We canvassed the office for the dilettantes and the dabblers, and made them play the next generation of gaming.
You've already heard from the gaming experts: The PlayStation 4 is finally here, and it's a work in progress, a promising gaming box that right now may not have the software to justify a purchase.
But what do, you know, normal people, who don't spend every waking moment digesting gaming news, think of the next generation? To find out, we decided to put the new DualShock 4 in the hands of people around the office, ranging from those who play games a few times a month to those who haven't played games since the early 1990s.
Here's what they told us.
Age: Undisclosed
Last Game Played: Sonic the Hedgehog, and/or Altered Beast
PS4 Game Played: Battlefield 4
Comments:
"I'm having a little difficulty getting around."
"I don't understand what I'm supposed to do or how I'm supposed to know where I'm going or supposed to go."
"The controller felt good but it moved too fast. The knobby things moved too fast."
Observations:
Subject spent much of the first five minutes of play ramming the same wall, repeatedly. Subject was extremely frightened by sudden events in the game. Subject, when taught how to shoot, showed unexpectedly superb marksmanship.
Subjects Whitney J. and Lauren Y.
