Must be along death because people have been saying that for years and i can still go to the store and pick up physical media no problem

you say in one post it isnt going away then you say it is? Which one is it?

It is going away just not completely.

...that makes no sense. something cannot "go away just not completly" that means its still there. You can say physical will be reduced. Is that what you want to say? Cause nothing else makes sense.

Yeah

The only difference between ps4 and xbone is that xbone is less powerful and is restricted, ps4 can do the some cloud computing stuff and more with Gaikai.

This was a very interesting read. Thank you for it.

Though things have changed slightly here and there, MS is a software company and Sony a hardware company. Going digital makes sense for MS while for Sony there are conflicts with that model. Sony wants to sell more hardware in future generations. It's in their DNA. MS? I'd imagine that they would love the One to possibly be their final console. So the move to digital would allow them to move the strategy they implemented to a limited extent on the 360 (that of incremental enhancements through system updates) and take it to a level previously deemed impossible.

Yes, the Xbox One could potentially be the most future proof console ever made.

It's in Sony's best interest to maintain the status quo. Some think it's in gamer's best interest too. Is it worth giving up a perceived loss of ownership for the exciting possibilities of the future?

This begs the question of whether or not cloud computing will be worth it, because just about all of the One's future-proofing comes from that. I honestly don't think cloud computing is that great.

Let's admit it: servers are expensive. They need to be powered and air conditioned, and when the time comes the components need to be upgraded. And you expect me to believe Microsoft can do that indefinitely for $50 a year? That might cover server expenses for one generation, but it definitely won't be enough for upgrade costs, particularly if Sony's making a generation-leap.

And then there's the issue of if the difference is even worth it. Comparing gameplay trailers from E3, X on the Wii U and Ryse for the One? Yeah, sure I can tell the Wii U isn't as powerful, but saying the difference is worth $150 more plus a $50 per year subscription is ludicrous. And Nintendo's CPU, GPU, and memory are all less than one third of either other console. The GPU at the server farm would need to be absolutely colossal to make the slightest bit of difference, and you'd practically need a fiber ISP to deliver all those graphics.

It's time to admit it: our money can't buy prettier graphics anymore. It buys a different ecosystem and title library.

The XBox model has no upsides compared to the PS4 model when it comes to convinience for me. It has a ton of downsides though. So what would I do ? Nothing at all..

Has physical medium gone away for Music and Movies? Successful digital dstribution channels have been setup for both. Physical medium is defeinitely losing traction... but guess what? Physical is still the dominant album format in America, they are not gonna go away any time soon, neither is physical movies or games. For the next decade (which is pretty much the complete lifespan of the XB1) physical medium will still play a big part of console sale.