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SlayerRondo on 12 December 2013
Sevengen said:

I've seen both consoles at a friends house, got to spend a good amount of time with each, and while the PS4 is defiitely a powerhouse of a console, the X1 was the only machine out of the two that actaully made me feel like I was interacting with something 'next-gen'.

We played Battlefield on both systems and there's no doubt which one looked better. The PS4 version. Played Killzone also and can't really say I was all that impressed by it. Great graphics, but not really enough going on to make it feel like the vanguard shooter of the 8th gen. Sorta boring after a couple days. Spawn. Shoot. Die. Cruised around Sony's UI for a bit and there simply wasn't all that much to do, to interact with. 
It just feels like a more powerful PS3

The X1 on the other hand, the downgrade in Battlefields graphics notwithstanding, truly felt next-gen to me. Let me explain that a little bit. Every gamer understands that better graphics won't equate to a better experience, it's the level of interaction you have with the game that matters, and that holds true with the consoles themselves. 

Sony, again, brought a monster console to the masses, a graphical beast, but did so at the cost of innovation. No one buys a console anymore 'just to play' games. Those that say that are simply fooling themselves, intentionally, and doing so in an attempt to downplay the advantages that the competitor has. 
And this is where the X1 really shines against the PS4:
What it can do in addition to games, the different ways you can interact with it, what it offers as a complete package.

The X1, right now, can do things that the PS4 simply can't and will never be able to. 
The Snap feature is awesome, play your game while checking facebook, or Vgchartz at the same time, or video chat with your friend while both playing... the same game, or something different.
The Upload Studio. We must have spent 45 minutes or so just checking out the different videos that other players posted, some just a few minutes before we clicked on them... everything from a 5 second stream of somone's three point shot, to a quick video blog about Sports Rivals. 
It was all amazingly fast, intuitive, and seamlessly accessible right there on the dash.
The Kinect 2. Say what you want about it, hate on it if it makes you feel better, but the thing is simply awesome and a huge advantage for the X1.
The HDMI input, don't really need to say anything more about that. 

Sony went for more of the same, just bigger. 
Microsoft went for something different, innovative. 
Sony wins the graphics war... Microsoft takes everything else.
Pretty easy decision.

The PS4 camera offers better functionality than the Kinect 2 but allows gamers to decide for themselves to get it or not. 

The Kinect was best known for diverting Microsoft resources towards casual games that were bad in their own right.

The PS4 interface is much easier than the Xbox One dash as it does not overlaoded with to much shit like every other microsoft interface.

And better graphics do contribute to a better gaming experience.



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deskpro2k3 on 13 December 2013

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alabtrosMyster on 13 December 2013

It does some more, but multi patry videochat (or just voice chat) and game streaming is not one of those, neither is voice control...

Your friend simply showed you the streaming option on the xb1, on the ps4 it's right there on the controller if you want to share footage on the spot, or if you want to watch others, it's in the main menu, you can even join the game they are playng right there on the spot if you have it, or interact with the host!

so yeah, it's the snap feature and the hdmi in that stands apart on the xb1... That and the overall weaker system.

I think you did not see all the ps4 can do or how well it does its thing, but I admit that the interface is rather spartan.

edit: i am too tired that post made so sense.



alabtrosMyster on 13 December 2013
SvennoJ said:
ps3-sales! said:
I usually buy game consoles to primarily play games. I guess I'm weird D:

You are, nobody just plays games anymore. You brag about them on facebook and twitter while watching somebody else's gameplay in upload studio or live stream.


We also go to gaming sites to start flame wars about games and consoles when we are done pissing off everybody on facebook with our video uploads.



coolguy on 13 December 2013

Yeah I play games on my console nothing else .if I wanna go to Facebook stuff like that I use my iPad not a gme console



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Sevengen on 13 December 2013
Michael-5 said:

Gamers buy consoles "just" to play games, I bought all my systems for that reason. Never used PS3 for Blu-Ray, or 360/PS2 for DVD or even PS1 for CD player functions. Heck my 360 isn't even plugged into the internet. Why are you buying a Video game console if you're not interested in the games?

If I wanted to check my facebook, I'd just use a laptop, I can't give up any of my screen for that.

I don't even have cable, so what good is an XBO for me?

As a gamer, I plan to get a WiiU/PS4 - Just for games. I have a PC which can play most of XBO's games, and I'll likely buy an XBO if they make a Kinect free model, at the end of the generation, for the small handful of exclusives not available on PC.

Also WiiU wins with innovation. Not only are WiiU games completly different from the generic games you get on PS4/XBO, but WiiU was the first one to come to the market with the TV/Cable interface. Plus on Wii U, you can check the scores on the gamepad, but still play on the screen.

PS4 wins the graphics wars, Nintendo wins Innovation, MS win.....the fanboys?

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Plus I hear the NSA/FBA can still obtain Kinect camera information, even with the system off..... I don't want Kinect.

hmm. so you don't have cable and see no use for the XBO because of that... but you plan on buying a WiiU and really seemed happy about the fact that it was the first console to market with a TV/Cable interface. 
but you don't have cable right?... so just like the useless XBO, what good is the WiiU going to be..??

you know, if you're gonna rag on something, at the very least be fair about it. 
and that's really the definition of fanboy, not what company you choose to support, but the inability to look past your own personal bias and convey a constructive, reasonably impartial opinion about the company you didn't choose.  and I stress 'reasonably'

I was pretty much with you until I hit the MS wins the fanboys comment. That's about the most rediculous thing I've read in my post here.. have you actually taken the time to read some of the comments directed at me, simply for liking the X1 better. A lot of them are pretty pathetic, rude, derogatory... dismissive, all from Sony fans that, for whatever sad reason, can't handle the fact that some people don't see Sony as the 'only' player.  

In my few years here on VGChartz I've come to see that Microsoft has plenty fans, Nintendo has plenty fans... and Sony, well Sony has an absolute motherload fan-boys.
All the more reason to go the other way. 



Sevengen on 13 December 2013

and for all the posters in here telling me I'm wrong for saying that people don't buy consoles anymore just to play games... please remember you said that when you're sitting on whatever console you chose to buy doing something other than playing a game.
In that moment (and I'm looking your way Michael -5) I want you to think to yourself,

"that's right, Sevengen told me I'd be doing this, man, that guy was totally right!!"

I know you're not going to be 'just playing games'.
and you know you're not going to be 'just playing games'

Seriously, why even argue the point.



think-man on 13 December 2013
ListerOfSmeg said:
Going to have to agree with the OP here. I will never own a MS console but atm they are the company that actually has the games and features I am interested in. It just almost seems like Sony is lost and doesn't know what to do. Everything that stood out about the Vita and now the PS4, came from another company doing it first. I am not interested in followers, I am interested in market leaders, companies that bring new things to the table.

Why am I not surprised you would agree with the OP lol you also once commented saying you wouldn't buy a Sony console because of Sony fanboys O.O do you even game? lol



 

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TheSting on 13 December 2013
coolguy said:
Yeah I play games on my console nothing else .if I wanna go to Facebook stuff like that I use my iPad not a gme console


I was reading this and hoping this guy doesn't play games on his iPad or phone. Hypocritical if you do. I mean you use your phone totally for calls and text right. Not to play games. 



think-man on 13 December 2013
Sevengen said:
and for all the people in here telling my I'm wrong for saying that people don't buy consoles anymore just to play games... please remember you said that when you're sitting on whatever console you chose to buy doing something other than playing a game.

I know you'll be doing that.
and you know you'll be doing that.

Seriously, why even argue the point.

360 brought it to play games.

Ps3 brought it to play games.

Ps4 brought it to play games.

DS brought it to play games.

PSVita brought it to play games.

3DS brought it to play games.

Smart phone brought it to text and make phone calls?

I'm a gamer I buy consoles for GAMES! NOTHING ELSE! everything else is EXTRA! and a nice add on but not a deciding factor. I dont care if my PS4 can cook me toast and my xbone can make me dinner I only want them for GAMES.



 

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