villarule123 Posted November 19, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted November 19, 2013 You can't recharge the controller still? They really wanted to screw us over didn't they? All the DRM bullshit, no headset included either. I think Sony had similar plans too, but not to that extent. I can see this being the last console I buy, on launch anyway. I'll probably get a PC again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwan Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 Is there a reason there can't be rechargable batteries? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliffy Biro Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 I really dont see why there would be, its very old technology. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogso Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 MS have some sort stock in Duracell or something?? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted November 20, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted November 20, 2013 Quite tempted to buy a PS4 down the line and do this.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWxVPsyMs_0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingram85 Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 XO: 1 million sold in 24 hours - worldwide PS4: 1 million sold in 24 hours - US & Canada Both great sales but there seems to be a clear difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P3te Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 Quite tempted to buy a PS4 down the line and do this.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWxVPsyMs_0 no point, the processing adds latency to the display Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliffy Biro Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 XO: 1 million sold in 24 hours - worldwide PS4: 1 million sold in 24 hours - US & Canada Both great sales but there seems to be a clear difference. PS was aways going to do better especially with such cock ups from ms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swerbs Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 XO: 1 million sold in 24 hours - worldwide PS4: 1 million sold in 24 hours - US & Canada Both great sales but there seems to be a clear difference. PS was aways going to do better especially with such cock ups from ms. Being $100 cheaper kind of helps too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 £100/$100 is a helluva lot of money too isn't it? could buy 2 games, a really decent head set and a game, 2 years of psn subscription, the eye toy and a game. or just save a hundred quid 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingram85 Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 Just read that all EA games are £62.99 on psn store and are £54.99 on xblive. That coupled with the F2P Forza5 situation has cemented my decision to stick with my ps3 for a while and get a Wii U instead. ...and for those reasons, I'm out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 PS3 games are £49.99 on PSN they're RRP and don't budge, im sure there was something recently from Sony recommending gamers not to bother buying full priced games from PSN because they knew they weren't competitively priced Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingram85 Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 *EA games. http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-11-25-ea-ps4-games-cost-an-eye-watering-63-from-playstation-store Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villarule123 Posted November 25, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted November 25, 2013 Just buy online then. There's no resale value in digital purchases anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted November 25, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted November 25, 2013 (edited) I don't understand really. Surely Sony and Microsoft want people to buy direct from them. Cutting out the middleman (Retail shops) and maximizing profits? Why don't they make their online price cheaper than retail (even if it's by £3), so everyone will buy from them direct? I'm obviously missing something because doing that seem too obvious. EDIT: I guess retail shops would just lower their price to match it. But still. If it cost the same amount to buy online as it does in the shops surely that's win win? Edited November 25, 2013 by PieFacE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingram85 Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 There's only one factor behind it. Greed. Screw the consumer at every turn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morpheus Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 I have an Xbox 360. Bought it secondhand on Ebay several years ago and still going strong. Enjoy playing golf and war games such as Tiger Woods 12 and all of the Call of Duty games Black Opps and so on. However really want to connect to the internet now and have noted that the PS4 will do that for me without too much bother. If i purchase a PS4 what else will i need to connect to the internet and what cost will be involved and are there any decent golf or war games for the PS4? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 The launch games for the PS4 are a little bit weak at the moment, however, you have Battlefield 4/Call of Duty Ghosts on it for ware games. I don't think there's a golf game out for it yet. With regards to internet connection, it's got WIFI, so as long as you know a few details such as name/password, you'll be online in seconds. You can also watch Netflix/4od/BBCIplayer etc on it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 (edited) they have PSN+ which is kind of like gold apart from 2 things that I can see - PSN+ is only needed to play games online, not for Netflix etc - Sony have nailed the "free" games thing whereas as MS seem a bit behind on it (assassins creed 3 on PSN+ vs assassins creed 2 on gold for example) im not sure if they'll still do the £11 for 3 months thing anymore or if its just £40, there's a thread on PSN+ (and how great those of us who have it think it is) on here somewhere and like lapal_fan said, its built in wifi, its a lot easier than I remember the old 360 being Edited November 25, 2013 by villa4europe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 So I have some amazon vouchers to waste in the new year, Options: 1. xBONE 2. PS4 3. Upgrade PC with new xBONE/Steam controller, GFX card, 256GB SSD and 12GB RAM and dual boot Windows 7 + ubuntu ( changing to Steam OS when available) I am assuming option 3 is the only answer here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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