Sony wants you to feel special for selecting the PlayStation 4 over the handful of other systems on the market. Cheery third-party chief Adam Boyes revealed the tidbit in an interview with Game Informer magazine, pointing to the platform holder’s co-marketing partnership with Bungie’s first-person shooter Destiny as an example of the effort that it’s putting in to make the next-gen console the best place to play.
“In general, we want to look at PlayStation as the best place to play,” he enthused. “That's why we spent a lot of money going for 8GB of GDDR5 RAM and high processing power – to ensure that it is perceived as the best place to play. Destiny is a critical part of that; we want people to see that custom white PS4 and say, 'Where did you get that?' or see the custom gear on PS4 and say, 'Where did you find that?' That's a part of ensuring that people feel special when they play on PlayStation."
The manufacturer’s been much more proactive with third-party deals so far this generation, heavily aligning the likes of Watch Dogs with its machine. The strategy has had an impact on sales, too, with the aforementioned sandbox smash selling best on its system. Future partnerships will include Far Cry 4 and Batman: Arkham Knight, with more likely to be announced at GamesCom. Is the firm succeeding in making you feel special, though? Complain in the comments section below.
[source gameinformer.com, via gamespot.com]
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I don't feel special with all the delays of the games. And I like my X1 and Wii U as much as my PS4.
I wish they take care for the Vita owners as well.
If they start adding some serious JRPG's to the lineup I'll feel special. When are we getting our first Tales of game for PS4?
@Kohaku agreed!
@Kohaku With respect, it's out of Sony's hands if, say, 2K Games delay Evolve. Obviously that criticism does apply to DriveClub and The Order, though.
PS4 owners are indeed special only because PS Vita owners aren't special at all! But according to the internet PS4 owners are going through living hell at moment so i don't know who to believe! I don't even want to know what condition Vita is according them!
I just want my Tekken
Vita gamers will hve torrent of big content next 3 weeks... At japan translated contents
Disgaea4, phantom breaker, akiba trip, sword art online, neptunia rebirth, and danganronpa2
I couldn't care less for the tie in rubbish. Just give me fallout and shenmue and I'll sell you my fictional soul.
So far I have to admit, getting my console on Day 1 release, I don't feel special I have to admit
The Watch Dogs Season Pass was a complete balls up (granted this is more Ubisofts problem than Sony's). For example, the Access Granted pack - on the Xbox platform it happened exactly as planned: -
Season Pass holders got all the DLC one week before the general public
One week later, the general public can buy the Access Granted pack
On the PS4 however, this was what happened: -
Season pass holders were told the content was available
Turns out only part of it was available
Stuff was under investigation
Angry punters flooded the Ubisoft forums
Then one week later when the Season Pass holders were "supposed" to have the content, the general public got access to the Access Granted pack
THEN the season pass holders got the additional DLC
It's thoroughly put me off Watch Dogs - I completed it however I ain't gonna platinum it because I have been thoroughly put off by it and, by what I've seen on the Ubisoft forums, Xbox owners did not suffer the same problem as the PS owners did
Then we could compare the launch: -
Xbox had Forza 5
PS4's DriveClub was delayed to 2014
Xbox had Ryse
PS4 had Killzone Shadow Fall
Xbox had Dead Rising 3
PS4 had Knack
All the above titles had Day One exclusive content to celebrate the Day One launch
PS4 had zero Day One content
Xbox had the Day One edition bundle with limited edition controller and achievement
PS4 had Killzone Shadow Fall bundle
So no I do not feel special compared to Xbox One gamers right now
As a Vita owner, I do not feel special.
I agree with others - my Vita is feeling very unspecial (though my PS4 is!)
Feeling more ripped off than special.
I feel like a potato...
I feel good every time I switch it on. I'm in my mid 30s but feel like a young teenager again when I hear the music - maybe that's why. I don't get much time to play games as I used to - still got Watch Dogs to complete and The Last of Us has arrived. Plus with two new PS Plus games every month - I'm more than happy with it.
Playstation is a special experience for me I can rage over some games (looking at you Watch Dogs, you dirty b***), but in general I like them
I certainly don't feel special. What I'm getting from this article is "if you play Destiny then we will make a shiny hat available to you, so people will know you've played Destiny on the PS4, and you will have a shiny hat". Or a white console.
How about actually releasing some games and not acting like anyone who doesn't enjoy every single smaller release doesn't appreciate gaming? How about mp3 and mp4 support? How about Youtube? That's just the PS4, don't even get me started on the Vita.
compared to Xbox One, how the heck does anyone having an Xbox One feel special. Oh my god man, not even the PC gamers at this point are feeling special. If people are saying that Xbox One gamers are feeling special or should for some odd magical reason, then take that mask off. o.O
for one thing, Indies are not sony's problem and they take nothing away from AAA games. For people that think so, they are not worth the debate effort sense that type of thinking is flawed in every single way. Also, lets not forget about the fact that this is still in the launch area of consoles, which is 1 year, launches and the first year always suck and I mean always. Sony's PS4 though has had a fair amount of games even if a lot of them are indies, but that isn't their fault. This was still a very good launch compared to console launches before.
Sony and the PS4 has one upped microsofts Xbox One in almost every way except OS customizability which I am pretty sure will be fixed.
Make me feel special by stop giving me bad indie games ! 👍
All the people complaining about VITA to be honest I think the VITA line up has not been bad this year, pretty much on par with ps4. In my opinion that is
@DilMan33 "The Last Guardian might make it special" Wouldn't you have to live long enough to know?
@Johnnycide
Vita is in a far, far, far worse state than PS4, at least PS4 owners have something to look forward to.
Too much focus on PS4. Just discount all Vita games and I'll feel special. Lol
@XFsWorld
Even that wouldn't make me feel very special about Vita as there's always a good discount on Vita titles. I want new exclusive games for it.
I don't feel special, i lost my Sony gold wireless headset dungle they act like they cant replace it, i bought watch dogs and it sucked. i might sell it and stick to PC, there hasn't been anything that sweet for PS4, i might get last of us but idk man, i mean the games a year old and full price. No i don't feel very special. The headset isnt a month old. So no i feel like if there isnt something to play by mid 2015, im moving on.
I don't feel all that special but at the same time I couldn't really care less. I've used my PS4 for Final Fantasy XIV and it's been much more beneficial for me since I seldom lag or get booted from the game or suddenly monsters disappear from my screen compared to the PS3 version. Not to mention the benefits of the Party chat feature. It's just made MMO gaming on a home console much more accessible. Now we just need cross-platform games between the NWU and XBO and next-gen will have truly arrived.
For me my PS4 is the best console hands down, as I own all the next-gen consoles. I'll be buying and have been buying a lot more games on my PS4, all multiplat games I'll be buying for my PS4. As multiplatform games are superior on the PS4, Sony's done a great of launching the PS4 also. With new content hitting the PSN almost every week, there will be no shortage of AAA now that time of year is coming.
I'll admit...not feeling the love on PS4. Had similar pains on PS3 until the gaming list finally caught up. Here's what I'd like to see...they should create a "Vita Management" app for the PS4 which will allow users to store and manage their vita games on the PS4 hard drive. We should also have the ability to play the vita games directly on the PS4 or stream it off of the PS to our Vitas. This would increase interconnectivity and give much more gaming options.
I'm going to go against the grain and say my Vita feels more special than my PS4 right now. Sure, virtually everyone at Sony is ignoring Vita like the plague, but games, really great games are still being released. It also has a great game catalogue of titles already released. Not that I'm down on my PS4, it'll have more company when Destiny and Middle-Earth get released.
As a PS3 owner I feel very special, but as a Vita owner, I feel like s**t.
@Rapidaz Yeah I would really love for that to happen as well, but I already know their not working on new games so..
Well I would say that I am happy with my PS4. Even though I don't have alot of money to buy games for it their selection of PSN+ Freebies have kept me busy. I am really glad I came back to the PS brand this gen and honestly can't wait to see what the futures has for the console.
I will trade all that PR crap for something that actually forces me to buy a PS4. Destiny is not even a Sony (or even PS4) exclusive, so are they bragging because of a white PS4 that could have been bundled with any other game? Uncharted 4 is a long time coming.
In the other camp, I am dying to get the Bayonetta 1+2 combo and Smash Bros on my Wii U, and Kamiya's new IP is a One exclusive that admittedly is also a long time coming.
@scottishgiforce What are the Xbox One gamers playing these days?
Well it has been the best place to play remasters and indie games. Sadly I'm not a huge fan of either.
@SimonAdebisi if they give me a new Fallout game that isn't ruined by being multiplayer I'd sell the souls of everyone on this list to whichever dark gods give the best price to be able to have access to it
@Johnnycide yes you are spot on. All we've had are indies indies and rehashed last gen games, I got my ps4 to play next gen games but so far we've been let down. Like you just because I don't like every so-called game that doesn't make me any less of a gamer than anyone else. Tbh I actually feel conned into buying the ps4 because they haven't delivered, their statement is "4 the players", well I haven't been able to play much. The thing is sony would have been thinking about making this console when the ps3 launched, so have had over half a decade to get it right, so no I don't feel special.
@molee94 I like indie games...love them really, but they are by no means a substitute for real solid AAA games...or for those games being delayed. I've had my PS4 since Christmas and I've played all 5 big release games that I want to play and the others have all been delayed. The huge amount of hype rehashed PS3 games are getting rankles me....it can be seen as a cynical double dip to make new money from old games, and that's how I choose to view it....no I really don't want Sleeping Dogs on PS4.
@Munkyknuts absolutely agree with you. Remakes or remasters as Sony likes to sell them as are an issue on the PS4.
@Munkyknuts They must have had these remakes in the pipeline, which tells me they knew there wouldn't have the lauch titles and others ready this year. Cynical maybe but it takes months to re-code games. As I've said i want to play next gen games not just indies and port's, great for people who have never played them but this is not what I signed up for. As far as I'm concerned this was Sony's and the developers plan.
@molee94 the fact that it seems to have been planned for these next gen rereleased well in advance only increases it's appearance of being easy money making. Even with so many major releases being delayed I'm still not going to pay again for games I've already paid for and played on the PS3....I don't mind indie games tho none of them are stretching the PS4s vast capabilities. I was unsure about getting a PS4 near launch and I wish I'd waited till next year. The amount of coverage the remastered The Last of Us has gotten is shocking and it will only be worse with GTAV...it's these rereleased games being thrown into the void where new content should be that's turning me off Sony a little.
@Punished_Boss That's what I was saying. I'm not discussing Vita because that just an indefensible, disgraceful situation that only Sony themselves are to blame for.
What I'm saying is that there seems to be a prevalent attitude of "Oh, you don't want to play Proteus? You Philistine! You should take a couple of hours out of your day to appreciate it. If not then you're obviously some 12 year old CoD obsessive".
Well i can take or leave CoD and I don't even play competitive multiplayer. What I like is storytelling and action. something like Spec Ops: The Line, or Bioshock Infinite, or The Last of Us. I bought a PS4 to play the likes of The Order, KZ Shadowfall, Infamous, MGSV etc. Now there are maybe four or five other games like that on the system, after a year. That makes about seven games in total that I've been able to buy for a console I shelled out 400 quid for. To plug the gap we've been given ports, remakes and these things like Proteus which just don't cut it. Most games that were supposed to be out by now which had any chance of being a AAA title have been delayed at least once, and instead of an acknowledgement that people are going to be disappointed, we have an attitude of "well Towerfall ascention is just as good as Batman: Arkham Knight, if you can't see that then that's your problem". It's just a terrible, terrible attitude to have.
@Johnnycide Your post seems, directed at a few others instead of me. At best all I said is delays is for the greater good and we all need patience. I will also add that AAA & Indie games don't interlink, they don't take anything away from each other. Remasters seem to be popular, well they don't take anything away from new games either, either new games are in the works or aren't. Or a company has no idea what to do with Resident Evil.
I don't own a PS4 so i can't make judgement calls.
@Punished_Boss To be honest only the first sentence or so was directed toward you. I went off on a bit of a tangent after that. For the record though, I usually agree with your posts.
@SimonAdebisi Here, Here!
I guess Ive got to agree with most of the comments because the freebie for this month the game I imported last month from Europe and the 2 PS3 games that I traded one PS4 game for is all on PS3 so I think my PS3 is feeling more special because I also ordered this cool third party controller for it! I'm dying to play my 4 but the lack of games is really a let down but I am being as patient as possible! Can't wait for destiny too bad 1 of the 3 new colors of the DS4 I have to wait until the end of October for! Buts its all good because there 3 PS4 games I'm getting before the end of the year! to this day I still can't fathom why Sony turned down sunset overdrive it is one of the reasons I am still trying to snag an X 1 in October or before the end of the year!
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