Review on Game console Sony PlayStation 4 500 GB HDD, black by Stanisaw Muter ᠌

Name: Game console Sony PlayStation 4 500 GB HDD, black
Item: Game console Sony PlayStation 4 500 GB HDD, black
Rating: 5

May 02, 2023

I'm amazed! It was definitely worth the money!

I recommend taking the 1 TB version from the railway, which is enough to install more than a dozen serious games.
As for the modifications, the latest series (CUH-1200), in accordance with the office. sources, is quieter, consumes slightly less power and is more reliable. So it's better to choose her.
Buying a Sony console is worth it, first of all, all the same for the sake of native exclusive games. And here Sony has something to surprise. Already now you can relax with / enjoy: Infamous: Second Son / First Light, The Order: 1886, Until Dawn, Killzone: Shadow Fall, Tearaway Unfolded, Bloodborne, as well as ports of such great PS3 games as Uncharted 1- 3, The Last Of Us, Heavy Rain, Beyond Two Souls, Journey. And on the way Uncharted 4, Horizon Zero Dawn, Detroit: Become Human, Ratchet and Clank, The Last Guardian, Rime, Wild, Dreams, Gravity Rush 2 . And in the future, Sony-sponsored game developers will undoubtedly still surprise us (PS4 owners) with other new and, for sure, no less interesting projects, given that this 4th series of Sony consoles will “live” for another two or three years for sure .
The price of the console itself is now very attractive. A PC comparable in terms of power and functionality (built on the basis of, for example, Intel Core i3-4160/GTX 750ti) will cost ~60% more. But new games require mandatory support for DX12 (which means, willy-nilly, you will have to fork out for the 900th Nvidia series).
Of course, the surest option today is to have a PS4 (for Sony exclusives) and a powerful gaming PC for multi-platform and Microsoft exclusives (Recore, Quantium Break, etc.). But the cost of such a combination will turn out to be very serious. Therefore, most users have to be content with either one or the other option, each of which is more or less a compromise. For me, exclusives from Sony and the opportunity to carelessly collapse on the couch in front of a big TV turned out to be more valuable.

Pros

Graphics in native exclusive games - on top; the console is as simple and convenient as possible to use (however, just like its predecessor PS3); beautiful, compact and mobile; modest electricity consumption; quiet (even if the game is on a disk, the disk spins in the tray for only 15-20 seconds while the game is loading, and then silence); the new gamepad is more convenient than its predecessor - the sticks have a pleasant and informative shape and better responsiveness; Very fast Wi-Fi adapter. An interesting effect from the speaker and diode built into the gamepad - they give the game an atmosphere. In "sleep mode" allows you to charge gamepads and download / install games. Overall, there is no significant difference in usability between PS4 and PS3. The new console is simply better in some aspects - in terms of graphics, of course, and in terms of the informativeness of the gamepad. Plus, it's more technologically advanced - it allows you to make videos and photos (very interesting photo mode) of your own adventures. Well, again, a console is a console. I inserted the disc with the game (or downloaded it from the Store) and that's it - you can play. There are no troubles with setting up graphics and taking care of achieving the coveted number of fps. As there are no thoughts about how, what and when to upgrade. Yes, about the graters on the topic of 30/60 fps - this is all nonsense. If there is a difference, it is only when playing first-person shooters (which have never been a console genre, because they are still sharpened by a mouse), and even then it is small. Here, a drop below 30 fps is already noticeable (but in reality this happens very rarely). And so, if the game has a stable 30 fps, then the gameplay does not raise absolutely any questions. And here we must pay tribute to the game developers - basically, all games on the console from the first day provide the same 30 fps without any hassle on the part of the user. There are exceptions, but, as a rule, such problems are fixed very quickly with the help of patches.

Cons

Not a particularly capacious controller battery (enough for two or three days with a "dim" LED setting). Expensive games - if you plan to buy a bunch of multiplatform games for the console, then you should think a hundred times before buying it, because in this case it will be much more profitable to buy a PC - all the same, games in 2022 Steam are three times cheaper than in the PS Store. If you are burning with the desire to play multi-platform titles, then here you should pay attention to purchases. I would wait until the games you are interested in fall under the next sale (the easiest way to keep track of changes in the prices of games in the PS Store is with the help of the wonderful site psprices(dot)com), or until used discs at sane prices appear. Also keep in mind that the amount of traffic when downloading games from PSN is simply gigantic. Therefore, without an unlimited and fast channel (at least 15-20 Mbps) it will be difficult. It is a pity that, if necessary, both the speaker and the vibration of the gamepad can be turned off, but the LED cannot. It would be nice if Sony gave users more freedom in this regard.