PS4 1 Year Later This is for the Players, Are you not entertained?

“Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears”
By William Shakespeare

No Seriously are you not entertained, are you enjoying your PS4?

Because the PS4 has been like a bat out of hell since it’s launch, I mean nothing can get in it’s way, not even the XboxOne, and that’s it’s only real competition. (unless of course you want to say PC’s but let’s just talk consoles for now) So has it lived up to the hype. Or would you say it’s been a disappointment.

So It’s almost been 1 year since the PS4 came out as we get close to Nov. and the question is has the PS4 lived up to the hype to you or has it been a disappointment? For me and maybe I’m biased but it’s been a blast, but what about for you?

Would you say it lived up to the hype or would you say it missed the mark?

It’s funny but people have different expectations when it comes to what the PS4 should be able to do. And that’s what made me want to write this blog post. The other day someone said to me, “I thought the graphics would be a huge leap, they just don’t see it, they don’t see nothing special from PS3, there the same graphics, just a little sharper, you hardly notice a difference.” (he pointed to a few games. (Assassin Creed-Black Flag, Battlefield, the last of us)

Wait What!... ? That statement got me thinking, what in the world are gamers expecting. I notice two things that seem to be happening here for some gamers, and I think Crytek (the people who made Crysis) said it best, “It’s getting harder and harder to really impress gamers.”

I told him this, “Those games look good, but they are not true Nex Gen games, they are just games that came over from last gen, you can’t really look at those games and judge what the new console will be capable of.” Do people not get this, the true Nex Gen games are just starting to come out.

I also should him some second son, and a smile came across his face. We are just getting started, the games that are coming are really going to step it up. Assassin Creed Unity is looking amazing. DriveClub is insane on car detail, especially in cockpit view. Just stunning.

Here’s a few things I’m really loving about PS4. And Why I think it’s a great upgrade.

1. The new Controller is Awesome, it doesn’t get enough credit but after you use it for awhile you begin to see how it just feels much better than the Dualshock 3. it’s a sweet upgrade, and it feels great even over long periods of use.

2. Love the Share button, having video of my gameplay is just awesome. And being able to upload it nice and easy, even sweeter. Taking a snapshot of something is perfect, love that feature.

3. Being able to upgrade the Hard-drive nice and easy, was really cool that Sony let you do this if you wanted more space, I put a 1TB drive right away because I knew I would buy more digital this time around.

4. Can Play while downloading/Games let you start playing while the game is still downloading. Real nice, needed this and finally you can do it.

5. GameShare, yes you can still do this on PS4 and it’s pretty sweet that it’s still here/ Also I know it’s not here yet, but gameshare’s little brother shareplay/ Coming Tuesday Oct 28th. Share Play - (Trust me this is a game changer) Man this is going to be awesome, that’s one feature I can’t wait to use, been wanting to do this ever since they talked about it at the Sony press conference. By far one of the best features for PS4. This is finally going to make online play feel as good as the good old days of when your friend came over to play on the system. Now they don’t even have to leave their house.

So how could you not like the PS4 right now. It’s a real good time to be a PS4 owner, if you ask me, not that you did ask, but if you did. I guess people really understand that this time around too, because the sales have been insane. There is no better way to explain the love PS4 has this time around.

For me, the biggest leap forward has been the interface, I love the way it all works, can it be slightly better, sure (Like add the notification that your friend has just signed on, like on PS3) But I’ve been on the fence on passing judgement, just because I feel like it’s been good so far and I feel like it’s also going to get better and better, Sony seems to be working hard on improving things.

Were just getting into the first year of the system and as we get the features we really want, it’s going to be an amazing system. I personally think Sony has done a really good job at trying to cater to the gamer, which is not easy. And this is a really good start in my humble opinion. But forget about me, how has your PS4 experience been?

-As it was said in the movie gladiator -“Are you not entertained?”/ “Have you not been entertained???”