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It Has Arrived!!! (my ps4)


On 11/27/2013 at 02:24 PM by transmet2033

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What could I possibly say about the PS4 that has not already been said?  Probably nothing, but there are a couple of things that I would like to say regardless.

It is a gorgeous peice of machinery with its matte finish and small quadrant of glossiness.  There is just one problem at the moment, it has no markings saying that it is mine.  I find myself with a bunch of random stickers from things that I purchase and I typically put one of them on each of my electronic devices.  I put my little apple stikcer from an iPod onto my PS2.  I put a Van's sticker on my computer and my PS3.  I put a thinkgeek monkey on my 360.  Hell, my phone has a Blue's Egg sticker on it.  So, I am currently torn between leaving this beautiful machine alone, and defacing it.

The PS4 interface is sleak and deceptively simple.  I was able to confuse myself because I was expecting something complex, like the PS3's or 360's.  There are two rows, one row deals with all of the technical crap like trophies, options, friends, notifications and a little PS Store icon.  The second row has nothing but games and applications.  

 

This picture probably best shows its deceptive simplicity.  Row 1 and all I had to do was push down and I would have found everything else I was looking for...  specifically the games.

I have not spent enough time with it because I had to deal with some bathroom flooding.  Thankfully I had left work early yesterday and came home before it hit the carpeting.  I have Call of Duty:  Ghosts and Need for Speed Rivals.  It looks as though I am starting off this generation almost exactly as I did with the 360.  I got Burnout Revenge and Call of Duty 2 around the time that I picked up my first 360.  The games that I am most excited for come out next year, so I will most likely experience a drought of PS4 gaming goodness between now and Infamous.  Thankfully I will survive.  Oh yes, the one thing that I can say about the games is that they look awesome and I have not even touched Killzone.

Now, the most important part of todays discussion, Blues egg.  Blue's is quiye possibly my favourite restaurant ever.  In fact my mouth is watering just thinking about all of thier breakfasty goodness.  Their eggs bendict is amazing.  They use pulled ham, and that makes all the difference in the world.  Also, they serve my favourite coffee from a local roaster, Valentine Coffee.  There is nothing like a cup of coffee brewed from freshly roasted beans.


 

Comments

Jamie Alston Staff Writer

11/27/2013 at 02:45 PM

Enjoy that PS4!  I'm sure you'll find a sticker to give it that unique touch.

transmet2033

11/27/2013 at 04:03 PM

I will enjoy it a lot more next year when all the "exciting" games are released.  I may go with my coffee sticker, because I have easy access to those and I no longer wear Van's shoes.  Macbeth all the way.

KnightDriver

11/27/2013 at 03:46 PM

Putting on stickers is pretty cool but I'm horrified to think of putting a sticker on my silver PS2 and GameCube.

silverps2silvergc

AH! I just realized there's a silver Xbox 360. The Halo Reach LE. I want it!

silver360

transmet2033

11/27/2013 at 04:00 PM

Well, that is what the bottom of the console is for. Add just a little bit of my own flair without having to remember that I placed a sticker there. I was boxing up my PS3 last year and was surprised to find a sticker on it. I had even forgotten that I put one on my 360, and that sticker is in plain sight.

goaztecs

11/27/2013 at 04:47 PM

Congrats on the PS4. I'm still sticking with waiting until Jan or Feb to pick one up, but I was tempted when Target had a couple extra. As for stickers on consoles, I never really did it, except for my first Playstation, everything else looks like it just came out of the box. As for your sticker situation, do they still make wraps for consoles? I think I saw a pic on Reddit where a guy's PS4 had a Nintendo wrap. 

transmet2033

11/27/2013 at 05:02 PM

I am not sure that I like that idea.  I like the thought of a single well placed sticker to add just enough to say, "this is philip's playstation"

Travis Hawks Senior Editor

11/27/2013 at 04:52 PM

Huzzah! 

If you get Resogun (free with PS+), we can get blow'd up together.

transmet2033

11/27/2013 at 05:00 PM

I have had it since it was released.  I use the sony store in my browser to make sure that I get every free game that I possibly can.

Matt Snee Staff Writer

11/27/2013 at 05:01 PM

congrats man!  I'm trying to find one for my brother for xmas...

transmet2033

11/27/2013 at 05:02 PM

I barely lucked out, and in reality wasn't planning on getting it this year.  Good luck in your search.

leeradical42

11/27/2013 at 05:35 PM

My freind from EA got both systems for free and was telling me that the Xbox one is the better of the two at present time but in my opinion Sony always gets it together a little later then Microsoft so its to early to tell. Anyway congrats and have fun :)

transmet2033

12/02/2013 at 10:41 AM

My current hatred of Microsoft makes it difficult to think that the Xbox One could be better than the PS4.  The Xbox One currently has a more appealing library, but I know that the games I want to play will be on the PS4.

daftman

11/27/2013 at 09:28 PM

Congrats! I don't mind waiting a year, especially since we all know there will be a drought a good software for a while (there always is). Looking forward to hearing what you think as you delve deeper in though. 

transmet2033

11/27/2013 at 11:15 PM

I will probably just spend a lot of time with indies until games like infamous and the order come out.  Luckily if there is a PS4 drought, i do have a Vita and 3DS to keep me busy.

Alex-C25

11/28/2013 at 05:42 PM

Great man!

Hope you enjoy the console.

transmet2033

12/02/2013 at 10:41 AM

I hope to enjoy it, but A Link Between Worlds has been making it difficult to enjoy the PS4.

NSonic79

12/03/2013 at 02:57 PM

So that's where my PS4 mailing went to! thank you so much for finding it. WOULD YOU KINDLY send it to me post haste! thanks! =)

transmet2033

12/03/2013 at 03:12 PM

I was actually wondering why my name was not on the package.

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