PlayStation 4 Console Thread

[Marlowe]

I like it. Reminds me of that Double Life ad (aka best videogame ad ever).

[Nespresso]

FIVEHUNDREDANDNINTYNINEUSDOLLARS.

[Cthulhu Steev]

PS4 is here (possibly). I like it, even if it is fake

[cubik]

PS4 is here (possibly). I like it, even if it is fake

Nice, liking the look of the design.

Clean and crisp, and would look good under the telly.

Sony have really got their mojo back of late, and seem to have learned from the past.

[Cthulhu Steev]

Nice, liking the look of the design.

Clean and crisp, and would look good under the telly.

Sony have really got their mojo back of late, and seem to have learned from the past.

I like it because Tron. I'm dubious that any console maker would slap those LED strips on the front, but you never know. Well we will know, in a few weeks.

[Ferine]

A largely well produced fake that falls into the common trap of poorly scaled USB ports; pause the video around the 0:22 mark.

[Spacehost]

A largely well produced fake that falls into the common trap of poorly scaled USB ports; pause the video around the 0:22 mark.

Unless it's about twice the size of my desktop PC at any rate.

[cubik]

Is it fake? It's very well produced if it is. Maybe the advert is real but the PS4 images aren't? Who knows.

All I know is that Tron style LED strips will never go out of fashion. Just think if it changes colour too.... In your face Microsoft, forget Teraflops and fill rates. LED colours are the new 3D.

Edit - I see what you mean about the USB ports. It must be the size of a coffee table at least. Maybe that's the new thing, Sony aren't in your living room, they ARE your living room.

[Larsen B]

The console wasn't revealed because PS4 is already inside every one of us.

[JohnC]

Seems legit.

[DocG]

"The PS4 will make you buy a second house to fit it in."

[Cthulhu Steev]

A largely well produced fake that falls into the common trap of poorly scaled USB ports; pause the video around the 0:22 mark.

I'm reading GAF pull it to pieces now, 'The O is a different size to the X!' etc. I didn't spot any of that on the video, I'll leave it to the detectives.

[Sng]

Really good fake.

[Cthulhu Steev]

Sony confirmed to Kotaku that it isn't an official clip.

"Alas, a representative from Sony's American division has confirmed to Kotaku that this isn’t an official clip, saying that it wasn't produced or released by them. We’re all going to have to wait a while longer to finally see what the PS4’s body looks like."

They didn't say it was a fake console though, we might still get Tron LEDs!

[rubberducker]

so obviously a fake, can't believe people are even discussing it.

it is a very slickly done one - however if the hideous console design didn't give it away - the fact that this would never, ever leak should have done.

[wretcherd]

I don't understand why people would put so much effort into a fake advert.

[Epcotman]

Creativity!

[SeanR]

hoping to get hired by teh sony!

[TheSlugFormerlyKnownAsNap]

I don't understand why people would put so much effort into a fake advert.

It's something fun to do, you might get a lot of coverage/views, you might get a lot of publicity, you might fool some people, you can put it on your CV if you're looking into viral marketing jobs.

[wretcherd]

It is very cool. If a mate produced that for a course or something I would be well impressed.

[Sng]

Yeah it's most likely that - Uni work. Probably land them a job straight away.

[Wickedkitten]

Don’t know if its been posted or not but I’m actually really looking forward to it because pirates and it doesn’t have the personality vacuum known as Connor Kenway in it, and because of pirates.

[Vemsie]

[jonamok]

Loving Gates and Ballmer in that.

[Zathras]

PS4 to "launch this year in Europe" according to develop.

Smart thing to do if you ask me. Leave Japan to next year, and focus all their energies here and in the US. No-one is going to buy an Xbox in Japan, unless MS pull off some marketing miracle.

[rubberducker]

I don't understand why people would put so much effort into a fake advert.

for the hits man. for the hits. doesn't do your company any harm to get that much attention on the internets.

[DocG]

It would make sense if I'm right in (absolutely no knowledge whatsoever) assuming that xmas may not be as big of a deal in Japan. If it's not a huge retail period there like it is here, but I have no idea.

Neither did I, so I read wikipedia, and found this:

A successful advertising campaign in the 1970s made eating at KFC around Christmas a national custom. Its chicken meals are so popular during the season that stores take reservations months in advance.

It sounds like a made up fact but there seems to be plenty of mention of it around the web.

Edit -- via reddit -- KFC Christmas bucket, complete with a cake in the bottom!

[mushashi]

Also, is it not relatively safe to assume that the PS4 would "win" in Japan anyway?

Well if you make a console which gets all the milkshake, wouldn't it be the one to buy for any sane rationale individual? Microsoft have never managed to get the really big Japanese games, so why would you buy one? to play niche otaku games and 'niche' import games, some not even translated into your native language.

It's like saying it'd be safe to assume Nintendo would "win" in Japan for portables, if you get all the games, you should win.

[Camel]

So what you're saying is that their milkshake bring all the geeks to the yard?

[mushashi]

Damn right, it's better than yours Microsofts