PS4 box was rapped up twice with bubble wrap, a nice bubble wrap cushion on the bottom and air pillows on top! System fired up nicely and updated without any issues.
My unit came, I read the instructions carefully, and I double checked my HDMI hook ups. Everything looked great and sure enough, the PS4 worked just fine. I felt lucky again.
Pros:
–Design slim, sexy, fits in with your home theater setup.
–interface smooth, fast, easy to navigate .
–features voice command, auto-patching, playing games while downloading /installing them.
–swappable hard drive
–controller design: with the small exception of its "night light".
–sharing ability: expand your presence in the community.
–online experience:soundly restructured from previous online with PS3.
-Great new controller.
-Improved UI over the PS3’s.
-Great specs that are developer friendly(unlike the PS3) and will lead to great games.
-Exciting slate of games announced for the coming year, and most of Sony’s development teams have yet to reveal what they have planned, so there is a lot of potential for beyond 2015 to be excited about.
-$100 cheaper than its main competition.
-Camera is optional, and only$60.
-Playstation Plus is a great value despite what some PS3 owners might gripe about.
-Small and quiet.
-Reasonable price in relation to the competition from Microsoft and Nintendo.
-Replaceable non-proprietary HDD.
Cons:
–cooling system(gets a bit loud)
–touchpad usability(what usability?)
–half-baked features(voice command, camera interactions)
–game library currently(SO SMALL)
–auto-patching(conflict of interest)
-Sony needs to continue working on the UI and updating it over time so as to keep it streamlined.
-Launch lineup isn’t that great.
-The light bar on the controller can’t be turned off. Maybe a future system update will offer this option, but it seems to be the culprit for the batter drain.
-Use of the trackpad seems gimmicky in most game so far.
-WHERE IS HBOGO?
-No DLNA or MP3 support. I never used, but it’s a neat feature the PS3 had. MP3 is a little more annoying, but not an issue if you can just plug your mp3 device into a sound system. Both of these may be resolved with future system updates.Overall I’m very satisfied with the experience, and don’t regret jumping back to Playstation from Xbox for this generation.
Overall rating: 4/5