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Sony CEO Kaz Hirai: PS4 is first and foremost a game console
- Thread starter DieH@rd
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Judging from the state of the OS on PS3 it's somewhere between zero and nothing.
ubersticky
Member
I'm so hard right now for Kaz
Jive Turkey
Unconfirmed Member
Of course it is. That's why the spent the entire reveal conference showing off its social media features.
Ermmm, they didn't
Agent Dale Cooper
Banned
Has there ever been a games console that isn't first and foremost a games console?
la flama blanca
Banned
Lmao so salty.
What?
You are becoming more and more obvious. It's not optional at all.
I can't with y'all anymore LMFAO
I don't understand.
Syphon Filter
Member
It's clear what vision each company has. Sony is about games and MS is entertainment. you can even tell towards the end of this gen with both companies. Also you can tell since more am is toward games for ps4. MS uses less and more towards the os for non gaming apps.
Some secret event we didn't know about I guess.
AppleSmack
Banned
Sony clearly has its goals outlined. If they deliver at E3, the PS4 will be the first launch console I have ever bought.
Rogue_Ledr
Banned
............. and since it is a game console .................. it should prioritize games and all aspects of them ............ like being able to rent, trade, or share them ............ RIGHT SONY!?!?!?
Come on! Give us a definitive answer already so we can finally end the annoying speculation.
Come on! Give us a definitive answer already so we can finally end the annoying speculation.
Jive Turkey
Unconfirmed Member
Oh, good. I must have imagined all those video sharing/Facebook segments then.
Deified Data
Banned
And I'm really glad he's being loud and clear about it, all things considered.
Good to hear.
Rebel Leader
THE POWER OF BUTTERSCOTCH BOTTOMS
LOL they didnt spend that long on that and also that was all for GAMES.
The thing is, MS started damage controlling it all that way POST-Xbone reveal. Before their big event they were all "witness the revolution in entertainment!!!!!!", yet what they showed was partly either embarassingly bad, full of empty buzz words or just not interesting/even usable for a majority of gamers (and partly not even real, i.e. the voice recognition stuff), with ridiculous hyperbole like "omg never before seen revolutionary Skype" as if that's something new. They weren't all "okay, we'll get the bad stuff out of the way first", they did say there would not be a focus on games but they still thought what they'd show would blow our minds.
Thank you, case closed.
THEAnderson21
Member
In Kaz We Trust.
No, I buy into the specs, as well as the obvious direction they are taking. In the case of Sony and the PS4, they are not just talking shit about games being the top priority. They went to developers and had a guy like Mark Cerny at the helm with strictly gaming in mind. The proof is in the pudding.
Sure, it will have services and such. But not 3 operating systems worth devoted to cable box features, etc. It's gaming first as usual, then other features as branches off that tree.
Sony is smart by pleasing the gamers first in announcements. Obviously it will have a lot of other media-related features but they know the actual core gamers are the ones that get a console started and give it the momentum. It'd be stupid to believe that they aren't going to go after the entertainment market, but pleasing gamers is first and foremost and they know what to say after MS's PR blitz.
SniperHunter
Banned
hahaha
RamzaIsCool
The Amiga Brotherhood
I think the keyword is "entire" here!
I'm SCREAMING LMFAO
Talk about being between rock and a hard place.
I'd still like someone in the press to ask that (whether it'll be on demand like current gen or like Xbone).
BlazingDarkness
Member
Aw yiss.
This appeals to my interests.
This appeals to my interests.
H_Prestige
Banned
Yeah, because sharing videos of gameplay has nothing to do with games.
Syphon Filter
Member
Sharing game videos has to do with games last i checked.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--2hr4dE5KU
Go watch that..Sounds like you don't know what you are talking about
Rogue_Ledr
Banned
Hey, games aint cheap in this day and age.
However, I am sure a BIG chunk of that money is going to moneyhat BS like the CoD: Ghost timed exclusive DLC.
Oh you mean those sharing features related to VIDEOGAMES
Lol, Sony and MS are both after the same thing (control of the living room). That's been the stated objective since before the PS3 was launched for Sony (see Kutaragi's comments). Whether control of this metaphorical 'living room' is possible or not remains to be seen.
Various Artists
Banned
Thank you based Kaz!
Okay I see what the problem is. You don't know what entire means. And your perception of time seems to be screwed up.
zomgbbqftw
Banned
It's like MS learned nothing from the PS3 case study. For a year Sony tried to sell a multimedia box with a Blu-ray player advertised as the major feature at $599 and made it about "value" sales were awful. By 2008 they changed their tune to gaming first and cut the price to $399 to reflect that the Blu-ray player was just an extra that you get in addition to gaming, not the main focus, sales improved.
Knux-Future
Banned
all this momentum and good buzz can be destroyed in a moment.
The thing about Sony is that something dumb is waiting right around the corner at all times....
The Vita looked gdlk and then the memory card (or something else) came out and the hype teetered out (also no games).
I feel like Sony has something dumb up their sleeves sadly they always seem to.
But man they are doing all the right things so far...so I hope I am wrong.
If it isn't the DRM shit (which I doubt they say anything about if it's negative during the PC), then I expect them to either take too long on PS3 or Vita (lulz) or hit us with another Wonderbook.
The thing about Sony is that something dumb is waiting right around the corner at all times....
The Vita looked gdlk and then the memory card (or something else) came out and the hype teetered out (also no games).
I feel like Sony has something dumb up their sleeves sadly they always seem to.
But man they are doing all the right things so far...so I hope I am wrong.
If it isn't the DRM shit (which I doubt they say anything about if it's negative during the PC), then I expect them to either take too long on PS3 or Vita (lulz) or hit us with another Wonderbook.
Mr.Squirrel
Tom
The Wii was a more pure gaming console than both Microsoft and Sony. Outside of Netflix, the Wii was 100% all about games.
That auto-video recording stuff is used for GAMES. It's not something that's trying to compete with your gaming time like watching TV, it's a feature that will bring a new dimension to many people's GAMING, when they can so easily share funny/cool moments or triumphs during their gaming sessions, instead of needing modded hardware or expensive video capturing devices to do it.
R3TRODYCE
Member
I can't prefer their exclusives? Don't get me wrong I own a PS3 and like the exclusives but I don't prefer them, sorry. I just see all three of the next gen consoles as "Game Consoles" because that's their major functions so the PR is just PR.