Black Friday Sales are here!

Title of resource: IGN.COM http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/11/28/playstation-store-black-friday-flash-sales-discounts-games-for-all

Citation of source: Hayward, A. (Ed.). (2014, October 17). PlayStation TV Review - IGN. Retrieved November 28, 2014, from http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/10/17/playstation-tv-review

Summary: With the holidays right around the corner black Friday deals are coming in and coming in hot. The PlayStation story comes around with there annual flash sale around the holidays and this year its looking like a big one. PlayStation is lowering the prices of big time games like NHL 15, FIFA 15, NBA LIVE 15, and even Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor. These are all big name games that came out this year and they have lowered the price to about 50 percent of the actual cost. The biggest games Destiny and Call of Duty are the hottest deals of the day with the deluxe editions on sale for 79.99 $ instead of 90.00 $. With the holidays coming and black Friday here the deals are some of the best that PlayStation has to offer. Having two of the biggest games of the year on sale for the annual flash sale PlayStation is looking to make a nice banking on there two big games.

Quotes: 
"Games on offer include Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Digital Pro Edition, Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor, Destiny Digital Guardian Edition on both PS4 and PS3."

"Sony U.S. and European PlayStation Stores’ Black Friday Flash Sales are underway, discounting numerous PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita titles for international players."

"The U.S. Black Friday Flash Sale is active now until December 1 at 3:00 p.m. PT and discounts many games, movies and TV shows by up to 65 percent off. "

Reflection: Being a huge gamer myself I am looking forward to destroying my wallet on all these amazing deals. With PlayStations flash sale here I will be spending lots of time on my new console and gaming with my friends longer then ever before. There is just so many options to choose from and the time is endless with Thanksgiving Break here. With all the new sports games from EA and Call of Duty around the corner gamers around the world will be logging in tons of time on there consoles.

Playstation TV hit or miss?

Title of source is: IGN.COM ( http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/10/17/playstation-tv-review )

Citation: Hayward, A. (Ed.). (2014, October 17). PlayStation TV Review - IGN. Retrieved November 28, 2014, from http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/10/17/playstation-tv-review

Summary of Source: The PlayStation TV is the newest advancement in Sony's technology lineup, and it is looking to wipe off its competitors. The apple TV, and googles chrome cast are the leaders in this department as of know but with Sony making its way in the game this could all change. IGN, a very leading source on technology reviews took this machine and broke it down piece by piece. Unfortunately, it looks like Sony has failed with this new device and lacks the many features that make its competitors great. Unlike the Apple TV, PlayStation TV lacks a variety of games and apps. Although they do have a good amount, the difference between them and its competitors is high. IGN also states that it does have a similar design to the Apple TV so and idea of mimic come to mind towards Sony. This review also talks about all the lousy UI that was used for the menu. Having a lousy user interface is the heart breaker in Sony's new device because Apple and Google excelled at just that. In general, IGN has given the new device a decent score of 6.5/10 and this gives Sony solid ground to build open for the future.

Important Quotes:
"In theory, yes. In practice, however, Sony's micro console currently proves less beneficial than advertised. "

"While the PlayStation TV underwhelms as a standalone device for buying and playing games, it serves a very helpful role as a PlayStation 4 companion—but only for certain setups."

"But as a standalone device, the PlayStation TV disappoints due to huge gaps in the game compatibility list and missing video apps, as well as poor PlayStation Now performance over Wi-Fi."

Reflection: The PlayStation TV is a device that I would not go out of my way to buy. When owning a Apple TV, you realize that the interface and apps are just unbeatable and there is no better TV companion. PlayStation TV is a hit or miss type of machine and although it hits on the gaming side of PlayStation, it misses on its main point, the TV side. The PlayStation 4 is already out there and we don't need another gaming device, we need a TV companion and with Apple to far ahead of the race i recommend that Sony just tops production of this unsuccessful device.