With the announcement of the PlayStation 5, the PS4 has sidled off-stage and will return for one final encore over the next 12 months. The angular box has been with us for almost six years, blazing ahead as the de facto leader of the 8th generation of games consoles.
During that time, the PlayStation 4 has established a library of thousands of games, covering the gamut from must-play exclusives to AAA bangers and indie gems. It’s got a rich library, no doubt about it, although its value decreases significantly if you also own a gaming PC to play many of these titles at a higher fidelity.
‘Must Play’ games on the system, according to Metacritic, include Red Dead Redemption 2, Bloodborne, God of War, Persona 5, The Last of Us Remastered, The Witcher 3, Uncharted 4, Metal Gear Solid V, Shadow of the Colossus, Undertale, Resident Evil 2, Sekiro, Astro Bot, Celeste, Nier Automata, and more.
There’s also the likes of Horizon Zero Dawn, Spider-Man, Tetris Effect, Infamous: First Light, Until Dawn, a billion Yakuza games, GTA V, Ratch & Clank, Detroit: Become Human, The Last Guardian, and, er, two Knack games. Then we’ve got The Last of Us: Part 2, Death Stranding, Days Gone, Dreams, Concrete Genie, and more, right around the corner.
It’s easy to look back at past generations with rose-tinted spectacles, yet the PlayStation 4’s library is both broad and deep; arguably becoming one of the most successful consoles of all time. It’s a platform that has helped Sony become the leader in the VR space, selling millions of PSVR headsets and actually investing in virtual reality games like few others are.
But with the sun about to set on the PlayStation 4, what are your feelings on Sony’s consoles? Did it end up a must buy? Did it top even the mighty PS2? Give your rating in the poll and let us know why below!
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I bought the PS4 followed by the PS4Pro and I've never had any gripes with them. The library is extensive, the UI is nice and easy and Sony as managed to pull some absolutely stunning games out the bag.
It's a 8 from me(:
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7 8 9
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I chose 8 based on my experience with The last of us, Horizon zero dawn and God of war 4.
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As it seems, Sony might do most things right with the PS5
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Was thinking about 6 or 7. Mainly because of the lacking CPU.
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PS4 is the console with the best games out there and I will probably buy a PS5 because of it's backward compatibility with the PS4.
Those exclusives... - just wow.
I give it a 10.
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Same. I have a bunch of PS4 games that I'm planning to replay once PS5 hits the market. Backwards compatibility really is good news.
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I would generally say 8, amazing exclusives do help a lot to bring that score up and some consumer friendly practices, like not restricting used disc selling. As negative I would definitely give it underpowered hardware, based on older gen AMD hardware, some games had to downscale below 1080p or...
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... they had hard time maintaining 30FPS, plus cooling isn't exactly quiet, less important, but backwards compatibility was absent. But overall it had good run, won this generation... and as much I could also mention multiplayer subscription, that kind of is console standard.
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As for the rest, it was done well and stuff like gamepad was pretty much just generational improvement, but then again, if it isn't broken, don't fix it. Still, if feels like PS5 is up to fixing flaws of PS4, so we might get great next generation, provided it won't be like PS3, since it will likely cost more.
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I have the same complaint. Underpowered hardware, even in ps4 pro the graphics is bottlenecked by the weak cpu anyway. dips below 30 fps is really noticeable for my sensitive eyes
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This poll reveals that there is currently 11 Xbox fanboys here.
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I'm not a fanboy by either of them, i just wrote my opinion :D.
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Lol yeah zero is an extreme score hah
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I would give it an 8 as an owner of PS4 Pro, exclusives were very good and it seems reliable most of the time. Though the fan noise really kills it for me, it is like a jet engine.
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how does graphics and framerates compare with pc as per ur experience?
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Big focus on Single player games, great discounts, easy to use, very reliable, amazing other entertainment value. I rate it a 9. It could have had a bit more processing power, the Pro version, but at the price its sold for, its unbeatable.
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It was an average console, besides most of the games were downscaled and some still are. So i'll give it a 5. We'll see what 9th Gen's gonna offer.
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Don't own a PS4, but I despise it for all the exclusives that will never make it to the PC. I guess that is a glowing review.
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Same here, what doesn't come to PC does not exist for me.
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Console? More like Scamsole
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Been awesome, great exclusive games, great support, great price, i just hate sony for making these games exclusive D": I also hate it when they dont allow cross platform with others lol
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In terms of modern games to play, it's a no brainer that it beat the xbone out.
In terms of features you'd think the majority of people care about, I'd argue the xbone wins out.
PS4 lacked some things and sony pulled some dumb moves, but Microsoft out-stupided them overall this gen and let Sony pull through.
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I don't own one so I can't really judge. It does though have some bangers which I'd like to play if given the chance.
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As a casual PC Gamer who doesn't own consoles I would give it around 7-8.
Paid online is quite a huge turn off for me. There were some times though when I was thinking to pick it up (Just before Uncharted 4 and No Man's Sky launched).
It's quite good, but not as huge as Wii/Ps2 were back when I was a kid.
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yeah, a 5/10 seems fitting... this whole console generation feels weirdly "meh".
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What is "meh" about PS4?
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Bought it for the exclusives so they're doing something right...
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PS2 will stay the best imo but PS4 deserved a 9 for me and the main reason is excellent exclusive single player games.
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The price and the exclusives/games make or break a console imo. :)
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9/10 due to paid PSN subscription.
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Yep, that was the only downside I've had during my times with my PS4 Pro.
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How's the graphics n resolution compared to PC?
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better than any 350-400$ new PC out there.