| I have a PC hooked up to my PC and a PS4 as well. And I'm sorry to say that unfortunately the PC experience is still subpar and way behind the consoles (even though both Sony and Microsoft are working hard to make this experience terrible as well). Biggest issues: - Big Picture mode is pretty buggy - it tends to freeze after sleep, sometimes won't recognise controller after waking up, it won't properly gain focus after boot, etc. etc. - Windows is annoying to get into proper "TV/BigPicture" mode. It'll lock screen (forcing you to type in password), show popups and steal focus from BigPicture (again forcing you to look for keyboard/mouse), install updates and demand reboot, etc. - A lot of games have launchers which don't support a controller so you need to hunt for keyboard/mouse again to start them. - A lot of games aren't available via Steam and you need to use Origin/Uplay/whatever. Those don't support controllers or a TV mode making experience a hassle. - Getting 5.1 sound over optical to work properly it a pain in the neck. On PS4 you just enable DTS bitstream. On PC you have to install hacked drivers (if your MB manufacturer didn't pay for license) and then hack XAudio DLLs to get 5.1 sound. And even then it might not work with some games. - Some games tend to show smaller fonts and/or not support controllers properly in their PC versions. - Some games won't run as well as on console if you don't have top of the line hardware - even though the PC is faster. - Multiprofile support is utterly atrocious. On PS4 my GF just chooses another profile and can play same games as I do isolated with different achiements/savegames/settings/etc. On PC it's an utter pain - Steam doesn't behave well if you PC has multiple usernames (!), switching users on Windows isn't possible with a controller, you need to install things twice or just not be able to play same game in parallel. - My PC has wierd issues randomly waking up from sleep, forcing me to shut it down. When shut down you can't power it on via wireless keyboard/controller making it another hassle to deal with. PS4 wakes up with controller without issues. All in all, while games do run faster on my 970GTX vs. PS4, the UI experience is painful at times and I can see me and my GF go to PS4 just because it boots significantly faster into game and doesn't force us to hunt for mouse/keyboard to deal with the "issue of the day". On the other hand, PS4 in "rest mode" will install OS updates, game patches and other things while sleeping so it's pretty much always ready to go (unless you just bought a game and need to sit through forced installation). |