The battle between two consoles have been fierce. Sony started out real strong and MS slowly caught up but I think Sony still maintains the lead. That being said, I know this topic has been done, but up till now I was largely unimpressed and didn't really know why. I am a Sony fan and naturally I will get a PS4 but right now i don't see very many reasons to get it. Indie is big but thats hardly any attraction for me to drop down 400 dollars for. Hell I would go get the ouya (oh no) or games stick since they are both cheaper options.
No, sony hasn't impressed me, its cool, the features are nice but they are gimmicks in my hands, the hardware is great but that's par for the course. The main games are just terrible selection. Killzone seems to be looking graphically better but gameplay wise seems to get worse and worse. I never had much faith in Sucker Punch after they sucker punched me with the lackluster Infamous 2 and I think they are blowing smoke up our butts with Second Son. I like the hardware a lot more than the software right now and seeing as how gaming is the biggest concern for any console (PS2 and 360's weaker power didn't do much to hamper sales) than the hardware, this is troubling.
Now there has been an article about it already but I feel it didn't cover everything that a gamer would expect (want) in a next gen system. This is just my gripes, feel free to add (or disagree) to the list. Before I do sound too anti Sony, I am a Sony fan, there is no doubt I will get a PS4 at some point when I am done enjoying my ps3 and while I am more attracted to MS's games, I know sony will come through, they have this generation and they will the next but right now they are relying on the Indie market too much.
Soooo what I want or expect from the next generation of gaming?
1) 60fps for all games (no way this should be an issue if you can squash in Rage into this gens consoles.)
2) Getting rid of the annoying Dynamic Texture Loading trick. IT SUCKS!!! If the next gen can't get rid of texture pop in, in games (Rage is probably the worst offender).
3) Naughty Dog! (I don't care if its the same engine, I could go for another Uncharted)
4) Santa Monica Studios getting off their lazy asses and being creative with a new IP instead of bastardising GOW.
5) Game and rating system and a filter to sort out crap Indie titles than rare gems. If you are going to mess with the Indie crowd please at least make sure they are worth calling a game.
6) Transitioning PSN+ account over to the new PSN.
7) Ensuring online play is as reliable as MS if you are putting it behind the paywall.
8) Indie and AAA cross dev (imagine an indie game with high production)
9) Can shoot lasers and or cook food (optional)
10) Dualshock 4 has PC support without some dumb peripheral (incase you don't know you can use your PS3 controller on PC as a mouse or emulate as 360 controller for games that do support controllers look up motioninjoy, its free)
11) Telling Gurella games to stop wasting all PS4 resources in looking pretty and tweak the game to make it more responsive if you really want to hold a candle to online warfare staples like COD or BF.
12) One final price cut/slim model with options to purchase HD instead of a whole new system. (optional)
13) WIFI media streaming capability from PC (PS3 can do it but you have to use a 3rd party soffware that can be problematic from time to time)
14) Total customization of dash board AKA ability to get rid of commercials cluttering up free space.
15) Less dependant on F2P model games.
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