However in this case, you'd be wrong. PS4 clearly has better hardware and yet it's $100 cheaper and gives you a headset in the box. Obviously the better deal. Maybe when MS drops the useless camera attachment and drops the price to $399 I'll give it a go.
You don't lie to your customers. Period. They have lied nonstop the past 2 months about DRM, saying how it was absolutely necessary and just couldn't be changed. Now they do it. Good on them, but at the same time, I won't be purchasing a XB1 from them for a good while due to the shit they tried to pull. Maybe when it's $399. Don't LIE.
That my friend, was a bullshit lie. It amazes me how quick people are to forgive these polesmokers.
Faster RAM (GDDR5) and an overall faster system clockspeed (1.8 TFlops) compared to the XB1's DDR3 ram which is slower and 1.2 TFlops. Different sources have speculated this has caused quite a bit of difference in graphical fidelity. We won't see the differences in 3rd party software I'm sure...I think we will see the difference in exclusive content.
Hey, nobody is stopping you from downloading the games onto your hard drive. Those games will have DRM. If that's what you want, have at. The rest of us want OPTIONS.
lol really bro? DRM has nothing to do with the cloud and never did. It was just a sad attempt at getting more of your money. And I seriously doubt the cloud is all it's cracked up to be. The consumer wins today. Gamers win today.
It won't. Those that aren't connected to the cloud won't receive it's extra's. Those that are will still get them. DRM was NEVER NEEDED. Just another scam to get more of your money.
I'll buy one once the price is lowered. Still going with Sony at launch. Will get XB1 after a price cut.
See what happens when you raise hell? You get results! To those apologists who were eating this DRM up like it was candy, you're welcome. Your rights are intact due to "haters". Now I'll buy one when the price eventually goes down.
"They don't HAVE to do it on PS4 just because MS made it a mandatory built in part of XB1. XB1 will be in last place, why do people keep saying everyone has to follow XB1?"
It's a defense mechanism man. It truly is a negative thing for the XB1 to have, "but if XB1 has it then suuuurely PS4 will have it." It's a way of making a shitty purchase for a shitty product look less shitty. It shifts blame onto the competitor, even when the competitor...
Damage control galore..and most of it spin and misinformation. It doesn't work offline. Period. You don't own your games. Period. If you want to sell a copy to someone through a random retail source you can't. Period. Stop spinning and just admit what's wrong man.
Oh look another article that tries to justify the shitty business dealings of Microsoft's new console. We all know DRM is wrong and does not have to be the future at all...unless we allow it to be. I don't intend on letting a company ass rape me over my purchases any time soon....along with a ton of other consumers. I'll be sending a message this holiday season with the power of my spending dollar.
Actually, OS is the another area Sony is excelling in at the current moment with the PS4. In my opinion MS dedicated far too much RAM (3GB DDR3) to the system OS and it's media functions, which leaves 5GB DDR3 for games. I see PS4's multiplats being superior this generation. There honestly isn't any reason why they wouldn't be.
Preordered the day after E3. No regrets.
I appreciate Sony giving me OPTIONS as a consumer. They are not forcing a camera on me or features that I don't want to use. Stronger specs under the hood and no DRM/offline capabilities. Already preordered. I wanted a next gen gaming console and that is what they delivered. I already have a DVR/cable box and I'm perfectly content with hitting the input button on my remote to switch devices.
Cloud computing is bullshit and depends entirely on your internet speed for processing. Also, alienating offline gamers, which are a good chunk of the population, is another thing they will wish they hadn't done. So many mistakes. If they can ditch the cloud computing hype and make an offline XB1 without a needless camera attached for $100 less, I'd be all over it.
Wow...biggest d-bag thing I've heard yet from someone defending the console. I have broadband and normally buy new games...but i'm not going to invest in a console that alienates fellow fans because they live in an area where they can't even get broadband even if they wanted it. What would you suggest they do? Move? lol Nah. I also own the software that I buy and will do with it what I wish. Period. Nobody is going to tell me any different either. People who buy this thing...
I have broadband and buy new games most of the time anyway, but I still won't be buying XB1 out of principle. I will not support an always on device or any device that has to authenticate software in which you have purchased. What you buy is yours. Period. I have friends that game offline due to having no internet connection and I refuse to see a gaming console manufacturer throw them under the bus. If they can't play on an XB1 I refuse to as well.
and I will be out there telling as many average joe shoppers possible about these restrictions and the harm it can cause.
As a gamer I could give a shit about everything you just mentioned. I just want a dedicated next gen gaming console with great hardware. Sony delivered. It didn't try to be a jack of all trades and a master of none. It earned my spending dollar this holiday season by not lying to me for the past 3 months. The cloud is BS and just a talking point.
And the kinect is still a joke. Even with every console shipping with one, you'll still see limited use of it in sof...