Sony PlayStation 4 Console - Black (PS4)

Gamer bundle ordered, 2nd controller, camera and Killzone, all in one box. Thank you Amazon. I ordered this quite a time after August 6th, never got a confirmed delivery date, yet my PS4 was waiting on my sofa when i got home from work on Friday afternoon. Shocked and suprised. Setup was painless (apart from PSN, will mention that in a bit), i plugged it all up, powered it on and began entering my network details (i don't use DHCP in my house, fixed IPs for me). As soon as the network settings were done and the PS4 had auto connected to the web, a notification popped up for the 1.51 update. OK, i clicked that and already 300mb of the approx 350mb was downloaded... I think i was downloading the patch at about 3mb/sec on my 60meg BB and thats the best it could have been. Thats fantastic. Went to get changed, by the time i came back down it was installed, rebooted and ready to go. So then came time to enter my user account details. This was frustrating. Simple enough to do but day 1 and the Sony servers were getting hammered. So between 2.30pm and 8.30pm i had little luck registering my account, linking up my friends list, trophies and getting onto the store. The network even went down during this time for maintenance. But when it came back (i kept trying), my login worked, friends appeared, trophies all showed up from ps3 and the store loaded. I quickly got Resogun, Contrast, an AC4 freebie, a Playroom addon (picture thing for second screen) and popped in the Killzone SF disc. One thing i really liked was how as soon as you slot in a new game it begins installing. No clicking anything, no loading the game first and choosing to install, it just gets on with it. In my limited space living room with poor lighting the camera performed just magically. The dual cameras perform so much better than the previous PS3 camera. Playroom was fun (although its a limited thing really to show off the camera and controller motion stuff), it worked perfectly, picture was bright and clear and the kids really loved getting their hair on fire. So... Without rabbiting on about the games (you can read reviews for those elsewhere) and the unfortunate PSN outage, i just thought i'd say that setting up, updating and getting into the action was painless to do and very intuitive. I'm loving the speed of everything, i have no trouble finding particular options, everything just flows and works great. Massive thumbs up, gonna really enjoy this PS4 for years to come. Oh, its super quiet too compared to a PS3, looks stylish, its smaller, no external power brick and the upgraded controller is simply perfect. I liked the dualshock but this is better in every way. I can think of 2 extremely minor niggles which in no way can deter you from purchasing. The earpiece is extremely cheap tat. Its just a starter until you buy a decent one, its big and uncomfortable but its functional till you replace it. And the damn controller charger cable... Wow, that's short. I'll be investing in a longer one for sure but wish i didn't have to buy one for the sake of 20p worth of wire. 5 massive stars.

I've had this since UK launch day and it's proving to be an awesome console. It's a lovely shape; slightly smaller than the pictures suggest (in my opinion), and looks modern, in half gloss/half matt finish separated by a thin strand of light running through the top (or side, if stood vertically). It's so good looking, in fact, that it niggles even more that they still have not put USB ports at the BACK of the playstation, so the view is spoiled somewhat by the wires hanging out the two at the front. If only they could have squeezed an additional four at the back... It also runs very quietly; I'd gotten so used to the hairdryer that was my PS3's cooling fan that the virtual ambient silence comes as a very pleasant factor (especially to the other half) Well that's the exterior. More importantly - operation. Well it's fast, and the next gen games that take advantage of its power are breathtakingly brilliant. There's some free games available on the PS store to PS+ members (which will be anyone wanting to play online anyway). I've played Resogun which is a side-scrolling shooter akin to the old "Defender" arcade game of the 80's, brought up to date. The PS3 was already so capable in full HD, but it's really the high framerate (when so much is going on) that makes it stand out as a new generation. This is perhaps more apparent on the proper third party titles. Playing Battlefield 4 for the first time, I had a jaw-dropping moment. I was playing multiplayer on a little pacific island archipelago, when suddenly the weather turned, it went dark and rainy, and the waves started battering the beaches. Water, fire, smoke - that can be the tricky stuff for GPUs but on here it looks incredible. It's so immersive, and all thanks to the power of the next-gen console. Storage-wise you are given 500Gb (less OS), which isn't huge (considering game and HD movie sizes), but should give the majority of owners plenty of time before it becomes an issue. I'm quite pleased to know, however, that the drive is easily upgradable, and by the time you need to do so, a major upgrade will be very affordable (even SSD, which will not only add space but also improve performance in boot and load times). Controllers have also undergone an upgrade - and a more significant one than the Dualshock 2 -> Dualshock 3. They feel more comfortable and ergonomic, especially after a long gaming session whereas on the older consoles I'd have started getting a bit of cramp (and the triggers are better designed). They come with inbuilt speaker, and headset jack, and they have a new touchpad control (which I must say I've not yet seen used to much effect other than like an additional D-pad). There's now a "Share" button, which allows you to upload a screenshot or video snippet of your latest bicycle kick wonder-goal or 500m sniper shot. Last of note is a lightbar at the front which is used, like the touchpad, for some gimmicky things so far - hopefully some potential can be realised with this. With the camera (separate purchase) it can be used to track who's holding what controller, and used in conjuction with facial recognition - this is neat, if a little "show-off". It is, however, surprisingly reliable. Again, I'd like to see the camera used to better potential - at the moment it's not doing anything particularly impressive. I have to say I don't quite get the same battery life out of the Dualshock 4 as I did out of the DS3, but I can't say for sure - it's just a gut feel, given that I've got 3 controllers and cycle through them quite a bit. The OS GUI is neat enough - I find it's not unlike the X-media-bar, but now with two levels - one horizontal with your day-to-day easy-access stuff, and another horizontal with the deeper and "behind-the-scenes" options... if that makes sense. And naturally the whole visual aspect is improved. It's intuitive, and puts contextual information in front of you - like for example recent game achievements from not only you, but also your friends. Video/TV on demand are slick, HD, and of decent performance, are now just as feasible an option to watch via Playstation as previously on Sky or Smart TV. One last feature of note - you can put the PS4 into standby, as well as completely powered off. Interestingly, this appears to have little effect on "wake-up time" (I've found it to be about 30 seconds in both cases) but what's useful is that you can maintain power to the USB ports while in standby - so you can leave your dualshocks charging. (NB - You need to set the option to enable this) As they did with the PS3 I have no doubt that capabilities will be continuously added through updates, and this console is going to get better and better. In conclusion - this is without doubt a recommended purchase

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