Back to the roots for Playstation - Aftenposten

When Sony introduced the Playstation game console in 1994 they turned upside down on the games industry.

Playstation was specially designed to run 3D games, used contemporary CD-ROM technology and aimed at an audience voksnere than competitors Nintendo and Sega.

Sony gained a foothold in youth clubs and in the British trend magazines. Developers also threw himself over the console that was far easier to make games for than competitors’ game machines.

few years got the machine so solid footing that the phrase “to play Playstation” was synonymous with “playing video games”.

Blinded by technology

Sony today release its Playstation 4 on the Norwegian market is in many ways a console that looks back to the roots from the 90s.

Free up your Playstation 3 Sony was dazzled by technology and their own success.

They made a powerhouse of a machine with proprietary processors and focus on Linux installation, networking and media sharing features. Playstation 3 would be the place where you saved your photos and music, in addition to the market’s most advanced game machine.

console struggled with primitive network solutions and architecture that differed markedly from competing hardware, making game development complicated and time consuming. Playstation dad Ken Kutaragi got lost in features and technology and the result was a costly and far too ambitious multimedia machine.

Free up the Playstation 4 is enough once the games are in focus.

Media features are toned down and the tank is no longer the Playstation console is used to store music, photos and movies. The games are in focus again and it makes the console a more tangible action.

The inside consists of custom computer components with enough memory and processing power to produce graphics that are identical to a good gaming PC.

Detailed lighting and particle effects create a marked distinction to the existing game consoles, although the leap in graphics may not be as large as many had expected.

Essential mains

Online features are now an essential part of the console experience.

You can connect the user to the Facebook profile and follow what your friends are doing on their game machines. Games achievements of you and your friends posted in a separate activity stream and one can share their own screenshots and videos.

console automatically records video when you play so you can edit and publish highlights and praised videos. You can even pour their gaming alive.

Playstation 4 feels like a far more focused and concentrated gaming machine than its predecessor.

It is obvious that Sony now return to the roots of recapturing players from tablets and mobile phones.

It’s no longer about reaching the trendy young adults as it did in the 90s. The challenge is to prove that a dedicated game machine still has a future, when everyone already has its own game console in your pocket.

technological foundation is solid and creating excitement among game developers. Interface and features are also more than approved in the Playstation 4 Now it is up to the games to convince.