Poll: Which Next Gen Console will you buy? - New Version

[Davey_Pitch]

So in light of MS's policy changes, and at the request of users, we have a new poll to see how many people, if any, will now change to getting an Xbox One over a PS4, or get both, or indeed swap from Xbox One to PS4.

Original thread can be found here in the archives - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18519302

 

[Davey_Pitch]

I'm in and have voted for Xbox One, which was my initial vote. I will undoubtedly get a PS4 at some point, but I wanted my vote to reflect how I feel about the consoles at launch.

 

[Davey_Pitch]

Spoiler

Might be useful.

Voted for PS4

Decent comparison, though it misses a few bits off, such as Xbox Snap and Skype integration.

 

[Davey_Pitch]

28 votes and Xbox One is in the lead. I'm more than a little surprised by that!

 

[Davey_Pitch]

Welcome back to Don-ship Davey

Thanks dude, good to be back

 

[Davey_Pitch]

Im going to stick with the PS4.

mainly because I dislike Don Mattrick.

Hehehe, can't argue with anyone for that, he does come across as a douche.

 

[Davey_Pitch]

Ps4 is back in the lead, i wonder how it will pan out in the next week. I believe it will be close this time. I still honestly think Ps4 will take it though.

I still think PS4 will have a decent lead, but the ratio was something like 9:1 in the last thread. I think it'll be a lot closer now.

 

[Davey_Pitch]

Pretty much sums up my thoughts regarding original digital design of Xbox One:

Lol, spot on

 

[Davey_Pitch]

Ooh, cheeky git I just copied the options from the previous poll

 

[Davey_Pitch]

Still PS4, more exclusives in the first year (30) more new IPs (12), cheaper, at leat 50% more powerful and looks better.

At least 50% more powerful? It won't be even close to that.

 

[Davey_Pitch]

Sony have said you don't need to touch the social networking stuff, so you can't really call it a con when it is optional.

Microsoft said the same about Kinect (ie, you can turn it off), that doesn't stop everyone jumping on them for it

 

[Davey_Pitch]

games are being listed online as 54.99 for both consoles, they can both take a hike if that's accurate.

They won't be. MS have already confirmed US pricing as $59.99, which is the same as it is now. I can't imagine they would hike the UK price but not the US.

 

[Davey_Pitch]

I don't think you can turn it off but you can put it into low power mode iirc.

Yes, you can turn it off, this has been confirmed.

 

[Davey_Pitch]

So it is essential to have kinect to actually use the xbox? I thought people had been talking about being able to disable it.

The Xbox One comes with a BluRay drive but you don't need to use that either

 

[Davey_Pitch]

What makes it more expensive then

ps3ud0

I think you're missing his point. Kinect is a component of Xbox One, much like the GPU, CPU and HDD. Yes, the fact it's there adds to the cost, but it's not like you get a seperate box and it's a forced bundle. The whole package, the sum total of all the components, is the reason for its cost.

 

[Davey_Pitch]

So can the kinect be disabled or is it essential ?

It can be turned off, but that is a user choice, just like you can choose to not use the BluRay drive by buying digital downloads instead of disc based games.

 

[Davey_Pitch]

I think I get it, so why is it so diffcult to comprehend the idea of having a Kinect-less XO? Unlike the GPU, CPU and HDD, the XO would work quite fine without it no?

ps3ud0

The reasoning is that MS want to make sure everyone who buys an Xbox One has a Kinect. They obviously see it as an integral part of their future vision.

 

[Davey_Pitch]

Alright haha

You can laugh all you want, my point still stands. If you don't have a decent argument I suggest you keep your laughter to yourself.

 

[Davey_Pitch]

Yes, I'm sorry. Kinect and a blu ray drive have the complete same functionality and are both essential to a large number of people to be able to use their console to play video games.

I didn't say they had the same functionality at all, did I? I said they are both hardware features of the console which you can choose to use, or not. I'm not wrong.

 

[Davey_Pitch]

Attaching a ***** would also be a feature, great idea to force it on consumers ramming the price up with already inferior hardware.

It could turn out to be a mistake, I agree on that, but time will tell. For all we know, some smart developer out there could come up with some killer gameplay features that rely on Kinect, that they choose to leave out of their PS4 game because they know only a small percentage has the PS4 Eye.

Let's be clear on this, I'm not saying I fully agree with them on adding Kinect to the console, but I do understand why they're doing it, and why it makes the console more expensive. MS obviously have a vision for the future, a vision that includes Kinect. It therefore makes perfect sense for them to make sure everyone has one.