Alright I may FINALLY have a PS4 this holiday season, so my questions are, what do I do? I heard of the play station network, and all these different accessories and this attachment and this thing and that thing you can buy for it. So whats the right and wrong thing to do when owning this console and being a newbie to it?
-You create an account when you get it, giving you access to PSN (Playstation Network). That's free, and that's how you get credit for achievements, purchases, etc. It's your account, and isn't tied to that specific console. You can even add that account to other PS4 and go between the two of them, with your achievements/purchases working on both.
-to use online in games, you have to "upgrade" your account to PSN+. It's a monthly subscription (cheapest if you buy a year at a time). There are some..ahh...less savory ways of getting it for free, but I won't get into that here.
-Unless you're wanting to play a game's online aspect, PSN+ isn't needed.
-If you get PSN+, the benefits are accessible to any other account that is on that particular PS4. For example: you buy PSN+ for a year. Your roommate, who doesn't have PSN+ but whose account is on your ps4, can then also play online games.
-Your controllers will recharge using "micro-b" USB cables. Just an FYI, in case you want more usb/ac cables to charge your controllers
-Get a ps4pro if you have a 4k TV or want to play VR(Virtual Reality), ps4slim if you don't care about 4k/VR/potentially smoother frame rates
-If you have a data-cap on your internet, watch out when installing/buying new games. Nearly everything requires loads of downloads to start (If you come from xbox world, you already know this part)
-1st gen ps4 universal remote is practically unusable. 2nd gen ps4 universal remote is good.
-I don't know about any other accessories