For me, buying a console is akin to voting with my wallet for a video game philosophy. The question is "What should video games be?" and the answer is in the architecture of the console, in its capabilities, in the first party software, in the nature and vibrancy of the third party ecosystem, in the communication / notes of intent made by its creators as well as their past history. Looking at things this way, the accent put on the indies by SCE is a big positive for me.
I still see them as a perk but I expect that to change rapidly in the next year or so.
Indies are super important and some of them end up being absolutely gigantic, industry changing games (see Minecraft). The industry can't sustain itself on AAA studios alone and they're going to play a pretty crucial part in the gaming ecosystem. Sony isn't bending over backwards for them for show, they're doing it because they need to.
I've already switched. The vast majority of the games I have enjoyed over the past year have been indie. I have a ton of indie games on my steam account that I got hooked on and ended up playing 4-6 hours at a time. I also have a ton of AAA titles that I haven't touch, and the ones I have I usually lose interest after 20 minutes.
I was going to post this basically word for word.
I would say yes, if not for the fact that most true "indies" on the PS4 will also be on the PC as well. Rime looks fantastic, but it alone is not enough to influence a console purchase imo. Transistor, Daylight, and maybe even The Witness--if Jonathan Blow has managed to tone his pretentiousness way the fuck down--look great, but there's no reason to get any of them anywhere but Steam.
No doubt it will be locked on the UI with a big advertisement just like it is on the PS3 now. Apparently it's not enough for Verizon to fag up my phone with apps I cannot remove, so they needed to do it to my Playstation too.
For remote play you need to be within blue tooth range correct? Similar to how the Wii U does it?
Heh, there's some really pretty areas in that game. I think it'll end up being a really good and fun game, especially on the harder difficulties which are tuned for older gamers. Definitely feel good about picking it up on launch.
