So Polygon almost made me think us at GB were crazy BUT

Why's Justin with those snarky assholes? Bring him here. Fuck those guys.

Im sorry but I just need to point out that the guy with the horribly receded hairline has a really ugly shirt...... It really doesnt go with the suit and he cant pull it off. Thats my only problem with the video. Well probably not, I didnt watch the whole thing.

This is one of the main reason I don't visit Polygon or The Verge: there are too many Crispin Boyer-types over there. Gies and McElroy are alright in my book, but the rest just seem like they've got some chip on their shoulder all the time. Polygon, in general, seems like something that tries to take games way too seriously...which drives me insane.

With all of that said, those guys bitching incessantly is dumb as hell, because Sony fucking KILLED IT at that conference! They drove an early nail into Microsoft and Nintendo's coffins. Microsoft is REALLY going to have to impress with their shit, or they are going to be riding some hard pine. The Sony conference was electric. There was a pure vibe of positivity around the whole thing, and for people to actual think that it was bad because there was no box shown or a price given... FUCK THEM!

McElroy is right on this one. The conference was boss. The stuff shown was boss. The excitement is there. These guys need to pull their heads out of their collective elitest asses.

These guys supposedly follow the industry, so I am not sure why they are so down on this press conference. If you haven't seen many of these conferences and have hyped your self up it it easy to see how these things can come off as underwhelming, stilted, awkward, and disappointing. All of these press conferences are relative though, so only a 7th grade mentality will be bummed by something that is relatively good yet fails to meet some amorphous fanboy ideal wherein Sony revolutionizes gaming and here are all the games and features you ever wanted in a $200 console that looks shinier than the Hope Diamond.

Sony seemed focused on "core gamers."

There were no giant enemy crab moments.

They didn't try to pad the event with nekkid dancers and free t-shirts.

They showed a handful of interesting looking games nine months before the console is launched with more to come (does no one remember the launch of the PS3 and 360?).

They had some interesting ideas.

No, it wasn't a two hour orgasm, but Sony did an OK job. There has been some valid criticism of the event, console gaming's direction, ect., but a lot of negativity surrounding the event comes off as the whining of grown up fanboys.

Chris Grant. He does that grandpa look. Doesn't pull it off..

Justin McElroy is my new favourite video game personality. We need more positivity in this industry, I can't blame anyone since I have been quite negative about it myself. There's a reason for that though, as Justin said, this industry has been stagnating for 2 years now, it's no wonder I'm losing interest.

sometimes polygon seems like a jungle of plaid and beard and glasses.

People who don't understand the business realities of these things making knee jerk statements on the internet? No way man!

I was also shocked with how enthused the staff here was. Sure they talked shit on just about everything but it was all in good jest and at the end of the show they seemed almost as excited as I am.

Phil Kollar is over at Polygon too and, just because I like the dude and needed to know, I'm glad to see this was one of his responses after the Playstation 4 event.

Philip Kollar ‏@pkollar

Holy shiiiiit so much cynicism. You guys are nuts.

Justin McElroy makes me feel all warm and fuzzy about video games.

I shouldnt care so much but dear lord, that gut.......

Sony's Conference didn't knock it out of the park but the whole positive, sincere, enjoyment of games, and the want to innovate that Sony displayed during the conference made it incredibly exciting. I haven't been this excited about games in a while.

Pretty much this. Those guys are like human wet blankets.

Stop fucking calling him J-Mac.

I thought the event went swimmingly well. It didn't really drag, and I enjoyed the vast majority of it. I actually am really excited to see what this system will do. A week ago, I really didn't care one way or the other, but they managed to raise the bar on my own expectations. That's pretty exciting.

As bad as those guys are at Polygon, at least the community on the site hasn't absorbed the staffs jaded and self absorbed outlook on gaming. Hipster cynicism pretty much bleeds out of that editorial staff. If it doesn't fit into their narrow spectrum of hip and what they are currently into, it's useless and a waste of their precious time to even discuss. They have a few writers there that aren't complete downers, but the prevailing attitude is friggin depressing.

You need a hug. Use him.

@blu3v3nom07 said:

You need a hug. Use him.

I don't think that's legal man.

I did it for effect ._.

But yes, it's nice to see a healthy appreciation for all things Gaming and McElroy on this thread. Happy I made it.

@selfconfessedcynic said:

@blu3v3nom07 said:

You need a hug. Use him.

I don't think that's legal man.

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@selfconfessedcynic said:

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Hah, yeah - we DO need a .gif of that.

J-Mac, keeping it real, the way I like it.

Stop fucking calling him J-Mac.

I did it for effect ._.

But yes, it's nice to see a healthy appreciation for all things Gaming and McElroy on this thread. Happy I made it.

They're one and the same, man. :)

I personally didn't like the press conference. Not because it was bad, but mostly because pre-rendered trailers and tech demos don't really do much for me. Just because I or some other people don't agree with the GB crew doesn't mean we are overly pessimistic.

@blu3v3nom07: Haha, yeah, I'm familiar with time belt. But kid Justin is still hella creepy, especially with that subtitle.

I've been polygoning a while. There's no argument that that site can be snarky and pretentious from top to bottom, but they still bring up good, valid points, even if they're shrouded in that misty, "we think we're smart" BS cloud.

So what are you saying, that they're assholes but you like how they smell?

The thing I don't understand about all the negativity is that no one can really articulate what it is that would make them happy. That long Gameological rant that everyone was raving about on twitter is so negative for the sake of being negative, and offers nothing in the way solutions. Taking issue with more powerful hardware coming out eight years after the previous one baffles me. And the same people will buy a new iPhone or iPad every year. Confusing.

Oh for those who requested a gif of Justin's final statements about the PS4, here you go;

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Watched it late, yesterday, with no idea what the general reception had been like.

I thought it was great; the way they laid out the hardware specs and talked about integrating games and community at a fundamental level was pretty exciting.

The games were so-so, but I expect we'll see a lot more at E3.

Exciting stuff.

Justin is the only thing about Polygon I like. And this video is why.

Hey, be cool, H-Lin!

Also, I've never payed attention to The Verge and that dude made me glad that's so. He came off as suuuuuuuuch a douche.

Stop going to Polygon.

McElroy for president.

Justin seems to know what's up, the guy in the tie is just so negative about everything.

Maybe a bit intense, but I don't know - along with Justin, this was like soul food for me.

I just wish more games press was like GB, the "light side" of Polygon and HHG.

Not all - as many rightly pointed out, it is good to have differing opinions, and some of the criticisms voiced definitely had merit - but man, loving video games is why I'm here.

I fucking love HHG for stuff exactly like this.

I don't like McElroy at all, but I fully support him on this issue.

@phatmac said:

Dude, totally. He seems to be a guy who loves video games and not just reviewing them, you know what I mean? That elitist, super snarky, super critical, glasses wearing environment is not good for him.

http://satellitedish.libsyn.com/

Anyone who is whining about that event can suck my dick.

I'm over these over entitled little man children of the internet who don't have anything to do but nitpick and whine

Well good on him. Looks like he struck a nerve with that Ross fellow.

Thank god for Justin McElroy.

That is great. So great. Love it when people call out excessive negativity in any situation.

What are you talking about? The tech demos took like under 10 minutes total (counting Epic, Havok, Quantic and Square Enix), and a good part of the video shown was not only rendered in real time but was actual gameplay.

I think I just became a fan of this guy.

Justin needs to come to GB. He is fucking awesome!

There's a general feeling on the internet that if you don't like something you're intelligent and if you like something you're naive.

IGN really liked the press conference, watched both streams and they felt about the same way as Giant Bomb (except they didnt like the media molecule stuff as much as IGN)

Wasn't the early stages of Polygon funded by a Internet Explorer advertising deal? I would like to think that money didn't affect their integrity though.

Save the McElroy brothers from Polygon and bring them to GB.

The negativity surrounding the PS4 conference is somewhat confounding. I feel that they did an excellent job of balancing their time between talking about the machine's technical details and displaying practical applications of that technology.

I wish people would just analyze what was presented at the conference rather than disparage the event because it didn't follow their made-up guidelines for how it was supposed to operate.

Yeah, that Gamelogical article is something else. Really petulant and, frankly, it reeked of ignorance regarding developers' wants for more power in the machines they are developing for. It's like, instead of being so cynical about it, why not reach out to these developers and let them justify to you why it is important that the PS4 will have so much power? Why not reconcile your feelings in an investigative article instead of writing a humorless, overly dramatic rant?

I was kind of blown away by the number of people who where bitching because they didn't see what it looks like as well. I mean, wtf?! who cares what the box looks like? I mean, yeah, I like the look of consoles as much as anyone else, but they showed what the machine will (hopefully) be able to do. The sharing stuff etc, that is waaaay more interesting. I mean, come on, it will most likely be a black square-ish box in approx the size of the PS3. Exciting...? lol

Yes Justin!

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