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Weekend Confirmed 153 - PlayStation 4 announcements, Year Walk, Crysis 3
by Jeff Mattas, Feb 22, 2013 11:00am PSTThe PlayStation 4 has been announced, so it shouldn't be a surprise that this week's episode of Weekend Confirmed is all about the new system, services, and software. Though Jeff Cannata is away in Barcelona, Garnett Lee and "Indie" Jeff Mattas are joined by Christian Spicer and Mike Schramm to break down what's exciting, what's concerning, and that which is still unknown about Sony's next-gen console announcements. Though PlayStation 4 is this week's focus, the crew also manages to sneak in some impressions of Crysis 3, and praise for Simogo's moody iOS adventure, Year Walk. Of course, a fresh batch of Finishing Moves brings it all home.
Weekend Confirmed Ep. 153: 2/22/2013
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Sony hasn't produced a "elite" multiplayer game. MS has 2, which if you look at Nintendo 2 is all it takes (Mario, and Zelda). The last thing you want from a game is to be ok buy utterly forgettable and that's Sony right now. So if you have friends and like multiplayer what are you going to do, play kill zone yawn, no your waiting for gears, and halo. Then you also get destiny and CoD.
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That's why Sony's approach to this unveiling was so smart. Instead of just saying like "Hey everyone here's Final Fantasy XVI! I bet you didn't see this one coming" And whoops its a CGI and the game is never coming out, PS HD towns are hard. They said, these are the new features that will define the playing experience on our console.
You're not only going to be able to see what game your friends are playing, you're literally going to be able to watch them play. You're not going to have to waggle your way to asymmetrical multiplayer, because Sony wants to appease a casual audience. You're going to be able to choose to interface with someone else's game based on the circumstance of watching them.
How many people hate multiplayer death match because they don't want to play 24 hours a day and compete with neglected 10 year old children? This automatically solves that problem, and introduces new avenues for communal experiences.
Sony did a very good job here because they didn't just focus on the "core gamer" they focused on video games as a thing. They recognized that it doesn't take a game console to stream Amazon and Netflix. That stuff is nice, but a Roku box can be had for $50 now. What sells an expensive video game console is the gaming experience. Its a complete 180 from their attitude with the PS3, and they should be commended for that.
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