It's gotten better. The Party Chat isn't a sluggish disaster that takes forever to respond, for example. It's immediate to send invites and you join quickly. No idea on how the settings are, I never had a reason to mess with them.
I still think the XB1 dashboard is a cluttered mess. Nearly everything is an app and not integrated into the OS directly. I think they're working on that though.
It's gotten better. The Party Chat isn't a sluggish disaster that takes forever to respond, for example. It's immediate to send invites and you join quickly. No idea on how the settings are, I never had a reason to mess with them.
Wow, I didn't expect so many replies! They have been really helpful.
I thought the differences between the consoles would be more important. I guess it does all come down to the exclusives (that's actually why I chose the 360 in the first place. It had L4D2). And I guess, from what I have seen, since the Xbox one has backwards compatibility, I could still play the 360 games on the 360 with a friend playing on the One. If that is true, then it doesn't really matter if I get something different.
Most of the games I am interested in are available on both, but there are a few I am interested in for just the PS4. The only Xbox games I was really interested in were also available for the 360, so I don’t need the Xbox one to play them (I don’t really care if they would look better, I'm not paying for a new console to play a game I could play right now with what I have). So I guess PS4 it is. Thanks!
Neither one of those consoles can run anything in 4k, hell half the time they can't run 1080p above 30fps
The Last of Us 2. /thread
Agreed, that seals the Xbox One for me. Don't need a zombie cover shooter.
TLoU is pretty well universally regarded as one of the best games in recent memory.
I mean, I really don't care. My point was that his naming of one game and having no discussion is moronic. The Last of Us legitimately gives me no interest whatsoever in a PS4, and when/if I get one, I won't even bother with the game. I mean, hell, GTA V is considered a great game, and I find it to just be a big mess of mediocre things thrown together to make something mainstream.
Even on that users end it may be a good reason for a PS4 but not necessarily a good reason for a PS4 over an Xbox. As someone who absolutely adored TLoU and thinks its probably the best gaming experience that I have had in about a decade. If I had to restrict myself to one console, knowing that I would miss out on TLoU2 if I got an Xbone. I would still get an Xbone over a PS4. Just in exclusives while not as great on a single level of game play as maybe some of the best PS exclusives, the Xbox list is constantly evolving allowing me to actively use my console.
That is the problem with Sony they can have the greatest list of games and take up a lot of head space, but the wait for them is excruciating at times. Eventually Sony's studios will get on a roll and games will come out on a decent clip. But this has been a pretty bad 2 years exclusive wise for the PS4.
Though it was a close call in a number of categories (excluding the Japan Factor), Sony in our analysis seems to have Microsoft beaten in more than a few ways. The sheer number of games on PlayStation 4 not available on Xbox is staggering when you factor in both Japanese titles and indie games, and while Microsoft has an incredibly strong first-party lineup, Sony's dominance in every other category makes the PS4 the clear winner of this showdown.
Not that our analysis is in any way scientific. When it comes down to it, a gamer's console of choice should come down to the games they want to play and what console they will be available on. Whether it is Halo on Xbox One or Uncharted on PlayStation 4, there is plenty of gaming goodness all around. Sony's platform simply has more goodness to choose from.
Is Halo/GoW the primary advantage you see the Xbox having? I'm legitimately curious, as I'm just dipping my toes into the water here. I'll be lucky if I get through the games that came with my console before the end of the year, let alone anything else!
I don't like the whole "quantity" argument. End of the day, a lot of what Sony builds that quantity on is low-key or niche stuff. The Japanese games obviously have a strong appeal outside of Japan, but the Japanese market they seemed specifically aimed at has rejected home consoles almost entirely. Those exclusives aren't system sellers, they're not big cash draws (though their financial commitment is probably also much smaller). The indie stuff can often come out as something highly derivative of larger releases, or it can just be a reskinned experience with a little bit of change (see: the swarms of indie platformers and retro-style graphic experiences with little beyond shallow, redundant gameplay).
Halo is the top franchise for the Xbox, that's long been the case. Gears is another, but that's far from where the story ends. Forza is probably second to Halo, not Gears, and Sony really doesn't offer anything to combat that series (Driveclub counters Forza about as well as Killzone counters Halo). Microsoft also backed Ryse, from the Crysis crew, and they backed Insomniac in their post-Ratchet & Clank endeavor that was Sunset Overdrive (really nice game, IMO). Quantum Break is next from Remedy, who handled the original Max Payne titles (before Rockstar made the third) and the well-received Alan Wake. Scalebound's coming from Platinum Games (who seems to work on something exclusive for everyone, haha), and it should fill a decent RPG nice, along with the free-to-play Fable: Legends. I could throw out more names, but I just don't want to keep typing, haha.
http://n4g.com/news/1788337/ps4-vs-xbox-one-vs-wii-u-japan-lifetime-sales-july-2015-update said:PlayStation 4 Total Sales: 1,601,287
Xbox One Total Sales: 55,767
Wii U Total Sales: 2,470,045"
I've never caught the Halo bug, probably because I was playing shooters on PC before they were cool on console.
I mean, I grew up watching my dad play Quake and Unreal on PC, and I played a bit of Quake on his account as a kid. In fact, the first Xbox LIVE shooter was Unreal, which I played the heck out of as well. Starting shooters on PC didn't stop me from enjoying them on console.
Is it true that games you get from games for gold are permanent, while PSN games become unplayable the instant your sub lapses?