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 On 10/12/2015 at 12:29 PM by Blake Turner See More From This User » |
Quick blog, just want to say how utterly fucking useless PSN is. Sure, you get free games once a month, that's always grand. But - and this is a big but - on PS4 that barely makes up for the issues.
Let's start with the big ones. I'm usually a pc gamer, but I like my shiny ps4. The problem with it is HOLY SHIT EVERYTHING IS SO FUCKING EXPENSIVE! Indie games cost $10-$15 on steam. On PSN they cost $20-$40. That's fucking ludicrous. Why is FUCKING Terraria $40? I bought it for 40c! Even retail pc doesn't charge that much. It's fucking absurd.
Even worse is the downloads. Do you not bother to compress files? Why is Diablo 3 a 62 gb download when on pc it's a 15gb one! How did you fuck that up? Warframe was a 6gb download for me on pc, on ps4 its 20 gb!
And even with it plugged in to the ethernet downloads are processed slower than Bill Cosby's rape charges. Maybe I should get Hannibal Buress to say some shit about sony and speed this shit up a bit. Yeah, that joke is outdated but I get my news on the ps4 web browser so I'm just catching up on that shit.
All these things combined with the killing blow: there's still fuck all to play on PS4. Really, there is. I hope you like Open world games because that's all your fucking getting. Oh, there are indie games but they're so fucking expensive only Kanye West's psychologist could fucking afford them so you might as well just buy triple a. You can't play PS1 games. You can't play last gen games. You can't play the myriad of games that haven't been ported over yet. I have a bigger selection of games to play ON MY FUCKING VITA, and no one makes games for vita anymore!
Seriously fuck PSN. It's a rubbish service handled by baboons.
Tell us how you really feel, Blake.
Yeah, I can't figure out why it takes forever for stuff to download to my PS3 with the high speed internet we have here at the compound (my landlords over in the "big house" share their internet with me here in the cottage).
Sony restrict the speed of your downloads, which is rather stupid.
preach, Brother Blake! I hate that motherfucking fucking fuckjob to fuckplanet #9!
Amen brother Matthew.
Sometimes the store wont even load on my PS3. One time I wanted to check out some stuff, I stayed at the loading screen for about 20 minutes and it never loaded. I'm also have my PS3 wired too.
Not sure about indie games, but I buy my PS3 games physical at least 75-80% of the time because they are usually cheaper if you're willing to wait. I only go digital if the game is more cheaper or if its out of print. I think I only have 2 retail games digital because one of them was free and the other was on sale.
I don't have a PS4, but the PS3 store is pretty hard to navigate sometimes. I don't have a desire to own a PS4 or Xbox One right now anyway, I'm pretty happy with my 3DS and Wii U right now.
I never used the ps3 one. I haven't heard great things though.
Calling them baboons is a compliment.
True
Wow,Terraria for $40.00 big uns?! I mean it's a great game and all but I don't see the point in gouging console gamers with an inflated price tag!
Yep it's insane! But most indie games are around that price tag. Which could be why I see so much hatred for indie games in the console community.
I got Terraria for free on Xbox with Games with Gold. With regards Indie games, the consoles are so far behind it's absurd.
Darn tootin'!
This is why I held off on buying a PS4 for so long. so far most of the flash sales have benefitted PS3 and vita users. I remember PS3 having $20 AAA games after the first or second year, not so much with PS4, and indie games are way too expensive. I was pissed off when I found out I had to have a PSN sub to play co op in samurai warriors 4? Also for co op in Destiny? Fuck you Sony! I hope I don't need PSN for battlefront, just omg NO! And when cant we get PS2 and PS1 games working on PS4 yet?
I understand PS+ to some degree. I don't like it, but Microsoft does the same thing and at least Sony offers free games for the service.
But the rest is shite. Do you have Destiny?
I don't have destiny. I played the new demo but don't want to sub and buy the full game if I'm not that into it anyway. I'd have to put down120+ US dollars to play it. I can't see myself playing more than a month or two. It also seems to be designed for MP.
It's an mmo. A really good MMO. It just happens to have shooting. And once you hit level 20 the game becomes really fucking good. It's like they actually started giving a shit with the writing and the campaign mission structure.
Okay, tell me more. I'm not saying the game is bad, but there seems to be a gate for entry that I mentioned, but if you are convinced that the changes are good, I might need to rethink. I actually loved the emptiness of the starting area, felt very spooky like stalker game, and the patrols were pretty fun, but it was pretty lonely. I'll await your full review with interest then.
I think the biggest changes are to the story. Nathan fillion is in it and the story is quite humorous rather than being super po-faced. The missions are more than waiting for a door to opeN while shooting stuff and feels like the stuff you'd find in a single player campaign. that opening gate is quite big bit if you push past it youre in for a good time. But yeah, if you need someone to play with let me know. Same goes with anything on ps4.
Yup games are a bit pricey especially when the same game I can find in physical form for half if not more the PSN price.
The thing that used to really bug me is that the store wouldn't load because I had the PS4 running for a bit. I would have to restart and then enter the store...oh another thing. Why is so hard to place everything in a grid like earlier versions. I hate having to click on PS+ and then scroll to find the games. I wish the PSN store was better and the prices were not the same as physical copies.
The navigation system in Store and Vue are honestly my biggest problems. Why can I not just use a virtual keyboard instead of waiting to see what letters I need to input? With Vue it was, why the fuck are there no channel numbers? There's no reason for surfing to be that inconvenient.
Anyway, I'm not interested in Terraria, but I've always found my indie games for sale on PSN, so I really have no complaints there honestly. Could I probably buy cheaper on Steam? Yeah, but I have my reasons for liking my shiny PS4 and controller a lot more and I'm just not willing to spend on a gaming PC unless it's for work (my freelance was using a high-end DELL last I was in to save pics of hundred-shots). I know it's less expensive over time, but I will always be a console gamer first and I like having a dedicated gaming machine.
Downloads are awful though, I will give you that. They take way, way too fucking long and I hate coming back to "oh it failed to load" after turning my PS4 back on. That's something I think I can change in Settings though... hopefully. Need to look.
And I love what there is to play on PS4. RL for free is awesome, the cross-platform stuff is slightly upscaled from Xbox One, there's the weird Japanese shit like Guilty Gear I prefer to the FPS/sports fare of Xbox exclusives, and I prefer PlayStation's legacy titles like Ratchet and Clank to stuff like Gears of War.
Plus, I am constantly finding free and discounted shit on the store I'm interested in. So I see where you're coming from, but I love my PS4.
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