Nakenorm said: It was love at first sight (without actually seeing it).

Infamous, sharing, knack, FFXV/kh3 "tease", Deep down.

Thought it was a cool conference overall. Click to expand... Click to shrink...

While I totally love seeing a console actually physically reveal, I thought the PS4 announcement was fantastic even though it felt low-key in some ways since it got wonky at the beginning. The reasons I had at the time and still have to this day:1) There was a lot of worry about the direction of the industry, from motion controls to moving away from gaming and into entertainment as a whole (which is why the "we support used games" announcement at E3 was so important since there were rumblings about if Sony would focus more on entertainment in general than games). Cerny's tech-heavy talk about what's in the system, what it meant for developers, the developers they talked to, ease of development, etc., were all great to hear.2) The Share function was something I wanted for a while. The ability to capture funny moments, especially online, the ability to share screenshots or stream easily, that all became a reality, and it was made simply with one Share button. I loved the focus on it, and again, it reinforced the "games first" mentality. I'm totally for consoles doing a lot: I watch movies, TV, music, etc., on my PS4. But I buy a PS4 instead of something else so I can also play great games, so the focus was great.3) Looking back, Killzone/Knack/DriveClub/Infamous... or really, any of the games with a few exceptions compared to what would come later. But it was great to see all of this, great to see a new Infamous, and as someone who doesn't play many racing games, I loved the excitement Evolution displayed announcing DriveClub. Also, The Witness looked wonderful and ended up delivering, though years and years later.I know I still had a few concerns since PS3's announcement in 2005 and the Killzone 2 video (that, although assumed before, was not only not gameplay and wasn't supposed to be gameplay, but GG hadn't worked on anything past a few pixels) was exciting and then "$599 US Dollars" the next year put a damper on it. But PS4 seemed like it had the right ideas with a develop-centered architecture and a big focus on games and sharing gameplay. I still say the Share feature is one of the absolute coolest things this generation and has allowed me to share and even sometimes get a ton of views, something I never did until the PS4.