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As someone actually interested in playing games (and I know that may make me a minority here), this was the best commercial there will likely ever be for the Sony PlayStation 4.

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Yes, before I saw your comment, I was going to post something similar. I am also one of those weirdos who just wants a really powerful and reliable gaming console. No muss, no fuss, no "social", no voice-activated doo-dads, just really good games and not much else.

According to microsoft you are from a breed as rare as the dodo.

Seems like the real next gen gaming console will be i5 with low profile 7950 shoved in HTPC enclosure.

I want to play some games for fun. But seems we will be getting enhanced online multiplayer socially enabled jump controlled experiences instead.

I'm afraid that even in the console world the gamers are now becoming a minority, Nintendo opened the way and now the others follow, the "hardcore" , whatever that means, gamers are a minority, you need them for the launch and some games but they are really an small proportion of the possible customers.

You know that Sony have integrated a "share" button right on the controller?

Personally, as a gamer, the native replay system is the most exciting thing I've seen out of this generation. So many times I've been playing a game with my brother over Xbox Live and something awesome happens, and afterwards we're kind of like, "Man, I wish this game had a record button like Halo so we could watch that over and over again." And now they all will.

IIRC the PS4 was announced with a similar feature.

The feature Sony announced for the PS4 is actually more powerful than that - it not only records, but also allows live screen streaming and sharing gaming sessions with friends remotely. One of the use cases they suggested was being able to have a friend take over and help you out if you were having a particularly hard time with a section of a game.

Ah, the PS4 presentation didn't really make that clear enough for my thick skull. Thanks for the clarification.

As a pretty big console and PC gamer, the best thing that came out of this presentation was that Steven Spielberg will be working on a live action Halo TV series.

That should say a lot.

Uh, yeah, because Sony not even showing the console itself at their announcement is better, right? Wait till E3.

I really only care about 2 things from a console box itself: - will it fit in my cabinet (annoying peripherals included) - does it have a loud fan or flashy lights that are annoying

Other than that I never look at the thing except to put a disc in. Who cares what the box looks like. You're going to be looking at your TV SCREEN the whole time.

I have an original Xbox with a bad power supply I'll sell you for $300. Meets all your specs!

"Who cares what the box looks like." I'll just leave the Limp Bizkit stickers on it then.

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