PS4... One? I can't think of a title.

[owsf2000]

Here's some old news, but it's actually new to me. I guess it didn't make slashdot, and if it was on kotaku I had long stopped reading it regularly.

Basically it seems the only reason everyone loves the PS4 over the Xbone is because Sony refused to tell anyone they had the exact same plans as Microsoft originally - and thus was able to do their own 180 secretly.

Essentially they were going to tie their PS Eye to the PS4 in the way the Kinect was tied to the Xbone for a similar $500 price tag, and they were going to implement their own insane used game DRM. But thanks to Microsoft being eager to reveal what they had, Sony was able to quietly abandon those practices and look like the good guy.

I must admit I'm a bit shocked by it. Getting an actual PS4 is still a year or two off for me anyway, but I guess I'll be keeping a close eye on any changes they do as well for similar reasons to what Microsoft did with the Xbone. Well, Sony still has to actually deliver games I want to play on the system before I consider buying one anyway so for now it's just a wait and watch kind of deal.

Why the hell am I posting so much lately. :P

Comments

[kane-magus.livejournal.com]

I hadn't heard this one before either, but it absolutely does not surprise me in the slightest that this is the case. There were always vague rumors floating around back in the day that the PS4 would have the same shit as the X-bone, but it was never officially confirmed. Now we just know that the rumors were true, and why they were never confirmed. This could have just as easily turned out to be Sony getting shit all over with Microsoft being the one to secretly backpedal on similar plans.

All the same, though, I still haven't completely ruled out maybe getting a PS4 at some point in the nebulous future, but this kind of makes me glad I don't already have one yet (though that's mostly for the same reasons as you, i.e. lack of games I give any kind of shit about).