DanielPatrick
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Which gaming console would you prefer from the PlayStation 4 and the XBOX One? Please give reasons why you'd prefer one than the other.
PlayStation4 vs. XBOX One
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That being said, the PS4 having 8 GB of GDDR5 and 50% more GPU resources seals the deal for me from a hardware perspective. If they'd ditch PSNow and implement backwards compatibility like the XB1 has then it'd be complete.
That being said, the PS4 having 8 GB of GDDR5 and 50% more GPU resources seals the deal for me from a hardware perspective. If they'd ditch PSNow and implement backwards compatibility like the XB1 has then it'd be complete.
Geoff
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I bought an Xbox One because I previously had a 360, so lots of my friends were already on it, plus I have certain backwards compatibility with 360 games, and one Live subscription covers both consoles. However, I will say if I were to do it again I'd go with a PS4. The One is laggy, graphics and performance really aren't much better IMO compared to the 360, and many of my 360 friends decided to get a PS4 anyways.
Agent Smith
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I used to recommend PlayStation because their online gaming was free, unlike M$. But now that isn't the case and have copied their greedy rivals. PC gaming all the way yo!
Geoff
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That isn't what the OP is asking.
This performance battle goes to PS4 without doubt. Microsoft thought that PS4 would not contain 8GB GDDR5. It does so Microsofts plan to offer double memory was doomed.
Backwards compatibility goes to Xbox one. Microsoft is making recompiled versions of Xbox 360 games. Much better option than PS4 streaming option.
So basically, if last generation games with new console are important, then Xbox One should be considered. When no need for last generation games, PS4 has more horsepower for new games.
technextgen
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Ps4 ..they support better rendering and the graphics r also pretty well..check this out for a proof
JLuchinski
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I don't know about the PS4, but my Xbox One is buggy as hell, sometimes it freezes so bad I have to unplug it to restart it.
I had my first go on an Xbox One the other day. Played Just Cause 3 on my mate's One. He warned me JC3 is laggy on it but my god it was awful. It plays so much better maxed out at 1080p with my 3 year old mid-range GTX 760 than it did at 900p on the Xbox One. I wonder if it's like that with other games too.
Friends of mine have had these problems too. Seems to be the way with some of Microsoft's hardware these days.
JLuchinski
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Yeah it seems to be a bit more stable since the Windows 10 update and I ran an ethernet cable to it rather then using wifi, downloads are way faster to. To the OP, I would go for a PS4 if you don't care about console exclusive games if that's what your wondering.
If you want to see awful, try playing Battlefield 4 on PS3
Some others aren't quite as bad. Titanfall is pretty comparable aside from super busy areas where you see the framerate tank a bit on the One, but those are a bit few and far between. The exclusives seem to be better-optimized though such as Forza 6, which looks and plays pretty well and can keep a reasonably consistent 60 fps.
Otherwise any mid-grade PC wins every time.
The current generation of consoles is pretty sad really, particularly in some games. Just Cause 3 on the PS4 has some pretty noticeable frame drop (and it's only at 30ish to begin with). Also the draw distance on grass is practically laughable as driving through fields just has a 10 foot circle of grass that looks magnetized to the car. This is present on PC too, but much less noticeable since the radius is bigger.
The PS4 runs Just Cause 3 at 1080p and generally hovers around 30 FPS with some dips to 25 or so. The Xbone runs at 900p and has drops to even as low as 20. The GPU in the PS4 is pretty much the equivalent of an AMD Radeon HD 7850, which was a mid range card 3 years ago. I don't expect this generation to last as long as the previous.
The PS4 runs Just Cause 3 at 1080p and generally hovers around 30 FPS with some dips to 25 or so. The Xbone runs at 900p and has drops to even as low as 20. The GPU in the PS4 is pretty much the equivalent of an AMD Radeon HD 7850, which was a mid range card 3 years ago. I don't expect this generation to last as long as the previous.
JLuchinski
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Yeah I hope Doom runs well on xbox, looking forward to that game. Maybe once I start working again I'll build a good PC and hook it up to the TV and use the Xbox one controller, the one thing that microsoft got bang on.
mtb211
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Hi There,
I owned an xbox 360 and a ps3. They were both great consoles. I originally bought a ps4 for the exclusives. I was about to buy the Xbox one just for Rise of the Tomb Raider but it was announced on the PC. If there is a game you really want for Xbox one then get one but the PS4 outperforms the xbox 1 in pure gaming. (better FPS and higher resolution )
The xbox one seems like its a pretty neat multimedia center with the kinnect
I agree this current generation of consoles is pretty sad.
I owned an xbox 360 and a ps3. They were both great consoles. I originally bought a ps4 for the exclusives. I was about to buy the Xbox one just for Rise of the Tomb Raider but it was announced on the PC. If there is a game you really want for Xbox one then get one but the PS4 outperforms the xbox 1 in pure gaming. (better FPS and higher resolution )
The xbox one seems like its a pretty neat multimedia center with the kinnect
I agree this current generation of consoles is pretty sad.
Yeah I don't think they'll last as long either. Mind you, it's amazing that the PS3 was using the equivalent of a GeForce 7900 GT and the X360 was using the equivalent of a Radeon X1950 which were high-end cards in 2006 and they were only discontinued in 2013 or 2014. Not bad at all. But yeah the difference is that the latest generation were using GPUs equivalent of mid-range GPUs when they came out in 2013 and actually the 7850 came out in early 2012 so it was already nearly 2 years old when the new consoles came out in November or December 2013.
I could definitely see the frame drop on JC3 when I played it on the One. I find it hard to believe it was even at 20 FPS in some parts of the game to be honest!
Hyper_Kagome
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Figured I would join in a few days late, seeing as I have been a console person long before Iever had a gaming PC. I also own both the PS4 and the XB1, both of which have pros and cons.
Xbox One:
- The Xbox Live extends to all Xbox consoles that your XBN is associated with, so no need to buy two subscriptions for two consoles,
-- The Xbox One allows anyone on the Xbox One console to access Xbox Live so long as an account on the system has a Live Subscription to their name.
-- Micorsoft has also stepped up and is offering Games with Gold after Sony was giving out games to their Plus members. So yay, free stuff. Not always the best, but hey the offer is there.
- Some of the exclusives are nice, though not always a strong pusher for some people. Most games are multi-platform nowadays, but if you like Halo or Gears of War - I suppose you have yourself a system.
-- There's also Dead Rising 3, Sunset Overdrive, Rise of the Tomb Raider (which I saw up above is coming to PC anyway, so if PC is your thing, I guess that works.) The Forza series (I'm not a huge racing fan, but Ilove Forza Horizon 2), etc.
- My console was given to me from my old job, it came with the Kinect since it was a launch console. I know most people aren't interested in the Kinect, but this time around it is much better compared to the 360's Kinect. It can understand commands a lot better, it works well with Xbox Fitness, and I found it worked extremely well with Skype.
- I personal dislike the windowed interface that Microsoft went to with the new Windows launches, which was incorperated into the 360 and the XB1, but after some time it works alright. Things can be pinned to the home page to make them easier to access and find if you don't want to scroll through menus.
- Not all games work well on the console, as people have stated, frame rates drop here and there in higher action sequences (especially in games that aren't console specific), and sometimes even freeze. Myself, I haven't come across many of these issues myself.
- The system pushes updates. A lot. Not a bad thing, I'm glad they are keeping on top of things and always improving, but sometimes it gets a bit excessive. Go to turn it on and BOOM, update. They normally don't take long with a normal connection, but I'm currently in an isolated community of 5000 or so, so the internet isn't exactly the best. Anyone else I'm sure it's fine.
Playstation 4:
- Hardware isn't exactly my forte, so I'm not going to be all GPU this and RAM that, but I find a lot of games that are multi-platform are being made and test on PS4 hardware and then dev'd over to the XB1 whereas last generation it was the opposite way around. So people say games are running better on the PS4 overall due to this and the whole hardware is better argument... BUT:
-- Myself? I find I've had more game crashes on my PS4 than my XB1 (which still crashes out of games, but not as much.) I've also had a lot of issues with my game of Dragon Age Inquisition stuttering in high action moments, lagging, and glitching. This still does not stop me from enjoying it, though.
- The interface has improved a lot over the PS3's, which was terrible in my opinion.
- Yes, you need to pay for Playstation Plus to access online, but I find this has helped to improve the online experience; the PS3 had horrible servers and I mostly stayed away from it to avoid the headaches. PS4 is much easier to navigate and to jump into servers.
- PS+ members are offered games on a monthly basis to all Sony consoles (PS3, PS4 and PS Vita), but to continuing playing the games you recieve from this offer you do need to REMAIN a PS+ member. This normally isn't hard if you own a PS4 and want to play online, anyway. I've gotten some pretty good games in the past from PS+, so I recommend it.
- The party situation was fixed from the PS3 to the PS4, and you can chat with friends outside of the same game where the PS3 limited you to be in the same game to do so.
- I find that Playstation has a lot more exclusives, it all depends on if that exclusive is your type of game. They get a lot of JRPG exclusives from my experience, and that's right down my ally.
- Just like XBL, PS+ extends to all consoles that you own, so no need to buy multiple subscriptions.
- It is pretty easy to upgrade the HDD on the PS4, and Sony pretty much shows you how if you ever wish to. To my knowledge it also does not void the warrenty if you do so since it doesn't access the actul guts of the console.
I find both controllers to be quite confortable as well. I've always had a perference for the Xbox controllers over the Sony, but the PS4 controller has made improvements over the PS3 controller in terms of comfort. It fits in the hand a lot nicer. The XB1 controller keeps the same general feel as the 360 controller, but with some adjustments which are quite nice.
Both have pros and cons - though regardless I enjoy both. No idea if this helps at all, but if you have questions, I can try to help.
Xbox One:
- The Xbox Live extends to all Xbox consoles that your XBN is associated with, so no need to buy two subscriptions for two consoles,
-- The Xbox One allows anyone on the Xbox One console to access Xbox Live so long as an account on the system has a Live Subscription to their name.
-- Micorsoft has also stepped up and is offering Games with Gold after Sony was giving out games to their Plus members. So yay, free stuff. Not always the best, but hey the offer is there.
- Some of the exclusives are nice, though not always a strong pusher for some people. Most games are multi-platform nowadays, but if you like Halo or Gears of War - I suppose you have yourself a system.
-- There's also Dead Rising 3, Sunset Overdrive, Rise of the Tomb Raider (which I saw up above is coming to PC anyway, so if PC is your thing, I guess that works.) The Forza series (I'm not a huge racing fan, but Ilove Forza Horizon 2), etc.
- My console was given to me from my old job, it came with the Kinect since it was a launch console. I know most people aren't interested in the Kinect, but this time around it is much better compared to the 360's Kinect. It can understand commands a lot better, it works well with Xbox Fitness, and I found it worked extremely well with Skype.
- I personal dislike the windowed interface that Microsoft went to with the new Windows launches, which was incorperated into the 360 and the XB1, but after some time it works alright. Things can be pinned to the home page to make them easier to access and find if you don't want to scroll through menus.
- Not all games work well on the console, as people have stated, frame rates drop here and there in higher action sequences (especially in games that aren't console specific), and sometimes even freeze. Myself, I haven't come across many of these issues myself.
- The system pushes updates. A lot. Not a bad thing, I'm glad they are keeping on top of things and always improving, but sometimes it gets a bit excessive. Go to turn it on and BOOM, update. They normally don't take long with a normal connection, but I'm currently in an isolated community of 5000 or so, so the internet isn't exactly the best. Anyone else I'm sure it's fine.
Playstation 4:
- Hardware isn't exactly my forte, so I'm not going to be all GPU this and RAM that, but I find a lot of games that are multi-platform are being made and test on PS4 hardware and then dev'd over to the XB1 whereas last generation it was the opposite way around. So people say games are running better on the PS4 overall due to this and the whole hardware is better argument... BUT:
-- Myself? I find I've had more game crashes on my PS4 than my XB1 (which still crashes out of games, but not as much.) I've also had a lot of issues with my game of Dragon Age Inquisition stuttering in high action moments, lagging, and glitching. This still does not stop me from enjoying it, though.
- The interface has improved a lot over the PS3's, which was terrible in my opinion.
- Yes, you need to pay for Playstation Plus to access online, but I find this has helped to improve the online experience; the PS3 had horrible servers and I mostly stayed away from it to avoid the headaches. PS4 is much easier to navigate and to jump into servers.
- PS+ members are offered games on a monthly basis to all Sony consoles (PS3, PS4 and PS Vita), but to continuing playing the games you recieve from this offer you do need to REMAIN a PS+ member. This normally isn't hard if you own a PS4 and want to play online, anyway. I've gotten some pretty good games in the past from PS+, so I recommend it.
- The party situation was fixed from the PS3 to the PS4, and you can chat with friends outside of the same game where the PS3 limited you to be in the same game to do so.
- I find that Playstation has a lot more exclusives, it all depends on if that exclusive is your type of game. They get a lot of JRPG exclusives from my experience, and that's right down my ally.
- Just like XBL, PS+ extends to all consoles that you own, so no need to buy multiple subscriptions.
- It is pretty easy to upgrade the HDD on the PS4, and Sony pretty much shows you how if you ever wish to. To my knowledge it also does not void the warrenty if you do so since it doesn't access the actul guts of the console.
I find both controllers to be quite confortable as well. I've always had a perference for the Xbox controllers over the Sony, but the PS4 controller has made improvements over the PS3 controller in terms of comfort. It fits in the hand a lot nicer. The XB1 controller keeps the same general feel as the 360 controller, but with some adjustments which are quite nice.
Both have pros and cons - though regardless I enjoy both. No idea if this helps at all, but if you have questions, I can try to help.