Right now, the PlayStation 4 is the darling of the console world. Gamers love it, developers love it and the very vocal people on the internet love it. It’s certainly starting to look like the PS4 is going to be the lead platform this generation. Not just in game development, but in game sales too. It’s because Sony listened to developers, says Sony, patting themselves on the back.
Speaking to Gamespot, Sony’s Fergal Gara said that “never was a truer word spoken” than when PS4 lead designer Mark Cerny said that Sony had “spent five years listening to game developers, listening to what they want from the next-generation device”.
“It is as simple as that. [PlayStation 4] is much easier to develop for, and it is performing and packing the punch that developers want,” Gara said.
“We came up with the right product at the right price, for the right core audience to get us off to a strong start. We think we’ve done that very, very well,” he said.
“But that’s not the whole job. A strong start is invaluable, but it definitely isn’t the whole job. At this stage in the PlayStation 3 life cycle versus Xbox 360, we hadn’t even launched. We were 16 months behind.
“A lot can be achieved – million of consoles can be achieved – despite a poor start, and we certainly had that the last time around.”
In somewhat related news, the UK’s ChartTrack has revealed that sales of the current top-selling game in the UK, Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition, that sales are quite heavily skewed towards the PlayStation 4 version of the game. They reveal that the game – which has knocked FIFA off the top spot – has sold 69% of its tally on the PS4, and a significantly lower 31% on the Xbox One.
In South Africa, of course, it’s skewed a little differently. The Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition sales are 100% on the PS4.
Last Updated: February 4, 2014
Admiral Chief in Vegas
February 4, 2014 at 08:39
As a PC gamer, I firmly believe the Pee-ES4 is the superior hardware to the EierDoos1.
No jokes.
I also think that in the long run, it will be MUCH more successful than the MS counterpart
Alien Emperor Trevor
February 4, 2014 at 08:46
Yes, if I was mad enough to buy a console that’s what I’d choose.
Admiral Chief in Vegas
February 4, 2014 at 08:52
So, if you won a competition, and you could CHOOSE one or the other…what would you do?
Alien Emperor Trevor
February 4, 2014 at 08:53
I’d choose the Xbone because it’s more expensive, so I’d get more when I sell it.
Admiral Chief in Vegas
February 4, 2014 at 08:54
You have chosen wisely Trev :)))))
Gr8_Balls_o_Fire
February 4, 2014 at 09:33
Only if the demand is high enough 😛
Alien Emperor Trevor
February 4, 2014 at 09:41
There’s a sucker born every minute 😉
Gr8_Balls_o_Fire
February 4, 2014 at 09:58
There’s a sucker “(x)bone” every minute 😀
RinceThis2014
February 4, 2014 at 09:33
Winner 😉
Hammersteyn
February 4, 2014 at 10:14
LOL
CypherGate
February 4, 2014 at 08:47
Nice to see a PC gamer respect the console world ^_^ Im a console gamer, but play certain games on PC cause there are just certain games thats best on that platform. FPS anyone? lol
Admiral Chief in Vegas
February 4, 2014 at 08:52
I respect the gaming world, and each gamer has a preference (although PC still is best lol) and in the end, its about YOU, the gamer, having an epic gaming experience
CypherGate
February 4, 2014 at 09:02
YES! A PC Gamer who understands! lol I agree completely!
Admiral Chief in Vegas
February 4, 2014 at 09:06
Indeed. But you have to be an idiot to assume that controller will beat mouse and keyboard for FPS (when used by people with the same level of skill)
CypherGate
February 4, 2014 at 09:08
Nah there i agree with you. Mouse and keyboard will always be the best at FPS. Nothing can compare to it. FPS and a game controller stinks. I will never be able to play an FPS on a controller. If there was a keyboard an mouse solely for fps’s on console then id play Halo etc etc, but i dodge those games because I just simply cant play FPS on controller. A controller only has a certain degree of movement whereas a mouse you have no limit on movement, can adjust sensitivity etc etc
Acornbread
February 4, 2014 at 09:58
I was in the same boat. Then one day, for shits and giggles, I decided to force myself to learn to play FPS with a controller. It was agony at first, then something clicked and I started to really enjoy it, actually became quite competent. Naturally, after a few months I went back to mouse & keys and I found that my skill had improved across the board. Guess what I’m saying is it’s useful to be able to use different input methods, the skills are transferable, strangely enough. And the worst that can happen is you’ll appreciate your favourite device even more. 😛
CypherGate
February 4, 2014 at 10:09
Im all for trying and being a jack of all trades. I mean i even tried Modern Combat on my phone (Xperia Z1) and it wasnt too bad once you get the hang of it. I remembered i tried Modern Combat on my HTC One X way back and well… I couldnt play it well because the phone got so hot it started burning my fingers lol My finger tips were quite red afterwards (This was from playing 30mins only lol) I dont game much on my phone for these types of reasons as well, but what im basically saying is that i like to try and even practice various ways of gaming, but when it comes to wanting to just play and enjoy a game without having to practice a new type of control then id stick to what i know for that time being ^_^
Weanerdog
February 4, 2014 at 10:26
I am a pretty useless FPS player but the most fun I had/have gaming is dual screening Timesplitters on the PS2 with my boet.
Rags
February 4, 2014 at 11:09
Goldeneye and Turok, 4 player split screen on the N64 was a blast once you get used to the controls. And because everyone else sucks with it too. 😛
Hmmm, missing those days.
Captain GUZ
February 4, 2014 at 09:13
A politically correct gamer?
iAmWeasel
February 4, 2014 at 09:05
You’re a very Peacey gamer!
Alien Emperor Trevor
February 4, 2014 at 09:06
I feel the same way. I just rarely say it because it’s more fun being a smug & superior Master Race elitist 😀
CypherGate
February 4, 2014 at 09:09
lol
Admiral Chief in Vegas
February 4, 2014 at 09:10
Cup o’ tea guvnor?
RinceThis2014
February 4, 2014 at 09:12
PrtSc achievement Unlocked.
Admiral Chief in Vegas
February 4, 2014 at 09:14
Pfff, shouldn’t there be a nazi zombie invasion needing your help?
😛
RinceThis2014
February 4, 2014 at 09:15
Tut tut 😛
Admiral Chief in Vegas
February 4, 2014 at 09:18
😉
Unavengedavo
February 4, 2014 at 09:37
I am in agreement with you. And it’s true that some games are just better on a different platform.
For instance, Dark Souls is perfect for console, but Mass Effect would play better on a PC
CypherGate
February 4, 2014 at 10:10
I only played Mass Effect on PC. I loved it. Somehow it just plays better on PC than console. I tried Dark Souls on PC and somehow im not feeling it as much as when i played it on console. Its quite odd.
Hammersteyn
February 4, 2014 at 10:17
Well that’s because the one is a console and the other a home theater system.
Weanerdog
February 4, 2014 at 10:23
I have read that neither are in fact very good media players.
Hammersteyn
February 4, 2014 at 10:41
Yeah, yesterdays article as well.
Alien Emperor Trevor
February 4, 2014 at 10:44
I read that too. Apparently the PS3 is still the best. I don’t know what to call it other than a joke. The PS4 should have improved on the PS3, & hasn’t, & the Xbone should have been better because that’s it’s damn focus point – entertaintment, not games.
ALKi1234
February 4, 2014 at 11:39
i think it’s good that xboxone is delayed till……well, till it gets a price cut. Who in their right mind is going to pay R7999 for a console when u can get a console for R6799 with 50% more ooomph?
iAmWeasel
February 4, 2014 at 09:00
Ah.. so the piss 4 is better than the one eggs box.
iAmWeasel
February 4, 2014 at 09:59
I got a down vote for making a joke…. yusssss you guys can be cold!
Alien Emperor Trevor
February 4, 2014 at 10:29
You got another one 🙁 Let’s cuddle for warmth!
Admiral Chief in Vegas
February 4, 2014 at 10:33
DON’T CUDDLE WITH TREV, ITS A TRAP!
iAmWeasel
February 4, 2014 at 10:35
Its ok, Hammersteyn already warmed me up with his beautiful upvote love.. I frickin love you man!
iAmWeasel
February 4, 2014 at 10:15
*cries*
iAmWeasel
February 4, 2014 at 10:16
*ugly cries*
Martin du preez
February 4, 2014 at 09:07
Not surprising news. After all they are driven by the gamers for gamers mantra all the while practicing the Live, Learn and Love lifestyle. Thank you Sony.
Mossel
February 4, 2014 at 09:18
While searching for Titanfall preorders on local sites Kalahari and Takealot, I came across the XBox One versions being shipped on 28 Nov and 31 Oct respectively.
Unavengedavo
February 4, 2014 at 09:20
And because they focused on the gaming part 1st and not tried to make it a Home entertainment system
Weanerdog
February 4, 2014 at 09:34
Quick question, so the XOne seems to be falling behind mainly because it has the DDR3 ram, but as it is actually built on PC type architecture couldn’t they just start making them with DDR5 Ram and maybe a tweak here and there. So that all future games still run on all XOne consoles but will run better on the new edition. They could call it the XBox One point One.
Admiral Chief in Vegas
February 4, 2014 at 09:35
XB1.1 LULZ
TiMsTeR1033
February 4, 2014 at 09:38
Imagine all the people who bought the original Xbone then.. They would go up in arms saying they spent so much and now they have to pay all over again to get the experience while the shiny ps4 needed no upgrade whatsoever.. would never work. unless they do a total recall somehow or “bring your Xbone in and pay minimal charge to get the Xbone 1.1”
Weanerdog
February 4, 2014 at 10:22
Sure but it would be better than having to release a new console in like 3 years.
Mabenito
February 4, 2014 at 11:55
XB1.0 is better, sales proved that. But imagine recalling over 3 million consoles? They just need to secure good exclusives to avoid multiplat comparison. Titanfall +1, Gears +2.
guest
February 4, 2014 at 13:38
Hiding inferiority through exclusivity…that is not the way to do it.
Mabenito
February 4, 2014 at 11:39
Plus.. They’ll have to release (2) versions of the same game at the same time. Titanfall for XB1.0 and Titanfall for XB1.1
Weanerdog
February 4, 2014 at 11:58
Not necessarily it could just run at 720/900 at 30fps on the1.0 and 1080 at 60fps the 1.1
Mabenito
February 4, 2014 at 12:01
Maybe. But i doubt developers will be happy with that.
Weanerdog
February 4, 2014 at 12:20
That is how PCs work
Edit: But yes never going to happen
CAE9872
February 4, 2014 at 13:51
All fine and well but then you would probably/possibly lose all save games (could backup I suppose) and any downloaded games would have to be redownloaded again…ultimately costing the consumer!
So highly unlikely is the best word to describe that I suppose…
Alien Emperor Trevor
February 4, 2014 at 09:40
I doubt they’d do that. They’d have to swallow their ego & basically admit to making a design mistake, many of the people who’ve already bought one would probably freak out, there’d have to be more time spent on dev work optimisation because of different versions of the console, and it would make the console even more expensive.
Unavengedavo
February 4, 2014 at 09:50
Or they could add eight terabytes of ram and then call it the Xbox One 8T… 😛
TiMsTeR1033
February 4, 2014 at 09:54
8 terabytes of ram!!
Alien Emperor Trevor
February 4, 2014 at 09:59
THAT’S A LOT OF RAM!
TiMsTeR1033
February 4, 2014 at 10:01
what is the most ram you can fit into a pc today if money is no issue?
Brian Murphy
February 4, 2014 at 10:03
A 64-bit OS can support up to a theoretical 9 terabytes, actually finding a compatible mobo on the other hand…
Alien Emperor Trevor
February 4, 2014 at 10:24
Those are some really nice machines. I think my desk just jumped a bit.
Weanerdog
February 4, 2014 at 10:46
The ASUS Z9PE-D16 is a server board that can do 512 GB DDR3 Ram apparently.
Alien Emperor Trevor
February 4, 2014 at 10:09
Not sure, you can get 32GB DIMMs but most mobo’s only support 8GB ones, usually with 4 slots max, so the most you can have generally is 32GB. and that’s pretty pointless anyway unless you’re doing stuff like video or photo editing that’s VERY memory intensive.
TiMsTeR1033
February 4, 2014 at 10:18
odd question, just for interests sake, could you make a pc with dual mobos?
Alien Emperor Trevor
February 4, 2014 at 10:28
Don’t know. I doubt it though, it’s not like you can just connect 2 mobos together to run like gfx cards in SLI.
RinceThis2014
February 4, 2014 at 10:12
You called?! http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view1/4392785/more-cowbell-o.gif
Admiral Chief in Vegas
February 4, 2014 at 10:14
Awwww yeah
Alien Emperor Trevor
February 4, 2014 at 10:47
Hmmm… he actually bears a passing resemblance to you.
Admiral Chief in Vegas
February 4, 2014 at 10:51
BWHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA
Rock789
February 4, 2014 at 10:59
Gotta have more cowbell! 🙂
Brian Murphy
February 4, 2014 at 09:59
Think what things will be like in 50 years 🙂
Unavengedavo
February 4, 2014 at 10:29
Hey I had to make the 180 pun make sense… Well sort of sense 😛
Weanerdog
February 4, 2014 at 11:14
That went straight over my head. That’s is funny right there
Brian Murphy
February 4, 2014 at 09:58
No, actually, the real problem is the ESRAM. It’s actual size is taking up space on die, that Sony instead used for the extra graphical oomph (shaders, texture mapping units, render output units and asynchronous compute engines).
The issue with the RAM is it creates a bottleneck because the amount is so tiny (32mb), the overall performance disparity resides in the APU, however.
Weanerdog
February 4, 2014 at 10:22
So how do they fix it? if they can’t they are going to need to shorten the consoles life cycle significantly or buy some studios to ensure the best exclusives.
Brian Murphy
February 4, 2014 at 18:10
The hardware disparity is no simple fix, since they’ve already chosen their architecture. They could buy extra studios, though, sure.
Hammersteyn
February 4, 2014 at 10:13
Fortunately they already know what the gamers want.
Rags
February 4, 2014 at 11:49
Lots and lots of micro transactions 😛
Hammersteyn
February 4, 2014 at 12:29
LOL
Rock789
February 4, 2014 at 10:39
I’ve been a big proponent of the 360 all it’s life-cycle – it’s been my go-to console of ‘last-gen’. But the PS4 has changed that for me for this cycle (and it ain’t because it got here first).
I mean, according to reviews, the XB1 is a home theatre that apparently doesn’t support PAL
60Hz blu-rays very well… Really? And it’s supposed to be the main attraction of your living room?! So yeah, (and I’ll probably be vilified for this by some) me thinks the XB1AMERICA (as it should be known) will be the ‘lesser’ of the 2 consoles for some time to come (perhaps even the entire ‘new-gen’ life cycle).
But, of course, only time will tell.
Ryanza
February 4, 2014 at 10:44
Sony’s approach with the PS4 “listened to developers” is better than the PS3 “get a second job” approach and so much better than Microsoft’s “TV remote” approach.
It’s funny how Microsoft’s TV approach still doesn’t have games playing at TV resolution.
Aussious
February 5, 2014 at 06:51
The lead Sony has now is nothing compared to where they will be when they launch in Japan…