Topic: The PlayStation Fan Thread

Final Fantasy XV looked insane. There might be hope for the series yet. Considering my wish to have Monolith Soft be the new king of JRPGs, I'm not sure how to feel about this.

There's a large number of free-to-play games releasing on it. PS+ users get driveclub free.

This is hilarious, what a cheep shot XD

Hmmm, ok. I was surprised that PS+ is basically required now.
IMO, that guarantees an Xbox One win, because that's really the only thing people complained about when it comes to Xbox Live.
We still need to see more, but PS4 sounds like it's creeping closer and closer to everything people complained about on Xbox One.

I'm fine with Playstation Plus being required for online knowing I don't play games online anymore, but it's the worst move Sony made in a while. Guessing those Gakai servers aren't cheap...

Xbox One has cloud, too. The difference is the 'free' games, but Microsoft will probably have free to play games, anyway.
Even if you play a free to play game offline, they can still make money on assumingly worthwhile DLC that won't require you to have a subscription.
In otherwords, the free to play games are tied to the PS+ subscription, while Xbox One's aren't.

The PS4 price is $399.99/£349.99 also it does not have the anti-used game restrictions like Microsoft and it can play totally offline. It has some really good games also Kingdom of hearts 3 is coming to the PS4, & The Elder Scrolls Online Coming to PlayStation 4 which i didn't expect. Not sure what it comes with or the HDD size but you find out soon anyway, one bad point for some you'll need PS+ for just online gaming but otherwise everything is very good.

All the consoles have flaws. Some flaws just stick out way much more.

There is no Nintendo Press conference. Only a Nintendo Direct that existing hardcore fans will see. Which worries me greatly.

So. Final Fantasy XV looks... Incredible.

Indeed. It'll be worth the wait.

Thats nothing really considering the used game policy of the Xbox One and the online connection policy.

Wait, so now a PS+ subscription is required now for online multiplayer?? Not surprised.

After getting a brief look at the new PSN, I wondered how and where they would make money out of it. The service looks like it needs much more bandwidth and compute than the current version, which costs money

They're still going to be at E3 with demos at least.

The best thing about this PS+ subscription only for online gaming is that the PSN will be improved, plus there is extra stuff for PS+.

@Waveboy
Nintendo won't have to lower the price to compete. The Wii U is still worth $350. That extra $50 for the PS4 is the HDD.
That's also why they're charging for online now.

For what its worth, Microsoft seems to be doing the free game thing too. You can get Fable 3 right now for free if you have XBL Gold, and other games will be coming for free too (Microsoft mentioned Assassin's Creed 2 and Halo 3).
Granted, for XB One, yeah, probably not.

I'm guessing that IGN misinterpreted that whole PS+ required bit. From the way it sounded in the conference, they mention online play merely as a perk of the system, not a PS+ requirement.

Still worth it, Plus is a huge value that I've been meaning to get sometime soon

I agree. Even if they have to phase out the Basic set to do it, Nintendo needs to widen the price gap a bit, though the free online is a price point in its favor.