The Official PS4 Thread

Bman123 · Oct 30, 2013

I'm glad to see this, madden 25, 2k14 and cod ghosts here I come

Wingznut · Oct 30, 2013

Look what I got in the mail today...

MBentz · Oct 30, 2013

PS4 bundles are available on walmart's website. They aren't day one bundles, but they are being delivered before Christmas.

KeithTalent · Oct 30, 2013

Wingznut said:
Look what I got in the mail today...

Does the console come with one wireless DS4 controller? Nobody answered my question above and I searched around, but could not find exactly what comes in the box with the console.

KT

Tweak155 · Oct 30, 2013

KeithTalent said:
Does the console come with one wireless DS4 controller? Nobody answered my question above and I searched around, but could not find exactly what comes in the box with the console.

KT

This is the standard with the current systems.

sze5003 · Oct 30, 2013

You get the ps4, an hdmi cable, one ds4 controller wireless, one charging cable, a mono Mic, power cable. Probably some other documentation.

KeithTalent · Oct 30, 2013

Awesome. Thanks for the confirmation fellas.

KT

Imported · Oct 30, 2013

Debating if I need another controller or not. Made it many many years without an extra on the PS3 but I did get two move controllers.

Wingznut · Oct 30, 2013

KeithTalent said:
Does the console come with one wireless DS4 controller? Nobody answered my question above and I searched around, but could not find exactly what comes in the box with the console.

sze5003 said:
You get the ps4, an hdmi cable, one ds4 controller wireless, one charging cable, a mono Mic, power cable. Probably some other documentation.

But alas, the controller itself does not come with a charging cable.

sze5003 · Oct 30, 2013

Wingznut said:
But alas, the controller itself does not come with a charging cable.

How are we to charge it then? If the ps3 cable fits I can use that, I have plenty of those mini usb cables.

Tweak155 · Oct 30, 2013

sze5003 said:
How are we to charge it then? If the ps3 cable fits I can use that, I have plenty of those mini usb cables.

They probably figure you will use the one that comes with the system. I think he meant it doesn't come with a DS4 purchase.

KeithTalent · Oct 30, 2013

Wingznut said:
But alas, the controller itself does not come with a charging cable.

You mean the controller you pictured above did not come with one? If so, that is strange.

KT

KeithTalent · Oct 30, 2013

Tweak155 said:
They probably figure you will use the one that comes with the system. I think he meant it doesn't come with a DS4 purchase.

Yeah but one for two controllers makes no sense. They should totally include one when you buy a separate controller.

KT

sze5003 · Oct 30, 2013

Oh ok it's probably compatible with mini usb cables that you can get for the android phones.

Weird..got an email from best buy that my cod ghosts digital theme for ps3 is ready to be downloaded. I don't remember purchasing cod ghosts for ps3. I reserved it for ps4.

Tweak155 · Oct 30, 2013

KeithTalent said:
Yeah but one for two controllers makes no sense. They should totally include one when you buy a separate controller.

KT

Chances of you needing to charge both at the same time is really low. I've never had that problem.

And if you forget to charge the 2nd one and need 2 players, the 2nd can play while on the cable.

smackababy · Oct 30, 2013

sze5003 said:
Oh ok it's probably compatible with mini usb cables that you can get for the android phones.

Weird..got an email from best buy that my cod ghosts digital theme for ps3 is ready to be downloaded. I don't remember purchasing cod ghosts for ps3. I reserved it for ps4.

You may have said PS4, but that doesn't mean the highly intelligent, over qualified Best Buy employee marked it as such.

sze5003 · Oct 30, 2013

smackababy said:
You may have said PS4, but that doesn't mean the highly intelligent, over qualified Best Buy employee marked it as such.

Yea god only knows. I have the receipts in the car i am pretty sure that it says ps4 on the pre-order. Unless they are just giving that out to everyone that pre ordered a copy.

raasco · Oct 30, 2013

No external hard drive support for the PS4. I don't really use one very often for my PS3, but with the size of digital downloads increasing so much, I was planning in needing one for the PS4.

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2013...d&utm_campaign=Feed:+PSBlog+(PlayStation.Blog)

Tweak155 · Oct 30, 2013

raasco said:
No external hard drive support for the PS4. I don't really use one very often for my PS3, but with the size of digital downloads increasing so much, I was planning in needing one for the PS4.

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2013...d&utm_campaign=Feed:+PSBlog+(PlayStation.Blog)

Kinda lame, but they let you swap out the internal one, which is arguably better anyway.

smackababy · Oct 30, 2013

Tweak155 said:
Kinda lame, but they let you swap out the internal one, which is arguably better anyway.

How is that better? An external drive allows you to extend the space available while continuing to utilize the original. Unless there is an easy way (and the PS3 didn't have one IIRC) to transfer your data from the launch HDD to a new one, external wins hands down.

I can't read the link, but I'd imagine it will eventually end up having external HDD support. They just didn't have it ready for launch, so it is launching without it.

Arkaign · Oct 30, 2013

Both have advantages. I prefer internal, but can understand some people not wanting to mess about with internal.

PS3 was cake to do imho, but I work in IT. I had people ask me to help with theirs before, so it's obviously not super easy. With cloud saves and DRM for the DD stuff, perhaps this time you will just forget about the local drive aside from stuff you copied on there that wasn't DD through PSN and partner apps.

But for me, I don't like having dongled crap, even a small 2.5" hdd sitting around. Maybe with future die-shrinks of flash memory cells, we can get 256gb USB flash drives though. That way you don't have a cable and another ugly box with blinking lights cabling out from the console. It probably won't take that long I would think.

mmntech · Oct 30, 2013

raasco said:
No external hard drive support for the PS4. I don't really use one very often for my PS3, but with the size of digital downloads increasing so much, I was planning in needing one for the PS4.

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2013...d&utm_campaign=Feed:+PSBlog+(PlayStation.Blog)

Joystiq is also saying it won't have DLNA support, dynamic themes, or even support .mp3 files. Odd.

Tweak155 · Oct 30, 2013

smackababy said:
How is that better? An external drive allows you to extend the space available while continuing to utilize the original. Unless there is an easy way (and the PS3 didn't have one IIRC) to transfer your data from the launch HDD to a new one, external wins hands down.

I can't read the link, but I'd imagine it will eventually end up having external HDD support. They just didn't have it ready for launch, so it is launching without it.

Because then I can upgrade not only the space, but the speed.

raasco · Oct 30, 2013

It also doesn't support audio CDs. I didn't used that feature very often, but it was nice to have the option.

Arkaign · Oct 30, 2013

Tweak155 said:
Because then I can upgrade not only the space, but the speed.

Yeah baby, Sata III + large local install + 500GB SSD = win.

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