What he said isn't true anyway. Looks like the supply of PS4 will be much better thsn XB1. (Judging by the numbrr of countries they are launching in.
Poll: Which Next Gen Console will you buy? - Final version (honest!)
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What he said isn't true anyway. Looks like the supply of PS4 will be much better thsn XB1. (Judging by the numbrr of countries they are launching in.
Based on what? I wasn't aware that retailers had revealed their allocations yet. Certainly got no idea how many of either we're getting at work. Sony themselves have said that they've held stock back for availability on launch day.
In any case, I can't see how supply issues are going to dramatically affect people's choice much, which is clearly what the poll is about.
If you call that care..
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That's a massive shame if true. Although to be fair, 1 retail group being short on supply doesnt mean a country of retail chains is going to be struggling. I work for a large retail and logistics company myself, and we've experienced shortages. Our shortage doesn't always echo to other retailers. Much to our dismay sometimes
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Buy a PS4 and then plug it in via the HDMI pass through on a Xbox One - switch between both consoles at the drop of a hat!! *
*this may not be the most economical approach to console gaming
But then you won't be able to use it to watch TV? NOOOOOOOO.
I suppose the possibility is with MS limiting XO to fewer markets they may have more consoles available in those markets although Sony may have more PS4 available globally. Sort of depends how key those markets are to you for a head start if that's the case I guess. If it allows you to outsell PS4 in the US and UK by 2:1 at the expense of France and Brazil it might be a gamble worth taking, or a massive screw up... Or (and much more likely) me just blind guessingThat's a massive shame if true. Although to be fair, 1 retail group being short on supply doesnt mean a country of retail chains is going to be struggling. I work for a large retail and logistics company myself, and we've experienced shortages. Our shortage doesn't always echo to other retailers. Much to our dismay sometimes
I have two nephews that are 10 and 13 years old. Both of them are coming from an xbox 360 each and are adamant they only want a Ps4 each and will hold out for one, also my sister and brother in-law will buy the cheaper of consoles only whatever the brand.
I suspect that will be the case for lot of Christmas presents from parents.also my sister and brother in-law will buy the cheaper of consoles only whatever the brand.
Still happy to watch the launch from a distance, see what happens and which one comes out on top. My money is on the ps4, and most likely for me to get if I do decide, however there's no real excitement here like the last gen release. I can actually seeing this passing me by, maybe I'm just getting too old. 
Hmm, I'm not now. People have started to get them in the states and my eyes are turning green.
Even though I've got about 20 PS3 PS+ games I've not even touched yet.
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You are clearly much more sensible than me. With 2 hours to go before my ASDA preorder deadline lapsed, I caved in and parted with the money. Ok, staff discount helps soften the blow, but I'm still not sure why I need a PS4.
Ok, I want to play Resogun, but Super Stardust HD lit my candle on the PS3 this week, and I still have a backlog of PS+ and Steam games to play. And I want to buy GT6 as well. And, er... I still don't know whether a G27 wheel will work properly with the PS4. And... and...
Remind me again why I did this?
I guess ultimately I did it just because I can. Sometimes that's enough. It'll be interesting to see how the platform develops though, now that I've turned from a PC elitist to a Naughty Dog fanboy.
This purchase will also stop me thinking about spending the best part of a grand on a Canon 70D. There's nothing quite like buying expensive paperweights to remind you you don't need any more paperweights.
Still happy to watch the launch from a distance, see what happens and which one comes out on top. My money is on the ps4, and most likely for me to get if I do decide, however there's no real excitement here like the last gen release. I can actually seeing this passing me by, maybe I'm just getting too old.
Feeling the exact same now, I'm still more in favour of the XO, but have no pre order made and I'm happy to sit back and wait, even wondering if I need to buy one at all lol.
We're somewhat past this now but I thought his was a really well written even handed comparison of the differences between the hardware choices on the two console.
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2013/...-similar-specs-but-the-devils-in-the-details/
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2013/...-similar-specs-but-the-devils-in-the-details/
Pretty good article except for the last bit IMO.
I think the gap is already bigger between them than it was between 360 and PS3, we never had big differences in resolution last gen, only much smaller ones. Although in other areas the gaps are probably smaller now.
It seems that with the current consoles they would often keep the resolution similar but remove other effects or lower textures etc and with PS4 and XB1 they are more likely to keep as many effects, textures etc as close as possible and then drop the resolution instead to keep them running similarly.
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That could be down to the Xbox One having a really good upscaler (from what I've heard) so that scalling 720/900p to 1080 means that it's not as big a drop in image quality as the raw numbers would lead us to believe. Obviously this is something we'll find out properly over the next few years though.
Both consoles use the standard AMD scaler built into the GPU. I'm not sure where the rumour came from that they had some super duper special scaler, all Microsoft ever claimed was that it's a better scaler than the 360 one (Which is true)
But yeah an XB1 or PS4 scaler should do a much better job than what the current gen consoles can do (particularly the PS3 scaler which is poo and can only scale vertically I believe)
That was an interesting read for a Monday morning and I have to agree a very well balanced review. Though it did highlight the fact that while we know what the difference is in hardware, no one can actually predict what the ultimate differences will be. Yes we know the difference in launch titles but no launch titles really push a new gen console, the interesting time will be in a year or two when devs have really got to grip with both consoles.