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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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On Wednesday, we didn't get any WOW. I understand that this generation isn't going to leap ahead graphically, but that's something Sony knew going into this "meeting" and therefore they shouldn't have showed so many "demos" that leaned on their graphical capabilities to impress. Knack and Killzone made up the first 10 minutes of PS4 footage people saw at that event. There was nothing PS4 about those games. Each looked mildly better than current generation (expected), but showed nothing that pushed the envelope and made me excited about going out and spending $400+ on a new console. The WOW upgrade the PS4 holds over the PS3 is RAM, and they should have spent 10 minutes just explaining and detailing hypothetical on what that can mean for games going forward.
Either way, if you have to come out of your next generation console reveal defending half of your presentation, you can't possibly think you nailed it.
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WOW upgrade the PS4 holds over the PS3 is RAM, and they should have spent 10 minutes just explaining and detailing hypothetical on what that can mean for games going forward."
Ok, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwHMVRr37kM&noredirect=1
that is the demo they showed and it was all running of the GPU.
And what about the old man face with David Cage? That's the best looking video game head I've ever seen. He had translucency in his ears. Isn't it better to present a tech demo in context of a developer who might actually apply said tech in his titles?
David Cage is a developer who makes games that rely on character performance. So he should be the person who shows off a floating head made as detailed as possible. And he is right that technology and a direct benefit to his games' ability to convey "emotion" because he's literally trying to capture realistic character performances.
I don't understand this attitude that a console unveiling should be more superficial. "You actually showed us developers and games instead of smoke and mirrors! What the fuck???" Anyone who covers video games should be thrilled when a company offers transparency and earnestness, over slickness and trickery.
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