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[CyberCubed]

Its not about brand loyalty, some people just don't have the time or money to support 3 consoles. I buy Nintendo and Sony consoles for obvious reasons, Nintendo for the Nintendo games, and Sony for all the big third party games and whatever first party exclusives from Sony I like.

I've looked over the exclusive Xbox games for a long time thinking about games that never came to PS3 wondering if I should ever pick up the console...but there's virtually nothing compelling me to do so. And usually its only 2 or so games at most that interest me, and I'm not buying a console for two games.

Tomb Raider will probably come to PS4 eventually anyway, but I hope the timed exclusively isn't for more than 6 months. At least Square is still publishing it instead of Microsoft.

[Peanut]

Whatever you say, little lamb.

Edit: and as I now own a PS4 I can continue to say Sony's system software is absolute sh*t. Not only do their updates still take forever, but I downloaded Hohokum tonight and the f*cking game won't start. Now I have to pull some bullsh*t and f*ck with tech support to figure out what's wrong! Fan-f*cking-tastic!

[TheCanadiandrome]

jesus that sucks man, good luck Peanut

[Wingnut]

Originally Posted by Peanut

Whatever you say, little lamb.

Edit: and as I now own a PS4 I can continue to say Sony's system software is absolute sh*t. Not only do their updates still take forever, but I downloaded Hohokum tonight and the f*cking game won't start. Now I have to pull some bullsh*t and f*ck with tech support to figure out what's wrong! Fan-f*cking-tastic!

Quite the clusterf*ck, I'm sure you're well aware by now.

Sorry your PS4 is off to a crappy start. I feel your pain, I nearly lost all of my Lego Marvel data (90% complete) and got error codes out the ass a few months ago. The root of the problem was autosave. Never heard/read a thorough explanation, but when I turned autosave off and manually backed everything up it solved almost all of my issues. Trying to get any concrete info out of Sony's tech support was like trying to get a hospital to admit they gave you staph infection. They didn't acknowledge sh*t, just the typical "re-download everything" song and dance. Not saying the autosave thing is your problem, just sharing that particularly fun experience.

The inherent Lego game glitches have never been fixed, of course

[Peanut]

Yeah, I noticed. Total bummer, cause I really wanted to play it.

[TheCanadiandrome]

So it's more than one person havin issues with PS4, wonder if I should wait longer before gettin one

[Leo656]

Bummer. Stuff like that is a big reason I generally wait two years for each new console (although cost is a big factor too). I'd gladly pay the cost of early-adoption if I trusted the consoles to work properly. It just seems like for the past few generations, a huge chunk of the first year or so's worth just don't work right. I know they're insanely complicated pieces of hardware, it just sucks that some people randomly get these bad experiences.

[TheCanadiandrome]

I've enjoyed my Xbox one so far

[Dawnatello Turtle Chick]

We've had a PS4 & Xbox One for about the same amount of time and haven't had any issues with the PS4, but we've had several issues with the Xbox One- faulty/loose power brick that loses connection if even given a tiny bump, plus we've had issues with controllers not remembering who was signed in on which while we were playing a game... (wtf?!). It's just one of those random things... Some people have one problem, some people have none, while others have all the problems, lol. I'm usually one to wait on systems and my hubby usually gets every new system on day one- so I guess we compromised and waited til about tax refund time to buy the new systems. I've talked to some people who had overheating issues on the PS4, so I guess it's a total mixed bag.

[TheCanadiandrome]

Well I'm tryin right now to do trades and save towards gettin a PS4 hopefully before August ends, kind of a bday present to myself

[Dawnatello Turtle Chick]

Originally Posted by TheCanadiandrome

Well I'm tryin right now to do trades and save towards gettin a PS4 hopefully before August ends, kind of a bday present to myself

I hope you'll be very happy, I know we have! I like the Xbox One better than I thought I would, but I definitely prefer the PS4. I prefer the controllers better on the PS4 as well. I loved the Xbox 360 controllers and was constantly frustrated with the PS3 controllers, but now I'm kind of in a 180. My 2 biggest issues with the Xbox One controller is that the Options/Start buttons are super easy to bump whilst playing and the plastic feels kind of cheap, but other than that they feel fine. I do really like how they did the analog sticks.

[TheCanadiandrome]

I love the look and feel of the Dualshock 4! Played around with it at EB games and it feels great

[Dawnatello Turtle Chick]

Originally Posted by TheCanadiandrome

I love the look and feel of the Dualshock 4! Played around with it at EB games and it feels great

Absolutely! The touch pad part really leaves some great options for in-game usage. I liked the little ditty that Second Son used it for... nothing major, but it was neat. I look forward to seeing how future games make use of it. That's one thing I've been impressed with Sony for on this go round. They seem to have learned from past mistakes or found ways to improve (for the most part) and, for instance, fixed things that were awful about the PS3 (like those darn trigger buttons and the analog sticks are easier to keep sweaty gaming thumbs from sliding off...). I think Microsoft got a little too big for their britches and before the consoles were out they kept announcing things, then changing their minds when fans were upset. Sony just kept saying we'll do this, and then did it. I think Microsoft thought we'd all just love it cause it's Xbox... If there's one thing Atari learned the hard way- gamers are very smart and informed consumers- we won't just buy stuff because it's there. Early gen issues aside (on both sides) I think Sony has played this much smarter from the get go. I've been converted from preferring the Xbox 360 to preferring the PS4. I play both, but if the same game is available for both I'll probably buy the PS4 version. That's only my educated opinion, but then again, I suppose we all have those, lol.

[ProactiveMan]

I just discovered nGlide so I've been replaying some of my old PC games: I just played through Messiah for the first time in about ten years. Next stop - either Jedi Knight or Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine.

[Peanut]

Originally Posted by TheCanadiandrome

I love the look and feel of the Dualshock 4! Played around with it at EB games and it feels great

Yeah, it's a much better controller than the six-axis/DS3. Although, the touch pad is gimmicky stupid and the tiny little speaker is Wiimote levels of dumb.

[TheCanadiandrome]

Originally Posted by Dawnatello Turtle Chick

Absolutely! The touch pad part really leaves some great options for in-game usage. I liked the little ditty that Second Son used it for... nothing major, but it was neat. I look forward to seeing how future games make use of it. That's one thing I've been impressed with Sony for on this go round. They seem to have learned from past mistakes or found ways to improve (for the most part) and, for instance, fixed things that were awful about the PS3 (like those darn trigger buttons and the analog sticks are easier to keep sweaty gaming thumbs from sliding off...). I think Microsoft got a little too big for their britches and before the consoles were out they kept announcing things, then changing their minds when fans were upset. Sony just kept saying we'll do this, and then did it. I think Microsoft thought we'd all just love it cause it's Xbox... If there's one thing Atari learned the hard way- gamers are very smart and informed consumers- we won't just buy stuff because it's there. Early gen issues aside (on both sides) I think Sony has played this much smarter from the get go. I've been converted from preferring the Xbox 360 to preferring the PS4. I play both, but if the same game is available for both I'll probably buy the PS4 version. That's only my educated opinion, but then again, I suppose we all have those, lol.

well u know what they say, opinions are like butts we all have them

Originally Posted by Peanut

Yeah, it's a much better controller than the six-axis/DS3. Although, the touch pad is gimmicky stupid and the tiny little speaker is Wiimote levels of dumb.

yeah i did notice that as well

[ThirdMarioBro]

Originally Posted by Peanut

Whatever you say, little lamb.

Edit: and as I now own a PS4 I can continue to say Sony's system software is absolute sh*t. Not only do their updates still take forever, but I downloaded Hohokum tonight and the f*cking game won't start. Now I have to pull some bullsh*t and f*ck with tech support to figure out what's wrong! Fan-f*cking-tastic!

I haven't been able to log into Xbox Live on my 360 in over a year now. Xbox One is totally fine, but no matter what I do, the 360 locks me out. I agree that the PS4's software is confusing as fu*k though.

[Peanut]

That's weird. Technology is sh*t.

Anyways, I beat Second Son. Last boss was awful and the game was pretty average in general. It's the perfect definition of a game that wouldn't get half as much attention if it wasn't an exclusive.

[AquaParade]

So far I've really only played The Laat of Us on my PS4.

What games have proven to be the best for you so far? None of the major releases like Watch Dogs or Infamous look very fun. Wolfenstein?

[Cure]

Wolfenstein's good. Surprisingly fun.