JeffL
4089
This. Lots of great games on both current consoles to play while we watch others test the new consoles for us.
Not to worry. I’ll happily test the latest and greatest for you. :)
Wendelius
Telefrog
4091
Ars tears through Albert Penello’s statements about the specs of the Xbox One. It’s not pretty.
Penello: “Adding to that, each of our CUs is running 6% faster. It’s not simply a 6% clock speed increase overall.”
Ars: “What the hell does that even mean?”
JeffL
4092
Very much appreciated. ;) In the meantime, I’ll play my backlog (I have some GREAT games I haven’t had time to play yet.) Then decide after people have had enough time to stress test both systems for a while. I have a PS3 and 360 now; I plan on only having one next gen console. At the moment, with no real world data, I’d pick a PS4 just because of the hardware. But it will be very interesting to see how these boxes perform on a wide range of games from a wide range of developers.
Wait, what? Yes, it’s always wise to wait and learn more, but we really DO know quite a bit at this point.
We know, for example, the PS4 is significantly faster. We know MS started off treating their customers like shit, and have back-pedaling ever since. We know the Xbone will cost $100 more than the PS4.
RickH
4094
At this stage, I’m leaning strongly towards waiting for both. I don’t see a must have in either lineup, so there’s not much of a price to pay by kicking the decision down the road until 2014. Its not like theres any problems with the fall lineups for the current gen systems, GTA V alone could suck up a months worth of gaming. Not to mention the savings to be had by not picking software up in the launch window, has there ever been a launch title that didn’t get dirt cheap after the first year or so?.
Of course, that could just be the three grand I had to spend fixing my garage and car after my kid ran one into the other talking.
Armiger
4095
He or she may just have known which way you were leaning regarding ps4 vs xbone, and was practicing from how far away the new kinect would accept voice commands.
Canuck
4096
It’s important that there are no distractions while operating a garage.
JeffL
4097
The PS4 looks better on paper in terms of what I care about: gaming power. What I don’t know is how the game developers will program for these two boxes. For example, Skyrim was a disaster on the PS3 and their developers basically said it was due to fundamental PS3 design issues. I’d like to lay back and see whether such issues pop up for these systems. If I planned on buying both, then, eh, go ahead and grab 'em. But I only plan on buying one this cycle so no rush for me to wait and watch how they play out in the real world.
Teiman
4098
Technology is a destructive force (ha!, I know I sounds like a npc, but I am a pc).
There are other forces at work in consoles, that bet into mantaining the status quo, and I think these forces are the ones that will make games look and feel the same in all consoles, except maybe quality-qualifiers, like framerate, that are hard to appreciate and are mostly stats porn.
Ps4 design is easier as well
This could just be the danger of narcissism (i.e. assuming that your single consumer experience is true for all consumers), but what I want from consoles has really changed over time. When I was younger, the single most important factor for me was graphics. After all, I was a single man with plenty of time on my hands and I used much of that time to play games.
Now? Graphics matter, sure. But I also spend my console time on other interests - watching Breaking Bad, catching up on movies that I missed in theaters, listening to music when I read - and I do those things with more people (my wife, my friends, my family).
Keeping in mind that I am getting both consoles, my interest in the PS4 is primarily game related, but for the Xbox One it’s both the games and the extra features. In fairness to Sony, many of those features are on the PS4, but at this stage, the extras seem smoother and more user friendly on the Xbox One.
instant0
4101
How I look at it the PRISM ONE is aimed at being a Media Center that plays games whereas the PS4 is building on the PS3 which was the media center (It only does BLURAY) ; now Sony focus more on games, which was the XBOX 360 strength (before becoming an advertising platform).
I’m just glad we get both platforms nearly the same on x64 so we finally get better PC games :D
Murbella
4102
The Xbox one is a shit media center though.
Microsoft has a foot in the door of making it have media center features, but they didn’t fully commit.
Great and thorough piece on Xbox One and television. Explores not only the offering but the history
RickH
4106
Thanks for posting the article. I skimmed it and maybe I didn’t pay enough attention, but the vibe I got was that Microsoft desperately wants to succeed in this space. They’ll try fifteen different ways no matter how many times they’ve been shot down, and I still don’t want this kind of integration. I don’t think this is Microsoft’s problem to solve from my perspective. Until there’s a true unified solution, I don’t think I care enough to jump through Microsoft’s hoops instead of the cable company or vice versa. It just doesn’t matter to me until the entire problem is cracked.
Telefrog
4108
Xbox One! We’re totally awesome!
