PlayStation 4 Console Thread

[Graham S]

18.5m PS4s sold.

10.9m PS+ subs.

[Rob Rymond]

Going the right way with a subscription service, but it sounds a little expensive unless you can commit a lot of free time into playing games on the service.

[gospvg]

18.5m PS4s sold.

10.9m PS+ subs.

Just wish some of that money was reinvested into the PSN infrastructure rather than propping up Sony.

[Guest]

18.5m PS4s sold.

10.9m PS+ subs.

But the BBC said it was 110m over Christmas.

[Uncle Mike]

That's PSN accounts total.

[Stanley]

I hope so too. It's a fantastic machine and it's the one thing letting it down.

[Max Damage]

Not really interested in subscribing to Psnow but I'm hoping we can still rent individual games, I hope that is still an option but I can't find any info on rentals.

[TehStu]

Just wish some of that money was reinvested into the PSN infrastructure rather than propping up Sony.

They're trimming back TV and phone production to focus on the money making stuff, i.e. PlayStation. I guess that tallies with the fairly recent announcement that they need to invest in their infrastructure.

Don't think that's something we'll see the benefits of any time soon, though.

[Superunknown]

Agreed. I doubt we'll see the result of any investment soon; they said they would begin the investment in infrastructure during the second half of this financial year, so it's unlikely anything much has happened yet.

By now they've perhaps ordered a couple of extra servers from PC World on Kaz's corporate credit card, and asked a guy down the pub who has a mate whose uncle says he works for MS how to build some resilience into PSN.

[TehStu]

I'm sure we've worked on enough projects to know that your quip probably isn't a million miles from the truth.

[toythatkills]

I think they've probably seen that video of Twitch running through a copy of Pokémon Red and a SNES and are wondering how they can best utilise this in the PSN framework.

[Omizzay]

Just recently found out that Plex is available for the PS4 and downloaded it. It then asks to put in a pin on plex.tv/pin but that website also has a place for a username and it didn't work.

Anyone managed to get it running?

[Pavey]

Just recently found out that Plex is available for the PS4 and downloaded it. It then asks to put in a pin on plex.tv/pin but that website also has a place for a username and it didn't work.

Anyone managed to get it running?

Yes mate, i have. Do you have a Plex pass? Have you opened a free account with Plex, where you set your username?

[Rowan Morrison]

They're trimming back TV and phone production to focus on the money making stuff, i.e. PlayStation. I guess that tallies with the fairly recent announcement that they need to invest in their infrastructure.

Don't think that's something we'll see the benefits of any time soon, though.

Wrong, professor! Dead wrong, for behold their new £949 Walkman!

[SeanR]

There are no words...

[toythatkills]

Wrong, professor! Dead wrong, for behold their new £949 Walkman!

I suspect that the respected news organisation, "Newsbeat," usually known for its hard-hitting exposés, on this occasion has no idea what it's talking about. It claims the new thing has 128GB of memory which is enough to hold 1,700 songs, for example.

I assume there's more to the story than they report.

[Sng]

I suspect that the respected news organisation, "Newsbeat," usually known for its hard-hitting exposés, on this occasion has no idea what it's talking about. It claims the new thing has 128GB of memory which is enough to hold 1,700 songs, for example.

I assume there's more to the story than they report.

1700 flac songs is probably right isn't it? The device is all about storing uncompressed music so it must be around that I guess.

[Rowan Morrison]

I assume there's more to the story than they report.

Oh, there's always more to the story. But it is indeed a £949 Walkman.

[Stanley]

That's ridiculous. What on earth could possibly justify that price? !

I remember when ipods came out and thinking I could never afford one. But that was brand new tech. It was the future.

[Spacehost]

It's going for the audiophile market of rich idiots who think spending £1000 on a CD player will make their CDs sound better.

[Rowan Morrison]

Actually if Sony can finagle massive profits out of audiophiles and plough them back into PSN, who among us could possibly complain? Get some Sony-branded magic plugs and speaker stones out there and buy a subscription to McAffee or something.

[JimmytheMook]

It's going for the audiophile market of rich idiots who think spending £1000 on a CD player will make their CDs sound better.

It does.

[Stanley]

Oh God here we go.

[Spacehost]

Oh God, an actual audiophile. I believe we need to tag him and release him back into the What Hi-Fi forums before he loses his natural instincts to hunt out overpriced HDMI cables.

[JohnC]

He's a mook.

[JimmytheMook]

I didn't realise there was already heated debate on that topic. Sorry to derail! Anyhow, it all depends on the specs of that sony walkman, it may have a very decent DAC chip in it with appropriate sound quality to justify the cost. I certainly lament the passing of my i-river H120, the last time I had decent sound on the go. The variety of Spotify on iphone is a good substitute mind.

I'll maintain though it's daft to suggest there's no upgrade in quality in cd players at 1000 quid. Though it does depend what you're outputing to. Anybody who argues otherwise I imagine hasn't any experience of it.

[LaveDisco]

For £949 the volume better go up to 11.

[JimmytheMook]

Oh God, an actual audiophile. I believe we need to tag him and release him back into the What Hi-Fi forums before he loses his natural instincts to hunt out overpriced HDMI cables.

Well if you're conflating hdmi leads with cd players there's nothing to discuss!

[Stanley]

And it better lick my love pump too.

[Rowan Morrison]

But wait! There's more!

By restoring the subtleties of the original recording that are lost during the compression process, DSEE HX delivers a rich, studio-quality audio experience for all your music.

So why on earth anyone needs to waste precious storage space on uncompressed HD audio is beyond me - just use a 96kb MP3 and let your £1000 Walkman work its charm.