FF:Enhanced_Reality
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Pretty simple question. Everyone is looking for something different. What would you like from the next iteration of the popular game console as a gamer? Choose anything you would like, want or desire. I'll go first. 
1. Full Backwards Compatbility (With improvements.)
So this isn't something that would be make or break for me, but I understand that PS3 is very exotic and without a SoC in the PS4, backwards compatibility was always going to be a big ask. However this new console should be powerful enough to brute force it and hopefully add some new bells and whistles. By this, what I mean more specifically is features that software such as EPSXE offer. I believe a new PlayStation should be fully backward compatible, from PS1, PS2, PS3, PSP and PS Vita. But I believe these games should be upscaled to 4K and offer other visual features such as anti-aliasing, texture filtering etc. While I understand that you might be asking a lot for PS3 titles, but I can play PS1 titles in 4K on a relatively modest computer these days, not designed with gaming in mind and the improvements are mind blowing. As someone with a large back catalogue, I would love to enjoy all of my games and I would certainly like to go back to titles such as InFamous 2 which would be amazing in 4K but is currently lacking a remaster.
2. Consistency Top Quality Exclusives
Okay, so even though I'm from the UK, I don't really feel like Jim Ryan and the current line up of management at SCEI have the kind of synergy that Andrew House, Shawn Layden and Shuhei Yoshida have. They have a different vision of what they believe should be the future of PlayStation and where they want to go with the console and I'm a little worried that they'll quickly push cloud gaming and Sony will very quickly have another PS3 situation. This is very much where the games suffer and currently I would argue that Sony have the strongest first party line-up. I would hate for first party development studios to suffer their creative visions from management pandering them to deliver games that suit the cloud, the popular gaming trends etc. I know that Ninja Theory stepped away from a sequel to Heavenly Sword and a big reason for that was Sony requiring PSN features in the game which wouldn't fit with a single player action adventure. It would drive me mad to see micro-transactions fuelling future titles or developers chasing popular genre's at request like Sony Bend creating a MOBA or Battle Royale title because you know, popular. There are a lot of genre's that Sony haven't yet cracked and don't have a staple title for and I would like to see that change and that Sony have set a level of standard with their first party software and I would like to see that continue instead of taking a whole new direction.
3. The Player must Remain the Focus
This might seem similar to what I've already said in my second choice but there is a difference here. I don't want the next PlayStation to focus on digital delivery and neglecting physical media users. I don't want cloud and PS Now to be consistently pushed on me and I don't want to see PlayStation Plus go up in a price and do nothing more.
I would like to see Sony continue to make the player the core of the console. If it means acquiring developers or opening new studios to cater to different genre's of game or to add depth to their first party line-up then that's cool. (Dream acqusition, Konami.) I would like to see the mentality remain consistent that single player games can be successful and enjoyable but I wouldn't like Sony to neglect multi-player to damage the consoles social prospects. I would like Sony to continue to listen to gamers and what they want so that some day we may have an E3 like 2015 where many gamers dreams came true. I don't want to see Sony cross selling services or devices, pushing their TV streaming services on us but it has to be said that PlayStation Plus needs to improve. The product as it stands is just multiplayer for me and I don't play it enough. The value of PlayStation Plus needs to improve and this is the kind of thing I'm talking about. I haven't downloaded a game from PS+ since the PS3. I'm not kidding.
1. Full Backwards Compatbility (With improvements.)
So this isn't something that would be make or break for me, but I understand that PS3 is very exotic and without a SoC in the PS4, backwards compatibility was always going to be a big ask. However this new console should be powerful enough to brute force it and hopefully add some new bells and whistles. By this, what I mean more specifically is features that software such as EPSXE offer. I believe a new PlayStation should be fully backward compatible, from PS1, PS2, PS3, PSP and PS Vita. But I believe these games should be upscaled to 4K and offer other visual features such as anti-aliasing, texture filtering etc. While I understand that you might be asking a lot for PS3 titles, but I can play PS1 titles in 4K on a relatively modest computer these days, not designed with gaming in mind and the improvements are mind blowing. As someone with a large back catalogue, I would love to enjoy all of my games and I would certainly like to go back to titles such as InFamous 2 which would be amazing in 4K but is currently lacking a remaster.
2. Consistency Top Quality Exclusives
Okay, so even though I'm from the UK, I don't really feel like Jim Ryan and the current line up of management at SCEI have the kind of synergy that Andrew House, Shawn Layden and Shuhei Yoshida have. They have a different vision of what they believe should be the future of PlayStation and where they want to go with the console and I'm a little worried that they'll quickly push cloud gaming and Sony will very quickly have another PS3 situation. This is very much where the games suffer and currently I would argue that Sony have the strongest first party line-up. I would hate for first party development studios to suffer their creative visions from management pandering them to deliver games that suit the cloud, the popular gaming trends etc. I know that Ninja Theory stepped away from a sequel to Heavenly Sword and a big reason for that was Sony requiring PSN features in the game which wouldn't fit with a single player action adventure. It would drive me mad to see micro-transactions fuelling future titles or developers chasing popular genre's at request like Sony Bend creating a MOBA or Battle Royale title because you know, popular. There are a lot of genre's that Sony haven't yet cracked and don't have a staple title for and I would like to see that change and that Sony have set a level of standard with their first party software and I would like to see that continue instead of taking a whole new direction.
3. The Player must Remain the Focus
This might seem similar to what I've already said in my second choice but there is a difference here. I don't want the next PlayStation to focus on digital delivery and neglecting physical media users. I don't want cloud and PS Now to be consistently pushed on me and I don't want to see PlayStation Plus go up in a price and do nothing more.
I would like to see Sony continue to make the player the core of the console. If it means acquiring developers or opening new studios to cater to different genre's of game or to add depth to their first party line-up then that's cool. (Dream acqusition, Konami.) I would like to see the mentality remain consistent that single player games can be successful and enjoyable but I wouldn't like Sony to neglect multi-player to damage the consoles social prospects. I would like Sony to continue to listen to gamers and what they want so that some day we may have an E3 like 2015 where many gamers dreams came true. I don't want to see Sony cross selling services or devices, pushing their TV streaming services on us but it has to be said that PlayStation Plus needs to improve. The product as it stands is just multiplayer for me and I don't play it enough. The value of PlayStation Plus needs to improve and this is the kind of thing I'm talking about. I haven't downloaded a game from PS+ since the PS3. I'm not kidding.
