OK, I haven't watched the presentation per self but I did watch all the relevant video
I'm a bit surprised to read here about some negative comments here and there on the web.
I for one doesn't see anything to complain about neither I temper my joy to at last, after 7/8 years graphic that look like what high PC have been pushing for quiet some time it only will get better.
No surprise on the games but but I'm not sure about what people were expecting, I think the system is going to push (the same may be true for Durango) the best first wave of titles we ever saw.
They are sticking to move which precision seems quiet impressive, even if it doesn't do what kinect does I expect to have advantage first the precision and to the feedback (you hold something), when you sculpt (or what no)t you also have buttons which is my opinion is a plus.
Media Molecule look more and more like it was an amazing choice and investment.
I'm not sold on Gakkai, I mean instant demo is nice but it will depend on one network, for the lucky it is great. Gakkai on the PSV is nice too, especially in a local set-up where latency (and bandwidth through local wifi network) is unlikely to be a problem.
Actually the only thing that bothers me about the system is the thing we don't know about it:
Did Sony stick to its non subscription model?
What is the price of the device?
Other than that and on the contrary of most it, I think that the 8GB are a push over and were not needed, let hope the system won't be overprice and /or the competitor won't initiate a price war as SOny can't respond that is a given.
Honestly if they decided months ago to push on that front I could have seen 6GB be definitely enough.
It seems that Sony did not want to let MSFT a bullet point wrt to specs, and they are betting a lot of their future on that device.
Definitely a good system, so developers made it clear but it might be the easiest system to code for ever: plain UMA, SMP CPU set-up with the ISA providing the best tools and compiler, an up to date GPU.
I read a few comments here about the system not being high end enough, that kind of make me laugh. Card like the HD 7870 are quiet often reviewed at resolution higher than 1080p and quiet often with AA activated. Higher end cards are usually pushed to 2560x1440 or 1600.
There is plenty of power in Sony system.
KZ ran on the ps3, that system has in comparison x8 the bandwidth, if I remove like 30GB/s for the CPU to use (I'm overly generous here it is going to use less) that x7 the bandwidth for "graphics" and only a jump of x2 in resolution.
The same applies to all the ps3 games the system was quiet bandwidth constrain and still devs found their way around those weakness.
I think the best way to see the PS4 is to compare it to on the CPU side Xenon and RSX on the GPU side, it is imo as good as it gets (even too good 8GB is pushing it).
