Is the ps4 the white knight of the next gen consoles? What about the other consoles?

[Weedlab]

Wright said:

Weedlab said:

 

Not for people who care about horse power, region free consoles and strong third party support.   Considering what kind of policies Microsoft had before the famous 180, the PS4 is the White Knight (relatively speaking of course). The Wii U, on the other hand, is far from that in my opinion. Even though the other two require a payment, their online infrastructure is much more promising than Nintendo's offerings at this stage. The PS4 (and XBO) appear to have a relatively large number of games for the first year, including strong third party support (unlike the Wii U in both cases). To me, the Wii U is akin to the rent a knight you use after all the others have been exhausted in battle. Not bashing the system or anything since I do like Nintendo and I intend to get one, but that's just how it looks.

But being the White Knight doesn't mean you are the most powerful In fact, it only means to represent whatever you want to associate with its armor. In this case White tends to be the ideal of benevolence and kindness. No matter how you want to picture the other consoles, the WiiU has free online, no DRM (except for the damned Region Lock), backwards compatibility, support for indie developers, great first-party lineup and cheap.

You can argue Ps4 has some of those and do better than it, but I'll point you again to @bold !

Nobody said anything about 'the most powerful', but the Xbox One and PS4 are on similar footing. Given what Microsoft proposed earlier, much to the distaste of a large group of gamers, the PS4 was/is the White Knight because of its similarity minus the restrictions. They would get a similar experience, minus Xbox exclusives of course, for less (and fewer restrictions). The same third party games, an online system that's catching up to XBL, etc. I am sure the reception would have been similar if the PS4 was exctly the same in power or slightly lower. I see no reason why the Wii U would ever be considered a White Knight, though. It would have if Microsoft and Sony both left gamers with a lot to be desired. The fact that most gamers see the Wii U as a side system and not the main course is very telling. I'm inclined to think they see it that way too

And yes, I will argue that and not bother with the bold since 'the most powerful' argument is not one I intend to carry.