I'm considering not visiting these. Need a pure experience
Yeah I'm really torn on this as well. I want to try it so bad, but I think I will have a better experience if I just stay patient and wait till I get my own.
I'm considering not visiting these. Need a pure experience
Why the hell aren't they demoing Killzone?
Still nothing in the Portland, OR area. I know it's not the most populated, but I was hoping for a demo unit by now. Oh well!
I have no idea, kinda surprising really.Ugh. My work computer doesn't like the site, but I was going to use my phone.
Bummer. How does Annapolis/Baltimore not have a single demo unit.
According to him, PS4 games are 720p, "just like PS3" and X1 games are 1080p "just like on 360".
Ya, no offense but J might be passionate but he's also so misinformed he shouldn't be out there telling customers anything at all. Rushed? 720p? No games? You don't see the clear bias?
Plus, shouldn't Best Buy employees be focusing on selling inventory instead of scaring customers away.
Oh believe me, thats why I jumped in in the first place. He has every right to be biased, but I told him repeatedly that he shouldn't be presenting that biased information as fact to the customers. I think I was able to get him to see logic on the games and resolution front but who knows.
Does anyone know what games the demo kiosks will showcase?
I am really hoping for Killzone and Res0gun
Those 2 would blow minds of people walking past.
Why the hell aren't they demoing Killzone?
Ugh, I guess Atlanta is a third world city to Sony
Dallas still waiting.
Not to discredit your opinion, but I am not exactly understanding you. FIFA and Knack are not graphical showcases, so I'm not sure how they were your deciding factor between a PS4 and One?
Those were the strongest among the games available to demo at the kiosk. I'm saying that for me, small graphic improvements don't seem to really improve my gaming experience. Thus, I don't mind if a few games here and there look better on the PS4 than the Xbox One.
So, I hope this is thread appropriate... I promise by the end I'll bring it back to topic.
I kinda had it out with a Best Buy employee while checking their PS4 kiosk.
There were two uninformed customers next to me and they were asking the employee (I'll refer to him as "J" for short) about the new system and J started bashing the PS4 saying it was rushed, has no features better than PS3 and that X1 is better because it has kinect and you can snap between apps, tv and games... All valid selling points so I kept quiet.
It wasn't until J started saying that Sony has no games. Thats when I had to jump in. He was talking as if Infamous and The Order were "pushed back" and he doesn't care about indies. I explained to the customers that indies are important to a lot of people and the two libraries are pretty much identical. Then somehow J started talking about resolution and how Ghosts is better on X1... I couldn't believe my ears. According to him, PS4 games are 720p, "just like PS3" and X1 games are 1080p "just like on 360". Things started to get a little tense as I tried to explain the concept of upscaling but it didn't seem to sink in.
It was at that point that the other customers were like, "we gotta go." lol. I stuck it out with J because I was just trying to figure where he was coming from. The discussion got back on track and became civil once again and we talked about a whole slew of topics concerning Sony and MS in the current and next gen. Price, forced kinect bundling, first party exclusive track record, paywalls, etc etc.
I'm not trying to vilify the guy. J was thoughtful and passionate, I could tell that he's a true hardcore gamer, not some bro gamer. He's just completely blinded by preconceived notions, false observations, and misinformation. Despite that, he kept repeating that he's going to buy both systems.
One interesting thing J brought up for which I have no response is the fact that he's convinced Sony is going to burn us with it's "rushed system" overheating. J said at a sony preview event for best buy employees the PS4 unit "red-ringed" and also that the demo kiosk I was playing has already overheated on them. Not sure what to think about that without more information but it did pique my interest.
Once again, I'm not trying to spew flames at best buy or one of their employees but this experience simply reminded me that most people will be making their purchasing decision based off their own pre-conceived notions and opinions and there isn't much anyone can do to change that.
Back on topic, one thing we did agree on was that the selection of playable demos on the PS4 kiosk is lame and does pretty much nothing to demonstrate to people that its next-gen. And if I'm not mistaken, with the exception of the "PS4" logo on the actual machine, it doesn't say PS4 anywhere on the kiosk itself. Also, the load time to get back to the main menu when quitting out of a demo is really long and highlighted by the fact that demos seemed to auto quit to main menu after only a few mins."
Lol yeah seriously, still nothing in 100 miles around me. I'm only maybe 30 minutes north of Atlanta in a technically upper class suburban zone with a big population.Ugh, I guess Atlanta is a third world city to Sony
The Canadian pop up stores have demos for Killzone and AssCreed so I wouldn't be surprised if those get rolled out to the retail kiosks in the near future.I wonder how quickly Sony will update the choice of demo's. They need Killzone, Call of duty, Battlefield 4 and Assassins creed.
Btw, nothing in Huntington, WV.
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So i got my DualShock 4 today. I'm slightly disappointed. The controller is nice, but the casing feels far too slippery. I'd been trying out some games here and there but I can't find a comfortable way to hold it. It's like the controller is going to slip out of my hands.
Weird. First time I've heard of this. Every other discussion about the Dualshock 4 has been very positive and I even heard things like "it feels like it was made for my hands".
So i got my DualShock 4 today. I'm slightly disappointed. The controller is nice, but the casing feels far too slippery. I'd been trying out some games here and there but I can't find a comfortable way to hold it. It's like the controller is going to slip out of my hands.