I use to love the 360 up until Ms tried to pull a fast one and make second hand games obsolete.
Plus the always having to be connected online. Then their bs saying they listened to their customers and did a complete 180. Which was a complete lie. Obviously the only thing they listened to was the Pre order numbers, as ps at the time was murdering them
I'm actually surprised at the hardware specs on the new Xbox.
Not sure what it's like now, but games weren't even running at 1080p, and in one case (forget which game. Destiny I think) the developers toned down the framerate/or/700p on ps4 because they didn't want one system to perform better than the other (which actually really bugged me, because of Ms crappy machine games are actually being effected on ps4)
Idk but like Facebook I've become totally anti Xbox.
The ps network is pretty good, but has had issues, but so hasn't Xbox.
It's too bad. Right up till their reveal of Xbox One I was all for it. After their shenanigans, I basically won't buy any ms products.
My next laptop will be a macbook
I haven't been following the news on the new consoles at all, in fact I only just got the 360 less than a year ago when a friend needed some cash and sold it to me for $60 with a bunch of games. I'm no fan of Microsoft, I stopped using Window about nine years ago, until my macbook pro started having trouble playing video (but it is like 9 years old), now on a dell with vista I got for free but I hate it. I still use the old mac for music production and graphic design work though, I think the OS is far superior, even if the hardware is kind of an over priced scam, lol
Is there anything I should read up on about the PS4 & Xbox One before buying one?
I can tell you some good things about Xbox One. With Cloud it has more power, it also completely backups everything you do in all your games. If someone steals your Xbox you can get a new one and Microsoft will have all your game data loaded into the new one. You don't have to get a Kinect but if you do it adds a lot of control you wouldn't have both in games and in the hub. Some of those games have special Kinect only features, like in ALIEN: ISOLATION it uses the data collected from your body by reading your heart beat to effect the game play. Xbox live is much more secure than the PS or Computer equivalent. Xbox Live has been hacked once maybe twice, PS network has been hacked way to many times, and Sony has been taken to court twice now because of the security issues with their Network, one of those cases involved a major hack in the European Union.
The exclusives are much better. Xbox has HALO, My Little Pony dlc timed exclusives, Gears of War, Killer Instinct, most Rare games including Battle Toads, World Of Tanks (its got features that the Computer version doesn't like Star Wars themed gameplay or LASER tanks on the Moon.) If we are talking about the 360 then you can add a bunch of Star Wars exclusive stuff. Nintendo exclusives are good... except Star Fox, they just cant continue his story they have to keep redoing the series, Sony exclusives so far have been dull. There might be some exceptions but most the exclusives have had boring game play, the only thing good going for them is pretty animation, BUT good graphics can only take you so far, its the story and game play that matters.
Just as a side note the only reason at this point I would pick Killer Instinct over Street Fighter 5, its a PS4 PC exclusive, is because of characters. Street Fighter 5 doesn't have Dhalsim in it, which is a deal breaker since it also doesn't have Akuma. They keep adding characters every season in Killer Instinct. For the third season they added Rash from Battle Toads. Thats a pretty freaking awesome character too have I think.
I also thought you should know during the DRM announcement for Xbox, one of the Microsoft employes "Ed Fries" was very antagonistic towards customers concerned they couldn't play their Xbox if they had no internet connection. He was really really antagonistic. Then one day he quit working at Microsoft and became like a head director for Ouya. It happend really quickly. I think its a bit specious and no one ever talks about that ether. Ouya is another 8th gen gaming system but because of issues it was not legally allowed to be shown off at E3 the year it came out. Very recently Ouya died and was absorbed into razor. Ouya would pay up to a mil for funding on new games if it granted that game would be published first on their system. They eventually owed too much money too these game designers. Unfortunately because of contract they are not legally obligated to pay what they owe to these people. So they were screwed out of a lot of money.
. Where you get this information?
Seeing as destiny was downgraded on the ps4 due to the development wanting to keep the visuals on both systems the same.
Kinetic is probably the biggest dumbest thing they came out with.
I bought into the first one and it is crap. I tried to defend it, but seriously, the best thing for it is dance games.
I have friends with an Xbox One and they don't even use it
Originally the kinect was bundled with every Xbox One. Then people found out that the kinetic was one reason why the Xbox has such poor performance. So now they don't bundle it anymore (and basically anyone who bought into the kinect ver2 is left with a paper weight as studios are less likely to develop for it,) same thing with the first Xbox.
Halo is not that great of a game.
I've bought into halo games in the past because of the hype and came away disappointed.
Gears of War same thing
They're not bad games, but Meh.
When I played the last of us, I was blown alway by the story and visual, and it is one of my favorite games. I never played the uncharted but heard they were good.
The Xbox community was up in arms over destiny getting timed exclusive on the ps4. Seriously who cares?
Ps4 has its own great exclusives and mmo if your into that
How many Xbox 360 have I had to have replace, I believe I was on 7 due to their red ring of death.
Still have my original ps3
And that goes for a lot of people I know.
I have a friend that own the Xbox One, and we like to tease each other, but his argument is alway the same. He likes he can switch from his Xbox to his TV without having to get off the couch and use only one remote.
The Xbox doesn't know if it wants to be a game console or some media center.
I'm not that lazy I can't get off my couch
I just wanted a machine that plays games, and one that does it well
I like good quality in my picture (which is why i have a Panasonic Vt60 series TV) so for me it's a no brainer the ps4 visually is better.
I know I'm coming off as a huge ps fanboy but I don't think I am
I just despise MS and am surprised how people still manage to give them money and defend them
I'd advise someone to buy a wiiu or a atari over any ms product
Oh and yes the ps4 you can save your games in a cloud if that is something that Is a selling point ( but probably isn't)
I'm not worried about someone stealing anything from my house
Edit
Yes the Xbox is going to have backwards compatibility but I always felt if I have old games and console I can just use that (I usually don't go back to old gen once I get next gen)
The ps4 has now outsold the ps2 and the majority of people are on ps4. They have outsold the Xbox One by a huge margin so far
Edited by Krynn007