So NOW...which is better? PS4 or XBOX One?

[skinsfanthru&thru]

'The Season of Xbox' - All Xbox One Console Bundles Are $50 Off for the Holiday - Order Now at $349 | High-Def Digest

[mooby]

Originally Posted by skinsfanthru&thru

'The Season of Xbox' - All Xbox One Console Bundles Are $50 Off for the Holiday - Order Now at $349 | High-Def Digest

Can't wait to see what Sony's response to this is, hopefully they offer up a better deal because I'm ready to put some money down.

[MTK]

Think I'm gonna be all over one of those Xbox bundles

[skinsguy]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

Think I'm gonna be all over one of those Xbox bundles

Yeah with the price drop, that's a pretty good deal! I still have a ways to go to save up for a console, but maybe they'll drop the price again by the time I have enough for it, lol!

[Dirtbag59]

Originally Posted by mooby

Sure, if you have thousands of dollars to blow on a decent gaming pc, but not everyone wants to invest that much time or money into something that will always be outdated in a couple years. I have a low-end gaming pc but I like using my PS3/eventually PS4 because I don't want to overload my computer with software.

Outdated is subjective though. If you're talking about being maxing everything including resource intensive effects like MSAA Anti-Aliasing and will settle for no less than a constant 60 FPS at those settings, than yes, you might have to upgrade every couple of years. However even then you'd probably be upgrading to max out maybe 1 or 2 games like say a Crysis 3 or Metro Last Light. Now if you're going for 4k, or God forbid 5k, gaming then yeah, in the near future that is going to be a constant struggle to get the latest and greatest parts, because at this point every bit counts at 4k. Then again if you're aiming for 4k at this point you probably have a LOT of money.

A decent graphics card, especially near the start of a new console generation, will be be able to easily outperform consoles for years to come. The PS4's GPU is equivalent to an AMD 7850, released in March 2012, which is a mid range card barely above that of an entry level card (in fact I think it technically is an entry level card). In short if you have that card or better you can expect to at least to play the more demanding games like Watch Dogs and Assassins Creed 4 at no less than the same performance as their console counterparts.

In fact the last year or two has been the 'riskiest' time to buy a new GPU because no one knew what the new PS4 and XB1 specs were going to be, which obviously sets the baseline for next generation, but most people that bought desktop GPU's ended up with something more than capable of playing next gen games.

Usually though the desire, or 'need', to upgrade is a product of wanting the latest shiny toy. Something of which I'm definitely guilty of.

As far as putting together a capable system, rarely will someone find themselves needing to upgrade unless they start out with really cheap and severely outdated parts (like say if today you got a 2 core CPU with a GPU from 2008).

[MTK]

Starting to regret picking PS4 over the Xbone. PSN still down today... unreal. I know XBL had it's issues too the last few days but they seem to be back up ok now meanwhile PSN still nowhere to be seen.

[DynamiteRave]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

Starting to regret picking PS4 over the Xbone. PSN still down today... unreal. I know XBL had it's issues too the last few days but they seem to be back up ok now meanwhile PSN still nowhere to be seen.

PSN seems to have really suffered at the hands of Lizard Squad.

I hear PSN is back up now though.

[Schneed10]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

Starting to regret picking PS4 over the Xbone. PSN still down today... unreal. I know XBL had it's issues too the last few days but they seem to be back up ok now meanwhile PSN still nowhere to be seen.

Same. I am frustrated beyond belief. I downloaded Dragon Age Inquisition from the playstation store back in November. I am about fifty hours in, it's terrific. All I want to do is continue the campaign but it won't let me because it has to "log on to the server to verify the license."

I can't for the life of me understand that. Makes me want to stick with my roots and rely on the simple fun of Nintendo for everything.

[mredskins]

So on Sunday I won a PS$ at the local church's Greek Festival. It is the Last of Us edition, have not opened it yet. Got a gift receipt. Should I return it and get a Xbox one? Or keep the PS4?

Any thoughts

[Schneed10]

Originally Posted by mredskins

So on Sunday I won a PS$ at the local church's Greek Festival. It is the Last of Us edition, have not opened it yet. Got a gift receipt. Should I return it and get a Xbox one? Or keep the PS4?

Any thoughts

Since the pain of the down network ended, it's been nothing but great. Love my PS4.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by mredskins

So on Sunday I won a PS$ at the local church's Greek Festival. It is the Last of Us edition, have not opened it yet. Got a gift receipt. Should I return it and get a Xbox one? Or keep the PS4?



Any thoughts

Can't go wrong with either one really. Did you play The Last of Us on the PS3? If not I'd stick with what you've got. I loved that game.

[mredskins]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

Can't go wrong with either one really. Did you play The Last of Us on the PS3? If not I'd stick with what you've got. I loved that game.

No I have not played it yet. I think I will keep the ps4 but I really loved xbox live so kind of nervous not have that.

[MTK]

I really haven't missed XBL to be honest.

[mooby]

This thread makes me sad, I got so hyped over buying a PS4 and playing heists online in GTA and yet I'm working so much I haven't even had time to play.