got announced. pics of the controller, but none of the console.
queue the xbox fanbois ripping it

No need to change a winning formula by much! The fact that it has maintained the same design for so long speaks volumes. Gimmicky touchscreen/lightbar stuff aside, all thats changed really are the sticks are ridged now, that was all that was needed anyway.

Don't trust any of the screens they've shown yet.  Sony are notorious for showing pre-renders and claiming they're real.
Still wish they'd change the controller.  The stock Sony one is awful.

Quote from: soopahfly on February 21, 2013, 11:59:00 AM
Don't trust any of the screens they've shown yet.  Sony are notorious for showing pre-renders and claiming they're real.
Still wish they'd change the controller.  The stock Sony one is awful.

fanboi +1

Quote from: Eggtastico on February 21, 2013, 16:50:50 PM

Quote from: soopahfly on February 21, 2013, 11:59:00 AM
Don't trust any of the screens they've shown yet.  Sony are notorious for showing pre-renders and claiming they're real.
Still wish they'd change the controller.  The stock Sony one is awful.

fanboi +1

Yeah, that's why I'm a PSN+ member with a PS3 and a Vita.
http://raptr.com/soopahfly/games

Fwiw i hear the xbox is pretty much identical hardware wise

Consoles just seem to be getting so closely related to high/mid end pc's now in architecture and functionality, although a £300 console is a lot cheaper than it would cost to build a high end pc.

isnt it actually a big step for them in terms of the base hardware? moving to pc style rather than whatever that cell architecture was?

They really will have had to overhaul the entire back end to get all the streaming and stuff working right, but if they do get it working as planned it should be great. Hopefully the UI will be a lot better to navigate too as the PS3s is awful. Glad they've also found something to make decent use of the Move controllers too.

I must be one of the few that finds the PS3 menu navigation much nicer than the X-Box one, its completely logical. As long as they keep all the media centre functionality and don't turn it into a social media gamers platform I'd be one to consider upgrading.

Why are you guys talking about the controller as if it did not change?
It has wider to fit a share button and also has the touchpad on the front and the big ass light from the Move sticks on the front of it. Its changing quite a bit.

This is how it went down

Quote from: neXus on February 21, 2013, 21:08:32 PM
Why are you guys talking about the controller as if it did not change?
It has wider to fit a share button and also has the touchpad on the front and the big ass light from the Move sticks on the front of it. Its changing quite a bit.

The PS3 pad was too small, button travel too small, shape of the R2/L2 buttons was poor.
I had to put the gel tabs on the sticks and trigger grips on the pad to make it usable.  Xbox has the pad design nailed imo.

Remind me the console timeline, I think I'm out of whack, I thought the 360 was a fair bit older than the PS3 is, I thought it was:

Playstation

Xbox

Playstation 2

Xbox 360

Playstation 3

-Playstation 4 & xbox???

Xbox 360 and PS3 are of the same generation. Xbox was out marginally before the PS3.