In this article I will be talking about which console I will be getting, the short answer is both.
But I just don't want to give short answers below I will also be explaining my thoughts and opinions, into what I think is both good and bad about both the Xbox One and the Play Station 4.
First of all let’s talk about the appearance of both consoles. Now this shouldn't matter, (even though it does for some people) it’s how both the consoles perform and what it was designed for what matters. Now we haven't actually seen the ps4 so I can't comment on it just yet, (I will update this part when we see it.) For the Xbox One I thought the look of it wasn't bad but it wasn't anything amazing, the two tone colour of the Xbox one would have been better as all one shade of black.
Next let’s talk about what each console was built for and I will start with Sony Play Station 4. Sony seems to be focusing on a gaming console and if anyone watched there reveal back in February you can tell that they put a brilliant amount of quality into their games. Sony also did this by actually going to different game developers and asking them what they wanted to see in the ps4.
Now let’s talk about the Xbox One, the Xbox one was built for an all-around experience so music, TV, internet and games so it more like an entertainment hub. If you watched the reveal last night you would have noticed there was a lot of focus on apps for TV etc. Now this might appeal to some people but myself I don't watch much TV so therefore that aspect of the Xbox One doesn't make me go wow.
This brings me onto the next point of this article which is the specs of both consoles. Once again I will start with the Ps4, (The specs are from the Play Station Website.) The Play Station 4 hosts a low power x86-64 AMD CPU "Jaguar" with 8 cores, a 1.84 TFLOPS AMD Radeon next gen graphics core, 8GB of GDRR5 RAM, built in HDD, Blu-ray x6 CAV & DVD x8.
Now let’s look at the Xbox One specs, (these are from the Xbox website.) The Xbox One hosts an 8core x86 CPU, with 8GB of RAM, Blu-ray, USB 3.0 & a 500GB HDD.
Now if we compare the two you can see that both consoles are very similar yet but for two different purposes, as I said earlier the ps4 is built for games while the Xbox One is built for an entertainment hub. So for pure processing power one is just as good as the other.
The next thing I will be talking about is the games for both the
Xbox One & PS4, both consoles this time have both a unique and good line up games. From racing games to FPS and things in between for example puzzle games and action games. Also both consoles will offer exclusives first party games & third party games. On the PS4 the best looking game was Kill Zone, but saying this the PS4 offered great visuals on all the games they showed.
The Xbox one also had a great line up of games, but there best looking game was Call of Duty Ghosts, (surprisingly). The other games Xbox showed still looked good but the visuals compared to Call of Duty & the PS4 wasn't as good. (This was a shame because I was expecting Xbox to have better visuals then they showed.)
Now for the final point of my article is the downside of both consoles. The only downside I can think of at the moment is how much both consoles are going to cost on launch and how much next generation games will cost. It’s a hard balance for both companies because if the price is too high then not many people will be able to afford them but if they are set too low then both companies will be making a loss.
My final thoughts are that I hope both consoles do well and that they both bring new and exciting games, features and apps to the users of the PS4 & Xbox One.
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The Nintendo Switch 2 may receive support for docked mode 4K and 120 Hz output at some point in the future.
hopefully VRR via a firmware update is released for docked play as well (like the PS5 did post release)
There's actually a pretty long list of games on PS5 that support 120hz. Even more with 60+hz unlocked, and that isn't even counting PS5 Pro.
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Yes, according to the dock teardown. It contains HDMI hardware chip of Realtek RTD2175N that supports 4K 120hz. And the HDMI included on the Switch 2 is HDMI 2.1.
Nintendo Switch 2 breaks US launch sales record, selling over 1.1 million units in its first week. This breaks the record set by PS4.
I'm happy for Nintendo. Even though the Switch 2 has received so much hate just to bring it down, it hasn't won. Even though some are saying they'll boycott Nintendo, it hasn't affected sales. Especially now, with word of mouth that the system is good, demand for the Switch 2 will definitely increase more.
Considering the record sales the Switch 2 is seeing around the globe its clear a portion of the loud minority clearly bought the device.
But But the internet told me the switch 2 was going to be a failure.
Such a good system im having a blast with it and really enjoying my first ever playthrough of yakuza 0
Sold through or to the stores? Asking because they're tons of them at my local Best Buy. When the PS5 and Series consoles launched, you couldn't find them anywhere.
The article clearly says sold. If it were shipped, it would say shipped.
Nintendo had been saying the last year or so that they would be flooding stock so that scalpers would not be an issue. They've followed through with their word. It's not cutting edge tech, so it's been easier for them to sit on stock for a while until it accumulated to a massive number available to be shipped.
Good for them, I'm still not buying.
Looks to be a pretty safe and boring upgrade over Switch 1 which I don't think they can top it on how plain looking it is design wise.
Shame since Switch Lite showed they still know how to make a handheld that looks good and is actually portable in a classic Nintendo sense.
That's why I got one over Switch 2's block of charcoal.
Then there's the prices of it all and the whole Key card thing destroyed any sense of game ownership.
There'll be a number of revisions for the s2 like a s2 lite or oled also seems inevitable
Unless they drop the prices and actually has a more portable variant that can also dock then maybe I'll reconsider but as of now, nope too big too boring and expensive to make it worth this early, not enough of its own games atm as well.
Who knows removing the dock capabilities would lower the cost of the unit pretty significantly.
The cost of the dock, reduction in shipping costs etc bug savings which will enable a cheaper system
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No. Only one does this time. Only one did last time.
Given what we currently know about each console, I have no idea why anyone would consider purchasing the Xbox One foot in the grave...
All joking aside MS really dropped the ball on this one, they appear to have more of a focus on their new console being a multimedia entertainment device than actually focusing on games.
I re-watched Sony's PS4 reveal earlier today. I noticed something.
The moment the conference began, it was about games. Before anyone stepped onto the stage, trailers for games were playing. Every sentence was about gaming. Every slide was about how the PS4 was designed for games. It took 26 minutes before Mark Cerny shifted focus away from gaming-related topics (he began talking about video sharing, which is still kinda gaming, and integration with tablets/social networks/etc.). For the rest of the conference, it was about gaming and gaming-related features. After the conference, Sony talked about games with the press. They also announced their unprecedented partnership with indie devs.
On the other hand, it was nearly 10 minutes before Microsoft showed off a single game-related feature on the Xbox One (it was when they showed off their instant switching between Forza, movies, etc, and Forza was on for 3 seconds). It was another 20 minutes before the first game trailers/gameplay were shown off. The first and only first-party developer to take the stage, that 343 Studio lady, announced a Halo TV show. Microsoft announced their unprecedented partnership with NFL and Steven Spielberg. After the show, Microsoft announced even more bad news like used game fees, required online, no backwards compatibility, required Kinect, etc.
I will still boycott Sony if they implement similar Used game fees, required online, required installs, etc., but it is quite obvious that Sony is focusing on gamers while Microsoft is focusing on ESPN.
This reads like the lecture of a fourth grader.
Is MS going to offer a 3 year warranty at launch? (my concern) supporters STILL bring this up every time rrod is brought up. So i figured this would be a great time to ask instead of 2 years into the next-gen.