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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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Round 1 - 00:00:34 - 00:27:40
Whatcha' Been Playin Part 1 - 00:28:18 - 00:57:21
Whatcha Been Playin Part 2 00:58:47 - 01:26:36
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Comments
"I quit. Seriously The you didn’t love the PS4 presentation so therefore you’re an asshole crowd make me hate that I wasted my time on a show"
"For the record, not that anyone will get it right, I think the PS4 looks awesome."
"And that a box that rad warranted a far more aspirational presentation. So shoot me for wanting more and not just cheerleading."
First of all, people saying that Garnett is an asshole for his opinion are jerks.
But second, I think that Garnett's outrage at people thinking that he had a negative impression of the PS4 is more than a little bit unfair. Yes, he had a few nice things to say about the hardware. He said that Cerny's involvement had him "optimistic" and that it was "juicy." After that, I would say that the show was dominated by some pretty harsh criticism.
This goes back to what I was saying about Jeff's Fire Emblem comments from the previous show. When you spend 90% of your time talking about things that are bad about something, people are going to get the impression that your overall impression was negative unless you make a serious effort to emphasize the contrary.
I listened to the show again just to make sure that my memory of it wasn't colored, but no - it was very negative. Basically, things that might have been positive either got glossed over and set aside or turned into speculation about how it probably wouldn't be executed well, and things that were negative were dwelt on and joked about at length.
For example, I get the impression that Garnett thought that the Infamous trailer was really good. But it wasn't discussed at all except to say that it was a mistake not to show it first.
So to Garnett: I like the show and I think that you are probably the best show host in the world of video game coverage. But the PS4 episode was overwhelmingly negative and you can't blame people for coming away with the impression that you had a negative impression of it. People react to the amount of time you spend saying negative vs. positive things.
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As for getting riled up about people's criticism - all you're going to see on the internet is bad stuff, whiners, complainers, people taking things out of context, etc. What you're going to miss are the perfectly happy listeners who love and appreciate you and who may not be plugged in to twitter or chat on Shacknews.com.
That all said, here are my thoughts and opinions on what I heard:
- PS4 Controller: I think the Dual Shock and Xbox controller are different enough in width, grip, thickness, etc. but the most obvious visual reference to their difference is the stick layout so that is the defining characteristic people grab on to when they give reasons why the Xbox controller feels better. I think there are a lot of people over-exaggerating about how bad the DS is. The controller is good enough for me where it isn't an issue to play games and it hasn't created a problem for me to complain about... Back to the PS4 controller, nobody held it or played a game with it - so instead of talking about how it looks, let's wait to complain until we've actually touched it.
- Social Stuff: Am I the only one who literally doesn't care about social networking? I really don't feel the need to share myself with the 200+ people on my friends list who, other than around 10 people, I don't really care about. I think this buzz around it is for A) people who need to have attention and B) marketers to market their products and justify their existence.
- Games: I loved Sony's focus on games and how their presentation was more about the games than the other services. I think services are fine, but they're not a differentiator when every console (or everyone with a laptop) has them.
- I loved the point about buying a new console versus upgrading your PC. I am going through this same dilemma! At $400 - I coud add a new graphics card, processor, mobo and ram to my outdated gaming rig but I would like to see some specifics about the next Xbox's and PS4's hardware so I can price out PC upgrades with some parity.
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