With two Christmas seasons under their belts the latest consoles from Microsoft and Sony are now well bedded in and ready to slog it out for your cash this Christmas 2015. Prices are falling (and we expect them to drop further soon), there's a strong line-up of excellent third-party software and though many exclusive titles have failed to wow us to date, there's some real big hitters on the horizon. In short, there's never been a better time to buy.
In this article we'll be putting the two consoles head-to-head over a number of categories. We've tried to be fairly concise, without leaving out anything crucial. We don't believe that either console is simply better for every gamer, it all depends on what you want from it. Have a flick through the article and at least read the areas that interest you most, before heading to the conclusion.
If you're yet to upgrade to current gen I'd say go with the console whose exclusive games you prefer because the performance difference in multiplats is miniscule compared to launch so the exclusive games should help you decide which one to go for but for those who already own and XB1 or a PS4 and are on the fence about picking up the other one this Christmas I'd definitely recommend that you do because both consoles have great games coming out in 2015 and 2016