PS4: The Year One Review (Gamespot)

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Actually for anyone who never owned a PS3 TLOUR is a must have exclusive. Say what you want about it being a re-hash of the most awarded game in history, but for Wii or 360 owner interested in that sort of game it is a huge reason to be looking at PS4, along with all the quality 3rd party content.

There's also no must have exclusive on Xb one.

If we exclude all games that are available on at least one other platform then Xb one's top retail exclusive is Sunset Overdrive, and PS4's is inFamous: Second Son. And they both have similar metascores. If PS4 is selling on a lick and a promise, so is Xb one, only it's inferiority in hardware and 3rd party game performance means it offers less promise and more lick and hence is not selling as well.

Therefor the only must have exclusives so far this generation are on Wii U, but it seems the vast majority of gamers don't see Wii U as a must have console.

While it is true that a lot of pissing contest between Xb one and PS4 is all about counting pixels, the qualitative differences between cross gen games is significant enough for people to feel very satisfied in the new gen upgrade even if most of the games they've bought are available on their previous gen machines. Shadow of Mordor and Dragon Age: Inquisition are good examples of games that benefit a great deal from being played on new gen hardware.

"One of Shadow of Mordor's most ambitious features scaled back for Xbox 360/PS3
Nemesis system won't have the same level of depth and variety if you're playing on older machines."
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/one-of-shadow-of-mordor-s-most-ambitious-features-scaled-back-for-xbox-360-ps3/1100-6417861/

"Dragon Age: Inquisition for Xbox 360/PS3 won't look as good as Xbox One/PS4, but there's no gameplay compromises
Producer Mark Darrah says graphics won't look as strong on last-gen compared to Xbox One and PS4, but gameplay mechanics should be the same wherever you play."
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/dragon-age-inquisition-for-xbox-360-ps3-won-t-look-as-good-as-xbox-one-ps4-but-there-s-no-gameplay-compromises/1100-6419125/

Especially in the case of SoM, if you're not on new gen machines then you will have a lesser experience.

You can also see that gamers are choosing the new gen version of cross platform new releases. Even Fifa 15 which is performing very weakly on Xb one still has a new gen lead because of the strength of the PS4 sales.

It's pretty obvious that a lot of people want to play the best console versions of cross gen games, which means a lot of people choosing to move to the new generation even though they don't have to. And there are a handful of true exclusives, on both platforms, which are worth looking at.