PlayStation 4 Quick Thoughts

So my PlayStation 4 arrived today, and I’ve spent a little bit of time playing with it. Some quick bulleted thoughts on it so far:

Hardware

The DualShock 4 is a great controller. The analog stick is still in the wrong place, but it’s leagues better than the DS3.
The box itself is really small for launch hardware; it’s smaller than my PS3 Slim. And it’s really aesthetically pleasing.
It wins the simplicity award; as few ports as possible and really easy to connect.
I wish Sony would lose its apparently institutional fear of IR ports for use with universal remotes. It pretty much guarantees I’ll use the One for movies.

The home UI is kind of a disaster. It’s like they took the PS3’s XMB and the Vita’s menu system and just mashed them together. That’s not a good thing.
Service integration is pretty painless, though it’s a notable omission that you can’t push your video to YouTube.
That said, the Twitch integration for broadcasting is badass.
I don’t always want to drop my screenshots to Twitter or Facebook; my friends don’t always need these updates. I may make a new Twitter account just for my PS4, which defeats the purpose.
The activity stream (“What’s New”) for your account and your friends’ accounts is a cool idea and looks really neat—but it’s way too busy.
Vita and/or iOS screen linking works well and especially on Vita is really cool.

It would be nice if there were some that reviewed well and that I’m not buying on Xbox One instead.
Except for Resogun, which is pretty cool.
But losing Driveclub as a launch game probably hurt. (I don’t even know if it’s any good.)
Offering Cross-Buy on some games that I’ve bought on PS3/Vita already is really nice of them even if it’s to play the games I’ve already played.