11 March 2013
By Aaron Sanders
It has begun. Years of rampant speculation are finally over as Sony, the second biggest gaming powerhouse, has decided to unveil its curtain early and announce the first next-generation console: the PlayStation 4.
While most details are still shrouded in mystery, the PlayStation 4 promises an entertainment experience unlike anything ever created (haven’t heard that before). With a plethora of high-tech specs that are too complicated to list here, the new PlayStation will do everything the PlayStation 3 can do and more—except play PS3 discs. In terms of in-game graphics, the PS4 is gorgeous. After years of PC gamer abuse, console gamers finally have something brag about.
In the PlayStation press conference, Sony spent a good amount of time emphasizing its new DualShock 4 controller. For those unfamiliar with gamer lingo, the DualShock controller is simply another overhyped, overpriced gaming controller that is infinitely more uncomfortable than its Xbox counterpart. Anyway, the “new” DualShock 4 controller is equipped with a six-axis motion sensor, a touch pad and a blue light on the back (that last part is as innovative as it sounds).
On to the thing that both Microsoft and Sony have forgotten about over the years: games. While the majority of the PS4 release line-up consists of sequels or spin-offs of already successful franchises (inFamous: Second Son, Killzone: Shadow Fall), there are a couple of original titles to get excited about. Watch Dogs, which made a massive splash at E3 last year, is being released as a PlayStation title, not as an exclusive title but like Call of Duty which is always paired with Xbox over PlayStation. The cyper-action game Watch Dogs, which arms the player with the ability to literally hack an entire city is definitely a game that even non-PlayStation gamers can look forward to. Bungie’s (Halo franchise) first post-Halo title Destiny is also making its debut from Sony’s corner. Destiny is a first-person massive multiplayer online game for the console, an unprecedented game that could quite possibly reinvent what can or cannot be done on a console.
With no glimpse of an actual console, we’ll have to wait until June to get a better look at Sony’s “Xbox Killer.”
An Xbox fanboy myself (ahem Xbox for life ahem), I have to say I am excited not so much for the newest PlayStation, but for the next era of gaming. And I look forward even more to what Microsoft has brewing.
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