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Re: Poll: Did You Buy a PS4 Pro?

electrolite77

Yes, got one after not being bothered for a while. Had a bit of a faff with the System Transfer (witnessed up my Activations) but Sony sorted that over the phone. I have a 4K TV without HDR and it's a good improvement. Shadows of Mordor, Infamous First Light and Ratchet and Clank all look great. It's quieter than my Original console and download speeds seem quicker. Aiming to try the improved Remote Play later and very tempted by Rez Infinite. Its not an earth-shattering life changer but it's a very worthwhile upgrade.

Re: Hands On: Quit Bitchin'! PS4 Pro Is a Big, Beautiful Step Forward

electrolite77

@TheGZeus

Sega went crazy in the 90s, releasing two add-ons for the Megadrive then ditching the lot for the Saturn.

I'm not sure this is the same situation, in fact this doesn't really have a comparison that springs to mind. A mid-generation refresh that maintains compatibility is a new thing.

The problem with Sega's updates was they had their own library and their own exclusives, which shouldn't happen with PS4. I'm not convinced it will be a runaway success (to aim at a niche market-4K TV owners-and leave out the 4K BluRay capability is a very odd decision) but it's going to be interesting to see what happens. If it is successful it could set a precedent

Re: Hands On: Quit Bitchin'! PS4 Pro Is a Big, Beautiful Step Forward

electrolite77

@GBMatthew

Not compared to what I've seen and every review I've read. Especially with the Atmos update incoming it's a good player and an excellent value proposition. However for your original attempt to deflect criticism from Sony (by bizarrely claiming anybody who is 'that into' 4K BluRay should buy a standalone) to work at all, you need that to be true. So carry on telling yourself that.

Re: Poll: Will You Be Buying a PS4 Pro?

electrolite77

@DragonSlayer1759

"Who on earth still buys 4k discs at £20 and more a shot?" People who want the best quality picture. Streaming is convenient but for a lot of people bandwidth is an issue. If you're going to pay for a big 4K TV and want to watch a film you may as well do it properly. It's a niche of course, most of the mass market will be happy with a compromise (like buying a Blu Ray player and watching DVDs on it, or the people who used to run PS2-era consoles through the bundled AV Cables) but there are people who want the best and are willing to pay for it. Seems like a real oversight for Sony to ignore these people by releasing a console specifically designed to compliment 4K TVs but that doesn't properly support 4K video.

Re: Poll: Will You Be Buying a PS4 Pro?

electrolite77

No. I'll be getting an Xbox One S. I'm probably quite unusual in that I have some digital XB1 games I want access to (I sold my original XB1 to help pay for a couple of trips away) but I'd have reached the same conclusion anyway. I have a 4K TV so the UHD Blu-ray drive is a major factor as the best way to show it off and if I'm going to spend money on another console. I am has well get one that upscaled games I can't get on PS4 rather than games I already have.

Also, if incremental console updates is the way forward I'm more and more thinking I'll get a gaming PC in a couple of years. I'll also have a look at NX whenever Nintendo deign to let it's potential customers know what it is.

Re: Sony's Dropped a Clanger with This Let's Play Lark

electrolite77

@Frogger

The similarity to something else was the original rejection in mid-January. It has now been rejected because, rightly, 'Lets Play' has been deemed descriptive. You can see here what Sony were trying to Trademark....

http://www.smcarthurlaw.com/lets-play-securely-in-the-public-domain-as-uspto-rejects-sonys-trademark-bid-for-a-2nd-time/

No two ways around it, Sony have acted like absolute (insert swear word of choice) here

Re: PS4 Remote Play Will Stream to PC in the Future

electrolite77

Very pleased to hear this. It works great on the XB1 and has seen me using that machine a lot more than the PS4 recently. I doubt it will ever match the Wii U gamepad for Speed and consistency but its a great option.

Has anybody used the unofficial one?

Re: Soapbox: Why Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection on PS4 Is So Refreshing

electrolite77

@larry_koopa

"Open world racing games are the worst". Oh how I agree with this. Loved all the Burnouts until Paradise, where instead of taking part in super fast races with spectacular crashes I was now driving. From A to B. I can do that in the real world anytime thanks very much (except I usually have a clear idea where I'm going and how to get there, unlike in Paradise/Most Wanted).

Re: Soapbox: Why Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection on PS4 Is So Refreshing

electrolite77

I thought I was alone in thinking this. It's a side-effect of the industry catering so keenly for teenage boys. As an adult with a job, a wife and a child I simply don't have enough gaming time to be spending hours wandering around a game looking for something to do. Too many games take a 'never mind the quality, feel the width' approach when some people need their quality gaming more concentrated.

Re: Soapbox: Why PS4's Indie Influx Isn't as Bad as You Think

electrolite77

I agree with the article. The indie influx has generally been very positive, they're a great alternative to the sometimes stodgy AAA stuff. I love the variety on offer as a result.

I also think including them in the IGC is a good idea, it gets them a lot of publicity they may not otherwise get. There was never a promise of endless AAA with the IGC and I don't feel entitled to expect such especially this early in the machines life. Let's face it if there's a big game you really want you buy it rather than wait for Plus anyway.

Re: Apparently, People Buy PS4s Over Xbox Ones and Wii Us for the Resolution

electrolite77

Bought mine for the truck reason. I trust that, like Sony's three previous home consoles, the PS4 will have a massive variety of software combining everything third party and a healthy selection of exclusives. It certainly has the first of the two with the exclusives on the way.

It also has the Remote Play option which as a Vita owner I make good use of. PlayStation Plus was a factor too. When I bought my PS4 in August I already had A stash of games to tinker with.

I also have a Wii U which, while hindered by Nintendos awful business decisions, has some superb software. The PS4 and Wii U compliment each other perfectly. This is the fourth generation where I've bought Nintendo and Sony.

Re: The PS4 Has Surpassed a Staggering 18.5 Million Units Sold Worldwide

electrolite77

@DESS-M-8

Sigh. You still have your opinion and fact all confused. You still can't grasp that you not liking something doesn't mean it's a bad purchase for anyone else. These are actually really straightforward concepts. But if you think wasting your time trying to convince others you're right on a subject you can never be right on is worthwhile crack on.

P.S. I love my Wii U but if you honestly think it's only struggling because of poor marketing well, I don't know where to start.

Re: The PS4 Has Surpassed a Staggering 18.5 Million Units Sold Worldwide

electrolite77

@DESS-M-8

"is that in contrast to your narcissistic self righteous Sony fan boy posts?"

Narcissistic, self-righteous? Yes probably. Sony fanboy? No.

"I buy consoles for playing games." So do most people.

"Ps4 has no games worth playing that aren't on ps3 that warrant paying so much money for the hardware." In your opinion.

"And the power for the price is a joke. The processor is way under powered and only 8gb of ram for "next gen" it should have had 16 to ensure it delivered for next 5-7 years as a "powerhouse" that it claims to be. My laptop dumps all over a ps4 and i hardly game on it." Your laptop won't have cost £349

"The games that are on ps4 I could get for my laptop but they aren't worth playing anyway" in your opinion

"hence I sold the ps4. It's just not worth the investment" In your opinion, based on your personal circumstances.

This is why you find it weird. You didn't like it. But to understand why something sells you have to think a long way out of the prism of your own personal circumstanced. I have no interest in XBox One because the exclusives don't appeal but I understand it sells because other people fancy it.I currently spend most of my time on the Wii U but I can understand why someone who doesn't like Mario Kart/Bayonetta 2/Pikmin 3 etc wouldn't want one.

From an objective point-of-view I can see why the PS4 has sold. there's nothing 'weird' about it.

Re: The PS4 Has Surpassed a Staggering 18.5 Million Units Sold Worldwide

electrolite77

@Jazzer94

Sorry mate, looking at my original reply it was more confrontational than I intended. I generally agree with you but it's almost always been the case that the best-marketed machine wins the generation. You can see the difference between good marketing in the relative success levels of the Megadrive/Genesis and then the Saturn and Dreamcast.

Sony have got the basics right - powerful machine for the price, wide variety of software, all the third-party big hitters, brand loyalty from previous machines and PS Plus, great marketing. That's why they're selling.

Re: The PS4 Has Surpassed a Staggering 18.5 Million Units Sold Worldwide

electrolite77

@Jazzer94

'Marketing is now....the most important aspect of selling consoles'

I don't understand that 'now'. Marketing has always been the most important aspect. Nintendo going or multiple ommercial partners in the 80s as well as 'The Wizard', Sega in the early 90's, Sony with PS1, Nintendo's Wii ads, MS's brute force approach to spending their way into the industry and propping up XB1 in the last few months etc.

Re: Sony Extends PlayStation Plus Subs Due to Xmas PSN Outage

electrolite77

@Hawk

Digital prices won't come down until retail ceases to exist, which let's face it isn't going to happen and nor should we want to. If Sony start undercutting shops with digital prices the shops will stop stocking Sony in favour of their competitors. So get rid of retail? No, we need them to provide competition as that keeps prices lower. If we could only buy digital from Sony they could charge whatever they wanted

Re: Soapbox: Poor Communication Continues to Be PSN's Biggest Problem

electrolite77

@eLarkos

Thing is, whether they are or not (and it looks bad when the competition is back up and running more quickly) the lack of comms is the problem. They need to be putting out constant updates to their paying customers. I got more info from here and Reddit as to what was going on which is very poor. If I compare to that to my experiences with the likes of SKY or even my local gym when the water mains burst Sony's communication is inferior. Even now, do we know if any account details have been compromised?

Re: Evolution Studios: We're As Frustrated About DriveClub Issues As You Are

electrolite77

@Paranoimia

Sorry mate but this is Sony's problem. It's their responsibility to make sure the game is ready to go. Even if it means being on Evolutions back months before release. It's their big exclusive title on their Console being downloaded on their network. It's their image that will suffer because of a bad launch. They have no deflection options available to them

Re: Evolution Studios: We're As Frustrated About DriveClub Issues As You Are

electrolite77

What a complete mess. Sony need their feet held to the fire over this. There's an air of complacency creeping in, too much patting themselves on the back over sales and too little updating of features/providing exclusive software.

Almost as disappointing is seeing people defend their corporation of choice for some reason They've messed up and deserve criticism.

Re: You'll be Able to Play PS4 Games on Sony's New Xperia Smartphones

electrolite77

@NEOTDS

I'd like to clip it to the DS4. I fail to see why you have such difficulty with that. I'd also like the option to sit the Vita on a stand and use the DS4 to play PS4 games properly. Wanting an option to work correctly is not moaning.

And the phones are a threat to the Vita because they are something pay for separately for many uses. Almost everyone has a smart phone, they may not have a dedicated handheld games console and now someone with a Sony smartphone has less reason to buy a Vita.