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Playstation 4 VS Xbox One
- Thread starter TheJetsFan4Eva
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Reportedly they have begun. Hence the moving to PC and focusing on emulating games I want to play from other consoles.
Not if you play .......IN THE DARK!!!!!
Good point! They can still hear you scream, though.
I have to admit, while I have not done much homework on either console, I'm a bit disappointed. Seems like too much money for not much and then you have to pay extra to game online. I might wait some before getting one of them, if I do. Let the price tag lower a bit.
edit: however the family sharing anywhere thing that microsoft announced sounds fun, I might set myself up with a friend and only end up paying half the titles.
edit: however the family sharing anywhere thing that microsoft announced sounds fun, I might set myself up with a friend and only end up paying half the titles.
So I think a lot of dogging on Microsoft hasn't been fact checked since yesterday, a lot of this is just rumor. For example, the "restrictions" on buying used games, and sharing games, isn't what everyone here is saying. This is the real thing http://news.xbox.com/2013/06/license
Also, what games have only been 'announced' on but not 'exclusive' because the pre-orders for the day-one launch on the two systems have a lot of different games
Also, what games have only been 'announced' on but not 'exclusive' because the pre-orders for the day-one launch on the two systems have a lot of different games
Good point! They can still hear you scream, though.
Lol they'll shut their own systems down after a few days. Hearing a grown man scream while staring at a wall? I'll scare them.
Glad to hear. For real at the specs both systems run on, PC owns any day of the week.
If Im thinking about this realistically, I'll likely need to replace my computer before I get around to buying a new console. The PS3 will have to last a while...
I shouldn't have to manipulate my system more than once (the setup) to be able to keep it in my room and use it at my whim. Xbox lost me. I probably won't get a PS4 either (I like PC gaming), but if I were to choose between the two one of them is definitely above and beyond the other.
A good google is "how to make PC run more like a gaming console".
It'll detail specs that get you in the approximations of the current consoles available (cheapo by now), and then you can pretty much adjust to taste. But frankly...what's the point if you're going to off your "new" console in 5-7 years? Why not have something that you can improve as necessary?
It'd be hard to beat the spec of next gen consoles in terms of price, at least over here, at the moment.
(Still hoping to put together a new PC this year anyway...)
(Still hoping to put together a new PC this year anyway...)
I look at consoles this way; if you're limited financially and you don't think it will improve but want a quick fix anyhow, it's the deal to move on.
I'm just willing to save because everything I do creatively would be on PC at some point so it's just one more thing it can do.
The Ps4 will be 349 pounds. I assume you can build something at least as good for around that amount?
I urge everybody on the entire planet boycott Xbox One. It's about time everybody kicked Microsoft in the balls, they've gone too far this time in my opinion. It would have to have the best exclusive in the world for me to even consider buying it at the moment.
Microsoft are the last company in the world I would trust with any of my personal information, and now they are going to put one of the most advanced camera/motion tracking devices available in your household.
One of their major selling points was that "Anybody in your house can play your games, friends can even come over and play them" which just shows you how terrible what they've done is. Since the days of NES people have been able to play your games on your console in your house, I really don't see how that is a "feature".
What you can't do is sell your games, give them away, swap them, trade them etc. as you have been able to for the past, well, forever.
If the publisher allows it, you will be able to sell second hand games ONCE, to xbox live friends only, and then they are locked to that account. You will be able to trade games at specific pre-approved retailers also, again if the publisher permits it. The publishing giants (Ubisoft, EA, etc.) have been pushing always online DRM for years, so we can all pretty much bet on them going the no trade-ins or resale route, and I'd wager most other publishers will follow suit once they can get away with it.
You can't rent games as of yet, unless Microsoft integrate a system for doing so into Xbox live. You can't burrow games, and to top it all off and enforce these policies, you have to connect to the internet at least once every 24 hours in order to use the console at all, even to play single player games.
In my opinion Xbox One is shaping up to be the single worst event in all of videogaming history. My only hope is that it might yet fail miserably due to the draconian restrictions that have been put upon the user, but I doubt it
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Kinect sensor has to detect a presence in the room for the console to operate. You're either on camera or you're not using it.
Microsoft are the last company in the world I would trust with any of my personal information, and now they are going to put one of the most advanced camera/motion tracking devices available in your household.
One of their major selling points was that "Anybody in your house can play your games, friends can even come over and play them" which just shows you how terrible what they've done is. Since the days of NES people have been able to play your games on your console in your house, I really don't see how that is a "feature".
What you can't do is sell your games, give them away, swap them, trade them etc. as you have been able to for the past, well, forever.
If the publisher allows it, you will be able to sell second hand games ONCE, to xbox live friends only, and then they are locked to that account. You will be able to trade games at specific pre-approved retailers also, again if the publisher permits it. The publishing giants (Ubisoft, EA, etc.) have been pushing always online DRM for years, so we can all pretty much bet on them going the no trade-ins or resale route, and I'd wager most other publishers will follow suit once they can get away with it.
You can't rent games as of yet, unless Microsoft integrate a system for doing so into Xbox live. You can't burrow games, and to top it all off and enforce these policies, you have to connect to the internet at least once every 24 hours in order to use the console at all, even to play single player games.
In my opinion Xbox One is shaping up to be the single worst event in all of videogaming history. My only hope is that it might yet fail miserably due to the draconian restrictions that have been put upon the user, but I doubt it
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Kinect sensor has to detect a presence in the room for the console to operate. You're either on camera or you're not using it.
