624

PS4 - Day One patch to enable 1080p in Ghosts SP campaign, otherwise it is 720p.

What a clusterfuck.

1625

Yeah, that was an epic cock up. All those reviewers who got shit for saying they couldn’t see a difference were right, because they were shown the single player game at the same resolution and told one was higher. I’m starting to believe all those “resolution doesn’t matter” op eds stem from this Activision screw up.

1626

Yay, almost PS4 time!

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1627

Yep, basically you cannot also not trust any comparison piece for this title (Ghosts) by any outlet at the moment because you just don’t know what they viewed! Was it a build running at 1080p, or the botched 720p. Which resolution had framerate issues? Did they only play SP or MP? Did they compare SP on one platform to MP on the other? Different outlets have obviously experienced different builds over the last several weeks, with differing outcomes.

What’s crappy is that it should not have been internet forums that noticed and pointed out the error. Even if an individual reviewer can’t tell the difference between 720p and 1080p at 10’, they sure as hell should be able to a 2’. Questions should have been asked before reviews and comparisons hit the street.

Seriously, seriously bad error for IW here. Very convenient for MS if you’re into tin foil hats.

1628

Mine is listed as “Shipping Now”

1629

What’s really weird is that IW have doubled down on the demonstrably false claim that the reviewers saw the game in the proper resolution even though that’s exactly where all the 720p PS4 footage and screens came from! Arthur Gies basically had a melt down denying the evidence that exonerated Polygon’s reviewer. And IGN, lacking the technical capabilities to verify the pixel counters’ findings have chosen to blindly repeat Infinity Ward’s “confirmation”. This would all be an amusing farce if not for the fact that we have some of the largest game sites in the world presenting what is literally misinformation.

1630

No, it’s still an amusing farce.

1631

I have seen a video of the interface, and I don’t like it.

With my eyes, the video was:

Is click-> ajax loading icon please wait-> new window ->click -> ajax loading icon please wait.

too much “ajax loadin icons” and new windows. the interface to be good sould have less transitions to different windows, imho.

People will never use a website with so much sections, and subsections and , and subsubsections, and subsubsubsections, and subsubsubsubsections, and subsubsubsubsubsections, and subsubsubsubsubsubsections, and subsubsubsubsubsubsubsections, and subsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsections, and subsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsections, and subsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsections, and subsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsections, and subsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsections, and subsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsections, and subsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsections, and subsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsections, and subsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsections, and subsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsections, and subsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsections, and subsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsections, and subsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsections, and subsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsections, and subsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsections, and subsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsections, and subsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsections, and subsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsections, and subsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsections, and subsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsections, and subsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsections, and subsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsections, and subsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsections, and subsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsections, and subsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsections, and subsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsections, and subsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsections, and subsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsections, and subsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsections, and subsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsections, and subsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsections, and subsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsections, and subsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsections, and subsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsections, and subsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsections, and subsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsections, and subsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsections, and subsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsections, and subsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsections, and subsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsections, and subsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsections, and subsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsections, and subsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsections, and subsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsections, and subsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsections, and subsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsections, and subsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsections, and subsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsections, and subsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsections, and subsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsections, and subsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsections, and subsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsections, and subsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsections, and subsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsubsections, and …

The PS4 most used interface element is ::wait::

1632

Did Teman finally have a meltdown?
I prefer the ps3 xmb myself to be honest.

1633

Got the Amazon email this morning: Shipped!

Knack, AC4, and Killzone have been sitting on my coffee table all week, taunting me.

1634

Really looking forward to getting my PS4 tomorrow (along with AC4, BF4, and Injustice – all gifts for the kids, however, so I’ll likely just be playing Contrast and Resogun). If anyone wants to PSN friend me I’m “BigWeather” on that service too.

1635

Please telle you typed that all out by hand first, at a typewriter in an abandoned lodge.

1636

Will you port your exploration game to the Ps4? ;-)

Curse you, Americans - I want a new console as well!!

1637

Perhaps in the lodge that is underwater 9 months every year, that is iluminated with mirrors on the side of a mountain and have weird things growing on the wood. If you sleep there, you break your day/night routines and have a sleep withouth dreams.

–

Some early PS4 users have problems.

Is still to see if this is a pre-release problem, or something else…

1638

FUDesperation

1639

Ha! I think you could have said the same about the PSP. Sony has definitely had some sweet portable hardware for the last decade or so, but Nintendo seems to beat the pants off them in the software department. It’s interesting how this is the exact inverse of what is going on in the console arena, where (esp. with the WiiU) Nintendo is struggling for compelling software while both Sony and Microsoft appear to have plenty of third party stuff in the pipeline.

1640

Its great, and yes, I agree :)