I wasn't expecting a price or release date, but not showing the actual console itself is definitely a departure from the norm. The link to the Major Nelson tweet posted a few posts back pretty much says it all.
Nonetheless, I'm more interested in the PS4 than I was before the announcement, so that's something. I'm curious to see how much momentum this gives Sony, the games weren't really anything we haven't played before unfortunately. Didn't feel like a new console announcement, more like a run-of-the-mill mid-cycle E3 announcement. It's probably difficult to do that anymore though, with the internet leaks. We know a lot of stuff already, it kind of ruins the excitement.
DriveClub was totally new. Yeah it's a racing game but the network allows it to be so much more than that. I think you need to look beyond just the games you see and look at how they integrate with everything.
Take Destiny. It's a FPS game, similar to Halo in some ways perhaps. You can play the campaign solo and you can have your friends drop in and out seemlessly. When you leave the game and come back, you are able to see things that have changed but your story is never interrupted.
I really like the idea of being able to power down and when I come back start from where I left off. IMO that's the best feature they announced the whole time. I'm not sure how the feature of allowing your friends to jump in your game and take over will work. I can see issues with that. I know I wouldn't like to lose control of my game lol.
disagree, instead of going to a bar and playing darts or foosball I can play a game with my friends. Nothing wrong with that
Didn't say but I can bet you yes. Blu-Ray is one of Sony's main properties, and I don't think they are prepared to go fully digital yet with the games library.
Another thing that wasn't brought up here is that sensor bar they showed. This is kind of getting ridiculous now. For people who own all 3 consoles, they now have to somehow fit a Wii bar, a Kinect, and now a PS4 bar by their TV. How many freakin sensor bars do I need in front of the TV? Hopefully its completely optional and only needs to be hooked up if you're doing motion control crap. The rumors are the new Kinect will come bundled with every next-gen Xbox as well.
Too bad they'll never agree on some kind of universal standard. In before Mad Catz Sensor Shelf accessory.
The thing about that is it seemed like it would be used for the social media aspect, like giving a walkthrough, presentation of a new game a developer is working on, doing a video confrence with gamers and developers etc. If it was integrated into the games I think they would have shown it.
Remember they said people can watch you play your game if you share it? I bet the camera will stream video of you actually playing and not just the game footage. I can see this working for a developer who is showing off a new title.