The only real difference between ps4 and xbox one atm is Virtual reality vs backwards compatibility. Sony is looking towards the future while MS caters to the past. Both are quite niche in practice, 1.7% of ps4 owners own psvr vs less than 5% of game time is spend on BC on XBox One. Ofcourse VR costs you an arm and a leg while BC is free.

I'm all into VR, no time to play old games unless remastered for VR. I'm very much anticipating long gaming sessions in Skyrim VR. VR makes me feel like a kid again, discovering videogames, watching them evolve rapidly, something completely new almost every month.

However if I had an XBox One and still had my PGR discs (given away long ago unfortunately) I would definitely check it out, although probably only for a short while as once you've driven in VR it's hard to go back. My tardiness in picking up Wipeout Omega is proof of that. Yet BC can also make me feel like a kid again, although only briefly. Nostalgia quickly disappears for me once I actually start playing the game.


Anyway what would you rather have?

I like free stuff so... BC I guess. Neither of them are particularly a deal breaker for me though.

Weirdly enough seems like PC alone offers all of the 3 choices and all superior to their console counterparts. So I'm gonna choose all of them since that is the best choice to have.

Wow one of the few times I agree fully with Kapi v.v XD

BC is at least useful. "VR" is dogshit right now. Yes, I've tried it, yes on multiple types like PS VR, Oculus, Vive, etc. They're all very far from being impressive. BC serves a purpose beyond a sales gimmick

I would prefer to have both. But, if I chose one, VR all the way.

Like you said, VR is like starting over, and watching the medium evolve again. It gives me the same feeling I had watching the industry go from Atari to NES, SNES, N64/PS1, PS1, and PS2. IMO, as much as I love PS3 and PS4, they have just been polish on the same thing I played on either PS1 or PS2. PSVR brings in a whole new way to play games, and honestly opens up nearly endless possabilities for what is to come in the future.

My most anticipated games of E3 are The Inpaitent, Bravo Team, Gran Turismo Sport VR, Skyrim VR, and Doom VFR. I know these will deliver new expereinces that I have never had before. As much as I am excited about playing God of War, Gears of War 4, Days Gone, A Way Out, Anthem, Far Cry 5, and many more traditional, games, they are just more of the same. Many of them will be great, they will be highly polished expereinces built on the foundations of games of the past, but I want new expereinces, building new foundations, and setting the stage for the future.

BC. Cheap and means potentially better performance.

BC all the way. I dont care for VR one bit.

Have you actually played a game in VR for more than a demo? I fail to see how RE7 and Dirt Rally are not impressive in VR. RE7 left tons of impressions on me :)

VR mandates minimum locked 60fps, the holy grail console gamers are always asking for!

Ofcourse it looks like I'll be spending most my time on both this holiday, Skyrim in VR, backwards and forwards. The last time I played that was on ps3 at 15-20fps having to restart the game every 10-15 minutes in the end. Playing that at 60fps will be a new experience already!

Backwards compat would give you the ability to play all your old games, even the ones that are currently new will turn old eventually and add to the bc pile. People have argued about game ownership before, you'd think that those people arguing it would want to be able to play all their currently owned games on their platform of choice years into the future on newer systems of that platform.

I've got a PC so I technically gain access to all those options anyway, but even then I'd choose bc in a heartbeat.

BC is the past while VR is the future. I like to look forwards not backwards. VR all the way.