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PlayStation 4 hits 35.9 million sold through to end users
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HellofaMouse
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Isnt sony being this much ahead of microsoft, and microsoft being this much ahead of nintendo essentially a bad thing for us gamers?
It looks good with all these indies and second party exclusives on the horizon, but arguably the only truly great ps4 exclusive is bloodborne and that game isnt even a first party.
And we are more than 2 years into this generation.
They didnt even fix their godawful ui yet.
It looks good with all these indies and second party exclusives on the horizon, but arguably the only truly great ps4 exclusive is bloodborne and that game isnt even a first party.
And we are more than 2 years into this generation.
They didnt even fix their godawful ui yet.
ughh im gonna be so poor.
Wow this one is really good!
Grinchy
Banned
It's so fun reading through this. Every prediction thread on here is full of horrible predictions without any basis in....anything, really. However, we don't usually ever get to see the results for how terrible everyone's predictions really are.
It's also funny to see how many unrecognizable names dominate the thread.
edit- LOL there are posts about how info leaked that Bungie's next game won't be on a Sony platform, how Ouya had a chance to be involved in any way with success, how Watch Dogs was going to be one of the biggest IPs of the new generation, ect. This thread is a fucking goldmine.
GametimeUK
Member
For a crazy reason PS is 20 years old and still feels new. It's a weird feeling. Nether the less I can still feel nostalgic about my favourite gaming brand. I love the fact they are super successful and getting all these console sales, but in my opinion it has come at the expense of that Sony magic. Seriously, whenever Sony pull these numbers they get extremely comfortable and arrogant. It really puts a downer on me when I should be happy for their success.
They aren't saying anything....?
psynergylover
Member
looks like I don't need to but any rock salt for the winter
semiconscious
Member
yep, it's absolutely terrible. i have no goddamn idea how i'm managing to enjoy myself so much
...Nah it was great in the ps2 era.
StrongBlackVine
Banned
I would be happy with all those numbers, especially for Gravity Rush 2. Dreams won't be 2016 though.
Dreams will have a campaign just like Little Big Planet does.
gundamkyoukai
Member
Not really the PS1 and PS2 era were great times.
And PS4 shaping up to be the same .
StrongBlackVine
Banned
Months don't really matter any more. Dying Light, Mortal Kombat X and The Witcher 3 all did crazy numbers early last year.
Salt is still flowing.
GametimeUK
Member
They do say things and actions speak louder than words anyway. Not quite Sony 2006 levels, but it's noticeable to me.
OccamsLightsaber
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What's wrong with the UI?
I'm curious, I usually notice those sort of things. Examples?
By "slim", do you mean what it should have really been at launch?
My biggest gripe with my Xbox One. Ive honestly thought to myself several times, "did Microsoft purposely design it so big, so that a slim model might seem more appealing down the road?". Probably just crazy talk.
I would just love to easily move my Xbox One from room to room or at least be able to purchase a second PSU directly from MS (but we cant for whatever reason).
GametimeUK
Member
They latest incident I can think of is from Yoshida himself just the other week on Twitter when he was incredibly rude to Ryan from IGN. Ryan simply wondered if MS had approached Kojima for a deal. Being an Xbox fan and covering Xbox for IGN the tweet, speculation and hype around Kojima being a free agent is obviously worth discussing. Then in comes Yoshida spouting something along the lines of "you love MS so much?". These higher ups should be behaving better than this instead of acting salty. I know Phil Spencer and Xbox are the underdogs, but I don't see this behaviour on Twitter from him any more. (Greenberg can still be annoying, though).
But let's stop before I come across as making this MS vs Sony. This is strictly Sony's behaviour.
I still don't understand how people confuse runaway success with non-competitiveness. Like the PS2 before it, the PS4 is where it's at because it's the *most* competitive product.
Obliterator
Member
Watch Dogs actually IS one of the biggest IPs of this gen. Easily
Movalpolos
Banned
It isn't fun.
I like to get excited when I'm finding games to play. When it's just there in front of me I tend to lose all interest and turn off my PS4 to collect dust. Give me some ads before I play a game or at least a survey. Install times should be longer too. I mean how else am I going to find time to make a sandwich, take a shower and call my mother?
lol Shuhei wasn't the salty one here.
Personally i find the UI miles ahead of the shit we got with the PS3!!! It does everything i want, looks clean and its snappy.
I mean i only look at it a couple of minutes everyday so that must be the problem.
Damn, everyone thought was doomed. Little did they know that the "Genius" Cerny was involved.
Every time i see the video of him explaining the ins and outs of how PS4 came about, i am mesmerized by the skills this man has and wonder why Sony didn't ask him to help sooner.
Edit : Oops did not mean to double post
GametimeUK
Member
How was he not the salty one? One man speculating like the rest if the world vs a man who got offended by it? Come on, dude.
autoduelist
Member
Lol at 'incredibly rude'. C'mon.
You're misunderstanding the exchange between them, I think. And he wasn't 'speculating like the rest of the world', which is why it got pointed out. He was speculating in a super focused way that had little to do with the actual announcement. That's why he got called out on it, and even the call out was done jokingly and not even rude, let alone 'incredibly rude'.
Prototype Viktor
Member
Got a email about it just today promoting '16
how much chinese food did you eat tonight?
The Mad Draklor
Member
I love it when people conflate competition with parity.
No the rest of the world was congratulating Kojima on his new endeavor.
And go get some thicker skin if you thought anything in that exchange was "offensive".
So why wouldn't Ryan tweet someone from MS about that instead of Shu? There is a 0% chance that Shu would have given him any information and Ryan would know that beforehand.
Edit: Sorry, didn't see the other responses. Not trying to dog pile here, but surely you can see how Ryan wasn't really looking for an answer right?
Movalpolos
Banned
Not sure I understand. Are you saying that you rather play games than obsess over the UI for a video game system? Now I've heard it all!
If this isn't bait then damn! So much wrong.
GametimeUK
Member
Lol, come off it. It was speculation because Kojima at that point wasn't confirmed to be with Sony. It was a rumour. Point 1. It is Ryan's job to be Xbox focused. Point 2. Yoshida later apologised for his behaviour. Why would he do that if it was a joke? Point 3. Now sit back and think about which one of us didn't understand the tweet exchange. Now I'm terribly off topic so no further responses from me. I'll let the thread run its course.
Omnistalgic
Member
Hmmm....very interesting concept you have here. Fits in how Sony has been talking about it as a new platform instead of a peripheral.
Is this serious? Shu was just j/k taking shots and english isn't even his first language. You got "incredibly rude" from that tweet? man...you are reaching. Shu PR is to be approachable and talk less PR speak.
Primethius
Banned
Shu apologized for calling Ryan out for doing Ryan things.
Man shouldn't have apologized. All respect lost. For reals.
Watch_Dogs is one of the bigger IP of this generation.
It was over 10 million shipped by end of 2014, and those numbers are one year old...
Rebel Leader
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I mean obviously sales parity would be much better for us gamerz.
We had that game as low as 12.99 last year, I didn't think it was that big of a success.
And this is somehow unique to Watch_Dogs?
Melchiah
Member
The US centric view sometimes distorts the history. The PS2 wasn't that cheap in Europe to buy solely for playing DVDs, as it cost 500 at launch here. That might be why the PS3's launch price wasn't that hard to swallow over here. The games cost pretty much the same as they do now as well. I remember paying 60-70 for several games, like Silent Hill 3 and Resident Evil 4.