Remember when people thought console gaming was dead? Smart phones meant that people were playing casual games and far too many articles came out talking about the end of days. It was during this period that Sony still developed the PS4 – they knew it offered a different experience and hoped that people would want it. I guess it paid off.
During an interview on AV Watch (thanks Dualshockers), Sony President and CEO Kazuo Hirai explained that before the PS4 was released, there were discussions about the role of the console business and the dominance of smartphones.
However, we faced that challenge by carefully thinking about “isn’t there something that can’t be experienced there?” By adding together things like the value of the games and the high quality visuals on a big screen, it has become something which we can support.
As a consequence of the experience with PS3, [we determined] that an X86-based architecture which would allow easy development would have also been an advantage.
However, he mainly attributes the PS4’s success to the deep experience it offers gamers. Not only can we play awesome games, we can share that experience socially. Hirai still says that Sony can’t rest on their laurels – there’s a lot to do to promote the console in Japan and ensure that the experience continues to improve. I hope that means that one day we’ll get media support for the new console, but in the meantime I’m just glad that they decided to make it as powerful as they did instead of caving to the demands on the smartphone fad.
Last Updated: September 15, 2014
TGS Babay (Umar)
September 15, 2014 at 13:33
Dip it low
Pick it up slow
Roll it all around
Poke it out let your back roll
Pop pop pop that thing
Wait….what are we talking about again………………………………………………….
Rinceable
September 15, 2014 at 13:44
0_O
Admiral Chief Assassin
September 15, 2014 at 13:34
Header sounds like something she said…
Sageville
September 15, 2014 at 13:36
…also the last thing you’d want to hear during a colonoscopy…
Alien Emperor Trevor
September 15, 2014 at 13:38
Kinda like your tattoo artist going, “oh shit”.
Mossel
September 15, 2014 at 14:07
Or a bungee jumping instructor going “no wait!” right after you jump.
Admiral Chief Assassin
September 15, 2014 at 13:40
Aye good sir, aye, that would be horrible
Rinceable
September 15, 2014 at 13:49
Yeah. I know the mobile market is huge but to me playing a ‘real’ game is when you have a big screen and controller.
Mossel
September 15, 2014 at 13:55
*keyboard and mouse
Alien Emperor Trevor
September 15, 2014 at 13:58
No no, he said ‘real’ games with a controller, not real games 😀
Daniel evans
September 15, 2014 at 13:55
yes i agree. gaming on a big 40″ screen using ps4 just cant be beat for me and i have been gaming that way my whole life. the day i give that up for shitty mobile games is the day i go full retard. but hopefully that wont happen lol
Rinceable
September 15, 2014 at 13:57
Completely agree. I know they are making more on the mobile platform but I am totally uninterested in it.
Mossel
September 15, 2014 at 14:06
Agreed dude. I love Clash of Clans to bits, but it remains a time waster as opposed to something I’m looking forward to doing…like watching a movie/series reading a book and playing games… on PC/console.
Rinceable
September 15, 2014 at 14:07
Yeah. It certainly has its place in the market but I can’t help but feel they are more in it for the money than offering an actual ‘experience’ (the devs I mean).
Mike
September 16, 2014 at 00:21
Sure it can be beat, a 65 ” TV
Alien Emperor Trevor
September 15, 2014 at 14:00
Mobile gaming is for when I need to waste 5/10 minutes when I’m nowhere near an actual game.
Rinceable
September 15, 2014 at 14:05
Totally man. Not sure how people can spend hours looking at their phone playing games?!
FoxOneZA
September 15, 2014 at 14:10
Kaz is slowly moving the company into the PS company he wants. Sony is looking at exiting the TV business and with gaming and mobile being their only last bastion in the consumer electronics space, you can see them making use of mobile and console together rather than competing with each other.
Josh Melton
September 16, 2014 at 02:28
Agreed, that is very good 🙂
Suom
September 15, 2014 at 18:58
What they “achieved” with the PS4, they’ve lost in practically all their other stuff. Remember when the Vita was supposed to be a handheld console instead of a $200 PS3/PS4 controller? Remember Sony 3DTVs? Or the Xperia smartphones and Playstation Mobile? (Okay, maybe the last one is still relevant, but that’s beside the point). In terms of the “deeper” experience; far from it. All they got is more variety, stuff that we’ve already seen from Xbox360, and ten later the PS3 (even the PS3 is still more relevant than the non-PS4 stuff). They’re cutting off support of their other stuff, even the mobile/online stuff; if they don’t want to “rest on their laurels” and not really do much to improve the PS4, then maybe they should start fixing the rest of their stuff instead of sitting around wondering how the PS4 got so successful.
John Doe
September 15, 2014 at 23:01
Are you mentally challenged? Is that why you typed up lies and delusions?
If you haven’t noticed, console makers have been copying the PlayStation since 1994 and the PS4 has raised the bar even higher which is why Microsoft’ has been reversing and copying everything the PS4 does. Meanwhile, this is proven by the fact that Sony hasn’t had to make very many changes to the PS4.
They are still working on things for the PS4, especially innovative things. DLNA and media file playback support is not innovative. It is on the way but it’s not something to rage over. If you’re using DLNA or if you’re playing media files from an external device, then you most likely allready have a device to play that content anyways. I think people are upset that they can’t pirate or store pirated content on the PS4.
When Sony adds DLNA or media file support, don’t expect it to be anything amazing. I find it funny people are demanding such unimportant features. It feels like people are just desperatly trying to find something to bitch about on the PS4.
justerthought
September 16, 2014 at 17:59
You stay on the XB1. You fully deserve it as punishment. Please don’t let me talk you out of it.