What went wrong?

What went wrong?

fanbase

Same thing as with the OG PS4, it was released too early.

They wanted to get in with the 1080p craze, and ended up with shit hardware due to the times, this time they wanted to cash in with the 4K tv craze, and once again the hardware just wasn't good enough.
They should have waited a year or two longer in both cases.

It was released alongside a gimmick PS4, while neither had backwards compatibility.

Lack of support that provides very little benefit than just buying a regular ps4

Is it just me or does system performance seem worse after this latest update? I've had games crash a few times and shit just seems laggier in the main menus in general

There's no point in getting it over a standard PS4. Also nobody who has a regular PS4 is gonna trade in their old one for a pro.

the fanbase

Name a better one

Undertale

The porn is the only good thing about it, next one.

>pursuing 4k when it can't even do 1080p properly
>pursuing 4k when it's a meme resolution and people are perfectly fine with 1080p
>it's a half assed update with the same shitty CPU the original model had instead of a new system
You know, people are stupid, but they're not THAT stupid.

I have it's alright. It's the best thing for ps4 exclusives which is what I mainly play. It doesn't replace my PC though.

The price is 2x of slims in my country

NEVER EVER amirite? those b a b b y c u c k s don't come close to us;)

I don't think fucking goats is a nice thing, Ahmad...

I work in retail and pros outsell every other system followed by just ps4's.

No one buys xbones and switches just do not exist

nothing
I got it for boost mode which is really good for a lot of games like bloodborne and nioh

Boost worked great for me on Bloodborne. Haven't noticed any frame drops.

the fanbase.

Lack of good, as in quality games, unable to download any game you may have purchased on the ps3, and not backwards compatible (only one model is, to my knowledge)

4k is a meme that most people dont care about yet

various games actually running worse on it

my ps4 works fine still, aside from that malfuntioning eject button which I disabled permanently.

-paid online
-hardly any games until 4 years into its lifespan
-poorly engineered
-also on PC*

It would have been heralded as a disaster if it weren't for every other company being comparably worse.

>pursuing 4k when it's a meme resolution and people are perfectly fine with 1080p

This is a very stupid thing to say. People like you probably said the same about HDTV's back in the CRT days.

Definitely the fanbase to be honest.

Fuck you, goats are hot.

>People like you probably said the same about HDTV's back in the CRT days.

This is a very stupid thing to say. Diminishing returns is a thing nowadays.

literally no games. It's even less necessary to own this than the sega 32X

>no games
That's why you're begging for them?

The two main problems with the Pro were:

1) the unrealistic expectations of gamers, which will also be the case with Scorpio, once people realise that Jaguar CPU it's using, no matter how modified, still won't deliver 60fps games unless they're designed to be in the first place, and we start seeing games in Fuax K rather than Narive 4K, since just being 4 times as powerful as a base Xbone isn't enough to make everything that high res.

2) not making enough of them to meet demand.

Clearly the anons point is more along the lines that 4K tvs are the norm nowadays and the hardware of the PS4 PRO could not realistically do what it was meant to at the current time.

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diminishing returns is a meme people with low standards say.
it exists for sure but 1080p is not it, 1080p was just the highest marketable standard manufacturers pushed back with HD LCD TVs.
You can see a lot of aliasing and blur on a 1080p image even from a decent distance away.
Now 8k exists, it's 16x the resolution of 1080p and it's so high that you cannot see individual pixels even with your face up against the screen.
That's where the diminishing return is.
No one is going to want higher than 8k on consumer electronics, arguably 5k is plenty.
Intel thinks "12k" is going to be a thing for VR but I really doubt it.

give me one good reason why the PS4pro uses USB for it's internal HDD when it's supposed to be a premium console.

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Literally nothing.
Getting amazing games almost every week. What do you think went wrong? I'm curious.

It's just another option if you want a PS4 (the best console by far of this generation). Got the extra dosh to spend? go for the Pro. Don't have the dosh? Then go for the normal model. Makes no difference for anyone but yourself. Just have fun m8

Nobody cares about 4k and it even failed to do that

>What do you think went wrong? I'm curious.
All you need to do is read the thread to find out.

Constant hardware issues. Brand new consoles would get bricked the first time people tried to turn them on. Sony's shitty customer service.

I still have problems when I try to turn on my PS4 console. The blue light will turn on for a second, then the whole thing will shut back down, and I wouldn't be able to try again until I unplug the power and plug back in. I've tried disassembling it down to the power supply and then reassembling it, but now I have a problem where the blue light will continue to blink. This shit's fucking retarded, man. I'm thinking of smashing it with a hammer to see if it works.

I did. And saw nothing wrong with it. Absolutely nothing.
Just people placing their wrong expectations on it and being disappointed (in themselves, although they don't realise it and blame the hardware instead)

So I ask of you for the last time: What do you THINK went wrong?

>cpu

user, I know what you meant but that really en-flares my autism

See

>Constant hardware issues. Brand new consoles would get bricked the first time people tried to turn them on.
So, anecdotal ramblings from a hater. He doesn't even own a Pro (just barfing whatever he read online) and then proceeds to complain about the standard PS4's hardware. Which just proves that neither of his claims have any weight since the PS4 doesn't have big issues. CLEARLY he got a bad one and it badly affected his view on the brand overall. It's natural that this happens but his opinion is clearly biased. My 3DSXL analog stick broke in literally 5 pieces from normal usage, doesn't mean all 3DS models are shit and Nintendo sucks, or even that the 3DSXL model in particular is bad. I jsut so happened to get a bad annalog mold for whatever reason, one out of tens of thousands that got a normal unit.

None of this generation's consoles before the switch have widespread hardware issues. Any and all issues that occur are expected and completely normal. Only widespread stuff like PS2/360 bricking is even worth mentioning.

>Same thing as with the OG PS4, it was released too early.
Nonsense. If it was released later people would complain about 7th gen being 10 years long instead of 8. There are two sides to every coin- THIS user in particular felt like PS4 came too early. This is 100% unrelated to the topic at hand. I guess 60 millionpeople disagree with him.

>Is it just me or does system performance seem worse after this latest update?
"seem"
"feel"
moving on

>There's no point in getting it over a standard PS4.
Not a criticism of PS4pro whatsoever. In fact that's almost a compliment. OG PS4 owners aren't left in the dust with PS4pro's release. Both co-exist. I said so myself in the post. It's only a matter of spending extra dosh or not, any PS4 model will do. Unlike, say, 3DS or DS or Gameboy model, whose revisions got exclusives so it DOES matter which one you own.

>pursuing 4k
This user doens't like PS4pro's concept. That's his problem.

Next.

Please be a shill, please don't tell me people can be this retarded.

>this console is full of problems!!!
>console actually has no problems
>p-please be a shill

Btw I don't even own a PS4pro

Why the fuck do you defend something you don't even own?

I'm not even defending it, I'm pretty much in this guy's spot I already own a PS4, no point in getting a second slightly better one. And I see that as a good point for PS4pro rather than a negative. One the same token I see New3DS exclusive games as a negative for that system rather than a positive, as it means that any previous 3DS owners got fucked.

I'm simply clearing up the bullshit, that's not depending the system at all. If you said "THAT HUMMINGBIRD RAN OVER MY CHILD AND BROKE ALL OF HER BONES" and I responded with "A Hummingbird can't possibly to that to a human being." I'm not defending the bird. Make an actual REAL accusation first and ony then can you accuse me of anything.

When Sony on PS4pro's first ever reveal said that it WON'T do actual native 4K for the most part, and then people bitch about it being upscaled "dynamic" 4K, I can only blame those people, not Sony, for having the wrong expectations. Same for 60fps. DOUBLING the framerate was never ever a promise, and once again we knew long ago PS4pro's CPU is the same as the normal model but overclocked, of course it can't double framerates from 30 to 60 on every game. At best it can slightly improve them, which is what it does, more stable framerates overall.
But morons want a $800 worth of performance out of a $400 (soon to be $350) machine. I can only blame the morons, not the console.

They didn't do their homework, just read a couple of headlines and shitposts on Sup Forums, then proceeded to do the same.

>What went wrong?

I don't think anything went wrong. The Vanilla PS4 is just pretty good when it comes to price/power.

I suppose by the end of this gen I will get one to play my favourite games again -if the PS5 is much more expensive and doesn't have BC with boost mode.

>What went wrong?
No one wants to pay an extra $150 for a barely noticeable resolution boost in a handful of games.

>But morons want a $800 worth of performance out of a $400 (soon to be $350) machine. I can only blame the morons, not the console

Which console marketing has played up constantly for years with their 'supercharged PC' bullshit

Fanbase
Games too expensive (It doesnt matter how much you earn, 59$ for a fucking videogame is retarded when you can buy the same game for 40$ on pc

And that's the marketing department's job.

Once again, it's the moron consumer's fault for falling for it. If someone buys a Pro because they see a "4K!!!" sticker on the box, I can only congratulate the marketing team for their perfect bait.

On the same token, if morons who fall for Phil Spencer's "I'm a real gamer, I'm one of you guys, I'm saving Xbox and am just as frustrated as you, trust me haha!" facade and buy a Scoprio because of all the hype and marketing and then realise it's literally just a Xbone with the exact same games and no real benefits (outside of the obvious improved image quality) then I won't blame Phil for his friendly act, or Scorpio's marketing. I'll blame the consumer to sucked all the hype like a sponge.

Same for Apple. It's not Apple's fault that a lot of morons fall for the "It's M-A-G-I-C-A-L" videos. Congrats to them.

You should know the facts and 100% seperate marketing from the product. If you are butthurt over the product because of the marketing then too bad. It's not the product's fault. Not that it EVER advertized true 4K and doubling framerates, but ok.

I got the Pro to make the best outta the fact that I didn't have the standard PS4 yet. I suppose that at least in regards to being a better option to new customers, it'll be worth something in the long run.

Kinda weird that they're still selling the standard PS4 at the same time, though.

>There's no point in getting it over a standard PS4.
Last Guardian is actually playable, NiOh and Tekken 7 don't look like shit. FFXV has no framepacing issues

>Also nobody who has a regular PS4 is gonna trade in their old one for a pro.
I did, no regrets and I use a 1080p monitor, too

All new games have equal price points on PSN and Steam
The games often get discounts even better than steam so it's not an argument.

What REALLY went wrong is the fucking pay online scam

4K isn't mainstream. Some games won't enable Pro mode at all if it detects a 1080P tv, meaning you don't get AA, improved textures, shadows and even 60fps (let alone even fewer games that lock 30 fps on Pro mode), which defeats the purpose for some people to future proof.
Also, no Pro-specific games. The games are hampered by having to be compatible with vanilla PS4. This is the problem Scorpio is going to face.
And for a very small fraction of people, no UHD Blue-ray.

You don't have to pay for online
You use your credit card to get 15 free days, then make a new one to get 15 days again and make that your primary account

>Also, no Pro-specific games.
That's the point you piece of shit, you think they should have screwed us by having ps4 pro exclusives?

>Pro-specific games
that would be a terrible decision

>1 game

>Submitting your card details to Sony

No thanks

>Games too expensive (It doesnt matter how much you earn, 59$ for a fucking videogame is retarded when you can buy the same game for 40$ on pc
Over here digital PC games are more expensive than physical console games, because publishers like to fleece PC gamers with regional pricing
On top of it you can trade in physical console games. So the choice is obvious.

Scorpio announcement highlighted just how shitty this thing was before it was even revealed.

They might still come, who knows? The New 3DS got a few games that can't run on the vanilla model at all. Not that it'd be a good idea, just talking about possibilities.

these are correct, one of the worst fanbase ever

>Implying I can read that

It's ugly as fuck and not powerful enough, i would rather buy the PS4 slim than this abortion

t. Standard PS4 owner

>That's the point you piece of shit, you think they should have screwed us by having ps4 pro exclusives?

As opposed to screwing you by having a new console that's basically pointless?

no Ape Escape 4

This, shitty hardware and no games.
Honestly, give me a legit reason to own a PS4 if you're not a weebfag.

I'd list some games but you'd just say they're western AAA shit/weeb shit so what's the point, you're already resigned to your opinion and nothing anyone can say will change that.

The only games I'm interested in are Nioh and Bloodborne but fuck getting a console for 2 games.
Everything else is like you say cinematic AAA Hollywood shit and waifu/weebtrash.

Wrong but believe what u want.

Die you degenerate ape escape fag

There you go.

>"You're wrong"
>Doesn't say why but gets offended instead
This is why you're the shittiest fanbase.

So there in fact ARE games, you just don't like them.

faggots like you

>Honestly, give me a legit reason to own a PS4 if you're not a weebfag.
Not having to own a Windows Phone/Xbox for multiplats.

>Text based menus
>Interactive movies "press x to win"
If you can call them games...

Why opt for an xbone over a PC?
kek

Your buyer's remorse for the Switch.

You're making alot of assumptions there m8.

1. Im not the guy you replied to.
2. As the other dude said, youre just going to wave away anything I say with "weebshit" or " literally who" and all.
3. You assume im part of a fanbase because its easier for u to make an internet argument against an imaginary designated enemy. Which is amusing but kinda shallow.

I own a gaming PC, A PS4 and a Switch. Its nice not being poor and being able to play any game I want.

Only legitimate movie game I can think of on the PS4 is Until Dawn. Apart from that, even BOTW has QTEs these days.

Which PC can I play Injustice 2/FFXIV/Persona 5?

>FF
>P5
Any self-respecting weebnigger has a PS4 by now. Even then PC has tons more weebshit than PS4 does. Isn;t Injustice 2 getting a PC release anyway?

>You assume im part of a fanbase because its easier for u to make an internet argument against an imaginary designated enemy.
Then why are you still acting like a Sonygro?
You're autistic m8.

It's time for optical media to die.

haha no, fuck off

The didn't release it in white, or red.

>Why opt for an xbone over a PC?
PC is dead. It's now Windows Xbox or Windows Phone.
The only alternative to Microsoft is a PS4. Simple as that

>being proven wrong by someone who owns three consoles, and has actual valid opinions about them
>autistic

poorfags can't be this desperate to drag people down their level.

> hurr no you're a Sonygro because you dont talk a way I like
> you're autistic

Ironic?

Get a life dude its just video games.

Not even that guy but it's clear you've dug deep this foundation of"you vs me" warfare in your head that's preventing some serious objective discourse and simply put, the enjoyment of video games.

Lay off Sup Forums a couple weeks, stop this retarded fanbase mentality.

Saying PC is dead us just being ignorant.

But user, pretty much all PC gaming of note has taken place on Windows. Why is this suddenly a bad thing?

Look, if you're content with fixed mediocre graphics, clunky controllers, shitty operating systems and trash online then the current gen of consoles are fine for you. If you want something better, you can get a PC.

Well, the ps4 is just not worth it, it's an outdated pc with some really shitty exclusives, the only one worthwhile is Bloodborne, even one of the exclusives that used to be amazing (god of war) now it's just another "sony game" with the same cinematic feel that is now a standard of most sony games. And all this would not be that bad but the fact that there is 0 backwards compatibility it's just stupid.

>Full damage control

>But user, pretty much all PC gaming of note has taken place on Windows.
Bullshit, when Windows gained traction in "gaming", PC was already long past its prime. Windows used to be laughed at by PC gamers.
On top of that since 2015 Microsoft turned all PCs into Windows phones and if you don't want to play multiplatform video games on a Windows Phone or on a Windows Phone Xbox the only alternative is the PlayStation.

>Complaining about shitty phone OSs
>Mentions the Playstation like its OS is better somehow