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Well played Sony.
Summary of today's announcements
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Elmofongo: ...and even after all this....I am still getting a desktop in 2014-15.
I just built a desktop last year, and looking at some of the games coming (Witcher 3 and others) I feel like I might need to upgrade my graphics card (XFX HD 7970 3GB right now). Hopefully that won't be the case.
Mad Max is coming to PC

http://www.dsogaming.com/news/avalanche-studios-mad-max-is-not-exclusive-to-ps4-coming-to-other-platforms-debut-e3-trailer/
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Elmofongo: ...and even after all this....I am still getting a desktop in 2014-15.
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RayRay13000: I just built a desktop last year, and looking at some of the games coming (Witcher 3 and others) I feel like I might need to upgrade my graphics card (XFX HD 7970 3GB right now). Hopefully that won't be the case.
You're fine, the consoles are 6670 equiv's (roughly)
Sony said they aren't going to take a big loss on each PS4 sold after the PS3. So with the more powerful console being $100 less, the Kinect must be adding quite a bit of cost to the Xbox One.

Also, the Wii U has to get a price drop now with the PS4 being just $50 more than it.
Post edited June 10, 2013 by Fictionvision
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Post edited June 26, 2013 by RayRay13000
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Fictionvision: Sony said they aren't going to take a big loss on each PS4 sold after the PS3. So with the more powerful console being $100 less, the Kinect must be adding quite a bit of cost to the Xbox One.
I think the xbone may have 0 loss or even a slight profit
How to Share Games on the PS4 Video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwYUGtI6guY
Well Sony actually surprised me in the end.

Though I got real bored of Destiny after a while. The Division looked a lot more interesting.

And £349/$399? I don't mind taking that over Xbone's crap. But as a Brit I feel royally butt-fucked over their marketing department. I mean $399 is £256. Even if the consoles get imported from other countries there's no way each one costs an additional £90 something just for shipping on each console.

Other than that yeah everything else looks okay. FFXV actually might get me into the FF series, Watch Dogs looks good as ever. MGS5 looks great. I've noticed there's a trend for Open World/Sandbox designed games now in a lot of them. Hmm.

And one more shot at Microsoft's expense from Sony http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWSIFh8ICaA
Personally, the conference was only semi-successful for me because of all the titles they didn't show. They may have brought a lot of games, but seriously, how fast can you whiz through like a dozen games with only the cursory notion of "soon" nearby? I get it, Ass Creed and Watch Dogs bring in the big bucks, but there should be new stuff that we should get to see more. In that light, Destiny was good, if somewhat boring due to the pace of it all.

However, I must say this: Don't be blinded because Sony took it out on Microsoft. Believe me, I love this sort of conflict, directly aimed at the competitors, but Sony all ready decried these practices previously. This announcement should not have been "Stop the conference!" worthy. The gaming media are quick to brush things under the rug to exalt saviors. What about Nintendo that didn't get caught up in this conflict by purely being fair to the customer? Where's their praise as the video game heroes? I do not object to the principle, quite the opposite, but people should recognize thsi was a cheapshot. An effective cheapshot, but a cheapshot nonetheless.

Price point is just right for the console. I foresee many Xbox One problems and good PS4 success. I hope at the very least this sends a message, even if the games particularly weren't to my pleasing. Iwouldn't be ASHAMED to own a PS4, I can tell you, though in the coming months I'd rather have a Wii-U. Good on Sony, but cut down the conference if you're going to whiz by games anyways. That was movie length and felt it, this late.
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RayRay13000: Guess that leaves the Nintendo Direct for tomorrow.
Any idea what time tomorrow is the Nintendo one? I thought gamespot had the times listed near the streams but that part is either not loading for me or I'm too tired to find it properly.
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JollySovereign: Well Sony actually surprised me in the end.

Though I got real bored of Destiny after a while. The Division looked a lot more interesting.

And £349/$399? I don't mind taking that over Xbone's crap. But as a Brit I feel royally butt-fucked over their marketing department. I mean $399 is £256. Even if the consoles get imported from other countries there's no way each one costs an additional £90 something just for shipping on each console.
something like £50 of that is VAT and the US price doesn't include sales tax
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Elmofongo: IT LOOKS NOTHING SPECIAL AND YOU KNOW IT, AFTER BEING EXPOSED TO KILLZONE, HALO 5, TITANFALL,COD GHOST, etc. THEY ALL LOOK THE SAME!!!
it doesn't look the same. The "open-world" feel with MMO elements really made me excited.
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Elmofongo: ...and even after all this....I am still getting a desktop in 2014-15.
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RayRay13000: I just built a desktop last year, and looking at some of the games coming (Witcher 3 and others) I feel like I might need to upgrade my graphics card (XFX HD 7970 3GB right now). Hopefully that won't be the case.
I think you'll be fine, with that insane amount of VRAM shadows, AA and view distance shouldn't be such a problem.