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[Inanilmaz]

Ps4 built quality trash but for the games C+

 

[flashfire926]

As someone who doesnt own a PS4, from the outside looking in, I give this an A.

They have absolutely killed it in terms of exclusives.

 

[evanft]

I would take Sony's exclusives this gen over Nintendo's. So an A from me.

 

[petran79]

I hate to say it but PS4 got more influences from the Xbox One than they like to admit. It became a Western centric console, losing its identity.

Metal Gear was the last bastion of popular Japanese gaming narrative, since Death Stranding will be multiplatform.

 

[AV]

It's going to be hard to ever beat the PS2 library, but it's been an absolutely stellar console. My only worry now is that once the final PS4 exclusives are out, PS5 is going to be a slow starter again.

 

[TLZ]

I give it a B+ but I think they really need to work on the community, backwards compat and their less than consumer friendly practices

Ah forgot about BC. Well that drops it to a B now. I wish I could play all my PS1 and PS2 games on it in higher resolution too.

PSVR.

And of course I forgot this too. Back to B+ it goes, lol.

 

[Teslerum]

I can't give a grade as I would give it a totally different one up to 2016/2017 than up to now.

I think, as you said, the whole *used games* controversety and where we are now symbolizes this generation for me. Because now, imo its the complete opposite. From backwards compatibility over cross-play to censorship it has just been a shitshow.

So, yeah while games and so on are up there in terms of quality I actually have much less faith in Sony than in Microsoft this upcoming generation.

 

[kevin_trinh]

This gen have Bloodborne so its an S for me

 

[I Love Rock 'n' Roll]

As a pro owner, A+ easy. The only thing they have to work is more BC. If PS 5 is BC with ps4 and has PS 1 2 3 psp vita classics (the PSP and some PS2 remasters/ports on ps4 are soooooo good), Sony is winning day one.

 

[kyussman]

I can't find fault honestly,so A+.

I buy a console for one reason...to play new games.

Bloodborne......why can't I play this for the first time again....it's not fair.
The Last Guardian......absolutley worth the wait,beautiful game in every way.
Driveclub......played it solid for three months(so much that I started winning consistantly online and I'm usually rubbish,lol).Miss you Evo.
Horizon Zero Dawn......I always enjoyed Killzone......the transformation to this was remarkable.
Uncharted 4/The Lost Legacy.......both an absolute joy to play,feel like Naughty Dog are on a different level.
Spider-Man.......got the platinum last night( and I never even chase trophies).Insomniac nailed Spider-Man.

Enjoyed lots of other exclusives,still got God of War on my shelf and Ghost of Tsushima,Days Gone,The Last of US 2 and Death Stranding to come.

 

[ANIMAL1975]

B+ for me, love the machine, love the 1rst party, love the concept of the middle gen upgrade _ for those like me who can't handle the 6, 7 years waiting lol. Just can't give it the A because of the lack of retro that my ps2 and 3 had, and because the others had Soul Reaver, Silent Hill and two Killzones in one gen ( i'm being redundant, of course, there were a lot of third and first party masterpieces that will always haunt future generations _ because of us guys who grew with them lol).

 

[Great Hair]

Second only to the PSX. Games havent changed much since the PSX, same mechanics and bigger/better worlds/levels. Too many great franchises have vanished like the Tokyo Extreme Series or Onimusha.

All replaced by teabagging cancer inducing headache war simulator. overall though, thanks to skyrim psvr, hardware (pro) and games (driveclub, bb), the ps4 is onpar with the ps2 perception wise, but lacks some of the PS2 3rd parties games.

PS1>DC>PS2=PS4

What we need in the near future :

International Track&Field and Tokyo Extreme Racer Remake! on the PS4. A RRTY4 would be nice too ... ffs just remake all the PS1 games and some DreamCast ones... how hard can that be? Bet Google´s A.I could make them on the fly ...

 

[-MD-]

Like a C.

Xbox gets a D, Nintendo a B+

 

[DeepEnigma]

N for Nedgy, the N is silent.

 

[Acidizer]

The measly HDD and massive install sizes of games and patches meant it was the least played console I've owned. Anytime I had an inclination to play a game I remember that it's a days worth of downloading and the need to axe a game in my rotation that I don't want to axe = more often than not "fuck it, i'll do something else"

 

[DreamsiclesPlz]

A+. Sony absolutely killed this generation.

 

[ThatStupidLion]

relatively speaking. C+. You can do better Sony.

but Sonys C+ is like Microsofts/Nintendos B+.

 

[JareBear: Remastered]

Almost every game comes to pc now also. No point in owning a ps4..

Not sure this is true

 

[mckmas8808]

Not sure this is true

Yeah, how are people just making stuff up now? lol

 

[Afro Republican]

I hate to say it but PS4 got more influences from the Xbox One than they like to admit. It became a Western centric console, losing its identity.

.

So did he PS3. This isn't new.

 

[Jigsaah]

I hate to say it but PS4 got more influences from the Xbox One than they like to admit. It became a Western centric console, losing its identity.

Metal Gear was the last bastion of popular Japanese gaming narrative, since Death Stranding will be multiplatform.

He's trolling us right?

 

[twdnewh_k]

I bought one at launch, sold it a year ago or so and recently bought a Pro.

I would say C+ overall. I think the bad press MS had before launch helped Sony quite a bit. I haven't played all the exclusives yet but so far I've enjoyed them; it was dry at launch but picked up eventually, some great games but not as many as I would have liked; and almost all new entries in existing franchises were weaker.

I also felt the HW could have been better, specially with the PRO. Looking back at the original ps4....while it an engineering marvel to cram all that into a small frame, the heat and noise offset by that wasn't worth it IMO; also when it comes to the PRO vs XIX, MS really outclassed them every way. The controller quality issues were also surprising.

Overall I was happy, wasn't as great as other Sony generations, but wasn't bad either.

 

[DonF]

I got it at launch, sold it then got the pro at launch. Love it. I was a huge x360 fan last gen, and I feel that the ps4 is the true successor. Better hardware, better performance (until the X was released), and Sony isn't at a disadvantage now on the online front, and to top it all, awesome exclusives. I own a good enough pc, a ps4 and a switch and I feel i'm not missing on any games.

 

[benjohn]

"What is a PS4?"
"A miserable pile of garbage"

I've been playing SotN today.

But jokes aside, PS4 is growing to become my favourite gaming console of all time. I'm waiting for next year to make my final decision.

 

[Graciaus]

Not sure this is true

Most 3rd party games come to pc. I don't care about the 1st party games this gen. So there is no point in owning a ps4 for me. How is that making stuff up?

 

[Makariel]

B+ for me. I didn't have a ps2 so can't compare it to that.
+ bloodborne
+ psvr as cheap entry ticket into vr gaming; the only true "next gen" experience this gen and I hope a sign of things to come!
+ focus on gaming over anything else
- psn now with monthly payment, while playing online was still free on ps3; I'm not interested in ps+ games, why can't I get cheaper online gaming only - subscription minus the games?
- can't even play audio CD

 

[Plague Doctor]

Generation with Bloodborne? A+

The rest of the shit could have been filler but Bloodborne made it all worthwhile. But there has been other great games.

 

[petran79]

He's trolling us right?

Sony is trolling us all basically

 

[DeepEnigma]

Sony is trolling us all basically

Well they can keep that troll train a coming, my gaming bliss is happy!

 

[Terenty]

The only two great games i played on ps4 are Until Dawn and Rdr 2. Rdr 2 is not sony exclusive, so it leaves us with one great game for the system. Not a good look

 

[DeepEnigma]

The only truly great exclusive was Until Dawn, Bloodborne is a worse version of Dark Souls 1 and The Last Guardian is unfortunately a let down. All the other games are pretty shit. Ps 2 shits on it from a high mountain.

 

[Ivellios]

A+

A very good console with amazing exclusive games.

Its is just as good as other Sony consoles imo.

 

[Beerman462]

Microsoft handed this generation to Sony from the beginning. It didn't take much really, because most people prefer Sony, MS had a shot at capturing a new generation and fucking tossed it. Sony lucked out with 8GB GDDR. Even with that, the power difference wasn't enough to seal a PS victory. MS going for a $500 MSRP with Kinect before dropping it gave Sony a year head start and killed any chance Xbox had. Even after dropping it they were stuck with a weaker machine and eventually a weaker games line up.
Also always online.

 

[Gander]

They really put forth the effort for PS4 to be a great gaming machine.

I don't like the interface. Switching between movies and games and going to your favorites is cumbersome.

Their worst sin is requiring even installed games to require a disc

Score = B-

 

[CloudStrife_ca]

I have a multi-console house owning the PS4 Pro, Nintendo Switch and the Xbox One, honestly it feels like Sony grabbed everything they did right during the PS2 era and did it even better this gen, then added more stuff. Like a bunch of great exclusives, the PS4 Pro mid life and the introduction of VR with the PSVR.

The exclusives that really stand out for me so far are Uncharted 4, God of War. Zero Horizon Dawn and Bloodboune. The PS4 Pro was a smart move to breath new life from the launch sku hardware to a more powerful console. The PSVR for me was like the ultimate sleeper surprise, I'd had tried VR in small doses, a friends place, at a trade show but to really sit down with it and discover VR game by game uninterrupted, its honestly the best innovation I've ever bought into after 30+ yrs of gaming.

This was Sony's most dominant generation by far. Its not quite wrapped up with the Last of Us Pt II, Days Gone, Media Molecules Dreams' and few others.

I'm excited to see where the next gen goes, kinda sad to see this one end as theres been so many great games and additions to this gen. This is one for the record books for me personally.

 

[SonGoku]

PS4 A- (only because PS2 remains king)
PS4 Pro B- (not as much effort put into it as it went to the X)

Vita + PSTV

Joke post?
PSVITA had terrible support from Sony, the PSP was much better

 

[Petrae]

The PS4 is a C in my book.

Positives: There are some good console-exclusive games to be had, and the first half of the generation featured the PS4 as the best-performing machine for multiplatform games. It’s got a decent lineup of JRPGs (which I appreciate). Tetris Effect has been one of my favorite games of the generation.

Negatives: PS4 lost its place as the de facto machine for multiplatform games when the Xbox One X hit the scene— even in the face of its PS4 Pro competition. The hardware is flawed. Shutting down dirty or losing power (without backup) is massive inconvenience at best and devastating at worst, as the system needs to rebuild and repair its databases and any hard drives. The same occurs when the PS4 locks up in Rest Mode. Then there’s the slow-as-fuck download speeds. Xbox One X downloads at a frequent 100+ MB per second. PS4 can take 10 minutes to download a 400MB firmware update. Controllers have poor battery life.

Good start, but got progressively worse over time and eventually bypassed. Its exclusives still make it relevant for me, but Xbox One X gets more playing time.

 

[InterMusketeer]

D+. The system looked great at the start, but mostly because Microsoft shit the bed. After that it turned out (IMO anyway) that Sony didn't have much else to offer. I haven't been interested in most of their games this generation, and third party stuff plays just as well on PC without an online paywall. With many Japanese and exclusives games coming to PC too nowadays (Yakuza for example) there's no need for me to turn my PS4 on.

Seeing how much money they're making off of this thing, I really thought they would get more games out there and faster. Looking at that list in the OP (I know some games are missing) it just doesn't look like a stellar line-up. We got a complacent Sony that's fine with riding out the wave, hurting their customers in the process and skipping E3 of all things.

 

[Liberty4all]

B+ started off very strong and still doing very well.

I voted the second choice but preferred the PS3 which last half of last Gen was amazing... Free online, amazing exclusives, ps+ offered amazing free games, and to this day the ps3 is arguabley the best console media server of its kind.

Also last Gen ps3 (and the 360 really) was untainted by sjw garbage (policies by the platform holder affecting games), there was a plethora of both Japanese and western titles.

 

[sublimit]

B+
Next gen i want to see more focus on Japanese,unique,stylized games,less emphasis on photorealistic movie-like experiences and less bullying towards small/niche Japanese devs with their hypocritical censhorship policies.

 

[GamesAreFun]

D+.

I love the hardware and graphics power of the console, but increasingly Sony's first-party games don't align with my personal taste, they're too cinematic. If only unique, wonderful games like Gravity Rush sold better.

 

[HiSpi]

Something between A+ and B+. Great games, great hardware, great controller (Dual Shock finally improved), fair price. But I still think it could deliver more in games.

 

[Gediminas]

8/10. I love my Pro, but it is a lot of room for improvement.

 

[Humdinger]

I waffled between A+ and B+. I would've gone for A-, if that were a choice. I rounded up to A+, just because I've had such a good time with the PS4 this gen, and Sony has done so well with it. I know others have complaints, but I really don't. Great console, great games.

 

[bumleforce]

I would give them an A- they had a system with a smooth interface. Ps vr. Remote play. Live backgrounds. They had lots of good marketing deals. Most important and comming from someone who plays mostly on xbox is they have more quality games.

Cons are the controller battery life. No backwards compatability, the controller sucks in general. No ps bame changes. Ps now sucks no crossplay. Them being arrogant.

But again when its all said and done they had more fantastic games. Horizion uncharted god of war Spider-Man. This is why they get a a- almost a B from me but those games made this gen

 

[Silent Duck]

I’m havng trouble choosing a grade.
But for me, this generation was “Eh, it’s okay I guess”.

Maybe I’m just losing my love for games. I don’t know.

At best, I had mild interest in some games (RDR2, Spider-Man). But nothing that made me excited. And at worst, we had some shitty company business practices that tainted the game announcements of games I should have been excited for (EA, Capcom, Sony... to name a few).

A lot of games seemed mired in weird press (SJW this, Alt-Right that, microtransactions this, 8 deluxe versions of yet still incomplete games that). It just took the wind out my gaming sails. I know I shouldn’t have let it, but it did. But, that’s just my hang up I guess.

So, maybe, a “C -“.

 

[Luffytubby]

I think PS3 was such a massive falt from greatness. PS2 was an incredible ride, PS3. Not so much. Of all it's exclusives it is MGS4, Uncharted 2 and TLOU that stands out. I remember titles like Lair, FF13 and Haze when I think of it. The poor UI, the horrible playstation home, phil harrison, arrogant sony and all the stuff about it being a great feature not have rumble. Cell was this monstrosity, these delays for TLG, KH3 and FF Versus.

It was not what I wanted. I disliked the aesthetics of the george forman grill, the spider-man movie font, the navigation system that was style over function, the online system that was compromised and got hacked for months. And Playstation Home. Jesus christ. Crazy ken and PS3 being better than super computers.


Maybe it wasn't difficult for PS4 to bounce back from the trainwreck that was PS3, but I really think Sony gained a lot. Sony also grew as a company. So many of their divisions was in free fall. They seem to be a company that is healthier today than back in the mid-late 2000s.

 

[DonJimbo]

YOLO

I got One and Love it
God of war is a blast
Thank You you Helped me to make the right decision

 

[Raven117]

I really loved this generation. Maybe it was because my gaming tastes broadened, but damn, I almost always had something to play at any given time.

 

[Mochilador]

I gave it a C+. There is no backwards compatibility, lack of good services (no EA Access and PS Now not on the same level as Game Pass), dropping games from their services in 2019 (PS3 and Vita). I also dislike the DS4.
It has some cool exclusives though, like Knack, Godzilla, The Order 1886. Yeah, I like these games.