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Do any of you have a PlayStation Camera? As it's £45 (basically the cost of a game) would you buy it or wait?

To be honest I gave thought to it since May, when the idea of buying the PS4 came to mind. Even if by that time (or later on?) it was revealed it would not be included by default like it was supposed to as announced first (which may turn on into developers not wanting to make anything for it), I decided I'd grab it anyway "just for the sake of it" (impulsive buying?).

When I saw the demos of it being used to give voice command I figured out "this could potentially get better with time.. so let's do it".

When November the 13th came and Amazon had that short-lived window where you could order the PS4 (not with the Kindle, but by itself), and I was one of the "lucky" people who was able to buy it, I packed the camera along.

So far there is not much use to it, unless you livestream (in which case you either have to be really good to keep people interested, or be a woman and show some cleavage). Apart from it it's been used to take screenshots on-game (that's before I figured out I could do it with the share button anyway) and turn the PS4 off hahaha… so yeah.. not a "worthy" buy so far. Oh that and logging in with my face, trying to trick the system making funny faces and all times it finds me unless I look at it from a weird angle.
The Playroom so far is just kind of a waste of space, unless you have children or are 12 years old and naive.. in which case you might think of it as cute and charming and all that. Otherwise it's pretty pointless (IMHO).


So in the end.. I'd say "don't buy". There is not much use for it yet.
Oh and by the way I thought I'd also grab it as a "webcam" (just like the PS3 eye) in the end, but who knows.. it uses a non-standard connector (i.e not USB), unless I'm blind.
 
Don't you love it when Life mimics Pandemonium? :eek:

;)

Around here, tickets are handed out in line for the amount on they received, and they are told to return later and the units are handed out at the checkout counter after payment (not sitting on some shelf).

Thanks for posting this - it was a laugh.

I've lost all faith in the human race.
 
Same, I was relieved when the confirmation came through, the site was all over the place last night. Is that for home delivery? Click and collect is usually a bit quicker, it usually arrives in store within a day of dispatch.

Mine is now out for delivery today (Monday)

EDIT: Now delivered.
 
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Does any one elses PS4 fan remain on in standby mode? Mine never stops running. Other than that PS4 is fine. Apart from a little freezing in Knack.
 
Does any one elses PS4 fan remain on in standby mode? Mine never stops running. Other than that PS4 is fine. Apart from a little freezing in Knack.

My PS4 is silent on standby. Pretty much looks like it's off other than the amber light coming from it.
 
Do you guys know if one can add friends from different PSN stores? Or play online for that matter?
I just finished playing Resogun Co-Op with a guy from France, thought that was weird… (but really cool!)? (Or maybe I'm used to Apple's review system not being "compatible" across stores).
 
Yes mine makes a little hum, like its breathing.

i found the slowly pulsing light when switching it off (as you said.. like it's breathing) really a nice touch

so far smooth sailing for me, love the really quick installations after inserting discs
the cheap headset is surprisingly usefully considering it did very likely cost 50 cents.

on the negative side my internet connection is anything but "next-gen proof"... thanks god that patches are downloaded after installations ... downloading a 40 GB game from the store will take a week for me
 
I HATE Need for Speed Rivals. Looks good but I just can't get into it at all. It's leaving me cold....

Me too. I wish it were a more traditional racing game, but then again I only got it because my son likes watching/playing racing games.
 
i'm skipping on Rivals as well. I finished the NfS Most wanted 2 months ago and i really liked it but i fear rivals willb be too similiar.
(currently i'm doing some gt5 challenges and play the ps3/ps+ Grid2 for the arcady feeling)

i think for the PS4 the next racing title i really want to check out is "The Crew" .. Ubisoft really has some talent for open world games so their take on an open world racing game might be interesting


meanwhile: War Thunder really has that "one more round" feeling... the menu interface feels rather PC like but it's an absolute blast to play
Best online flight game since years
can't wait untill they add playable ground vehicles
 
Killzone: any good?

I've got Ghosts showing up next week, but I'll be using that mostly for multiplayer. I kind of want to see what the PS4 is capable of graphically. Assassins Creed looks very good, but not mind blowing.
 
I've got mine here and I haven't even opened it yet. Soooo many games to play and so little time at the moment. The troubles of strife of first world spoiled brats :D

I said I wasnt going to buy many games.. I have 8 PS4 games.. lol.. I suck at trying to control myself when buying games. Probably why I ended up with over 100 PS3 games lol.,
 
I said I wasnt going to buy many games.. I have 8 PS4 games.. lol.. I suck at trying to control myself when buying games. Probably why I ended up with over 100 PS3 games lol.,

I have 9 retail and 1 PSN purchase (Trine 2). Then there is also the 2 PS Plus free games and the F2P games.
 
I said I wasnt going to buy many games.. I have 8 PS4 games.. lol.. I suck at trying to control myself when buying games. Probably why I ended up with over 100 PS3 games lol.,

Yeah I'm the same. It's the reason I have 60 frickin skylanders !!!! :D

Self control is not a strong point :p. I do love the game on PS4 though, play it for hours....
 
Killzone: any good?

I've got Ghosts showing up next week, but I'll be using that mostly for multiplayer. I kind of want to see what the PS4 is capable of graphically. Assassins Creed looks very good, but not mind blowing.

I've just completed Killzone, whilst the story is fairly mediocre, the graphics are excellent. If you want it over COD or Battlefield, go for it, the multiplayer is good and because it's an exclusive it'll have better graphics than those cross-platform games.
 
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