[PS4] Official PlayStation 4 Thread

[dave]

So if one of my PSN friends owns NBA Live (a game I don't own) and wants to play me ... they can simply send an invite? Really? Am I reading this wrong?

If this is the case - this may be the greatest fucking game feature ever. I can't imagine how they could game publishers to sign off on something like this.

 

[Twigg4075]

So if one of my PSN friends owns NBA Live and wants to play me ... they can simply send an invite? Really? Am I reading this wrong?

If this is the case - this may be the greatest fucking game feature ever. I can't imagine how they could game publishers to sign off on something like this.

I'm pretty sure you could only co-op with the person, not play vs.

 

[dave]

I'm pretty sure you could only co-op with the person, not play vs.

I thought I might have that wrong. Damn. So much for the greatest feature ever. LOL

 

[KNUBB]

I'm pretty sure you could only co-op with the person, not play vs.

Nope dave is right.

 

[dave]

Nope dave is right.

If this is true, it's a brilliant feature.

 

[KNUBB]

If this is true, it's a brilliant feature.

It mentions it as a "virtual couch". You can play Towerfall which only has local coop.

 

[MrBill]

Sony was blowing up over this when I was at their E3 briefing, they still haven't given me the level of detail I would like before deciding if it is another cool feature or something that is really going to change the way I play games online.

 

[dave]

Sony was blowing up over this when I was at their E3 briefing, they still haven't given me the level of detail I would like before deciding if it is another cool feature or something that is really going to change the way I play games online.

I'm not even sure you're a PSN friend ... but could you imagine if I saw you playing a sports game I didn't own and sent you a message saying "let's get a game in?"
That would be epic.

 

[MrBill]

I'm not even sure you're a PSN friend ... but could you imagine if I saw you playing a sports game I didn't own and sent you a message saying "let's get a game in?"
That would be epic.

MMDave? I believe we are friends but if not shoot a FR to MrBill :dd:

That's the way it appeared to function at the E3 briefing and it was awesome. I just don't know how well streaming a 1080p 60fps image to a remote station factoring in latency and allowances for disparate levels of Internet access make it a scalable capability. The only thing I can figure is that they are coding to a lowest common denominator (sucks for people with good connections) or they are using a variable image quality capability that auto detects your bandwidth and scales accordingly (best but hardest to code).

 

[dave]

MMDave? I believe we are friends but if not shoot a FR to MrBill :dd:

That's the way it appeared to function at the E3 briefing and it was awesome. I just don't know how well streaming a 1080p 60fps image to a remote station factoring in latency and allowances for disparate levels of Internet access make it a scalable capability. The only thing I can figure is that they are coding to a lowest common denominator (sucks for people with good connections) or they are using a variable image quality capability that auto detects your bandwidth and scales accordingly (best but hardest to code).

Yeah, MmDave. I was pretty sure we were PSN friends. I'm pretty much PSN friends with everyone here ... except for Senser - who just posts but doesn't actually play, apparently. LOL

 

[Aso]

So basically what XB1 was gonna have until they went through all of those policy changes?

:holyshit:

 

[Twigg4075]

It mentions it as a "virtual couch". You can play Towerfall which only has local coop.

Exactly. All of the examples they give are co-op so how are you coming to the conclusion that you will be able to play versus?

 

[Aso]

http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/08/12/gamescom-sony-outlines-ps4-firmware-20-share-play

If you're in front of a PS4 and your friend is, you can share the same game cooperatively or competitively

Could IGN just have misinterpreted what was said?

 

[KNUBB]

http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/08/12/gamescom-sony-outlines-ps4-firmware-20-share-play



Could IGN just have misinterpreted what was said?

No. It was said in the conference.

Go to 46:44
"You can invite friends to play with you cooperatively or COMPETITIVELY!"

 

[MrBill]

It just seems as if there has to be a catch on playing competitively. Otherwise it seems like it could be a drag on game sales.

 

[KNUBB]

It just seems as if there has to be a catch on playing competitively. Otherwise it seems like it could be a drag on game sales.

I think it will have the opposite effect on sales. It could revolutionize how the "Demo" works. What better way to show off a game than playing with a friend. Take CoD for example. I am done with the series but Advanced Warfare comes out and I end up playing split screen with my friend. I enjoy it and could end up buying it so I have full access instead of only playing when my friend invites me

 

[Twigg4075]

MMDave? I believe we are friends but if not shoot a FR to MrBill :dd:

That's the way it appeared to function at the E3 briefing and it was awesome. I just don't know how well streaming a 1080p 60fps image to a remote station factoring in latency and allowances for disparate levels of Internet access make it a scalable capability. The only thing I can figure is that they are coding to a lowest common denominator (sucks for people with good connections) or they are using a variable image quality capability that auto detects your bandwidth and scales accordingly (best but hardest to code).

Or you'll be forced to basically download the entire game which would be unusable solo.

 

[Twigg4075]

I think it will have the opposite effect on sales. It could revolutionize how the "Demo" works. What better way to show off a game than playing with a friend. Take CoD for example. I am done with the series but Advanced Warfare comes out and I end up playing split screen with my friend. I enjoy it and could end up buying it so I have full access instead of only playing when my friend invites me

I don't see that at all. I see people mooching off their friends and never buying the game.
Almost every one of my friends that I play mp sports games with are cheap bastards. If this is how it sounds they'll never buy another sports game.

 

[KNUBB]

I don't see that at all. I see people mooching off their friends and never buying the game.
Almost every one of my friends that I play mp sports games with are cheap bastards. If this is how it sounds they'll never buy another sports game.

Do they only play with you? Cuz that is all they'll get. I would get sick of stomping you in sports games all the time

 

[Twigg4075]

Do they only play with you? Cuz that is all they'll get. I would get sick of stomping you in sports games all the time

I'm not sure how this makes any sense at all? This whole feature only works with friends. I would think that most people usually only play with the same group of friends online. It damn near takes an act of Congress to get a game night on this fucking site.