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Am I seeing this right? The Xbox One is $599 and the PS4 is only $399? If so, say goodbye to Microsoft consoles.
Am I seeing this right? The Xbox One is $599 and the PS4 is only $399? If so, say goodbye to Microsoft consoles.
For that money I can put a brand new Nvidia graphics card in my computer and it's far more powerful than both already. PC gaming for the win.
Except that marketplace is designed to continually evolve year to year, which the console market has rarely attempted to do. This leaves folks in the dust for that platform rather quickly, and always had.
Anyhow, I would hope that both products are cheaper than 500 dollars. In sluggish economic circumstances, it hurts to ask for more. Heck, Sony had to deal with the consequences for a long long time.
From what I've read, that is correct. That is a crappy move by Microsoft. You can buy a better laptop for less than the Xbox One is projected to cost. At least the PS4 is somewhat moderately priced.
It's also shaping up to be an irritating media device, at least from m y perspective. So, gamers are upset, and the media entry is still less than compelling to me. Sony, while not pleasing gamers last time around, certainly made a better media device. Microsoft just doubled-down on making Xbox live the centerpiece to the console, a direction I wanted them to avoid as much as possible, especially with media.
Liveblog: Sony's PS4 Press Conference At E3 2013 - Forbes7:42 — This is utterly huge. A Ps4 disc will function just like Ps3 discs. Don’t need to be connected, can be traded, the whole shebang. This is a serious win for Sony in the hardcore gaming market. a lot of very specific digs at Microsoft here. This just got real.
7:40 — PS4 Supports Used Games! In clear, explicit terms. The crowd quite literally goes wild.
Same source.8:03: $399. This is a very good night for Sony.
Liveblog: Sony's PS4 Press Conference At E3 2013 - Forbes
Microsoft better have a crack marketing team getting ready, because they are already way behind in this war.
EDIT: Same source.
Liveblog: Sony's PS4 Press Conference At E3 2013 - Forbes
Microsoft better have a crack marketing team getting ready, because they are already way behind in this war.
EDIT: Same source.
PlayStation 4 Supports Used Games, Doesn't Require Online Connection
I'm curious how Sony plans to make money on this thing with how much cheaper it is than the XBox One. Their advertised hardware is higher end than Microsoft's, yet the console will sell for $100 less. You need to pay for PS+ to play online, but that's only $5 a month and includes a bunch of free content and discounts that, if they continue at the current pace, amount to a lot more than $60 a year. There must be a caveat somewhere.
I'm curious how Sony plans to make money on this thing with how much cheaper it is than the XBox One. Their advertised hardware is higher end than Microsoft's, yet the console will sell for $100 less. You need to pay for PS+ to play online, but that's only $5 a month and includes a bunch of free content and discounts that, if they continue at the current pace, amount to a lot more than $60 a year. There must be a caveat somewhere.
I'm curious how Sony plans to make money on this thing with how much cheaper it is than the XBox One. Their advertised hardware is higher end than Microsoft's, yet the console will sell for $100 less. You need to pay for PS+ to play online, but that's only $5 a month and includes a bunch of free content and discounts that, if they continue at the current pace, amount to a lot more than $60 a year. There must be a caveat somewhere.
Possibly, and this is what I am paying attention to the most. Microsoft thought it was a good idea to make Live Gold a prerequisite to gain access to material that you are already paying for-making themselves the incredibly useless middlemen. If Sony also does this, then I am saying screw it, and I am getting this:
500 dollars, a better blu-ray player, online services supported, good codec support, and no idiotic gamer crap baggage involved.
While my heart may break for gamers to a certain extent, there is very little excuse to putting yourselves as the middlemen to content you should not be charging me extra for. Roku devices don't do this shady crap, and neither should game consoles.
I would hope they don't charge 5 bucks to access Netflix, Hulu, YouTube etc, but I'm in this for a gaming console, not a media device, and they sold me today.
Exactly. The PS is making it a much better gaming device.
What's particularly heartbreaking is this: if you were to presume that the Xbox One was primarily a media device, you would have an amusing comparison between the above Oppo player and the Xbox One. With the Roku stick retailing at $99, it would come at price parity with the One. Now, if you were to then look the features and quality of the media aspects, the Oppo player would likely come out on top on every one. The only difference is a sheebang interface and is a passthrough device for your cable company and its cable box (which to me means little). The One would be this device without a great calling, neither gamers would like it nor would it make much sense as a media device.
Yeah, I'm not even sure what those things are :lol:
I'm just excited for Dragon Age 3 :mrgreen:
Yeah, I'm not even sure what those things are :lol:
I'm just excited for Dragon Age 3 :mrgreen:
I own a 360 and a nice gaming rig PC which I built later; had no interest in acquiring a PS3.
Sony has the better specs, the lower price point, no ridiculous online check-in and the disc actually means ownership.
What does Sony NOT have, what neither of them have? Backwards compatibility, so your old PS2 and PS3 games are coasters if you don't keep your old system handy... such a stupid waste, and it's something I liked the Wii / DS generation for immensely.
There's several PS3 games I wanted to play and I suppose I never will now (or at least not until I can buy one off someone used for extremely cheap).