Aside from my raging disregard for freaking polygons, I'm kind of excited about the PlayStation 4. Let me tell you why:
Share Button
I didn't know that I wanted to do this. I didn't know myself to be a slightly vain person who wanted to instantly share their awesome(read: terrible) game play with the world, but I AM. I can instantly stream my super awesome Mortal Kombat X: The Reckoning videos with everyone I know and then put it on Twitter? I'm in, instantly(quite literally).
More exciting than the superficial "look what I can do" opportunities are what developers can do with this for potential matchmaking opportunities. Imagine a group of people watching a best of 3 fighting game or a 3 lap circuit waiting in the wings to take on the winner or top 3. Granted, this is not so different from things available on PC, but the divide is getting narrower and I want to embrace it as it comes.
Download And Play?
Yes, yes, I know that this is a feature held by hundreds of PC games. I understand that it isn't anything new, but it's such a great feature for a console generation that is guiding us slowly, but surely, to digital media.
Me: "Man, that game got great reviews and is right up my ally for style, I want to play it, NOW"
PS4: "Ok"
Me: "I'm not joking... NOW"
PS4: "Ok"
Simple, I know, but it's a world of difference for my time crunch. Also: demos. I hate waiting for Demos. Now, I don't have to.
Getting Vita in the Game
I've had absolutely no reason to get a PS Vita. None. I don't regret not having one and I don't feel the need to get one... Until PlayStation 4 lets me play it's games on a Vita. I've already sold my soul to Nintendo's Wii U(Also a decision I stand by), so why wouldn't I be excited for another system employing the same methodology and(for me) world changing control schemes. Asymmetric game play is what I want all the time for now and forever.
What I Miss
PlayStation 2. That's the last Sony game system I've owned and it was arguably the greatest game system I've owned. I believe that Sony can deliver that again. I believe that in their misguided search for poly-mega-flopagons, they create a sandbox for developers to make some of the most beautiful and rich games on the market. I hope they do it again.
Am I upset that they don't have backwards compatibility right now? Yes. Do I think that 90% of what was said during the announcement was graphical nonsense? Yes, but at the heart of the matter, this is a console on which some of my favorite medium's great games are going to be built. I can't help but be excited for the prospect. No matter my allegiance, I want great games.
There are other things to be excited about, but nothing rang true like these bullets did. In the meantime, I have some Scribblenauts to play.
