After what's been said and shown: PS4 or XBoxone?

[ROJM]

Who's managed to convince you to part with your hard earned dollars and pounds when these titans of the eighth generation finally come out? Sony's fourth generation Playstation or the third of microsoft's Xbox?

[TimmiT]

While the Xbox One is of course better now, it's still not an appealing console IMO. I'm not a fan of the Kinect, even if it worked well it just looks like a gimmicky toy that I don't see being used well in games. Also Xbox Live Gold is still a rip-off, it's got lower specs than the PS4 probably making multi-platform games on it worse and it's still more expensive. I might get it when it has more exclusive games I really want and somewhere in the €200-300 range.

PS4 however looks like the far better console to me. For one it has Sony's first/second party games, which I always enjoyed. They're also a lot more cool now about indie developers self-publishing their games, meaning there will be a lot more on the PS4 than on the Xbone. The price is just low enough for me to buy it. The one downside for me is that a subscription is now required for most online multiplayer, but seeing how I am already a PS+ member and how they are continuing the benefits of the service on PS4 I don't have a big problem with it. So I'm probably getting the PS4 at launch.

[Barry the Nomad]

Pre-policy change, I was thinking Wii U this holiday season, a PS3 early 2013, and wait out PS4 and Xbox One for a year to see where things go.

Post-policy change, I'm leaning towards Xbox One sometime in 2014. To be honest, the TV integration and Kinect stuff appeals to me. I think the "but you just wave your arms around" argument is bullshit. I own a Kinect, I've seen the possibilities of it, and I've played titles that I honestly do think are "Better with Kinect" (Child of Eden, Gunstringer, Kinect Sports, Dance Central). The voice functions have become common use for me and my wife.

As far as games, I enjoy the Halo titles and really want to see more of Sunset Overdrive. Forza is a series I've wanted to get into. Then of course there are all the multi-platform games.

Really, it's not so much console loyalty or "OMFG dis one haz moar power den dat oneee!!". I've been in the 360 environment since '08, I've built up a community of friends and a gamerscore, I want to continue with that on the next console. PS4 looks good too, but lack of BC makes me lean towards getting a PS3 so I can play the games I missed this gen. I don't care about gaikai. I want to buy the discs, and I doubt Yakuza titles will be high on the gaikai list.

[TJKitsune]

I'm in the same boat with Barry...  I'm getting a Wii-U by year end, and I actually pre-ordered a Xbox One last week, even before the policy change.  And not because I'm a xbox loyalist.  I plan on getting a PS4, but the Xbox just happens to have more games I'm interested in.  This current gen, I only got the PS3 for the exclusives, such as Uncharted, some JRPGs, and because it had a bluray player.  I had my 360 first though, and got more games for that, because I'm a bit of a Forza fan and I started getting alot of my fighting games on xbox.  I also have a Surface and Windows phone because I'm a web developer/administrator and work in the IT field for a company that's very Microsoft heavy and use alot of their products, so it's all stuff I'm familiar with and I'm kinda stuck in that ecosystem where I'm practically tied to my xbox account 24/7 due to all that.  Alot of my friends all have xbox as well and few had a PS3.

So, Skydrive, Skype, the Windows integration, SmartGlass...it just made sense to me to lean towards the xbox, even though I really didn't care for all those stupid policies they had.  The TV integration stuff though isn't something I'm interested in, as I haven't had cable in the last three years.  I don't own a kinect, so that'll be an....interesting change for me.

But, the PS4 will come around, eventually.  I'm also a Vita owner and that thing goes with me every time I travel for business...simply because I was really hoping PSO2 would be coming to the west on that sucker...sigh..  Oh well, at least Muramasa and Dragon's Crown is coming soon...

[ROJM]

More likely to wait until Sega builds up a decent library of games for both systems.

[CrazyT]

Yeah I'm with ROJM. I think what sold me on wii u most was when bayo 2 was anounced and especially when sonic lost world got announced. Whenever something gets announced for either of the other ones, the option will become more clear. It also depends on whether they'll be multiplatform with PC, cuz i wont need a next gen console with exclusives i don't care about

[pirovash88]

Well now that it's all said and done, MS has fixed their no used games DRM, i might get an Xbox One first. I'm still on the fence about the price(really wish we'd have a no Kinect option), but overall, i'm more interested in Xbox One games. I really enjoyed what MS had to show at E3. Killer Instinct, Forza 5, Sunset Overdrive, Halo, and Titanfall all looked great. Quite honestly, had Sony just shown Uncharted 4 at E3, i would be buying a PS4 in November, hands down. Instead MS showed me a trailer to one of my favorite FPS games, Halo. I know it's sad, but yes i still play Halo.

At the end of the day, i think it'll really depend on how i'm doing money-wise in November. If i have an extra $100 to spend then i'll buy an Xbox One, if not then PS4, we'll see. I definitely am leaning more towards an Xbox One though, especially since i'm sure we'll be getting a Fable IV at some point.

[Barry the Nomad]

Wasn't there a leak about a Gold subscription where you get the system for $299 when you sign on for 2-3 years of Gold?

[George]

I already pre-ordered a PS4. Can't see myself caring about the Xbox One for a long while. Can't see myself buying a Wii U without a big price drop.

[Chaosmaster8753]

I think I'd rather wait until after PS4 and Xbox One launch before deciding which one to get first. Though I'm kind of liking Xbox One's exclusives more than PS4 right now, but hopefully they show off more at events like Gamescom and TGS.

[George]

This is a good difference on what we know.
http://i.imgur.com/MLPe57O.png

[Barry the Nomad]

They should have noted that Xbox One supports external harddrives. As is, it reads like it is locked in at 500gb. Does ps4 support external? Or just the replaceable internal drive?

[TimmiT]

This is a good difference on what we know.
http://i.imgur.com/MLPe57O.png

One thing that's wrong about the list: Sony won't allow online passes from first nor third parties on PS4 because they already require you to pay for online multiplayer.

[Emmett The Crab]

I won't buy either for quite a while.  I recently re-purchased a Game-cube, so I can replace the Wii witg a Wii-U at some point, when there are enoug SEGA games that I want.  I already have 11 consoles set up on my TV.  I'm going to run out of available outlets and HDMI ports if I have to keep the old ones because they have no option for Backwards compatibility.

[crackdude]

I'll get the best one when the slim versions come out.. By the look of things, it'll be a PS4.