Well, there was a fair amount of hype surrounding Xbox's "Please Hold Out Hope For The Future Jamboree: 2018 Edition" at E3 last June.

True.  But, Sony has a record of delivering, not just talking.  MS also has a record of skimping on 1st party content in the last quarter of the gen.  It didn't hurt them with the 360, as the OG Xbox didn't have as many owners.  Plus, one gen doesn't make a trend.  However, they did so on the 360, even with 80M+ owners.  And they have done so yet again with the XBO.  At this point it is their MO.  And next gen I don't think will be any different, especially if it plays out similar to this one.

Congratulations. Would you like a cookie?

Wait, do you type out all your posts and replies and whatnot on your XBox One then?

Also, you keep mentioning that you championed for Sony hard all these years, even apologizing for their faults at times. I gotta ask, “why?” Do you work for Sony? Is your opinion supposed to be more important than others? What do you gain from it? Sony doesn’t need you to apologize for their mistakes. In fact, I don’t even see the point of this thread? I doubt too many people care that you’re switching the platform for which you buy and play your multi platform games. Also a lead platform is a term used to describe the console that a developer focuses on during development. Not a platform of choice.

Lastly, I gotta say I personally think you are super far off if you think Sony and Nintendo are going to all of a sudden disappear, only to replaced by Google and Apple. You see, Sony and Nintendo are known for developing games, which is what most people care about when they pick up a system. People buy PS4’s to play God of War, Horizon Zero Dawn, Spider-Man, and a multitude of others. People buy the Switch to play mostly Nintendo made games, the Mario’s and the Zelda’s are just two examples. Google and Apple don’t make video games, they make UI’s and Operating Systems. Apple makes hardware too, but not games man.

With that, I wish you well. I definitely disagree with you, but it’s your decision, and that’s the cool thing, you get to make up your own mind. So enjoy your Xbox and let me know if you want that cookie.

I respecc this reasoning. Other people also need to respect this and stop being blind assholes because they are having their "precious" platform attacked. This man has his priorities straight, and won't let Sony get in the way of them.

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The things that stood out the most to me from all that he mentioned was 4k HDR videos he can buy on his console.
That and gamepass.

Play old crappy 1st party games for 10$ a month, and watch videos on your gameing console..... thats haveing your priorities straight?

You would rather do that than have access to God of War + Spiderman? What?

MS has had a much higher and steeper hill to climb due to their own decisions mostly, and they've steadily been making their way up, so the fact that they have improved more isn't so much unexpected, but expected and necessary. I personally don't like the fact that after so much work to the XB1 platform, that they've just recently made the move for more first party titles, but at least they did it, so I can give them that. Another brick put back in the wall of defense against PS for the moment.

As for PS4's momentum in terms of upgrading and expanding it's existing ecosystem, it seems like PS is planning to stick to generational changes as much as possible, where MS wants to merge them all and have a constant flow. Depends on what you prefer and want in a platforms overall ecosystem. I do wonder if there is any behind the scenes logic to letting PS4 coast for the rest of the gen. If you pay attention to Nvidia's brand new RTX cards, the hype really isn't there because there isn't enough of a leap happening, as far as we know right now anyway. Same with Apple's new iPhones. I get the feeling this is actually seen as a problem by some gamers when it comes to XB1. It's always being slightly updated and upgraded, and while some items may be substantial, nothing really seems truly groundbreaking because of it. This could in theory make PS5 seem like a bigger deal then it may turn out to be potentially, a leap of sorts instead of many steps, and when PS4 seems to be bulletproof, well why not then?

Everybody has their own tastes and expectations, and if the XB platform and ecosystem is filling those needs for you, then that's great. The point of gaming is to he happy and entertained, so if XB is "the One" that does it for you, pun intended, then enjoy yourself. Having all the platforms you want anyway also makes it much easier, so you can still have your cake and eat it too basically. Nothing wrong with playing both sides instead of both sides playing you.

Hopefully for this threads sake PS doesn't announce their expanding the OS and hardware (beyond home console) come PS5, but you never know. XB could too though so who really knows right? So many choices, so little time.

You can rely on Sony delivering quality hardware and AAA games, but you prefer a gaming system with "better" OS? Okay dokie then.

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Oh, as a Sony stockholder myself, I completely know how you feel. Stock is up 728% since 2012, but it is indeed very frustrating that Sony hasn't been able to tap into their potential for the last 20 years.

Though as a fan of their games, I couldn't be much happier with PlayStation's output and direction this generation. I've enjoyed so many of their exclusives. So I try to keep things separated.

Me neither, don't know what he's talking about. Then again, I use a console just for gaming and streaming and don't expect it to be a PC. I have a PC to do that.