Hi guys, the name is akumous -- a gamer -- and this is my blog it is about my one of many passions such as video games. Basically this is centrally my gamer's blog where I will not post about videogames but other geeky material such as anime, comic book films, hardware, and I will occasionally vent about the nonsense that antagonize me about the gaming industry. Although this blog is a work in progress...it is my tool for escapism and fun. Thanks in advance for following my page.
Saturday, May 26, 2012
The steps Sony needs to take with PS4 to win
I read similar article at Gamestop.com just a few moments ago and although it was entertaining I disagreed with some of the things said. Of course, this was tactic used to create discussion and traffic to their site but I decide to give my opinion on my own page to create traffic.
Pricing:
Sony dropped the ball with this one with the PS3. PS3 was priced $600.00USD at launch and this was for the absolute SKU; the modest version was priced $500.00USD with some of the features taken out. Sony, the retarded company at the time, took bad ideas from MS with multiple SKUs which didn't resonate well with user-base.
Sony, I think you're gained some commonsense over the years and you learned from your fuck ups so with the PS4, I am hoping it is price at a reasonably.
Revamping the Playstation Network and Console's operating system:
Xbox360 was first high-definition console I had owned and despite my personal issues with the crappy hardware, MS's console still has the best online ecosystem. Sony's, however, is one convoluted fuck. It's better now but the ecosystem doesn't exist. There is no cross-chatting; checking out friend's stats and what games their like doesn't exist or takes for ever for accounts to be synchronized; and other issues I won't get into. Sony knows whats wrong because the community has voiced their opinions innumerable amount of times, it just for Sony to take initiative.
Backwards compatibility:
I understand Sony's strategy of having the newer, and current models, of PS3 units lacking compatibility due to profit motives but stop it. I want to the PS4 to be compatible with previous generation content and all of the digital content I bought from the PSN store. If Sony doesn't do this and MS does or if both of them don't capitalize on this then I am going to be a core PC gamer. Furthermore, it should be easy to use prior hardware devices and peripherals with the PS4.
Games and easy to program:
If the games are not there then the console will fail, enough said. PS3 had a terrible lineup when it first launch and programming on the system had a steep learning curve which cost Sony time and money since games took forever to be ported.
Anyway I am sure more can be said on this topic but I having a headache here due to hunger. I won't even bother adding more content to this article because it is just my opinion and I could be wrong. It's my blog too so I can end it as abruptly as I want.
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To be fair, I don't use PSN all that much but for my needs, it's not that bad (just downloading a few DLC and demos). I never play online, so I can't say much.
ReplyDeleteI don't like the whole trophy thing and the way the stats work (it's much better on 360, indeed) but then, I'm not a competitive game in the least, so that's not much of a concern of mine, either.
The point that hits home with my is the backwards compatibility. I know it's a lot of logistics and whatnot but to me, it's become a must. I also got a gaming PC myself because I'm honestly a bit jaded with the current gen's way of doing things (and the rather poor game selection... but that's my opinion).