Sony UK boss: "What the PS4 does is more important than how it looks"

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When Sony revealed the PS4, they didn't reveal the console itself. They didn't show off the PS4 hardware, beside from the DualShock 4 controller and the PSEye. There was "a bit of cynism" from fans after the conference, even though Sony presented more important things for a next gen system, PlayStation UK managing director Fergal Gara told sources:

"It's much more important to see what the damn thing does," Gara said. "The shiniest piece of black, green or purple plastic ever, you know, whatever, so what? It's not the most important thing."

As many of you know, the design of something can be it's selling point, aside from the specs of the console and how good a game looks, if the PlayStation 4 console just looks like a mis-shaped box, that may push consumers away.

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MsFluttershyPosted:

I hope that sony has decided to actually fix their fatal security errors; a lot better than the last time they 'fixed' them.

OdinPosted:

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TheCheeseyNINJA Why do people buy beats then? It is because they look good, not because the quality is good! (Because the quality is poor!)


yeah i agree lol


I find quality of beats pretty good! However I have not tried many other brands before so I can't judge.


Beats cannot even compare with Bose and Skullcandy quality. I have $20 knock headphones that are the same as my brothers beat quality

SOGPosted:

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TheCheeseyNINJA Why do people buy beats then? It is because they look good, not because the quality is good! (Because the quality is poor!)


yeah i agree lol


I find quality of beats pretty good! However I have not tried many other brands before so I can't judge.

ORL_MAGICPosted:

POLYSICS
ORL_MAGIC
POLYSICS Shows how considerate Sony is to their consumers when they curse and rage at them just because they expected to see a console at what was named to be a PS4 reveal. It must must be crime to actually want to see something that you're expecting.


Why do you need to see a box? Isn't whats inside the box more important? I swear if people are that stupid and would buy or not buy a console just based of the looks then I lose all faith in humanity. I mean how stupid can you be to do that.


Did I ever say that the inside didn't matter? No **** it does. It's the fact that Sony is inconsiderate enough to subtly insult their consumers just because they want to see what they were expecting. In response to your point, why do you feel the need to decorate your house? Why do you need to dress up decently? Why do idiots buy Apple products over and over? Because you're not buying only what's on the inside, but the outside as well. If you seem to only care about the inside, I can only assume that you're using a computer that has no tower body and is just all hardware connected together and placed on the floor. Your gaming consoles must be like that as well: internals sprawled all over the floor.

Aesthetics are an important aspect too.


I never said that the tower isn't important, but what I was saying is as long as it keeps it together it shouldn't matter what it looks like.

theforbes20Posted:

POLYSICS
ORL_MAGIC
POLYSICS Shows how considerate Sony is to their consumers when they curse and rage at them just because they expected to see a console at what was named to be a PS4 reveal. It must must be crime to actually want to see something that you're expecting.


Why do you need to see a box? Isn't whats inside the box more important? I swear if people are that stupid and would buy or not buy a console just based of the looks then I lose all faith in humanity. I mean how stupid can you be to do that.


Did I ever say that the inside didn't matter? No **** it does. It's the fact that Sony is inconsiderate enough to subtly insult their consumers just because they want to see what they were expecting. In response to your point, why do you feel the need to decorate your house? Why do you need to dress up decently? Why do idiots buy Apple products over and over? Because you're not buying only what's on the inside, but the outside as well. If you seem to only care about the inside, I can only assume that you're using a computer that has no tower body and is just all hardware connected together and placed on the floor. Your gaming consoles must be like that as well: internals sprawled all over the floor.

Aesthetics are an important aspect too.


boom.

xPhotographPosted:

TheCheeseyNINJA Why do people buy beats then? It is because they look good, not because the quality is good! (Because the quality is poor!)


yeah i agree lol

POLYSICSPosted:

ORL_MAGIC
POLYSICS Shows how considerate Sony is to their consumers when they curse and rage at them just because they expected to see a console at what was named to be a PS4 reveal. It must must be crime to actually want to see something that you're expecting.


Why do you need to see a box? Isn't whats inside the box more important? I swear if people are that stupid and would buy or not buy a console just based of the looks then I lose all faith in humanity. I mean how stupid can you be to do that.


Did I ever say that the inside didn't matter? No shit it does. It's the fact that Sony is inconsiderate enough to subtly insult their consumers just because they want to see what they were expecting. In response to your point, why do you feel the need to decorate your house? Why do you need to dress up decently? Why do idiots buy Apple products over and over? Because you're not buying only what's on the inside, but the outside as well. If you seem to only care about the inside, I can only assume that you're using a computer that has no tower body and is just all hardware connected together and placed on the floor. Your gaming consoles must be like that as well: internals sprawled all over the floor.

Aesthetics are an important aspect too.

ORL_MAGICPosted:

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ORL_MAGIC
POLYSICS Shows how considerate Sony is to their consumers when they curse and rage at them just because they expected to see a console at what was named to be a PS4 reveal. It must must be crime to actually want to see something that you're expecting.


Why do you need to see a box? Isn't whats inside the box more important? I swear if people are that stupid and would buy or not buy a console just based of the looks then I lose all faith in humanity. I mean how stupid can you be to do that.



You're going to lose faith in humanity just because consumers want to see what they're buying? I would rather have an amazing looking PS4 than a retarded looking PS4 -.- Why would you wanna get an ugly console for your home?

You missed my point. My point was that what the console can do is more important then how it looks. If someone was to say get the ps4 over the xbx 720 just because its "better looking" then I think thats stupid.

HallPosted:

PML watch this look like the ps3


kidcudi JUST said that lmao

OrigamoPosted:

I hope it looks decent.