News & Rumours: Playstation 4/ Orbis *spin*

Likely more of an issue with how much force you apply to the stick. There's really no reason to grind the stick against the rim, but some people simply are rougher with how they play. My DS3 wears when I play SSD, I can feel it. I try not to, but it's hard when you have to jam the sticks round and round quickly.

 

Look this official epic unboxing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQUpg795iBo

 

http://www.amazon.com/best-sellers-video-games/zgbs/videogames/ref=sv_vg_11

Wow, this is complete domination.

 

Which is result of Amazon's B2G1 promotion for PS4 game preorders.

 

Which hasn't started...

 

Yes it did, bunch of people have gotten their codes. Its USA only, and you get codes only if you preorder select games [Second Son is not supported].

 

Some additional detail on the disc based game installation/caching.

• Starts "caching" automatically.
• A certain amount of data will need to be installed before you can play.
• The amount of required up front data will vary by game (e.g. Knacks requires tens of seconds, KZ:SF requires 2 and half minutes).
• As you continue to play the rest of the disc is "cached" to the drive.
• The entire disc is eventually installed.
• A game's cached/installed data can be deleted manually by the user.
• They considered making it automatically delete after a game has gone unused for a while, but settled on giving the user full control (I would rather they make auto delete an opt-in or out option, best of both worlds).
• Games are not played from the disc drive, apparently, it is only there as an installation medium (so no dual streaming content from HDD and ODD, if I'm reading correctly).

The article also gives the impression the game begins installing as you put it in the console, and not just when you launch the game. But that's not entirely clear. While I would prefer a manual install option from the menu, if it starts installing as soon as I put the disc in (and gives an indication as to progress) that would be a decent alternative.

 

Probably so digital download customers won't have a worse gameplay experience than those who buy physical copies. Also, it will mean the ODD shuts the frag up after it is done caching the game. I must say listening to my wuu's drive whirring away constantly all the time gets mighty tedious very quickly. One of the major reasons I don't touch that console at all really.

Would be really nice if it started installing immediately (since that would save time), but I wouldn't expect it. Unless there's some kind of install script built specifically for every game the console can't know which areas of the disc to copy first. After all, data is probably not written completely sequentially on the game disc...

We'll know in a couple days. One of you lucky Murricans and Canucks gotta step back from starting a game on your new consoles in the name of science and just let it sit on the XMB/menu for a while to see if it starts pre-installing or not!

 

That's my guess, as well. Likely the lesser of 2 evils to avoid GTA:V type issues of digital vs physical.

I'm not expecting it, but their (Kotaku's) wording leaves the possibility open.

The "get ready to play" part is rather ambiguous, however.

I aim to do just that. Sometime before launch, I plan on creating User FAQ threads for both the PS4 and XBO. Whatever questions I get in advance I'll test out when I have the system (along with anyone else willing to test their system) and share the results. I was originally thinking I'd take some YouTube videos to address each question as well, but that's obviously out of the question for now.

 

IGN unboxing http://www.ign.com/videos/2013/11/11/unboxing-the-playstation-4

 

Spotted something new in kotaku article

 

Add face data it says...interesting. I wonder if Sony's camera and software (to support the camera) is more advanced than what they have shown

 

Eeeeexxcellent!

You also have to report on heat and noise levels (disc, fan etc) in various situations; light/heavy gameplay, XMB menu, media playback and so on.

 

Some interesting points from engadget http://www.engadget.com/2013/11/11/playstation-4-details/
- party chat may have several lobbies 8 people each
- friends in lobby can switch games together seamlessly
- gameplay streaming described
- double tap home button switches between two apps
- play as a guest is safe for your data
- ps store is organized and improved

 

One more
-You can power USB devices while the console is off

 

This was known for a long time

 

http://www.engadget.com/2013/11/11/playstation-4-voice-command-limitations/

 

Not too shocked on basic voice command functionality. It doesn't seem like something Sony is trying to push at all. Though I wish they would talk about how accurate they perceive it to be.