Next generation gaming consoles

[Mississippi Blues]

PS4 at $399
Xbox at $499

I'm leaning more heavily to the PS4

If I were to get one on launch day, the PS4 would be it because it's $100 cheaper from the get-go.

[SomeGuy]

I'm probably getting the ps4. Infamous Second Son, Killzone and KHIII you say for the ps4 and PSN+ for 5 dollars a month? Shut up and take my money Sony. I buy most of my games used seeing it's cheaper buying older games at Vintage stock or Game XChange. The Xbox One is surely something I won't be getting, I have a slow router that seems to disconnect my internet often so that's gonna be a problem with the 24 hour thing plus I don't wanna pay 60 bucks for a used disc or a game that's been out for a long while

[jerrywall]

I'm probably getting the ps4. Infamous Second Son, Killzone and KHIII you say for the ps4 and PSN+ for 5 dollars a month? Shut up and take my money Sony. I buy most of my games used seeing it's cheaper buying older games at Vintage stock or Game XChange. The Xbox One is surely something I won't be getting, I have a slow router that seems to disconnect my internet often so that's gonna be a problem with the 24 hour thing plus I don't wanna pay 60 bucks for a used disc or a game that's been out for a long while

The connection is just a once every 24 hours or so connection, so doesn't need a constant stream. We don't know much about used games besides the fact the MS and Sony have the same policy. The publishers will control DRM choices. Microsoft Studios has already announced that all of their games will be tradeable/sellable.

So little/misinformation out there right now, I couldn't make a decision yet if I tried, but I"ll probably end up with both, eventually.

[kelroy55]

I'll wait and see if slow sales makes both take the used game restrictions and checking in every day off.

[Jon27]

Has anyone been able to find if the PS4 Eye will be like the Kinect? All I can find is that it will interact with the DS4 controller, but not if it will have free motion sensing like the Kinect.

[Mississippi Blues]

Okay, jerrywall, you were correct. You can re-establish your connection if you go longer than 24 hours without going online. You just can't play offline if you go longer than 24 hours without connecting to the internet, but once you reconnect then you can go offline again.

[kelroy55]

Okay, jerrywall, you were correct. You can re-establish your connection if you go longer than 24 hours without going online. You just can't play offline if you go longer than 24 hours without connecting to the internet, but once you reconnect then you can go offline again.

That's still messed up IMHO. I pay for a game and I can't play it if I don't check in once a day.

[jerrywall]

That's still messed up IMHO. I pay for a game and I can't play it if I don't check in once a day.

I guess because I'm primarily a PC gamer, I've already gotten so used to this that I don't see a big deal. It may just be a symptom of battered wife syndrome though.

[kelroy55]

I guess because I'm primarily a PC gamer, I've already gotten so used to this that I don't see a big deal. It may just be a symptom of battered wife syndrome though.

I'm not a big gamer but I do like a few sports games and a couple others. It's just the idea of having to check in with big brother everyday before I can play that irritates me.

On a related note... http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/11/tech/g...html?hpt=hp_t3

[Plutonic Panda]

For the PS4, I'm looking forward to Uncharted 4

[Lord Helmet]

That you want, you mean?

Ah yes. Exactly...funny how sometimes the thought you have in your head doesn't make it to the keyboard!

[blangtang]

NEW YORK (AP) -- Microsoft rolled back a much-criticized requirement that its upcoming Xbox One gaming console be regularly connected to the Internet and made clear that there will be no limitations on sharing games.

Microsoft changes Xbox One policies after outcry - Yahoo! Finance

looks like they listened at least...

[Hawk405359]

Given the universal negative publicity, it'd be hard not to listen.

[Mississippi Blues]

I'm surprised they changed it so fast. I was expecting them to release as they intended & then change it once they realized it was hurting their sales.

[SoonerDave]

I'm surprised they changed it so fast. I was expecting them to release as they intended & then change it once they realized it was hurting their sales.

The backlash against MS was so intense and indignant I think even they realized they couldn't wait to change their policy. It was one of those things that started developing a life of its own, one of those things that was just an undercurrent of intensely negative publicity for them. And the PSx folks were loving every second of it. That was a double-whammy they couldn't ignore.

The thing that's so stupid about it is that the backlash was entirely predictable, and an outgrowth of such a naked money grab that it shows just how numb MS management is about how the public perceives them. Just a really stupid PR move, and someone with some sense at MS said, "hey, time to cut losses and get past this." They didn't want people talking about DRM and used games rather than the new hardware itself.

[Lord Helmet]

Too late. Already prordered a PS4. I think I'll stick with it.

[kelroy55]

Too late. Already prordered a PS4. I think I'll stick with it.

Where did you pre-order?

Xbox One v PS4: the complete comparison | Technology | guardian.co.uk

[Richard at Remax]

I preordered mine on Amazon.

[kelroy55]

Thanks

[Lord Helmet]

Where did you pre-order?

Xbox One v PS4: the complete comparison | Technology | guardian.co.uk

Amazon.