Sony: PS4 News and Discussion Thread
11-18-2013 | 07:28 AM
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Yum. When you get it back, immediately sign up for PS+ and manually back up your game saves to the cloud. Plus games played after that will prompt if you want the saves saved to the cloud. Most of these "fixes" are temporary. I even had a reballing done which I think is the more intuitive soldering one (I'll research again if anyone needs more detail) and it only lasted a few months even though I have warranty. The PS3's will only drop and by the time it dies again just get another. Should drop to under $200 by next year at retail.
By the way, this weekend I played like 3 hours straight of The Walking Dead. What a fucking awesome game. The story lines are great. Helps me with my regular TV show fix. Also I got God of War Ascension for $10 shipped off Gamefly and that game is fun as hell too.
By the way, this weekend I played like 3 hours straight of The Walking Dead. What a fucking awesome game. The story lines are great. Helps me with my regular TV show fix. Also I got God of War Ascension for $10 shipped off Gamefly and that game is fun as hell too.
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11-18-2013 | 09:45 AM
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Yum. When you get it back, immediately sign up for PS+ and manually back up your game saves to the cloud. Plus games played after that will prompt if you want the saves saved to the cloud. Most of these "fixes" are temporary. I even had a reballing done which I think is the more intuitive soldering one (I'll research again if anyone needs more detail) and it only lasted a few months even though I have warranty. The PS3's will only drop and by the time it dies again just get another. Should drop to under $200 by next year at retail.
By the way, this weekend I played like 3 hours straight of The Walking Dead. What a fucking awesome game. The story lines are great. Helps me with my regular TV show fix. Also I got God of War Ascension for $10 shipped off Gamefly and that game is fun as hell too.
By the way, this weekend I played like 3 hours straight of The Walking Dead. What a fucking awesome game. The story lines are great. Helps me with my regular TV show fix. Also I got God of War Ascension for $10 shipped off Gamefly and that game is fun as hell too.
11-18-2013 | 01:07 PM
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11-18-2013 | 02:07 PM
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11-18-2013 | 05:30 PM
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11-19-2013 | 12:48 AM
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If you got mad balla tyte internet digital might be the way to go...
PCPer did some testing between the stock HDD, an SSD and a hybrid drive now known as an SSHD. Part 1 looked at using disc only versions of game and got these results.
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http://www.pcper.com/reviews/General...rmance-Testing
Then they compared it to a download only version
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http://www.pcper.com/reviews/General...nce-Boot-Times
Downloading versus Blu-ray Installing
It surprised me, but there is definitely a performance advantage to installing your games from the PSN (and going all digital) compared to installing from a Blu-ray. Obviously the PS4 is doing some kind of checks with the disc in the drive on a semi-regular basis and not simply checking it once during game load time. It it were, and if the data downloaded were the same as the data copied from the disc, then load times should be identical; they aren't.
It surprised me, but there is definitely a performance advantage to installing your games from the PSN (and going all digital) compared to installing from a Blu-ray. Obviously the PS4 is doing some kind of checks with the disc in the drive on a semi-regular basis and not simply checking it once during game load time. It it were, and if the data downloaded were the same as the data copied from the disc, then load times should be identical; they aren't.
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http://www.pcper.com/reviews/General...rmance-Testing
Then they compared it to a download only version
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http://www.pcper.com/reviews/General...nce-Boot-Times
11-19-2013 | 08:09 AM
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I'm behind on my games thanks to like 4 years of Rock Band 2 and 3 
But I rarely buy at full price. I think only Rocksmith 2014 which is a fucking deal and half and Rock Band 3 did i buy at full price.
But I rarely buy at full price. I think only Rocksmith 2014 which is a fucking deal and half and Rock Band 3 did i buy at full price.
11-19-2013 | 02:18 PM
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sht, don't even need to buy games. you can play this online for free, for instance
https://store.sonyentertainmentnetwo...id=28213793922
https://store.sonyentertainmentnetwo...id=28213793922
11-19-2013 | 02:37 PM
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15 games available for free play..... like Dead or Alive and Tekken... come on now
https://store.sonyentertainmentnetwo...id=28213793922
https://store.sonyentertainmentnetwo...id=28213793922
