| Seece said: Enough data and evidence is in (as if you needed it before) that suggests PS4 will runaway with this generation, to what degree depends on how hard Microsoft fight with Xbox One, but whatever they do it's not going to be enough to take the lead. |
AS much as I like my PS4, I don't think this is any indication of what's to come, however here is what tells me about the hype level for each machines (anecdotal evidence in some points, be warned):
- The PS4 is sold out all over the place, while I could have bought 3 xb1 last week, without any effort (in different stores)... it could mean that MS has a LOT more stock in my area, still, they were supposed to be constrained by their ability to produce them, not the number of clients...
- I know a couple of people who want PS4s (previous gen they had Sony or MS consoles... not is seems everyone wants the new Sony toy) while I heard, but never met, of someone's friend who wanted an xb1... (IE, it's not a common thing to want an xb1)
- All devs who expressed a preference for one system or the other said the PS4 was "better" for them in one way or another, at best some said they were equivalent, which can be interpreted in many ways depending on what they were referring to (talking multiplatform devs... people working exclusively for Sony or MS will not bad mouth the only platform where they will release their games).
- I have yet to see an online pool that favors the xb1
- Multiplatform games are better on the PS4, all of them, at best they are similar enough (Need For Speed, NBA 14 and other games that seem to be less demandint are close enough, but still favors the PS4 in some ways...)
- Both systems are released at around the same time, one is cheaper and offers a better gaming experience (native 1080p is EXPECTED on the PS4)
The only arguments left for the xbox 1 are:
- Cloud
- Magic scaler
- Better OS with proper voice/gesture controls + snap
- Multimedia features
- Hypothetical exclusives down the line
The prolem is that:
- Cloud has yet to prove itself, and it's not as if the PS4 did not have access to internet for cloud computing... I highly doubt it's that useful, unless you want to make an MMO or something of that nature... cloud saves are nothing new...
- Magic scaler is a mess and well, a scaler as good as it may be will not replace native resolution output (or be close enough)
- Better OS: maybe, it seems messy compared to the 360, and it takes a lot of precious ressources from games... 10% for the GPU, 2 cores from the CPU and about 3GB of RAM.. and it's not as if the PS4's OS was stupidly bad or limited, it does a lot of things better and more easily as well as not getting in the way of your gaming.. we will see how that one evolves over the next few months/years.
- Multimedia: no way, both systems are laughably bad compared to the PS3 and xb360 (or any decent smart TV/Roku box), they don't even have proper DLNA support!... we will see how that one evolves over the next few months/years.
- The exclusives: I will not say that the xb1's exclusives will not be impressive or they will never materialise, but I will say that Sony has proven that they have more studios of their own over a longer period of time (Compared to MS) so I fully expect that by the end of 2014 there will be a couple more substantial games on the PS4 and they will look better than their xbox 1 counterparts, at the very least on a technical perspective...
There will always be people to insist that a game like Ryse, that runs at 900p with frame drops to 16fps is the proof that the xb1 is as much or more capable than the PS4... to me it seems more like it's showing the weakness of the system, as displaying nice images at a very low FPS is nothing new...
