ubercake :
stevejnb :
Two gens of happy XBOX use and now I'm starting to think this will be a third or fourth year purchase after release. Lots of hitches, few really compelling features.
Though, I will say, those of you putting your trust in Sony are likely going to be in for a big letdown as well.
I know. I wouldn't expect Sony to offer anything better. Their answer to the Wii controllers and Kinect? Two ice cream cone shaped dildos. Wtf is that? They will offer the greatest potential with regard to the hardware this time around though. The hardware has historically determined who will rise to the top of the console ladder.
I just hope they won't shut off the Xbox live functionality on our 360s, though? I pretty much quit gaming on a console once I experienced the glory that is BFBC2 on PC with a GTX 580. I use my 360 for it's streaming functions now. That's about it. Browsing the web and streaming.
Hardware does not determine the ultimate console winner, games do.
Nintendo beat out the PS/PS1, and literally killed many other more advanced platforms because they had a solid a wide game base that others did not have. PS2 beat everyone at the time because they had the games when Nintendo was pushing rehashes. The Wii had the most unit sales, but had weak games sales (especially if you discount hardware bundled games like Wii Sports or Sports Resort), often being beaten or matched by the other 2 consoles on new launches, and always falling behind after title releases, even though the others had a small fraction of the install base. In the end this last gen the PS3 had the better hardware, but the x360 had the game sales and most active user base because they had the solid game lineup which I think puts them as the winner of that console war.
This time around it looks like PS4 is the early lead in the media battle, but we have not seen what it looks like, we do not have a price tag, and we do not know what the One's title lineup is yet, or how popular the new IPs are going to be. Personally I do not have a horse in this race as I did not buy a console last gen, and do not intend to buy one this time around either. I am only following it to see how it will affect PC gaming, and what kind of GPU I need to be looking at for my next upgrade to play the next round of 'next gen gaming'. But if I was a betting man I would be backing Sony with the info I have today, but I would not think that they have it in the bag yet.