PS4 or XBone?

[LaMarcus Bryant]

What should I purchase this holiday season?

I have a xbox360, with a small collection of games with gold. Nothing I'm too terribly attached to.

Use Xbox live for netflix, hbogo, amazon, hulu, youtube. But I'm getting an Amazon TV to jailbreak and will prob stream movies on that thing bc it's supposed to have a higher speed.

Are there any 1 console games I should be aware of? What's the status on the pros and cons of each console at this point?

Thanks for the advice.

[apalisoc_9]

PS4 has double the users of Xbox so multiplayer is better.

Also, PS4 has more and better exclusives. Xbox doesnt have an exclusive that can really sway the tide. At this point Ps4 is like the warriors and xbox is like the Dallas mavericks of exclusives.

I suppose of you want a purely american experience, Xbox is your console since I would say xbox owners are about 95% Americans.

Up to you..Xbox seem to have a more "Patriotic"touch.

Power is virtually the same...

[Xevious]

Tbh the only thing you should look at are the exclusive titles. Do a quick search and see what interests you. But for discussion purposes, PS4 has quite a few more. Some of which are extremely popular, like the Naughty Dog games.

[lefty]

:cry the XboX controllers are too big for my tiny girly hands

[baseline bum]

I think PS4 has much better exclusives: for instance, The Last of Us, God of War 3, the upcoming God of War, Bloodborne, the entire Uncharted series, and there are some amazing looking exclusives like Days Gone, Horizon Zero Dawn, Nioh, Uncharted Lost Legacy, and The Last of Us Part 2 upcoming in the next couple of years. The only really good XBox One exclusives are the Forza series if like driving games, and Gears of War. XBox One does have backward compatibility for lots of XBox 360 games, which PS4 doesn't: PS4 has lots of remasters with better textures and better framerates, but for non-remastered games your only option is shitty streaming over Playstation Now. At a hardware level even the regular PS4 is significantly stronger than the XBox One, which means it usually gets better framerates and renders at higher resolutions. Or if you buy the PS4 Pro lots of games render at 1800p or 1440p. The XBox One S has support for 4k Blu Ray while no PS4 does if you actually watch movies on disc anymore.

[baseline bum]

Another strike against XBox One is every XBox One exclusive now comes to Windows through the Windows Store, so if you have a good computer you can get Gears of War 4, Forza Horizon 3, etc on your PC.

[baseline bum]

If you do buy one, get it Christmas Eve or earlier. PS4 Slim has a price cut to $250 until then (it goes back up to $300 on Christmas day), and comes with Uncharted 4. I have seen XBox One S for $250 with Battlefield 1 lately also. PS4 Pro isn't likely to go on sale, but is what I'd go with if you're running on a 4k TV.

[Xevious]

:cry the XboX controllers are too big for my tiny girly hands
If there is one thing I miss about Xbox, it's the controller. I've never liked the PlayStation controllers.

[Joseph Kony]

just get both imo

[baseline bum]

just get PC and PS4 imo

fify

[ElNono]

They have a deal at Costco right now for the PS4 with Uncharted and a second controlled included for $250...

[apalisoc_9]

They have a deal at Costco right now for the PS4 with Uncharted and a second controlled included for $250...

Cheap as fuck...

[Xevious]

They have a deal at Costco right now for the PS4 with Uncharted and a second controlled included for $250...

That's awesome considering the game and controller are $60 each.

[baseline bum]

I don't know about XBone, but lots of great PS4 games are cheap as fuck right now. Wal-Mart has Uncharted Nathan Drake Collection for $16, God of War III for $14, Bloodborne for $18, The Last of Us for $18, and GameStop has Ratchet & Clank for $10.

[baseline bum]

Cheap as fuck...

Damn GameStop has the Slim + Uncharted 4 + a $25 Visa gift card for $250.

[baseline bum]

Newegg has the PS4 Slim + Uncharted 4 + Rocket League for $250. Not too bad if you're a resident of any state other than California, Tennessee, or New Jersey, since then you wouldn't pay sales tax.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16868110210

[baseline bum]

That's crazy consoles get such great deals for Christmas. PC hardware usually sees big price spikes the second November ends.

[UZER]

In full disclosure, always been an Xbox guy. Gave the PS4 a real go for about a year this year. Was nice but just didn't do anything for me to say wow, I need to switch consoles. Had great exclusives but I still prefer the Xbox. Ended up selling the PS4.

Just my two cents.

[baseline bum]

In full disclosure, always been an Xbox guy. Gave the PS4 a real go for about a year this year. Was nice but just didn't do anything for me to say wow, I need to switch consoles. Had great exclusives but I still prefer the Xbox. Ended up selling the PS4.

Just my two cents.

Why? What was the big selling point for XBox One over PS4? Especially when XB1 renders games at lower resolutions and lower framerates most of the time? I was on the XBox side last generation since PS3 was such a mess the first 3 years. I remember XBox 360 games usually ran better and looked better until the last half of the PS3's lifetime when it finally started catching up. Plus XBox 360 was around $400 when I got mine while Sony was still a few months from their $600 release. But this generation PS4 seems worlds better unless you're a huge fan of Forza, Gears of War, or Dead Rising. XBone would only make sense to me for either those exclusives, for the 4k Blu Ray drive in the XBox One S, or if it got a price cut to say $50 below PS4 Slim prices. Oh, and the backwards compatibility is nice on XBone too. Shit, I forgot that.

[Clipper Nation]

That's crazy consoles get such great deals for Christmas. PC hardware usually sees big price spikes the second November ends.
:lol PC Autist Race
:lol Literally the biggest suckers in tech

[baseline bum]

:lol PC Autist Race
:lol Literally the biggest suckers in tech

The system costs twice as much but gets twice the performance. Nowadays a good CPU lasts 6+ years and a good GPU 3+ years for 1080p gaming. Not like the old days 15 years ago when your top of the line cpu was low end within a year and a half, and similar for the gpu. PC gaming can be a money pit if you're a moron who always needs the newest hardware and lots of pc gamers are like that, but most of that money spent is the difference between ultra and high settings which almost no one could tell apart anyways.

[baseline bum]

Newegg has the PS4 Pro for $400 with a free copy of Rise of the Tomb Raider. That's a great game if you're into 3rd person shooters (it's easily my favorite game of 2016) and graphically it's pretty amazing.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16868110214

That's probably the best deal I have seen on a PS4 Pro since it released.

[baseline bum]

Just got my PS4 Slim, and holy shit that opening to The Last of Us.

[Joseph Kony]

Just got my PS4 Slim, and holy shit that opening to The Last of Us.nice, you're finally getting on it? can't ROTR came out awhile back, sucks they withheld it for so long on PS4, I had a blast playing that on xbox last year. surprised how solid the new TRs are :tu

[baseline bum]

nice, you're finally getting on it? can't ROTR came out awhile back, sucks they withheld it for so long on PS4, I had a blast playing that on xbox last year. surprised how solid the new TRs are :tu

Yeah both ROTR and TR 2013 are amazing. Is gameplay kind of similar in the four Uncharted games?

[Reck]

Newegg has the PS4 Pro for $400 with a free copy of Rise of the Tomb Raider. That's a great game if you're into 3rd person shooters (it's easily my favorite game of 2016) and graphically it's pretty amazing.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16868110214

That's probably the best deal I have seen on a PS4 Pro since it released.

I hate Tomb Raider games.

The early PS1 Tomb Raiders game scarred me for life.

Jesus me.

[LaMarcus Bryant]

Does the PS4 look better on regular HD TVs or is this t just a 4K tv upgrade"?

The exclusives seem to tilt in ps4 favor

[Leetonidas]

Yeah both ROTR and TR 2013 are amazing. Is gameplay kind of similar in the four Uncharted games?

Somewhat. Uncharted is essentially tomb raider with a male lead. But UC4 plays almost exactly like the last of us with platforming

[Joseph Kony]

I hate Tomb Raider games.

The early PS1 Tomb Raiders game scarred me for life.

Jesus me.

early ones were god awful, agreed. have you played the 2 recent ones? nothing alike tbh

[baseline bum]

Does the PS4 look better on regular HD TVs or is this t just a 4K tv upgrade"?

The exclusives seem to tilt in ps4 favor

PS4 Slim is probably the best buy for 1080p, but PS4 Pro should look significantly better if you have a reasonably large 4k TV since it renders most games at 1800p or 1440p (and a few like The Last of Us and Skyrim are rendered at native 4k, eg 2160p). But if you like shooters like Battlefield 1 the PS4 Pro gets a significantly higher framerate even on 1080p. Check Digital Foundry's channel on youtube to see whether the gains from PS4 Pro are worth the higher price. They have a ton of PS4 vs PS4 Pro vs XBox One vs PC comparions.

https://www.youtube.com/user/DigitalFoundry/videos

[Reck]

early ones were god awful, agreed. have you played the 2 recent ones? nothing alike tbh

Yeah I played the one they remade for the PS3. Lost interest though.

I'll try to play it again now that I have PS Now and its there for free.

[baseline bum]

Yeah I played the one they remade for the PS3. Lost interest though.

I'll try to play it again now that I have PS Now and its there for free.

Really? The gameplay on TR 2013 and ROTR are pretty similar to that of The Last of Us (at least the first couple of hours of the game that I have played). I don't think PS3 can do TR 2013 justice graphically. That game really pushed high end PCs when it came out. It should really look amazing on the PS4's gpu though (I think it's similar in power to the AMD HD 7870 XT). And then ROTR has a PS4 Pro patch to play at 1800p (and upscale to 4k).

[UZER]

:lol everything you just said at the end is why...the 4k, the price drop, the backwards compatibility. On top of that I just prefer the interface better. The frame rate and resolution is negligible when not playing side by side so it's not a deal breaker for me. The indie games on the PS4 are better than Xbox though.

[DJR210]

:lol PC Autist Race
:lol Literally the biggest suckers in tech

No, that's fully grown Nintendo advocates :lol

[Xevious]

Just got my PS4 Slim, and holy shit that opening to The Last of Us.
:tu

Shit hooked me right away, think I played through it in a couple days.

[apalisoc_9]

Just got my PS4 Slim, and holy shit that opening to The Last of Us.

Damn bro..Last of us is a hell of an experience. It's up there with RIse of the tomb raider in terms of third person gameplay but the story is significantly better.

I think o finished that game in less than 2 week.

[apalisoc_9]

Yeah I played the one they remade for the PS3. Lost interest though.

I'll try to play it again now that I have PS Now and its there for free.

Tomb Riader is just as good uncharted. I'D say its even better.

Imo.

ROTR=Uncharted 2
Uncharted 3, 4
Tomb Raider remastered for ps4 definitive edition
Uncharted 1

That's how i would rank the games.

[baseline bum]

Amazon just dropped the Slim + Uncharted 4 to $230, though you have to pay sales tax ordering from Texas.

https://www.amazon.com/PlayStation-Slim-500GB-Console-Uncharted-Bundle/dp/B01LRLJV28/?th=1

[baseline bum]

And $225 at newegg with promo code EMCFGFL38.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16868110210

Plus no sales tax to Texas.

[Ball Buster]

people like to chuckle about the controller size but I like the Xbox controller. They fit in the Palms nicely and I like the action when there's an explosion or some sort of game dynamic. They have a good feel. Plus a lot of Xbox One deals come bundled with Battlefield. Are the PlayStation 4 controllers comparable? Do they have their own nice feel about them with a good in-game Dynamic feel? They look small in pictures. I'm thinking of picking up a PS4

[baseline bum]

people like to chuckle about the controller size but I like the Xbox controller. They fit in the Palms nicely and I like the action when there's an explosion or some sort of game dynamic. They have a good feel. Plus a lot of Xbox One deals come bundled with Battlefield. Are the PlayStation 4 controllers comparable? Do they have their own nice feel about them with a good in-game Dynamic feel? They look small in pictures. I'm thinking of picking up a PS4

I haven't played the XBox One much and can't remember what I thought of its controller, but I definitely like the XBox 360 controller more than the Dualshock 4 on the PS4. It does feel small playing with it. It's not a controller that's uncomfortable to use like say the NES controller, but it does feel lighter, smaller, and cheaper than the XBox 360's controller (which is the best I have used). I think Sony's best controller was the Dualshock 2 on the PS2, that thing felt solid as hell.

[Ball Buster]

I haven't played the XBox One much and can't remember what I thought of its controller, but I definitely like the XBox 360 controller more than the Dualshock 4 on the PS4. It does feel small playing with it. It's not a controller that's uncomfortable to use like say the NES controller, but it does feel lighter, smaller, and cheaper than the XBox 360's controller (which is the best I have used). I think Sony's best controller was the Dualshock 2 on the PS2, that thing felt solid as hell. good information. Thanks for the response:toast

[Ball Buster]

considering I do not own a 4K television and will not for some time. And I'm only going to play around 3 games... Battlefield, GTA 5 and NBA 2K. Controller comfortability is important. Video resolution on both machines being basically the same I think I'm going to pick up a Xbox One

[Xevious]

people like to chuckle about the controller size but I like the Xbox controller. They fit in the Palms nicely and I like the action when there's an explosion or some sort of game dynamic. They have a good feel. Plus a lot of Xbox One deals come bundled with Battlefield. Are the PlayStation 4 controllers comparable? Do they have their own nice feel about them with a good in-game Dynamic feel? They look small in pictures. I'm thinking of picking up a PS4
I don't remember anybody poking fun at the Microsoft controllers (not since those massive ones originally released with the first Xbox). Agree with BB though. The Dualshock 4 controller has been comfortable to use, but I still find it a little on the small side. As somebody with hands larger than Donald Trump, the 360 controller was damn near perfect. My boys have an XBone, which I've only played a few times, but the controller is pretty much the same.

My PS4 controller has a dead battery, so now I have to crack the thing open to replace it, spend $60 on a new one, or order a knockoff from China since there are no third party options. The controller is Microsoft's biggest (and probably only) advantage IMO.

[baseline bum]

considering I do not own a 4K television and will not for some time. And I'm only going to play around 3 games... Battlefield, GTA 5 and NBA 2K. Controller comfortability is important. Video resolution on both machines being basically the same I think I'm going to pick up a Xbox One

GTA V is the one XBone game I have played (on my brother's system) and it looked great on it. NBA 2k should run great on anything. I'm not sure of Battlefield 1's performance on XBone, but it's one of the best optimized games I have ever seen on the PC side so it's one of the last games I'd worry about on the system (as opposed to say Fallout 4). Since you can get BF1 with an XBox One S for $250 and only want to play three games it seems like a no-brainer to go with XBone over PoorStation. The resolution on XBone vs PoorStation is very different in many SP games though. A lot of XBone games are rendered at 1600x900 when their PoorStation equivalents are rendered at 1920x1080. XBone uses a weaker gpu than PS4 since they were trying to cut costs to be able to fit in their Kinect bullshit at launch.

[ElNono]

The only thing I don't like about the DS4 is that due to the angle it rests it can fuck up your USB cable plug.

[baseline bum]

The only thing I don't like about the DS4 is that due to the angle it rests it can fuck up your USB cable plug.

I'm not a fan of it needing that micro USB plug. I would much prefer using AA batteries like I do with my XBox 360 controller. Rechargeable batteries are cheap as hell and I never have to plug the controller into anything.

[Reck]

You can kill someone with the PS4 controller. A little too heavy for my liking.

That light is useless as hell too. Other than that, I prefer Sony's controllers to any other.

[baseline bum]

considering I do not own a 4K television and will not for some time. And I'm only going to play around 3 games... Battlefield, GTA 5 and NBA 2K. Controller comfortability is important. Video resolution on both machines being basically the same I think I'm going to pick up a Xbox One

Hey man, if you haven't ordered your XBone yet, newegg has the XBox One S 500 GB + Battlefield 1 bundle for $225 with promo code EMCFGGF34. It also comes with a $20 newegg gift card. You'll probably have to sign up for newegg's email list to use that promo code.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16868105191

[baseline bum]

You can kill someone with the PS4 controller. A little too heavy for my liking.

That light is useless as hell too. Other than that, I prefer Sony's controllers to any other.

I wonder if that light is used for PSVR?

[apalisoc_9]

You guys realize the ps4 offers an xbox like controller right?

[ElNono]

I wonder if that light is used for PSVR?

It is

[Ball Buster]

Hey man, if you haven't ordered your XBone yet, newegg has the XBox One S 500 GB + Battlefield 1 bundle for $225 with promo code EMCFGGF34. It also comes with a $20 newegg gift card. You'll probably have to sign up for newegg's email list to use that promo code.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16868105191whoa, appreciate the slick deal there. I already done ordered the same deal from new eggs eBay site for $249. I'm not a big fan of doing all the email list promo stuff because I always forget to unsubscribe then I get spam email and Bill for stuff later. I picked up the same thing in white with all three games I wanted

[Ball Buster]

Had the system for a week now. Pretty happy with it so far. Runs quiet and doesn't get hot even laying on its side as long as you don't block the vent area. Was hoping to be able to run more television apps on it but it seems to block all of the spectrum apps. It's more of a pain in the ass to watch television on it than I thought it would be. Now I just use my fanless Mini PC for television streaming.

the newer controllers believe it or not seem a little bit cheaper than the older 360 controllers. Some of the Buzz's and boom movements fuel cheaper and more plasticky then before. They're made of lighter material. I might have wanted to consider just getting a PS4 and getting one of those controller changes that allows you to use an Xbox controller on a PlayStation 4.

[lefty]

:cry my PS3 just dieded

[baseline bum]

:cry my PS3 just dieded

Get a Wii

[baseline bum]

Had the system for a week now. Pretty happy with it so far. Runs quiet and doesn't get hot even laying on its side as long as you don't block the vent area. Was hoping to be able to run more television apps on it but it seems to block all of the spectrum apps. It's more of a pain in the ass to watch television on it than I thought it would be. Now I just use my fanless Mini PC for television streaming.

the newer controllers believe it or not seem a little bit cheaper than the older 360 controllers. Some of the Buzz's and boom movements fuel cheaper and more plasticky then before. They're made of lighter material. I might have wanted to consider just getting a PS4 and getting one of those controller changes that allows you to use an Xbox controller on a PlayStation 4.

The XBox like controller for PS4 looks like shit tbh. No wireless and no rumble. The triggers also look shitty compared to the ones on the PS4 controller and the XBox 360 controller.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnQkALcPAOs

[lefty]

Get a Wii
Y tho ?

[apalisoc_9]

Just get a damn ps4. Any actualy gamer would buy a ps4. It's breaking all sorts pf records.

[baseline bum]

Y tho ?

wojtek has the wii

[lefty]

wojtek has the wii

Wojtek is not always right

[lefty]

Just get a damn ps4. Any actualy gamer would buy a ps4. It's breaking all sorts pf records.

:cry I'm saving cash tbh

[baseline bum]

I couldn't believe it when I saw Walmart was still selling the PS3 Super Slim 12GB yesterday. Man that console was shit, it looked so cheap.

[Reck]

I couldn't believe it when I saw Walmart was still selling the PS3 Super Slim 12GB yesterday. Man that console was shit, it looked so cheap.

You couldn't even install full games on such piece of shit if you wanted either.

Most PS3 games are at least 5-6gbs. That means the PS3 uses an additional 5-6gbs to use while its installing the game.

Stupid people that bought that. :lol

[lefty]

I just borrowed my cousin's XBOX One LOL.

He plays on PC most of the time

[DJR210]

I just borrowed my cousin's XBOX One LOL.

He plays on PC most of the time

Smart man.. Your cousin I mean

[lefty]

Smart man.. Your cousin I mean

I knew I would get a PC Master Race reply :lol

But hey at least I don't have to pay for a new console lol

[DJR210]

I knew I would get a PC Master Race reply :lol

But hey at least I don't have to pay for a new console lol

Nice upgrade from a PS3 too

[baseline bum]

Nice upgrade from a PS3 too

I'd rather have a PS3 than an XBone tbh. Anything XPoor can do PC can do better. At least PS3 has games not on PC.

[DJR210]

I'd rather have a PS3 than an XBone tbh. Anything XPoor can do PC can do better. At least PS3 has games not on PC.

:lol