I got a ps4 and Iām wavering on that decision at the moment.
Granted, Iām pretty pissed off about Fallout 4 taking over 10 hours to install.
Also, backwards compatibility on the xbox one is a good thing. Poor from both they didnāt have it from the start, but one of them is doing something about it now.
Donāt love that Tomb Raider has a one year exclusivity period on xbox.
And, yeah itās a better media hub, which isnāt a bad thing.
Worth asking what games your daughter likes, and choosing based on that. Wii U has some great games. Iām tempted to get one myself, damn I want to have a go on Super Mario Maker.
ā¦Thatās pretty sad, isnāt it? Iām considering spending money (a not particularly small amount either) on a bit of kit so I can do what I do as a job for fun.
My son (16) has both and has had for 18 -24 months. Minted ex-wife to blame. The PS4 gathers dust, the Xbox One has been used extensively. He loves the āeasierā online multiplayer experience, the camera / face recognition/ voice control and uses it as much as a media hub, as he does for games. He tells me that 75% of his mates have the Xbox so thats another tick.
I have only played on the Xbox 360 so cant offer personal experience but hope the above helps.
Just a quick note that you can do this with the PS4 as well, with the additional purchase of the PlayStation Camera. But then the Kinect camera doesnāt come with the Xbox One unless bought in a specific bundle these days so itās much of a muchness really.
Go and see the difference between Fallout 4 on the PS4 and XBox One and youāll see a huge difference, tearing and stutter being the main things. The PS4 is simply a better machine, no ifs or buts, software is another issue but games like TLOU will piss all over what XBox has to offer, I have never been tempted to buy one.
When XBox Live was first released, it really blew me away. Up until that point, netcode on PC games had been hit and miss. This was fucking seamless, relatively speaking. I maintained a Gold live subscription for years, and as many people will attest, Iām not a console fanboy. I completely accept that Iām going to get done every time Nintendo makes a console, because you can only get certain games there, every time that Sony releases one, and until recently, every time Microsoft released something. This is after guffawing like fuck when they announced their intent to make a console, and having to eat a lot of humble pie when I finally saw an original XBox running. Still one of my favourite consoles; I have two in the house, along with two 360s.
Barring hugely expensive novelties like the Neo Geo, I have historically treated consoles like a trainer treats Pokemon. Gotta catch them all. I still do not have an XBox One. The last time a console shaped surplus appeared in my budget, I actually bought another PS4. Juvenile Unit #1 has the original.
Completely accept that if you have all your friends on XBox Live, a One is a good move, and FWIW, Iām not far off the tipping point where the amount of exclusive content makes it a worthwhile purchase (bear in mind that I am not a Halo geek). However, Iāve got a bunch of friends that simply never moved off Sony during Microsoftās ascendance, including most of my family. During the 360 age, that really was to their detriment. The relative complexity of the PS3 compared to the 360 meant that the PS3 was a poor cousin when comparing cross platform efforts.
Nowadays, PS4 is best for cross platform, Wii U has the best exclusives (Nintendo, innit?). The XBox One has some great exclusives, many more than the PS4 has, but theyāre not all Triple A.
To antās comment about media; if youāre not using Kodi to do media, youāre doing it wrong.
Iām getting that way with Xbox, pap. Thereās a lot of stuff there I want to play, but canāt. A big one for me is Ori & The Blind Forest. Grew up on platformers, and still to this day nothing beats a good platformer for me. A god damn is this game beautiful
ā¦Yes, it is also on pc. But I havnāt got one of fucking them either.
To antās comment about media; if youāre not using Kodi to do media, youāre doing it wrong.
Iām generally still putting discs in to watch films and a HDMI cable into my laptop to watch football - I claim nothing in the way of media-streaming expertise!
Iām not necessarily talking about streaming. If there is a better media player full stop, Iād like to know about it. Runs on almost everything. Our media centre is a Raspberry Pi2
This has been a computer game since the 1980s. I remember owning the C64 version. The modern versions are less hassle than the actual boardgame.
However, seeing as youāve stuck your head above the parapet just to express your love for the analogue, and thereās no harm in that, I have a specific āhalfway houseā recommendation for you. Tabletop Simulator. Itās a physics sandbox which just simulates a table. It neither knows nor cares the rules of any games youāre playing. It just knows how things move.
To play board games against people from anywhere in the world. I know. Itās tremendously analogue, which is why I thought it might be a good stepping stone.
If you like Street Fighter, there is only one console choice.
I would just like to say that I called this on TSW in 2013 or early 2014 at the latest. Not this exact game, but third parties either not releasing stuff on PS4 or not making it a priority. The XBox One has just got Rocket League, released six months ago on PS4.
Fair play to their fanbase. Stoic and loyal. I remember deluding myself in similar ways during the final days of the Amiga.
