Poll: Which Next Gen Console will you buy? - Final version (honest!)

What console(s) will you buy during the launch window?

  • I will buy both consoles during the launch window

    Votes: 67 6.5%

  • I will buy an Xbox One only during the launch window

    Votes: 185 18.0%

  • I will buy a PS4 only during the launch window

    Votes: 395 38.4%

  • I will buy neither console during the launch window

    Votes: 286 27.8%

  • I'm still undecided

    Votes: 95 9.2%
  • Total voters
    1,028
DAIR said:
I'm not talking about the odd frame rate stutter lol. I'm talking full blown black and white in your face, indisputable differences.
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I think with equal effort into development and equal targetting of graphics, I cant see how FPS wont give you a good idea of the performance difference. That difference is natural if the developers put in the same effort, its not like one is expected to be harder to code for, or a nod to the PS3, alien to code for....

I just dont think those headline spec differences directly translate to identical performance differences. Hell if you want to be biase, whats to say developers just make their PS4 games with less effort knowing they can still match the XO one? Im not saying theyll put in more effort overall, more that the PS4 version could just be left without the need of polish, so they put in less effort than they do right now...

Lazy developers are the bane of console and PC gaming (moreso PC), lets see who doesnt deserve that label. I genuinely think with some developers being a bit more plain about what the spec differences mean, it might just be an infrequent anamoly where those two versions are for all intents and purposes identical, I dont think developers want to be challenged why they couldnt do better if others are...

Ultimately though if you want Forza or some other MS exclusive, it matters very little. People buy the Wii-U and state the same thing and its more than valid reason, tbh its the best reason...

ps3ud0 :cool:
 
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DAIR said:
You don't have to be anti or pro anything.

This sort of thing is standard practice in many industries. Those games are included in the price of the console. The good thing is that you're being charged extra.
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Microsoft announce the consoles price at £429. Price includes controller, HDMI lead, power brick etc.

Microsoft later announce the addition of a game to the bundle. The price doesn't change. That to my mind is a free game.

Dress it up however you like, say it's marketing all you want. You weren't getting a game before. You are getting a game now at no additional cost. That's called free.
 
How long will they be offering that for? Or is it just for people who are pre-ordering and once the console officially launches the deal won't be available any longer? :)
 
DAIR said:
I'm not talking about the odd frame rate stutter lol. I'm talking full blown black and white in your face, indisputable differences.
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well the executive producer from need for speed rivals has already said one console is going to look better than the other, he also goes as far as saying one console version will look like the pc version the other wont, tho does say that they wont be much difference between the two? weird.
in regards to one looking like pc version well there has to be black and white differences there, or maybe the pc version isnt taking full advantage of superior pc hardware.

here is the article

Need For Speed Rivals will feature better graphics on one next-gen console than the other, Ghost Games’ executive producer Marcus Nilsson has suggested – but refused to clarify which.

“What we’re seeing with the consoles are actually that they are a little bit more powerful than we thought for a really long time – especially one of them, but I’m not going to tell you which one," Nilsson told VideoGamer.com at Gamescom earlier today.

“And that makes me really happy. But in reality, I think we’re going to have both those consoles pretty much on parity – maybe one sticking up a little bit. And I think that one will look as good as the PC.”

Nilsson chose not to answer when asked whether he was referring to the PS4 version.

Pushing him on the subject further, I asked: “Does that mean that the PS4 version of Rivals will look better than the Xbox One version?”

“I think that both consoles will look pretty much on parity,” he replied, “but one of them might stick up a little bit.”

Though the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One share similar specifications, PS4 features faster GDDR5 memory over Xbox One’s DDR3.

Nilsson’s comments suggest that third-party developers may be looking to take advantage of the additional power of PS4, rather than deliver identical versions across both platforms.

Need For Speed Rivals will be available at the launch of both PlayStation 4 and Xbox One this November.
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Right, not so excited about this whole thing now. As my phone contracts are due for renewal mid next year, I will probably just get one as a free gift once they become standard fare.
 
Davey_Pitch said:
Microsoft announce the consoles price at £429. Price includes controller, HDMI lead, power brick etc.

Microsoft later announce the addition of a game to the bundle. The price doesn't change. That to my mind is a free game.

Dress it up however you like, say it's marketing all you want. You weren't getting a game before. You are getting a game now at no additional cost. That's called free.
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Sorry but I havent disputed the fact that customers aren't being charged extra. I'm saying the price of the game is sitting in the retail. Thats fact.

Next you'll tell me that your mobile phone provider is great because they gave you a free phone too...
 
DAIR said:
Sorry but I havent disputed the fact that customers aren't being charged extra. I'm saying the price of the game is sitting in the retail. Thats fact.

Next you'll tell me that your mobile phone provider is great because they gave you a free phone too...
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:confused:

That's completely different.

Here we've been told we're getting a console and we're given a price. And then later we're told we're getting a game with it at no extra cost

I don't understand how people can't see that it's a bonus\freebie
 
I won't be getting either in the launch window, but I will most likely get a One later on as I am a big fan of Forza since Forza 2. I got a recently got a PS3 for about £100 for the PS exclusives and was deeply disappointed by GT5. What a bag of turd.
 
You should never buy any console on launch date as there are only a few games to play and normally only 1 is a good one.

My advice is to always buy a console at least a year on from launch as you will get it cheaper and will actually have some games to play on it.
 
You're not getting a 'free' game, you're still paying £429 for a bundle that now includes a game.

It's exactly the same if the PlayStation 4 included a game, I'm still paying £349 for a bundle that now includes a game.
 
No one has said MS are Charing you extra. We're simply saying the price of the game is in the original price of the by bundle.
 
Oh no, of course people aren't paying extra, if the PlayStation shipped with a game I wouldn't be saying I'm getting a free game, I'd be saying I'm getting the game with the bundle.

It's a cool move by Microsoft to include a game, but it's not free, it's still costing you £430 for the bundle :).
 
Davey_Pitch said:
They were paying £430 for the console previously. Now there is a game added for no additional cost. That makes it free in my eyes.
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No. You're paying £430 for a bundle that includes a game :D.

I've never liked the premise of marketing things as 'free' you're still paying for them in the price.
 
Tummy said:
No. You're paying £430 for a bundle that includes a game :D.

I've never liked the premise of marketing things as 'free' you're still paying for them in the price.
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Whatever. You feel whatever you want to feel about it. I was happy paying £430 for the console before. Now I get a game I wasn't getting before, for no additional cost. I class that as a free game.
 
Just because I don't think it's free doesn't mean I don't think it's a good move or a cool thing to do.
 
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