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the_dengle on 20 June 2013
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Hynad said:
the_dengle said:
• Still requires internet connection
• Still requires Kinect
• Still no backwards-compatibility
• Still $100 more than PS4
• Exclusives still look like shit compared to PS4/WiiU/PC lineup

no, Microsoft is still in last place.

Forza 5, Sunset Overdrive, Quantum Break, Spark, Titanfall, Killer Instinct (even if the character designer is really bad)... There are plenty of appealing games on this console.

But yeah, I can see the price being a huge factor here. Just as it was for the PS3.

Backward compatibility is a non issue. You don't have that on the PS4 either. Maybe people live in really small apartment where they don't have enough room to have multiple consoles plugged into their TV at the same time... But it's never been an issue to me. Anyway, I don't go back to the older consoles often enough to find the lack of BC a bother.

And it doesn't require an internet connection anymore.

  • An internet connection will not be required to play offline Xbox One games – After a one-time system set-up with a new Xbox One, you can play any disc based game without ever connecting online again. There is no 24 hour connection requirement and you can take your Xbox One anywhere you want and play your games, just like on Xbox 360.

 

It does, in fact, require a one-time internet connection.

The fighting and shooter genres are so overpopulated right now that no one on PS4 or PC would miss Titanfall or Killer Instinct. Instinct is going to be lousy anyway, and Titanfall will be on 360 and PC. Quantum Break is a TV show. Spark is Sim City X Scribblenauts. Forza, although it looks nice, is a racing game -- another heavily overpopulated genre. Sunset Overdrive sure looks pretty, although we saw ZERO gameplay, and this is the team that made Fuse.

PS4 doesn't have as many exclusives, but at least they look decent. I won't waste your time listing them, you already know what they are. I will note that inFamous appeals to me more than every Xbox One exclusive lined up in a row, though. Where the PS4 really shines is its indie support. Xbone still doesn't allow indies to self-publish, right?

Oh yeah, and as for backwards compatibility, at least Sony is trying to find a solution with its streaming service, which they claim will be up and running at some point next year.

And almost everything that I just said stands true for Wii U, as well. Better exclusives. Much more affordable price point. No internet connection required. Better indie support. Full backwards-compatibility. It falls short in multiplatform games from major publishers, so there you go, but it still sounds like a better deal to me than the Xbone.

 

Why am I still getting responses to this old post, anyway? It's from like 10 pages ago.