I would vote PS4, but by the time I actually buckle down and get a new system (at least a year, likely years from now), who knows what things will look like...
― Nhex, Tuesday, 20 August 2013 23:47 (ten years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Thursday, 22 August 2013 00:01 (ten years ago) link
Nhex - thinner!
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 22 August 2013 00:14 (ten years ago) link
ps4 but not till 2015 at the likely earliest
― YOU FOOLS PAY OVER $2.50 for a comic book (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 22 August 2013 00:50 (ten years ago) link
ps4, prob as soon as there is something i want to play on it
― Roberto Spiralli, Thursday, 22 August 2013 00:56 (ten years ago) link
PS4, I expect, but like so many others it won't be for a while. The 'launch window' listings don't hold much of interest to me, so I can see myself getting a Wii-U before I get a PS4/Xbox One. I really dislike the Kinect (more because of the fact it sits there looking in-the-way on my TV stand than anything else), and refuse to pay a premium for something I'll never use, which is why I'm veering more towards the PS4.
― CraigG, Thursday, 22 August 2013 14:13 (ten years ago) link
Voted PS4 too based on what I'd pick if I had to pick today, but by the time I get around to buying one this could allllll chaaaaaange.
It's a race to A) whichever one has the nicest price drop B) whichever has most appealing exclusive backlog and C) which has the biggest pipeline of potentially interesting exclusives D) whichever actually delivers on the whole "making it easy to acutally play games" thing.
― I've Seen rRootage (Will M.), Thursday, 22 August 2013 14:20 (ten years ago) link
I had a PS2 then a 360 so I might go back to PS this time... well, that's if I buy ANY new gen / next gen (how do you call them, anyway ?).
― AlXTC from Paris, Thursday, 22 August 2013 14:23 (ten years ago) link
PS4, but absolutely no hurry.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 22 August 2013 14:24 (ten years ago) link
last guardian could be the tipping point tbh
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 22 August 2013 14:26 (ten years ago) link
My PS3 is an occasional bluray player/frequent ornament and my 360 is used daily but I still think PS4 looks like the better next gen option.
Best use of Kinect in game I've seen so far was the ability to shout at zombies to get their attention in Dead Rising 3.
― Rummmpatitum, Rummmpatitum Traboo, Traboo, Traboo (onimo), Thursday, 22 August 2013 14:28 (ten years ago) link
i'll probably get a ps4, probably not until a year or two after it's released. i haven't had a PS console since PS1, so it'll be a nice change of pace. also co-sign on the useless kinect premium thing.
― Z S, Thursday, 22 August 2013 14:29 (ten years ago) link
the thing that cracks me up is that if you decide to get Playstation Move, it's still cheaper than getting an Xbone
― OH MY GOD HE'S OOGLY (DJP), Thursday, 22 August 2013 14:30 (ten years ago) link
eheh "X bone".the only thing is that I really got used to the 360 pad and didn't like the PS2's at all.I don't know if they will change the pads for the nextgen.
― AlXTC from Paris, Thursday, 22 August 2013 15:08 (ten years ago) link
err PS3 pad I mean.
I had no problem with the PS2 pad.
― AlXTC from Paris, Thursday, 22 August 2013 15:09 (ten years ago) link
totally, wish i could do a PS4 with an Xbox controller.
― festival culture (Jordan), Thursday, 22 August 2013 16:20 (ten years ago) link
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, August 22, 2013 10:24 AM
^this unless... dark souls II is somehow announced for next gen
― am0n, Thursday, 22 August 2013 16:47 (ten years ago) link
This is part of the reason I'm not sure, because I vastly prefer the 360 controller, even though the d-pad sucks.
― polyphonic, Thursday, 22 August 2013 16:59 (ten years ago) link
New PS4 controller is supposedly a HUGE improvement over the prior versions. Bigger, actual triggers, better grip, better thumbsticks.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 22 August 2013 17:20 (ten years ago) link
as an adult man with little baby fingers, I am somewhat scared by the idea of a larger controller
― OH MY GOD HE'S OOGLY (DJP), Thursday, 22 August 2013 17:57 (ten years ago) link
It's not like it's "The Duke" from the original xbox. Check the video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6n6Bnie57A
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 22 August 2013 18:16 (ten years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Friday, 23 August 2013 00:01 (ten years ago) link
damn!
― polyphonic, Friday, 23 August 2013 00:15 (ten years ago) link
xbox (sadtromb)one
― Roberto Spiralli, Friday, 23 August 2013 00:18 (ten years ago) link
oof.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 23 August 2013 00:35 (ten years ago) link
do we know the price of each console yet ?
― AlXTC from Paris, Friday, 23 August 2013 09:43 (ten years ago) link
(it always feels like such a rip off that the price in dollar and in euro is the same...)
― AlXTC from Paris, Friday, 23 August 2013 09:45 (ten years ago) link
Try looking at the price in UK pounds. We really get ripped off here.
― slamming on the dubstep brakes (snoball), Friday, 23 August 2013 09:50 (ten years ago) link
The most fun I have gaming these days is with my friends, and they are all planning on getting an xbox, so...
― More Than a Century With the Polaris Emblem (calstars), Friday, 23 August 2013 09:50 (ten years ago) link
PS4 is $399/EUR399/£349Xbone is $499/EUR499/£429
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Friday, 23 August 2013 09:51 (ten years ago) link
PS4 is US$399 in the US. European price is US$532.21. UK price is US$545.21.XBoned is US$499 in the US. European price is US$666.86. UK price is US$670.36.
― slamming on the dubstep brakes (snoball), Friday, 23 August 2013 09:59 (ten years ago) link
oh, so the PS4 will be less expensive than the Xbone ? I would have thought the other way around.is one supposed to be technically better than the other at this point ? (sorry for the silly questions and for not digging out the info myself !)maybe I should go by the PS in the US !
― AlXTC from Paris, Friday, 23 August 2013 10:15 (ten years ago) link
PS4 has better specs, Xbone is more expensive because of mandatory Kinect2.0
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Friday, 23 August 2013 10:25 (ten years ago) link
OK, so no suprise (almost) everybody will get a PS4 then !
― AlXTC from Paris, Friday, 23 August 2013 10:29 (ten years ago) link
in the first couple of years games will probably look v similar on both machines, PS4 might have better framerates. later on when programmers get more used to the tech PS4 games will start to look better. Xbone will probably sell well in the US & UK to people locked into Xbox Live via 360 who are used to gaming with their friends, the rest of the world looks pretty set to go PS4 though.
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Friday, 23 August 2013 10:34 (ten years ago) link
isn't it suicidal from MS to have the Xbone 100$ more expensive than the PS4 ?If I remember well, Sony had reduced the price of the PS3 so that it wasn't too much more expensive than the 360.
― AlXTC from Paris, Friday, 23 August 2013 10:38 (ten years ago) link
and one of those votes for xbone was mine, and it was an error!
― prop forward turned celebrity chef (Ste), Friday, 23 August 2013 11:57 (ten years ago) link
http://www.businessinsider.com/why-microsoft-xbox-kinect-didnt-take-off-2015-9
― Meta Forksclove-Liebeskind (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 9 September 2015 17:48 (eight years ago) link
I'm an Xbox man. Always have been. But I think I'm going to buy a next gen system today and everything is telling me "PS4"...but it feels wrong to switch now.
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Wednesday, 30 September 2015 12:49 (eight years ago) link
there's really not much to choose between 'em at this point - xbox one is maybe better as an all-round media player, ps4 is still usually (marginally) better on resolution / framerates? i guess it comes down to which controller you prefer and which system has the more attractive exclusives.
― bizarro gazzara, Wednesday, 30 September 2015 13:26 (eight years ago) link
(and, if multiplayer matters to you, where most of your friends will be playing, i guess)
― bizarro gazzara, Wednesday, 30 September 2015 13:27 (eight years ago) link
why is the xbone a better media player? what are its strengths?
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 30 September 2015 18:09 (eight years ago) link
not so much that it's a great player so much as the ps4 is weirdly lacking in stuff like dnla streaming
― bizarro gazzara, Wednesday, 30 September 2015 19:19 (eight years ago) link
are we setting up an ILX PS4 community now that 3.00 is out
― hot doug stamper (||||||||), Wednesday, 30 September 2015 19:25 (eight years ago) link
i'm all for it
― bizarro gazzara, Wednesday, 30 September 2015 20:01 (eight years ago) link
why not!
― Nhex, Thursday, 1 October 2015 02:12 (eight years ago) link
I'm in!
― Neil S, Thursday, 1 October 2015 08:04 (eight years ago) link
I was going to say the same thing regarding the lack of DLNA (which irritated me to the point of upgrading the firmware on my TV so I could use it), but apparently there was a media player update earlier in the year that added DLNA for PS4.
http://connect.citizen.co.za/8777/sony-heres-a-ps4-media-player-with-dlna-support/
― CraigG, Thursday, 1 October 2015 08:45 (eight years ago) link
buying a ps4 this week - i was xbox the last few gens but i was always playstation before that.
do i dare ask the "what games do i get" question here? i was going to start with metal gear, and then maybe pro evo for old time's sake, after reading the new one is good. possibly the last of us. after that not sure.
― doing my Objectives, handling some intense stuff (LocalGarda), Thursday, 1 October 2015 08:56 (eight years ago) link
any of you have the new pro evo? i'm LOCALGARDA if so - literally just turned it on.
― doing my Objectives, handling some intense stuff (LocalGarda), Wednesday, 14 October 2015 18:38 (eight years ago) link
I've never owned two consoles simultaneously, and I've never owned Playstation. I went with the Xbox One because that's the route most of my friends went. But I really really really want to play two PS4 exclusives, Until Dawn and Last of Us. Just not sure I want to invest 380 dollars for two games. There are no other Playstation exclusives I want to play. Decisions, decisions.
― Rod Steel (musicfanatic), Saturday, 24 October 2015 14:16 (eight years ago) link
wait til Black Friday deal, buy & play those two games & then sell the lot?I've been playing Dragon Quest Heroes and ehhhhh this game is not doing it for me, the maps are too small and I dislike tower defense games and was unaware that was a key mechanic in this game.
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Saturday, 24 October 2015 14:29 (eight years ago) link
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2015/10/22/xbox-hardware-sales-down-xbox-live-user-up-to-39-million.aspxWow I guess XB1 sales are really that bad that they need to hide the sales now... but I would've been more optimistic with the holiday bundles (Halo 5/Tomb Raider Reboot 2/Fallout 4/Forza Whatever).
― Nhex, Monday, 26 October 2015 04:23 (eight years ago) link
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARHVKZ5K1b0
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Thursday, 29 October 2015 14:55 (eight years ago) link
Xbox One at $300 next week, or PS4 at $350? Will Sony drop the PS4 price in response to the Xbox price drop (which is temporary but expected to go permanent shortly after)?
― Immediate Follower (NA), Friday, 18 March 2016 16:10 (eight years ago) link
if u have to play "knack" the answer is clear
― am0n, Friday, 18 March 2016 16:39 (eight years ago) link
different is, PS4 doesn't need to pricedrop as it's actually selling
― jamiesummerz, Friday, 18 March 2016 17:48 (eight years ago) link
one deciding factor for me (i bought my PS4 late last year) was the general sense that most of my friends were gravitating toward PS4 and that it seems to have more momentum. that doesn't mean it's a better system, but it probably means you'll have more people to play multiplayer with (if that's a thing for you) and that there will be more system exclusives/games coming out for PS4 first, etc.
― Karl Malone, Friday, 18 March 2016 17:54 (eight years ago) link
PS4.5? http://kotaku.com/sources-sony-is-working-on-a-ps4-5-1765723053
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Friday, 18 March 2016 17:59 (eight years ago) link
Yeah I'm still leaning PS4.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Friday, 18 March 2016 19:17 (eight years ago) link
the one thing that tempts to eventually get an XBone is MS's backwards compatibility commitment (for the moment) which is nice considering the bajillion 360 games, physical and digital, that i have backlogged
but otherwise PS4 feels like the runaway winner at this point
― Nhex, Friday, 18 March 2016 21:10 (eight years ago) link
Sony is still pushing 4K, huh
― remove butt (abanana), Friday, 18 March 2016 23:47 (eight years ago) link
Xbox One Spring Bundle
or
refurb PS4?
?
― Immediate Follower (NA), Friday, 8 July 2016 16:14 (seven years ago) link
forgot I basically asked about this four months ago
― Immediate Follower (NA), Friday, 8 July 2016 16:15 (seven years ago) link
all the free games in the bundle would be nice but none of them really look like my kind of games, plus i usually just play one game at a time. so should probably get the refurb ps4 and a game i actually want to play.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Friday, 8 July 2016 16:16 (seven years ago) link
good advice
― thrusted pelvis-first back (ulysses), Friday, 8 July 2016 16:28 (seven years ago) link
I will never buy a refurb again if I can help it. Or, rather, I would prefer to be the one doing the refurbing if it came down to it.
― some anal dread (Old Lunch), Friday, 8 July 2016 17:11 (seven years ago) link
that's what I was just going to ask, if refurb is ok or not. reading online it seems pretty risky.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Friday, 8 July 2016 17:20 (seven years ago) link
I would avoid a refurb just because deals are/will be plentiful with the new/slim/upgraded consoles coming out. Though X1 has already seen massive cuts this year, PS4 deals will be coming soon enough. Not to mention VR...
― Nhex, Friday, 8 July 2016 19:30 (seven years ago) link
Based on the research I did after my old PS3 went tits-up, if you do get a refurb, make sure that they have legitimately reballed the GPU and haven't just done a reflow. The difference being that the reflow just involves melting the existing solder and is much less reliable, whereas a reball involves completely replacing all of the solder points on the GPU. It's more involved and therefore more expensive but well worth it if you want something that's going to last. And from what I've read, a professional reball may very well improve on the work done in the factory.
― Waking Up Is For Suckers (Old Lunch), Friday, 8 July 2016 19:41 (seven years ago) link
but there's no way to know what was done in refurbishing a specific console, right? i guess unless you have the knowledge to open it up and see for yourself.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Friday, 8 July 2016 20:19 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, not without taking it apart. I guess if you buy it from a physical storefront, ask them to show you their (solder) balls. I doubt they'd have them if they don't use them.
― Night Jorts (Old Lunch), Friday, 8 July 2016 22:46 (seven years ago) link
there have been new PS4 deals for around 250 recently, keep an eye on https://www.reddit.com/r/PS4Deals/
and anyway, Bloodborne + Last Of Us + some of the exclusives coming in next year or two make PS the obvious choice for me.
― jamiesummerz, Monday, 11 July 2016 12:06 (seven years ago) link
I ended up getting a new PS4. Due to convoluted reasons, I ended up getting the Uncharted 4 bundle, which means I get play Uncharted 4 (yay) but also have an embarrassing PS4 with Uncharted 4 artwork on it (boo).
― Immediate Follower (NA), Monday, 11 July 2016 14:36 (seven years ago) link
i only played the first 2 but i hear the 2nd is the best of the series so i feel confident in my determination that they are... not great games.
― Mordy, Monday, 11 July 2016 14:52 (seven years ago) link
does the uncharted 4 artwork peel off
― am0n, Monday, 11 July 2016 15:56 (seven years ago) link
Scalebound cancelled http://www.windowscentral.com/xbox-exclusive-scalebound-has-been-canceledStruggling to think what Xbox has for this year, that Rare pirate game and ... ?
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Monday, 9 January 2017 21:18 (seven years ago) link
Project Scorpio still seems to be on track for Holiday 2017
― Nhex, Monday, 9 January 2017 22:48 (seven years ago) link
The Scalebound gameplay video was so incredibly stupid it's no loss.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 9 January 2017 23:18 (seven years ago) link
Yep it looked bad. Scorpio sounds great on paper - but what games will there be for it? Xbox exclusives lineup seems fairly week, and unless they have a ton of stuff in the works, I have a feelingthat people will upgrade and then wonder why... reason being that most third party developers are going to develop for both the PS and Xbox platforms at the same time, thats just how it works financially, so it seems like the only major advantage to Scorpio if it doesnt have major exclusives would be improved framerate and resolution on those cross-platform third party games - which is great of course... but why not just get a PC?
― jamiesummerz, Tuesday, 10 January 2017 13:30 (seven years ago) link
crackdown 3 is the only thing i'm looking forward to this year, but i'm looking forward to it a lot - the first game was one of my favourites of the last gen
― hunk of poo, big fart, girlfriend, and Dove soap (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 10 January 2017 13:33 (seven years ago) link
is there a good all purpose xbox one thread? trying to find out what's worth playing on the Game Pass.
(currently installed: Witcher III, Outer Worlds, Outer Wilds, Forza 4, Nier Automata, Doom, Gears 5, the 2nd Ori game)
― brechtian social distancing (Simon H.), Thursday, 9 April 2020 03:04 (four years ago) link
forza horizon 4 is the best exclusive
i think yakuza 0 is on there now which is one of the best games of the past decade
some good indies: yoku's island express, steamworld dig 2, lonely mountains downhill
― ciderpress, Thursday, 9 April 2020 03:20 (four years ago) link
Some random ideas:
Two Point HospitalRocket LeagueFallout New VegasUntitled Goose GameSubnauticaA Plague Tale: InnocenceBridge Constructor PortalHollow KnightLife Is Strange 2MinitSlay the SpireOri 1AstroneerChildren of MortaWargrooveDoomWolfensteinsVoid BastardsSteamworld Dig 2Bloodstained: Ritual of the NightDead CellsDishonored 2Monster Hunter WorldTekken 7
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Thursday, 9 April 2020 03:29 (four years ago) link
I played thru LIS 1 on the PS3 but have been wary of LIS 2, is it comparable in terms of quality?
― brechtian social distancing (Simon H.), Thursday, 9 April 2020 03:58 (four years ago) link
I forgot to mention I installed and played thru the first hour or so of Yakuza 0...seems ok so far but not totally sold yet
― brechtian social distancing (Simon H.), Thursday, 9 April 2020 03:59 (four years ago) link
I've only done episode 1 of both Life Is Stranges. I know the second one didn't resonate as much with fans of the first, but I found it pretty moving. Maybe too corny for some.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Thursday, 9 April 2020 16:03 (four years ago) link
Yakuza 0 really shines with some of the goofier side missions and mini games, IMO. The cabaret club game totally derailed me from the main storyline.
― Triceratops Vowell (Leee), Thursday, 9 April 2020 16:08 (four years ago) link
yakuza 0 is god tier
― chihuahuau, Thursday, 9 April 2020 21:15 (four years ago) link
I feel like this chip shortage might end up giving my xbox one a slightly longer shelf life in terms of developers not wanting to release stuff only for next-gen consoles :)
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Saturday, 10 April 2021 04:12 (three years ago) link
Yeah they’ll release games for the prior gen and they’ll run badly and then they’ll apologize to the small number of complainers or whatever
― Canon in Deez (silby), Saturday, 10 April 2021 04:15 (three years ago) link
Dear gamer, we are so sorry, please accept 400 game bux which can only be spent in the game store, in the hat section
― Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Saturday, 10 April 2021 13:25 (three years ago) link
I sold my XBox One X thinking I could get a PS5 this spring to play Tony Hawk and MLB.
Oooooops.
― Joe Bombin (milo z), Sunday, 11 April 2021 03:18 (three years ago) link
I know they couldn't have predicted the chip shortage (is this the same shortage hampering car production?), but it really feels like they rushed the release of PS5 and nu Xbox. Like, it could have waited a year to have the same impact, imo.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 11 April 2021 14:02 (three years ago) link
i believe it is the same chip shortage affecting cars
it seems like 6-7 years in the standard gap between Sony systems ('94, '00, '06, '13, '20). I agree one extra year would've been fine
for comparison Xbox was '01, '05, '13Nintendo was '83, '90, '96, '01, '06, '12, '17
― Nhex, Sunday, 11 April 2021 16:40 (three years ago) link