Sony have already stated officially that games will not be locked to a specific console and they have no plans on restricting the use of second hand games so I have no idea why you would even think that. Sony's presentation clearly showed that they are planning on releasing a far better console in all aspects then the Wii U. The message that they have listened to developers was clear. The message that they have listened to gamer's complaints was real. The potential of the PS4 was absolutely clear. Yes Sony have made promises before and not lived up to them but they are clearly aware this is their last chance and if they do not fulfill all their promises they will be up the creek. Nintendo can learn a lot of lessons from them with regards to what both developers and gamers want out of a games console.
Spoken like a true fanboy. If you think Nintendo has done a far better job then Sony then you're living in cloud cuckoo land. That press conference was more impressive then anything I've seen before from any of the three console manufacturers. The majority of what they showed was very impressive including the controller and most of the games as well as the raw hardware specs. Their online and streaming plans with GaiKai and remote play between the PS4 and the Vita are pretty impressive. Being able to play games before they have been completely downloaded (a feature so far only available to PC gamers) is pretty impressive. The level of third party support is pretty impressive. Need I go on. Yes as I said Sony like Microsoft and even Nintendo have made promises before they haven't kept but I believe as I said above Sony is well aware this is their last chance and listening to both developers and gamers in what they want and giving it to them is what they need to do. If they relinquish on any of their promises they will be in big trouble. The PS4 is shaping out to be a far better experience then the Wii U.
I've been a Sony fan for some time, and Nintendo fan second. However most of the stuff is already potentially available on both Wii U and PS3. Things like cloud gaming could potentially be available on
any hardware so long as the internet connection is good. Social gaming is already part of Miiverse with the exception of recording and sharing video and jumping in. Now correct me if I'm wrong, but if Windows XP machines have the ability to remotely control another's PC then I'm sure it's something Nintendo could add if they wanted to on their hardware. Still I don't know why i'd want someone to be an annoying backseat driver, but player choices. Remote play can again be easily developed by Nintendo on Wii U hardware, it again requires just a decent enough internet connection.
THE only three truely impressive things about the PS4 is the 8GB of GDDR5 RAM it is truly a sensible choice, something that is attractive to developers both for graphical reasons but for both grameplay reasons and level size. Hell even Wii U should have had 4GB, 3 for games and 1 for the OS. The ability to resume a game from standby is lovely, and I'm not quite sure but I think the Wii U could have the potential to do with a firmware update, and finally - installing games in the background my god that's a relief it was teh bane of my PS3 playing existence, then again Wii U games don't require installations, at least not yet.....
I'll probably pick up another next gen console, but I want to see what Microsoft pull out of the bag, if it's cheaper than PS4, and can run Unreal 4 just as well then I'll probably grab a 720. However I wont get one on release because so far there's nothing I want and I'm waiting to see what next gen third party support is like with the Wii U first. The Wii U has already proved it's capable of acceptable visuals, and has proved it can handle PC textures, lighting, tessellation, reflection and other effects at 720p at 30 frames. Something acceptable to me personally.
Edited by Penguin101, 23 February 2013 - 11:14 AM.