First unfamiliar and annoyed, but then ...

First unfamiliar and annoyed, but then ...

PlayStation 4 - console (console)

Customer Review

Since Friday afternoon I am in possession of the Playstation 4. And I have to admit to myself that I was pretty annoyed at the beginning. But let's start at the beginning.

I Playstation player since the first generation. In my last years of primary school my PS1 was always a faithful companion. Games like Resident Evil 2, or good old crash have given me sleepless nights. And from then on, the story is constructed simple per se: Change to PS2 - change for PS3 and now change to PS4. I was Sony's console always sympathetic than Nintendo, Sega or Microsoft. Ok, if I'm honest I have also owned a Game Boy and a Game Gear. But the real console was always under my TV.

The change from the PS3 to the PS4:

Friday lunchtime. The postman rings. My heart stops for a moment to strike, only to be throbbing in twice the speed. Sweat wet hands. Then the moment I've been waiting for: the postman handed me a large package. Torn package and as I beamed at the PS4 box. The rest is quickly told: unpacked, looked Accessories and cardboard thrown in the corner. Now came the moment of truth: the HDMI port in order? A critical look at the component proved fortunately harmless. Everything OK! So quickly connected the console to the TV and made the initial settings. Downloaded updates and the first time admiring the new surface. From here began the first annoying things for me.

The problems at the beginning:

The biggest problem in the beginning was building a second account. This just did not want to play into the system. Constantly the annoying error messages. When entering a 50 euro voucher for the PlayStation Plus membership has me firstonce heart stopped when it was called: Your code is invalid or has already been used. No matter how many times I entered this code, the error message now burned into the screen. These problems caused by the fact that all new PS4 customers rumspielten on the Playstation - the servers were hopelessly overloaded. Sony also has some features of the PSN Stores disabled for safety's sake. But it is nice to know that you only pushes through the Anschmeißes the search engine on this information. As of Sunday night, I was finally able to enter my code and download me some of the still quite manageable Store. There are just no problems meeting the console itself, but if you have concern to start any multiplayer games, then you could see the start-weekend in the tube.

The new interface:

What started out very annoyed me, and I have now resigned myself to the new surface. I do not want to say how long I was looking for until I finally found my downloads. These are namely to see the messages - very clever. But I've found it, yes. Customize surface: on to the next point. Well, so I'm still working. Either I place myself too stupid to, or you can see the surface "yet?" do not change. But even so I resigned myself and now accustomed to this hypnotic blue waves.

Apparently I can not create folders like on the PS3 where I can deposit my only demos etc. Here each downloaded game will be displayed side by side. If you have more than 20 games, scrolling is already another matter. But again: I'm too stupid or there to function quite simply just do not? But on the whole I can say that the new design is very tidy - even if it still looks very sterile. But the next software update will show how much Sony purely depends in their new consoles baby.

The design of the PS4:

I like the new Sony console very well. Simple but elegant. And since it is noticeably smaller than the old PS3, it falls in my Lowboard as not to so good. Unbelievable what Sony has done here. I'm excited. What less enthusiastic: the PS4 wobbles when you lightly press down on the drive side. As arguably one has slept in the design. But two adhesive rubber feet provide a remedy here.

The Controller:

He's finally grown. Although I have pretty small hands, but the old dual Hocks were after prolonged play always something "inconvenient". Here we get it right. Also have a finite Sticks Kuhle with raised edge - especially in racing games, this will have a positive effect. The touchpad is provided with a pressure point - replaces the Start button. Inputs on the touchpad are recognized and played back without any problems. Beautiful tactile feedback of the buttons. Even the shoulder buttons are now super. And you can finally recharge with microUSB plugs the pads.

What I did not like so much: the light bar can not switch off you. Also, I have a feeling that the battery is weak. Maybe my imagination a just. In a few months I'll be smarter.

The technique:

For volume, I can say that the console only heard when a disc play starts. It loads some data from disk, then silenced the drive - in installation sizes 15 to 30 GB is not surprising. Updates invites the PS4 down immediately as soon as a game in the drive. I was surprised how quickly and unnoticed it expired. The console next to the current game data installed unnoticed on the hard disk. I remember how long I sat in front of the TV and GTA 5 when installing watched ... But what is not somehow goes, if you have a PSN game or a demo will download itself. Has Sony not here said, I can get started right away, without the need to wait for the game is fully downloaded? But that's not possible. Games are still in the download, still need to be installed. Perhaps I deceive me, because I have not so much explained myself with it - it was just a quick glance, who told me that it apparently can not.

The technology convinced however. Games like Skylanders Swap Force or Assasins Creed 4 look sharp and detailed. I'm just not used console games to be able to enjoy in 1080p. And we are only at the beginning. The right graphic grenades come known only at the end of a console generation.

My Conclusion:

Everyone who grew up with a Playstation, will not come well to the new Playstation. For 399 euros you get a powerful console that may contribute to law entitled "Next-Gen". I am also very glad that I was very lucky with my PS4 - no errors or blinking lights. So I can lay any proper gamers the Playstation 4 warmly recommend - provided you can bid for fair money. What if I should discover in the near future, I will extend my evaluation. I hope I could help you with my review one or the other on.

Does not work 3 Rank: 1/5
February 15
Satisfied. 248 Rank: 5/5
July 29
Bad ... 194 Rank: 1/5
January 21
nice but too big 1 Rank: 1/5
May 6

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