zzip Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 PS4 is by far the most popular console on the market today, but our PS4 forum is dead compared to Nintendo and has less posting compared to Xbox (which isn't much more active) Just wondering why that might be? There's plenty of stuff going on the the playstation world to discuss, and E3 is right around the corner. Is it that just that the Nintendo brand has more of a nostalgia appeal for older gamers, so there are more of them around? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 We are all old farts PS4 is "fine" but not particularly interesting Summer blockbusters aren't shown at Cannes, either. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 Many of us might own PS4's (I haven't bought one yet). But this community attracts those interested in stuff from the 70's and 80's more. We're an alternate universe from the real world. Here, there are 100 posts about Atari 2600 Pac-Man and E.T., but only 5 about PS4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzip Posted June 8, 2017 Author Share Posted June 8, 2017 Many of us might own PS4's (I haven't bought one yet). But this community attracts those interested in stuff from the 70's and 80's more. We're an alternate universe from the real world. Here, there are 100 posts about Atari 2600 Pac-Man and E.T., but only 5 about PS4. Makes sense, except that rule doesn't apply to the Nintendo Switch here, lots of activity in that forum. PS4 is "fine" but not particularly interesting Not interesting to you, but it's the best console I've ever owned! Then again I've only owned 4 consoles in my life: 2600, Jaguar, Wii and PS4- Mostly gamed on PC and Atari ST/XL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+davidcalgary29 Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 But I use my PS4 for streaming Netflix! That's pretty exciting. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 Now that I'm almost ready to buy PS4, I am confused over the 2 versions. What do I lose if I don't get the newest upgrade of PS4 hardware? I will not own a 4K television for many many years, mind you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor Gull Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 Now that I'm almost ready to buy PS4, I am confused over the 2 versions. What do I lose if I don't get the newest upgrade of PS4 hardware? I will not own a 4K television for many many years, mind you. There are some games now that are upgrading the graphics but the patches differ between PS4 and the PS4 Pro. One such example is No Man's Sky in essence the game is the same on both systems but the pro allows for some additional lighting effects and enhanced picture even without a 4K. I like my PS4 and its probably the better of the new systems in my house here until I decide on a Switch or not. The big thing holding me back on that is the games. No a whole lot out there for Nintendo that I would want that I can't just get elsewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 Not interesting to you, but it's the best console I've ever owned! Then again I've only owned 4 consoles in my life: 2600, Jaguar, Wii and PS4- Mostly gamed on PC and Atari ST/XL It's fine to play, just not much fun to talk about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzip Posted June 8, 2017 Author Share Posted June 8, 2017 Now that I'm almost ready to buy PS4, I am confused over the 2 versions. What do I lose if I don't get the newest upgrade of PS4 hardware? I will not own a 4K television for many many years, mind you. The main focus of the new Pro system is 4K. If you don't have a 4K TV, and have no plans to get one, you will lose most of the benefit. Besides 4K, some games have a better framerate at 1080p on the Pro, but not all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 If I were starting from scratch, I'd get the Pro, just to future-proof it a little bit. The difference is like $100? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybermario Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 i love my PS4, but yeah not much interest in this board for newer consoles, more for classic stuff., threads barely got replies and my interest to post about PS4 died a bit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mord Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 PS4 is by far the most popular console on the market today, but our PS4 forum is dead compared to Nintendo and has less posting compared to Xbox (which isn't much more active) Just wondering why that might be? There's plenty of stuff going on the the playstation world to discuss, and E3 is right around the corner. Is it that just that the Nintendo brand has more of a nostalgia appeal for older gamers, so there are more of them around? Probably because most AAA releases on the PS4 are also on the Xbone, and vice versa, resulting in most of the modern threads to be posted in the general modern console forum. That tends to be my theory anyhow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybermario Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 (edited) Probably because most AAA releases on the PS4 are also on the Xbone, and vice versa, resulting in most of the modern threads to be posted in the general modern console forum. That tends to be my theory anyhow. Every NIS America title, Atlus titles and tons of anime games from Bandai, Horizon Zero Dawn and many more are not on the Xbox One no. Edited June 9, 2017 by Cybermario 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzip Posted June 9, 2017 Author Share Posted June 9, 2017 Probably because most AAA releases on the PS4 are also on the Xbone, and vice versa, resulting in most of the modern threads to be posted in the general modern console forum. That tends to be my theory anyhow. There's more to talk about than cross-platform games There's been a lot of exclusives this year VR E3 is days away, always fun to speculate But there's nothing except the "what ps4 game are you playing" which gets a post every week or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iwantgames:) Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 I'm kinda liking Special Reserve Games new limited ps4 releases. Strafe although it was buggy and needed a patch that shoulda came on the disc :/ and now Shadow Warrior 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Video Posted June 10, 2017 Share Posted June 10, 2017 Because its atariage? Lol. Just a thought, but Nintendo more closely matches the game play style of the decrepit old fogies that inhabit this board. I like ps4 but the last post I did was for yooka-laylee which is closer to my play style than shooting people in the face is. I want a switch but have yet to see one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mord Posted June 10, 2017 Share Posted June 10, 2017 There's more to talk about than cross-platform games There's been a lot of exclusives this year VR E3 is days away, always fun to speculate But there's nothing except the "what ps4 game are you playing" which gets a post every week or so. E3 talk would probably gravitate towards the general forum as well. As for VR, how many of us have been able to shell out for the 500 odd dollar add on equipment? As those few are probably the only ones who would bother talking about it. As for exclusives, I suppose people would have to want to talk about them. Many of them are the niche jrpgs and such that pop out of japan but not everyone is into those. When it comes down to it, people would probably reply to a topic that's started but probably can't be bothered to start one themselves. Maybe they're too busy playing games! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhoenixMoonPatrol Posted June 10, 2017 Share Posted June 10, 2017 (edited) Not worth owning a PS4 for me really. Not liking their value towards me as a consumer. Denying me EA Access and backward compatibility has made me back off the console. I'm a retro guy inbetween playing the modern games so having a 360 library on the current XBox is a nice feature I enjoy allot. Plus PS4 and X1 both share like 90% of the 3rd party games here in the states so I'd rather use the remainder of my game money for Coleco and Atari homebrews really. PS4 has some nice 1st party though,would like to play them eventually. But to be brutally honest the only Japanese company I've really only cared about is Sega(since I'm an oldschool Sega fanboy.) Yakuza on PS4 is nice but outside of that they aren't supplying the PS4 with allot of other exclusives so I can do without. I think I'll grab a PS4(or Pro) someday when theyre really dirt cheap and scoop up its exclusives then. Probably when it reaches retro status. Edited June 10, 2017 by PhoenixMoonPatrol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HammR25 Posted June 10, 2017 Share Posted June 10, 2017 I have a PC and can stream through my PS3 or 360 so I have no reason to get a PS4. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Video Posted June 10, 2017 Share Posted June 10, 2017 Yeah BC would help. I never got a ps3 due to its apocalyptic price point, and by the time it dropped it was to close to the next gen for me to want to pay for it. I got games though, I understand them not being directly compatible, but if I have a disc, why can't it use my disc for verification and load its emu from that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juansolo Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 I only bought one 4 years into it's life, that's how little modern gaming interested me. I'm not interested in an online experience (I can do without homophobic, racist 12 year olds...), paid for DLC, micro-transactions, season passes, and endless yearly iterations of CoD and FIFA. That's not gaming to me. Add to that that the machines in this generation now are treated like PCs where they games are released broken and need endless giant patches to become playable. I suppose is not the fault of the consoles, just of the corporate games industry as it is now. But it still doesn't mean that I like it. In the end I bought one because there were enough good and interesting games that have appeared and they'd become cheap enough that getting one didn't smart too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Helmet Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 I've had a PS4 since launch, and I play it far more than any other console I own. I just don't post about it as much. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xenomorpher Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 (edited) Most games I want are also on PC. I originally bought my PS4 for Silent Hills, and we all know how infuriating that turned out. It's a nice console and if a PC port is crap or requires something stupid, I get it on PS4. The last game I got for it was RE7, and that looked and ran amazingly. The VR is intriguing and the only thing that has me interested outside a couple exclusives. I haven't seen anything on the horizon for the system exclusively that has me excited except Death Stranding, and that could be three or four years from now. Edited June 12, 2017 by xenomorpher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juansolo Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 (edited) I haven't seen anything on the horizon for the system exclusively that has me excited except Death Stranding, and that could be three or four years from now. There's actually a few things I'm looking forward to. But, Last of Us 2 aside, none are things I'll buy on release. I always wait until they're discounted, usually by a lot. Stops me making mistakes like buying Mass Effect Andromeda at full price. As a huge Mass Effect fan, I'll wait until that's under a tenner as they weren't arsed making that game so I'm sure as hell not paying much for it Edited June 12, 2017 by juansolo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Atari_Warlord Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 I've had a PS4 since launch, and I play it far more than any other console I own. I just don't post about it as much. Ditto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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