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[CrazyT]

Hadn't followed the sales for consoles recently but apparently Xbox one has been outselling ps4 for 4 months. Thought it was interesting because I never expected this to happen. Actually thought xbox was going to decline lower and lower.

I gotta say tho, the xbox one S is a sexy looking machine. Thats all I can say really. Oh yeH and the backwards compatibility seems to have been dope as well. Read that performance is better than on the 360.

There's an actual race and I feel like thats a good thing.

[crackdude]

The best Xbox is 250-300. The best PS4 is 350-400.

In the consumer mind, it's irrelevant that the PS4Pro is slightly more powerful, and they won't buy the shit PS4.

[Berto]

http://letsplayvideogames.com/2016/11/report-ubisoft-developing-rabbids-mario-crossover-rpg-for-switch-launch-day/

About how some gamers whine : why rabbids, why not Rayman, the main character.
May be all they did was playing games, never watched tv or browsed a book store.
Rabbids had its own tv series and comic book, while Rayman didn't.

[crackdude]

Rabbids were incredibly influential on initial Wii sales.

They are the original gaming "minions"

[Tad]

The best Xbox is 250-300. The best PS4 is 350-400.

In the consumer mind, it's irrelevant that the PS4Pro is slightly more powerful, and they won't buy the shit PS4.

Which is kind of funny as now is the time to get a standard PS4 really as:

Most don't have 4K TV's
Even networks etc aren't using it natively - it gets compressed etc
PS4 Pro has yet to change much in terms of performance - certainly not enough to warrant the price hike.
Companies behind 4K TV's have yet to really choose which 4K to use
The PS4Pro uses checkerboard rendering to achieve 4K which has so far had mixed results

Meanwhile, the standard PS4 has had:

A redesign
Price reduction
Cheaper bundles.

[Tad]

A few days into the steam sale and so far...meh. there's some good games up for grabs, but nothing that's really grabbing me personally.

Silence, the whispered World 2 has come out and it seems to be a hit mind. The only other thing I'm interested in at the moment is FFXV.

[Tad]

FF15 is getting some great reviews it seems with the only flaw being with some of the mechanics feeling a bit dated. Understandable really as it started production so long ago. Hopefully, we won't see the story go off it's rails in the third act.

[CrazyT]

FF15 is getting some great reviews it seems with the only flaw being with some of the mechanics feeling a bit dated. Understandable really as it started production so long ago. Hopefully, we won't see the story go off it's rails in the third act.

I am really happy that the game seems to have turned out well for them. It was looking like a trainwreck for a long time.

[Tad]

Anyone catch the Playstation experience? Quite a lot was shown...

Horizon Zero Dawn
Resident Evil 7 Demo 3
Ni No Kuni 2
The Last of us Part 2
The Last Guardian
Neir
Gravity Rush 1/2
Battlefront Rouge One DLC
Uncharted 4 DLC
Knack 2
Death Stranding
Vane
What remains of Edith Finch
Nioh
Personna 5
Hand of Fate 2
Full Throttle Remastered
Windjammers
Marvel Vs Capcom infinite
Grand Turismo Sport
Crash Bandicoot trilogy remake
Yakuza 6
Yakuza kiwami
Let it die
Absolver
And many more.

The one thing I did like was how they didn't force VR in everything.

[CrazyT]

It was a great watch. Games left and right lots of stuff for everyone. Playstation still surpassing themselves each time imo. As mainly a pc gamer u cant really ignore their exclusives. I was gonna get a ps4 sooner than this but i havent yet for reasons. I think seeing some of those games especially yakuza 6 is going to be whats gonna pull me over. Having said that its clear that sony is really good at making hype trailers and conferences in general.

[crackdude]

The Last of us Part 2
Let it die.

[crackdude]

A whole bunch of more of the same. How exciting.

I liked GT Sport, Crash remake, Yakuza and Persona. Although Crash was the only novelty.
Everything else looks boring af

[Tad]

To not have much interest in any of those or only one/two suggests you're kind of done or at least need a break from gaming?

There's a few exclusives for the PS4 that takes my interest.

[crackdude]

There's a lot I'm excited for in gaming. I just feel Sony is trying to appeal to a completely bland market

[Tad]

Fair enough. Personally, beyond Sony, I find everything else is on PC now.

The Last Guardian is on the way and digital Foundry's analysis really doesn't leave a pretty sight. I'm not one of those that really goes mental just because it's not 60 fps, 4k blah, blah, blah, but this title reeks of being poorly optimised:

Standard PS4: 25 - 20 FPS
PS4Pro in 1080p: 30 FPS
PS4Pro 4k: sub 30 FPS

There's quite literally nothing really pushing the standard PS4 that explains why it's running so poorly.