Comments on: The War

By: Gary160974

Gary160974 — Sat, 06 Jul 2013 04:23:14 +0000

The ps4 won the same way the Xbox 360 won originally talking about exclusive dlc, price ( which is only different because the ps eye is not bundled with console but the kinetic is) and who is onboard developing games for us. Mentioning a little more quietly that to play online you need to pay. Theres going to be no death of Xbox the same way there was no death of the PS3. I’m more concerned over the PlayStation network, Sony don’t seem to be able to keep that stable enough currently, which Microsoft are saying we can keep a decent network because you have to log on regularly with our console. As I’m pretty sure that would be massive fail if you had to log on and couldn’t

By: ted2112

ted2112 — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 13:05:04 +0000

I think the PS-4 won this round, just like the X-box 360 won the last. If you look at it, it’s the same thing in reverse. Last time around the PS-3 was more money and complicated and the X-box 360 got the easy win, it’s only now that the PS-3 has caught up.

I feel Sony got a bit to full of themselves and even though they had good intentions of making the ultimate console it could,they missed the mark at first. Again this is just what Microsoft has done with the X-Box One, they got to full of themselves and wanted this do-all box at way to much money.

It seems to me whoever keeps the gamers in mind wins the war!

By: Burbie52

Burbie52 — Thu, 04 Jul 2013 11:46:47 +0000

Great summary Strom. Though as you said Microsoft has backed off all of the points that hurt them, I think that many saw them for what they were as a company with this blunder. They didn’t care about their “fanboys” at all, and many have flocked to and will stay with PS4 because of it. The guy at my local GameStop showed me sheets of preordered PS4’s compared to one or two pages for Xbox. He was amazed at how many Xbox fanboys had jumped ship. It is a trend that will grow as the consoles launch and gain momentum I think. Sony has won the war.
Great read as always.

By: KrazyFace

KrazyFace — Thu, 04 Jul 2013 07:40:35 +0000

I’d hardly call this a fanboy or even biased article. It gives the facts, and you give your personal points of decision based on those. Simple. If I can use the vehicle metaphor here, Sony are selling a car, and MS are selling a plane. With the car, you can just jump in (yeah I said it) and go. Wherever you want, stop when you want, park near where your goin’, and get gas at any station you happen across…

MS’s plane however, needs a permit first, it needs a check in before its launched anywhere, every time. And while you may fly high while it works properly, you need permission to stop where you want, every time. You need special fuel from special places, etc. In short, the whole thing is just a bothersome mess of red tape that frustrates the user -- us.

Although MS will get some hard-core fans back, as you said, the damage is done. And you’re right, Im far too paranoid to let any camera/mic just lay around my house and listen/watch me! I’m sorry but, MS actively ASKED to be part of PRISM, that speaks volumes to me. Maybe if they sold tinfoil hats with the system. Or sell it exclusively in Russia: “In Russia, TV watches YOU!”