Is a PS4 really worth it?

I see it like this. In the past when a console was released you would have had to spend an enormous amount of money to get a comparable performance on pc. Secondly PC's had relatively complicated install procedures with serial codes and disk protection etc. Thirdly you needed to upgrade regularly to maintain playable performance in games.

Now you can get yourself a GTX 750ti, slap it into any core i3 or above you may have and will get better than console results without the cost. With steam and origin you no longer have complicated install and copy protection issues so the complexity is gone. Lastly this rig will already be more powerful than the existing consoles and as most games end up being console ports you should be able to use this pc for 5 years should no parts fail on you.

Consoles have unintentionally led to the pc arms race slowing down and this has been good for the pc.
 
Any of you guys who have the PS4 have you suffered any of the problems it had ex.. the axis buttons getting damaged quickly, HDMI port problems?
 
MagicDude4Eva said:
Just saw that Thief on PSN is running a flash-sale - now only R679 - https://store.sonyentertainmentnetw...hief/cid=EP0082-NPEJ00280_00-B000000000000924
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That's the PS3 version and the standard price.

The PS4 version is on sale at R449.

https://store.sonyentertainmentnetwork.com/#!/en-za/games/thief/cid=EP0082-CUSA00250_00-B000000000000923

Just be careful, since the special says it is only starting tomorrow (28th), so I'd check that the lower price stays that way through checkout, or wait till tomorrow.

edit: Yeah, I would just wait. Sometimes it shows the special price, and sometimes the standard R899.
 
Rudimental said:
That's the PS3 version and the standard price.

The PS4 version is on sale at R449.

https://store.sonyentertainmentnetwork.com/#!/en-za/games/thief/cid=EP0082-CUSA00250_00-B000000000000923

Just be careful, since the special says it is only starting tomorrow (28th), so I'd check that the lower price stays that way through checkout, or wait till tomorrow.

edit: Yeah, I would just wait. Sometimes it shows the special price, and sometimes the standard R899.
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Weird, my URL shows it as R679 for PS4 (the PS3 version is R379). I just used the normal search - https://store.sonyentertainmentnetwork.com/#!/en-za/search/f=^thief|bucket~games:platform~ps4|
 
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Disclaimer: I'm not going to read all 6 pages but here are my views from reading the first page.

PS4: R6300
2 x Games per year : R1500
PSN+ per year: R650
Uncapped Internet: R300p/m (only the difference from my existing package)
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PSN+ gives you a free game or 2 every month. Sometimes indie, sometimes a nice AAA so don't forget to factor that in :p

No. Its just a pc in a fancy box.
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Maybe but it's the exclusives on each platform that you should be concerned about. Cross platform games like BF4 or Bioshock I'll easily rather buy for my PC but you're not going to get Infamous Second Son on your PC. Even PS3 games like Last of Us and Uncharted were brilliant, which you just can't find on PC.

If you are going to use your pc more then rather upgrade that. I personally am going to wait until the Slim version gets released later on before buying a PS4, though I might pick up a must have game here or there in the mean time to avoid being unable to find it later on.
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There's going to be a slim version? The console is already pretty damn slim >.< Is about the size of the PS3 slim.

So to answer the question of is it worth it...Maybe not right now because the main reason to have a console (to me at least) is for the exclusives and it's still very early. So you're looking at playing Killzone and Infamous and then it's more than likely going to gather dust till the next big game drops.
 
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