Well, it was only a matter of time before we asked this question, but I’d ask you to be civil! Which of the next gen consoles are you planning to buy?
Me? I’m going to buy both. I’m stupid like that.
The Big Question: Xbox One? PlayStation 4? Both? Neither?
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104 responses to “The Big Question: Xbox One? PlayStation 4? Both? Neither?”
This is exactly how i felt, however Microsoft had burned me badly with their DRM however i still wanted the xbox despite its shortcomings for the same reason you do, i hate almost everything about the ps3. Sure i own one and play games but any and all things ps3 that i could get on the 360, I did, even if it was an inferior version.
So after E3 i went and traded in the rest of the games i missed a couple weeks earlier and ended up paying off the PS4. Not wanting to give Eb australia $120 for a single game pre order when i can get them for 40/50 online i pre ordered the Xbox one with the left over $$ with the intent of canceling if no policy changes occured ( I had hopes they would).
A few days later they changed their stance (getting rid of everything i didn’t like without compromising the cloud of kinect 2.0) and now im getting both at launch, hell with the Wii U games announced at E3 i’ll probably get one of those around Christmas too.
PS4 for me. Sony just have too much first party stuff – if I’m only going to get one (and I doubt my wife will tolerate two), then I miss out on less with the PS4. Most/all of the 3rd party “exclusives” on either system will just be timed exclusive, so first party is a clear advantage.
Also, the more powerful hardware will help in the long run – the current generation has lasted 7-8 years, and I fully expect the next one to go at least 10. The edge in RAM and GPU performance will help developers squeeze a bit more out of it in the long term, although I doubt we’ll see too much difference in launch titles – nobody will be touching the sides of the capabilities of either machine that early.
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Yea completely agree with you, it will take some serious convincing and not a small amount of double talk to convince the GF to let me get both so its the PS4 for me.
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I can see the PS4 is for you, but I have to ask – why do you need GF’s approval for something that (assuming) is really your thing? Damn man, stand up and tell her how its gonna be.
Unless she is buying of course.. in which case, congrats on your sugar mama.
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Poll needs an ‘undecided’ or ‘can I wait until they have been out a little while before deciding’ button. Got burned with pre-order for PS3 that was delayed a year, and also ended up with a Gen1 360 that can not be traded or sold for credit after two trips to the RRoD doctor. PS4 made the better first impression, however I’m also leaning towards the Xbone based on the previous xbox live online society, but if I am only buying one and they aren’t backwards compatible, I’d rather wait till thousands of gamers have had a few weeks to put them to the test…
I’m definitely getting both. But I’m a bit more interested in the Xbone tbh, it’s just got a few more interesting features and ideas going for it, plus I’m a tragically obsessed Halo fanboy so you know… Sony is playing it ultra safe imo, which is fine and I’m still very excited but it isn’t changing much up. Plus I love the idea of plugging my PS4 into the back of my Xbone, it just seems so wrong and yet so right, like creating the Voltron of next gen consoles. Pointless? Perhaps. Awesome? Definitely.
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Sounds cool but wonder if there would be any advantage over just changing channel, PiP with both? cant say I’d ever use that, rarely use PiP currently
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From what I heard it seemed like you could plug anything with an HDMI output into it, it’s just a passthrough. I know they’ve confirmed you can plug a 360 or PC in, so I just assume PS4 or anything else would work as well. So yeah, I guess if I said “Xbox TV” it would just switch me over to the PS4 or whatever else would be plugged in. Tbh I can’t really see much point in doing it other than saving me an HDMI input although that is actually a godsend, I guess as well it would let me still get XBL notifications and switch to Xbone games quickly if I’m playing PS4, but that excites me less. It does seem like an extravagant waste of power to have to have my Xbone on to play PS4 but I just like the idea of having a combo-console.
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PS4, Wii U and the 3DS will be my gaming gear. The Xbox doesn’t seem to offer anything I’m interested in to be honest.
i’ll get the ps4 day 1. i will end up buying the xbone, out of curiosity, just like i did with the 360.
I’m in no rush at all to pick up either. With the information we have at the moment, I’ll probably grab a PS4 first but I’ve got plenty of time to change my mind.
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This is where I am at the moment. I want to wait and see what develops because there isn’t a single announced game I have any interest in that isn’t available on current-gen systems. As things stand I won’t get an XB1 because of Kinect – so it’ll be PS4 by default once they release something I want to play – but I’m in no rush and if Microsoft backtracks on the Kinect requirement I’ll probably end up going down that route. Hell, I might end up with both again. But until they axe the Kinect mandate, I’m not going to consider the XB1.
Voted neither. I was looking forward to the Xbox before it’s announcements but it’ s policies put me off. After they backpedaled (a bit) there are still too many issues for me to go for it. I also think they could have put some effort into keeping the family sharing even if it meant you still needed the 24hr internet check-in.
At a later date I’ll look at them again, and I probably would’ve waited until the first price cut/console revision anway, but as it stands I’ll get a PS4 if anything.
But for now I’m going to stick to PC.
For those that are interested, the consoles I own now are
SNES, N64, GC, Wii, PS1, 360 and always had a PC.
Probably won’t get a Wii U either but it’s starting to look more attractive with it’s announced games.
Neither — too expensive D:
If I had to pick, though… probably Xbox — have a better presence on Live than the PSN and prefer the controller, but would be nice to own both.
Definitely interesting to see the numbers shifting from 95:5 to something a bit more even.
I’ll be getting a PS4 initially, but I’ll probably pick up a xbone after they release their 2nd version of it. (Because the fuckers always do – lower price, bigger hard drive, better games included, that kind of shit. Pisses me off when my old one still works perfectly fine, but is noticably inferior… can’t trade it in for squat, so it’s basically buying a $300, shinier, slimmer hard drive. :P)
FOR TEH HALOEZ. Mastacheef+cortana 4eva.
Im def getting a Playstation 4, not sure on Xbone yet as im waiting on a game annoncemount that may never come
At the moment for me it’s neither. I’m still happy with my PS3 and good gaming PC.
However, if I was to choose one, I’m leaning more towards the PS4. The Xbone just hasn’t impressed me from the start.
Strangely enough, after Nintendo’s E3 conference, I’m seriously considering a Wii U now. They’ve got some good stuff coming in the next 6-12 months.
For a hoarder like myself. I will be getting both. I think I am going to preorder a Xbone today for launch, with Watch Dogs as I don’t really like the 2013 label for launch for Sony. November is set in for Microsoft. Probably also pick up a Wii U near the start of next year when these two are out and selling as Nintendo will probably have a decent price drop.
xbone. it just has the franchises which I like most.
i have no doubt that ps4 will be an impressive console with great games. and I do like the free games they offer for ps+ subscribers. but nothing else about it is very interesting. it seems all sony care about is maintaining the status quo; not a very exciting proposition.
Gaikai, sharing to facebook, letting friend’s take over a game remotely.. none of this is of any interest to me, personally.
Interestingly, all these features require internet – something sony have been proud to say “you don’t need with the ps4”. while technically true, it’s more PR bullshit which was spun to make MS look bad for initially requiring internet on their own machine.
Sony “for the gamers”?
Yeah… right…
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Sony didn’t bend their consumers over and reverse it because they weren’t going to make money.
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To be fair, Microsoft didn’t bend anyone over — they gave everyone 6 months warning, then they were bent over by the consumer.
What Microsoft had initially proposed with the Xbox One was not given a chance to impact on anyone outside Microsoft.
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And thank God for that. If they’d been able to get away with it, the Endowment Effect (or consumer Stockholm Syndrome if you prefer) would’ve kicked in and the apologists trying to justify their purchases would provide all the push-back MS needed against criticism.
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Ah yes, the old post-purchase rationalisation. People don’t like to admit they’ve been had.
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Thank god for what?! The DRM was a good thing for developers and gamers alike. With less loss of money to piracy, and the ability to license resale games, developers would have more money to spend on making better games for the console. With family sharing, a group of up to ten gamers could save thousands on single player games (and believe me, thousands can be spent.)
Needing a once daily check-in wasn’t really that big of a deal. Any serviceman in a combat zone has way bigger things to worry about than a gaming console and TV to play it on, and anyone posted somewhere safe enough to even consider gaming would have access to an internet connection anyway. On top of that, Microsoft has in the past made concessions for deployed people in the service, and I bet they would again.
As rude as it may have come off they were right, why are you spending close to $500 on a console if you can’t afford the internet?
The community bitched and moaned, and lost something that could revolutionize console gaming, and improve the experience for everyone. I’m not the only one who feels this way – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQqfP67geO0
How many PC gamers complain about Steam?! None! Steam is nothing but DRM, and nobody complains about it, in fact, most people love it because it simplifies things.
I’m a bit of a hoarder when it comes to gaming, so I’m more than likely to get both. The question is which one to get first.. undecided at this stage.
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Argument disproved by Steam – native to PC, the home of piracy and cheaper prices.
Steam DRM is a once-only authentication on installation, not once-daily. I reckon if Microsoft had gone with that option, they’d have had far fewer complaints.
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PS4 on day one, and an Xbone controller for my PC (if it’s compatible). Might consider getting an Xbone in a year or two, when it gets some decent exclusives.
Will be getting a PS4 only. Don’t have time for two consoles anymore and I have always been with Sony and they will, as usual, have the better exclusives in the long run.
I skipped the PS3 and went to Xbox and loved it, especially the controller.
This time I’ll be heading back to PS4. Not just for those awful policies but I feel like Sony has a consistently higher level of exclusive games, and most (if not all) Xbox’s exclusives end up on PC anyway (looking at you, Titanfall).
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I fully expect Titanfall to be on the PS4 once the exclusive deal runs out.
http://www.examiner.com/article/respawn-discusses-titanfall-ps4-release
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As someone who does a lot of PC gaming, I’ve voted ‘neither’.
It doesn’t mean I’ll never get them, I just have no intention of getting either on launch day. Once there’s the right games to convince me to take the leap, that’s when it’ll happen. Not quite seeing enough yet to justify the investment.
May sound crazy, but I’m gonna wait a year or 3, see how things are shaping up and then make my final decision.
Prolly be PS3 cos I lke JRPGs.
I’m getting both but the attitude of the playstation fanboys puts me off. They all act like children spamming pages hating on people that don’t think ps4 is better people are aloud to have an opinion at this stage they both have there pros and cons only time will tell which is better but does it really matter It’s personal preference really. I think sites like IGN are just fanning the fanboy fires just to get people on there site and it’s wrong there just consoles people its not cribs vs bloods
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Why do you care so much what other people think? If it’s just personal preference, then why are you allowing yourself to be put off? lol
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Because it makes it look like a console juvenile kids who act like douche bags puts me off buying a sony console since i never really got into playstation I had a PS3 and played all the exclusive but this will be the first time I buy one at launch
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I like how these consoles aren’t even out yet and they already have more games than the wii U, lol
Probably a PS4 eventually, but not for a few years.
I think what this new generation is really going to do is finally get me to upgrade my PC. I bought my current one at the beginning of this gen, it was a beast at the time and it’s held up well, being able to still run pretty much everything. New games will need a new rig though.
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Also, does anyone else still kind of label PS360 ‘next gen’ in their heads? It just stuck around for so long it became habit for me to call them that.
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If I had to choose, it would be the PS4 but after learning my joysticks won’t work on it, i’m just gonna stick with PC from now on.
Neither, I’ve got a Wii U.
I’ve never found any of the competitors to have much that appeals to me at all, especially anything that justifies laying down the cash for another console. Not to mention that I can’t really “afford” having another stream of games to support, I barely have time to keep up with my Nintendo console+handheld as it is.
Been arguing up hill and down dale about this one with everyone but my nephew summed it up the best – “Dualshock controllers make my hands ache after just 1 hour – I’m going XBone”.
My indecisiveness now is whether to bother with the day 1 splurge or not.
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Aren’t the Xbox controllers supposed to vibrate even more? Even so, seems like a silly motivator 😛
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I don’t think he’s referring to the rumbling of the controller itself (could be wrong) but PS controllers have always been called “Dualshock”.
I’ve never liked the thumbstick placement and ergnomics of the DualShock 1-3. The Xbox360 controller just fits perfectly into my hands. The controller is definately a factor for me, but I do like the redesign of the DualShock 4. Have to try both of them out before I choose I think.
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Pedantic Man at your service.
Only the rumbling controllers are called “Dualshock”. The original PS3 control was the “Sixaxis”, and the PS1 had the plain ol’ “Controller”, followed by the “Dual Analog”.
What’s that? I think I can hear someone spelling poorly on the Internet… Away!
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Golly Pedantic Man!
You didn’t mention the rumble motor in the original was stronger than later models. Hopefully rumble motor in ps4 controller is stronger than ps3. Ps3 rumble is hardly noticable.
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I’m in the process of building a whoopsie-doo new computer, but when it comes to the new consoles I’m still very excited. 😛
I play my PS3 a ton; it’s just a matter of personal preference. That and most of the key differences with the PS4 have tended to resonate with me a lot more. At the end of the day I vastly prefer what I’ve seen of the PS4 and will be putting money aside to pick one up on release; really, the only things making me consider the Xbox at all were a few exclusive titles, but that’s on the developers 😛 and I think I’ll live.
My FPS games will still be on my PC, but nothing beats a 3rd-person / platformer on a console. 🙂
I have preordered a PS4.
I doubt I will get the Xbone unless they release a bunch of exclusives I really really want, and even then I will wait for a cheaper version in a few years time.
Neither. I’ll get a Wii U when the price drops and Pikmin 3 and a few other 1st party titles are out.
Until then, my PC is enough to run any multi-plat games that’ll come out on PS4 and XBone.
Not getting either on day one, maybe a year in if the price drops I’ll consider oje when the games dry up on 360.
At the moment PS4 is the more attractive of the two simply because it’s cheaper, seems to have higher specs, doesnt waste my time with a camera and already has a slate of F2P and independant titles lined up.
PS4, partially cuz I’m still a bit bitter that MS tried to pull that stunt to start off with but more because I barely touched my 360. I think Sony’s library has always been a lot more appealing to me than MS’s one.
Neither. just gonna roll of with my pc from here on out.
if I had to choose, ps4.
Wouldnt touch an Xbox. Regardless of anti consumer policy controversy, Microsoft just continues to offer nothing of interest to me personally. nuts and bolts is the only game coming into 3 generations that I feel ive missed out on.
I’ll wait to see for a couple years to see how things turn out. Probably PS4 though. I’ve been pretty disappointed with my xbox 360 over the last year or so and been missing out on some great exclusives for PS3.
But whatever, I am pretty happy with my PC/WiiU combo.
Neither, so far both consoles haven’t shown enough exculsives to warrant my interest in one. After buying a gaming PC, it feels like next gen is already here.
The positive for me with both consoles being “MEH” so far is that I can finally tackle my massive backlog of this gen games, along with past games on systems such as SNES, N64, PS1/PS2, a recently acquired dreamcast, PSP, PSvita, my 3ds and DS along with the glut of steam games…..
No doubt ill be back on the gravy train once the exclusives that are system sellers come in but for now i’m looking forward to getting to play games that I just missed out on either playing or finishing for one reason or another.
My PC has an output to my TV by HDMI cable. It has an XBox controller that can be used from the couch and a wireless keyboard and mouse. And then Valve went and added “Big Picture Mode” to Steam… 🙂
Ok, there may be a couple of exclusives to each platform, but still, I’m pretty happy with my future of gaming and not at all compelled to by either console system.
Xbone (for exclusives and 3rd party) at release and the sony (for exclusives) after the the first price drop. And of course Im building a new pc a few months after that. Its a freaking awesome time to be a gamer.
As far as exclusives go there looking pretty even to me Killzone Vs Titanfall which is also cominig to pc,Forza Vs Driveclub which is free with PSN+ Etc. so it really comes down to the hardware or lack there of in the case of Kinnect and price.
I do belive eventually Playstation will have better exclusives but not at luanch and also think the faster ram and beefer graphics chip will give it a solid advantage, more so in the later yaears of the consoles lifespan.
So PS4 at luanch and maybe down the track an XB1, depending on exclusives but I’m not a Halo or Gears of war fan so MS will need somthing new for me.
I’m stupid like that too. I’ll get both. I admit the ps4 is the better system but the thing wont get played by me until someone comes up with a better controller third party. Didn’t play ps3 until I got the batman controller. Also my fiancé refuses to play on a sony so I have to get an X1 for he
I preordered PS4. XBOX One has no good launch exclusives, I already have a PC, so Titan Fall is covered anyway.
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