Is it weird that despite all the **** the console is getting, I'd still prefer it over the PS4?
Continuation of my Live profile, (what I imagine to be) a better controller, monolithic console design...
Logically I can see why people would prefer the PS4, it's cheaper and on paper it's impressive.
I mean, I'll still end up buying both, like I have done for the past few generations but I'm just looking at all the arguments online about why the One will fail and it sounds like a bunch of kids went on Wikipedia and decided to go tribal.
yeah, saying the one will fail is pretty silly. Its obviously not going to sell as well as ps4 out the gate, but fail??? come on. Its going to sell a ton this year and will only build once great exclusives come out and the price drops in a little over a year.
Exactly what I have been saying all along... I am getting the PS4 at launch, but I also believe the Xbone will do well despite the mistakes MS made. Look at the PS3 as an example. It's launch was horrid... It was late to the party, expensive as hell, difficult to develop for, etc. However, in the end, it's neck and neck with 360 sales (if not more).
Neck and neck almost.
Should be interesting to see what happens with the new price-points over the holidays (I've seen the XBox 360E 4GB unit go for $179 the past few weeks on sale) and the subsequent sales for those who want to step up but don't want to buy the next gens.
The reality is that the majority of gamers only buy 1 console.
If they are also buying at Launch they tend to be more dedicated gamers (rather than just hardcore) and then what seems to happen is they entrench themselves completely in that product. They are that product (its becomes their identity).
It's as if the console choice is saying something about them personally, therefore any other choice has to be wrong and threatening to their existence / mindset.
So whenever a company inevitably makes a faux par, instead of just thinking "yep they're bloody idiots but it doesnt effect my enjoyment" like a rationale person would, foks on either side of the 'war' will then spend
ever increasing time defending or criticising the poor choices of a company in order to validate / justify their own purchase because they feel bad news / feedback somehow threatens them and their enjoyment.
It also makes them have a mindset that anyone else who chooses another console automatically wrong.
Sadly yes its very inane and stupid but seems to be common in all pop culture over the years.
We will have people who engross themselves in music of one band or genre, comics, movies, literature and even art (looking at critiques opinions of artists throughout history) the evidence of the fan boy has always existed. What we so have now however is Internet and public fora where people can share / defend / rage on each other which in a way has exacerbated the situation in the modern era by giving everyone anonymous vocal platforms.
This forum is itself, not immune to it... The last generation battle was a disaster in here for a good 18 months. Nastiness and bitterness reigned supreme here. Thankfully this place got a major shakedown and those users that remain in this sub forum (many have been here years) are all pretty much intolerant of these fanboy thought processes even if they have a personal preference themselves - we don't go down the silliness route and I hope this new console war (which is such a stupid concept in itself) that I hope we won't get a raft of new users in here raging about one or the other.
For the reasonable frame of mind person it's clear to see 80 or 90 percent of titles on any console are multi platform and that it's the few exclusives that make up the purchasing decision for most users. More so than resolution of a game or the subjective 'best version' syndrome in multi platform titles.
Whilst Microsoft HAVE undeniably made the Xbox one a bit of a PR disaster for the ardent gamers. Gamestop reportedly have a 1:4 ratio of pre orders favouring the PS4 which itself is unimaginable a year ago, this advantage for PS4 and perception of best console for early adoptees pretty much is meaningless when a console generation is 10 years down the line.
Sony PS3 was a PR disaster and there is no question the initial sake of PS3 units suffered due to it. Even if you consider the dreaded ring of death on Xbox which was awful for first couple of years did less damage than the Marketing feck ups by Sony in first years of life.
So with dedicated early adopter gamers, you can not deny that this will hurt sales for a while for Microsoft, but long term it will likely all balance out as long as they continue to redress their faux pars quickly and importantly convincingly. Likewise once game vacuum which if first 18 months of a new console is over and developers are actually getting to grips with hardware.
Interestingly it does appear Microsoft has made many of the mistakes Sony made with PS3 prior to launch, but it does appear that they are quicker to address many of them than Sony did. But yes the launch numbers/figures WILL be affected because of it.
But don't let the Sony ships blah blah compared to Microsoft news that will come out in the coming weeks make you think it's all over because we gave another 10 years of these consoles.
But inevitably those gamers who I described above WILL see that news as fodder to validate their purchase or as a threat on their purchase dependent on which they chose. Them will spend ages inanely attacking or defending it on forums as if utterly irationally.... but let's just hope not here.
I have always bought every console at launch but this year have chosen only to get one, not because I see one as better than the other - but because the launch lineup on both is pretty weak as far as exclusives go and therefore until their is a sizeable library of exclusives I see no point buying both this year. I also suspect in 6-12 months many current launch exclusives will be available on the other platform.
The reason I chose PS4 was not price as I'm spending same money for the kill zone bundle as a Xbox one with free Fifa game, but because I have a large catalogue of PSN purchases and because of the generally slim launch lineups Knak is a bigger sell to me than Ryse or Dead Rising.
