Playstation 4: Thread 02

[sj33]

I'm 100% sure the reason for you needing to the internet connection is so the machine can lock it's DVD and Blu Ray region in. Worth thinking about VPNs and the like if you want your machine to be a different region.

It's more likely to be related to licencing, actually. Sony have to pay for the relevant licences for DVD and Blu-Ray playback, and are presumably wanting to only pay for these licences per activation rather than per machine. This is why DivX and WMA also required online activation on the PS3.

[charlesr]

But I don't have a post box!!!!

Heheh.

[25.05.2005]

I always liked the fact that the ps3 upscaled you dvd's, ok so the quality wasn't as good as a blue ray obviously, but i found dvd's certainly looked better than a stand alone dvd player.

Yeah, that's what my current Sony Player does and normal DVDs do indeed look stunning on it. Really nice sharp picture. Sometimes I forget it isn't HD.

Didn't know the PS3 did it, but assuming the PS4 is the same...I could see that coming my main player.

[Neon Ignition]

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-10-31-planetside-2-out-on-playstation-4-early-2014

DC Universe Online makes launch day, Planetside 2 early next year

[hudson]

Just changed my Shopto preorder from that redundant Watch Dogs & FIFA bundle to Killzone & CoD Ghosts bundle. I will buy FIFA separately.

Hurry up 29th Nov, the money is burning a hole in my account and the sense gods are flashing images of WiiU and 3DS XL in my mind...

[25.05.2005]

Did I read it right? You can't stream video/photo/music from your PC to the PS4? That's something even my Sony Blu-Ray offers.

[fishbowlhead]

Did I read it right? You can't stream video/photo/music from your PC to the PS4? That's something even my Sony Blu-Ray offers.

I'm sure there will be a notification that you don't actually get a ps4 in the box soon enough on launch. You'll have to go online to register your interest for a physical unit after paying up.

[25.05.2005]

I'm sure there will be a notification that you don't actually get a ps4 in the box soon enough on launch. You'll have to go online to register your interest for a physical unit after paying up.

[Family Fry]

Just saw UK lineup confirmed for launch.

Sony PlayStation has released a confirmed launch lineup for PS4.

Check out the full list of UK titles below:

Sony Computer Entertainment WorldWide Studios Titles:

Retail:

Killzone Shadow Fall
Knack

Digital:

Resogun (free via PS+)

Digital Cross Buy Titles:

Flower
Sound Shapes
Escape Plan
Flow

Third-Party Titles Retail:

Angry Birds Star Wars
Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag
Call of Duty: Ghosts
FIFA 14
Battlefield 4
Just Dance 2014
Injustice: Gods Among Us Ultimate Edition
LEGO Marvel Super Heroes
Madden NFL 25
NBA 2K

Indie Digital Titles:

Contrast (free via PS+)
Pinball Arcade

[Lebowski]

Killzone and Battlefiled for me at retail maybe Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag, Contrast and Resogun should keep me amused, over crimbo too,

Interesting to see Knack making it out for Christmas, has the ps4 version of skylanders been bumped from launch?

Do we have to buy versions of flower sound shapes and flow if we have them Already ?

[teddymeow]

To be honest it's not an *amazing* line-up.

I'm hyped for Killzone and Knack as they're not available for any other system but my other launch games are being bought on PS4 for a more stable experience.

For me it's all about the promise of Naughty Dog, Sucker Punch and Santa Monica greatness later on.

[Guts]

Okay, so not a single third party next gen game then? Wow. Remember when we bought consoles to play games that weren't possible on the previous machines?

[Team Andromeda]

Okay, so not a single third party next gen game then? Wow. Remember when we bought consoles to play games that weren't possible on the previous machines?

TBH its always happened . I'm sure the Mega Drive and Snes still had the likes of Fifa and Maden coming out for them long after the Saturn and PS shipped and well the XBox, Cube , PS3 all had their versions of 3rd games that you could buy on older systems.

[Lebowski]

War Thunder on that list too according to the sony blog

quite baffled at the missing skylanders, and indie games ( Super Motherload, and Tiny Brains that are listed on the American launch line up)

[sj33]

It's part of being an early adaptor, I suppose.

I remember when launch lineups consisted of 3, maybe 5 games. I don't mind the fact that there are so many cross-generation games during the launch period because it at least gives us something to play until the 'proper' next generation games arrive. Hopefully because of the cross-generation games, we won't see the usual post-launch period software drought.