Gut reaction – Xbox One vs PS4

Stuff TV: "I'm leaning towards the PS4. Shoot-in-the-face fests and football franchise updates don't excite me; Quantic Dream, Media Molecule and Jonathan Blow excite me, and each presented a demo at the PS4 event that left me wanting more. Sony's trumpeting of 2013's more esoteric gaming elements (and my non-journalistic assumption that it's doing so for anything other than cynical reasons) has caught the attention of my Amiga-addicted inner child. Permit me to completely change my mind once E3 rolls around."

[ltachiUchiha]

Your a smart man.

[BigFnHooters]

Doesn't sound that smart to me.

"Permit me to completely change my mind once E3 rolls around"

Anyone who is clinging to the delusion that somehow Microsoft is going to magically blow people away at E3 just isn't very bright.

Three years of epic failures at E3 for Microsoft are exactly what will take place once again:

* Halo, Halo, Halo...
* The same tired small batch of other Xbox franchises
* 'Exclusive' PC ports
* Third party 'exclusives' that aren't actually exclusive
* Lame payed for DLC
* Faked Kinect demos
* Kinect shovelware

[ltachiUchiha]

Lol I just read the paragraph above. Didnt read his article but im not going to fall for microsofts tricks again until they show the gamers come first before stockholders.

[Grap]

u keep writing this list nearly in all xbox one news. i don't like xbox one either but u should give MS a chance in E3. and plz stop trolling.

[nix]

whoever made this is genius.

http://i.imgur.com/EMcNHod....

[silverbeld]

@nix

That is brilliant!

Hahaha

[kneon]

Microsoft could still change course on the drm, that would be a big step in the right direction. But I'm not counting on it.

[b163o1]

I've never owned a Xbox, for good reason. My friends original Xbox ate his disc in front of us, his 360 got the RRoD...twice, the exclusives are getting milked, you have to buy the game, just to pay to play. While my PS has been nothing but good to me. It's brought me KZ, HeavyRain, PSASBR, infamous1&2, journey, GT5, netflix(I say netflix cause you dont have to pay to play lol)free online gaming. I tell people all the time my PS3 was one of my best investments cause it just keeps giving. PS4 launch I will be standing in line for that.

S/N how will the Xbox work for people with illegal cable O.o? Cause I fall under that category. I haven't had a cable bill in 3yrs ;)

[thereapersson]

What if, in a purely hypothetical sense, Sony somehow adopted a similar format to used software? Sony has obviously stated they never considered any sort of always-on mechanism, however they are still somewhat unclear on the used games application, as one previous article reported. I am just saying we should wait for E3 before we put all our eggs in one basket.

[CRAIG667]

Sony have said they are going to leave the decision on used games down to the publishers, this I find to be a much scarier prospect than that of microsoft.
Atleast with microsoft if I choose to sell a game the proceeds will go back to microsoft and the people who DESERVE it,the game creators.
With Sony's current stance well... can you foresee a massive publisher like EA saying sure play our games for less than price of retail and we get nothing.
Microsoft are putting there foot in the rite direction and it's best for the industry as a whole, sure they aint perfect but Sony's decision to leave the publishers in charge is a half arsed attempt to look like the better guy, they aint,they are a business focused company just like any other corporation.

[kneon]

The ps4 doesn't have mandatory installs and mandatory Internet so they can't implement effective drm. The only thing they can do is online passes and I don't have a big problem with those

[shutUpAndTakeMyMoney]

ps4tw!!

will next next gen have xbox 2?

they trying to reboot xbox and forget the past meaning of it.

[NewEra7]

One the guys said they couldn't finish Uncharted "because the tiny controller and stubborn sticks meant my shooting was about as accurate as a dog with an Uzi" ?? What a mediocre reason. Definitely the definition of a true gamer! /s

[WeaseL]

Has MS not seen all the new TV's that are coming with Skype and allot of other things built in and FREE to access.

[MRMagoo123]

coming ? my boss at work has had a tv for over a year at least that comes with skype and a camera in built, the things xbone are doing have been around for ages

[MikeyDucati1]

First of all, E3 means nothing. People need to omit that thought from their minds. That's why we have the problem with Aliens: CM-for people believing such nonsense.

[IronFistChinMi]

I'm going for Xbox One first and will get the PS4 as soon as they release an exclusive I'm interested in.

[theDECAY]

The only exclusive game we know of on Xbox One is Forza...

[IronFistChinMi]

Plus Quantum Break and Ryse...

[Omegasyde]

Technically they announced "Fantasty Football to stream statistics while watching an NFL game".

With the rise of people watching TV and movies at home while researching the show via a tablet or smartphone - Its not really that impressive as it will block part of my TV view area.

[MonkeyNinja]

@Omegasyde

People still watch TV? Seriously?

Where I live, basic cable is $45, digital is $55, both through Bright House. Still nothing to watch.

Netflix + Hulu Plus is $20, and I can watch what I want when I want. All you need is internet. So unless you don't have internet, why would anyone still watch cable?

[noctis_lumia]

noob
go watch some tv

[Harmonizer]

Since Microsoft is "blocking" used games so to speak, sadly i expect publishers (EA comes to mind...) to "block" their used games on Sony's console as well, because Sony is letting the publishers choose whether or not to do so.

That would make sense as EA just ditched their online pass thing.

[abc1233]

Funny how banning pre-owned games and the X1 requiring internet did not crop up...

[chrissx]

Its obvious MS isn't thinking clearly. Most of the features of the X1 has nothing to do with a gamers needs. The xbox1 will fail in other areas of the world except maybe U.S. I have a 360,but nothing MS will say can make me get xbox1. PS4 is my clear and only choice.

[MrStealYourGirl]

Let Kaz bless us all with his infinite knowledge!!

[SDF Repellent]

I am leaning towards PS4 this time around unless Sony is also doing the used game online checked BS like MS. If that is the case, I will upgrade my PC and that will be it. Com on Sony, do not let me down, you are my last hope of sticking with console.

[Omegasyde]

..and ironically, you were trolling on PS3 fanboys, defending the 360.

[iistuii]

You better be prepared to upgrade. Playstation will also block used untill you buy a code of some sort.
Sony are saying we are leaving it up to developers lol. That means they are trying in some way to pass the buck, they are letting Microsoft take the flak for it, but they will also be doing it. Surely they would come out & say otherwise. All they are saying is We won't block used games lol, we'll Microsoft won't block used games, but you'll need some sort of pass/code to play it.

[Hicken]

The ONLY way it could be remotely similar to what Microsoft has in store is if the PS4 were an always-online consoles, or at least one that required periodic online authentication, which it does NOT do.

All that other stuff you're saying is just reaching for some sort of obscurity that doesn't exist, and it's sad that you're ignoring so much in order to twist your supposition into being.

[iistuii]

@Hicken, ok let's just go back to what Sony actually said. "We will leave it up to developers" explain to me how, if the developer like EA says, we don't want our game used more than once. How will Sony introduce this ?

[MRMagoo123]

Sony arent going to be blocking used games they said they will leave it to developers if at all, they cant inforce any kind of blocking like MS because you dont have to connect to the internet once on the ps.

[Rageanitus]

I am leaning towards the Ps4 being a better machine for ME! Because the console still advertised by Sony like their previous consoles as a Gaming system with the all the other media features included with it.

But hey I do not think the xbox will be any slouch..... it will have similar generation technology like the ps4. If it has all these so called TV game features.... so be it. It might actually be cool, but we will have to wait how it works with when the console launches.

It's all adverisement right now. Depends how weak the consumer buys into the advertisment wheter it is negative or positive.

[Kakashi Hatake]

Either MS has a lot of paid off shills, or Xbox has the most loyal fan base of any product outside of Apple Iphone. Even with MS anti consumer ways and crap policies with X1,they still receive undeserved damage control and one sided-ness from journalists.

[level 360]

Yeah gut feeling is PS4 has more positives than XBox ONE..

..although I also think everything is not written in stone, just yet.

[Geovanny]

Hipsters will still get Xbox one lol

[SpinalRemains138]

My initi gut feeling is the Xbox One will stall around 20 mil.

Once ppl see the difference is quality vs greed, the One will be a true disaster and consumers will resemble all these articles.