Poll: Which Next Gen Console will you buy?

What will you buy?

  • I will buy both consoles

    Votes: 95 9.7%

  • I will buy an Xbox One only

    Votes: 67 6.8%

  • I will buy a PS4 only

    Votes: 591 60.2%

  • I will buy neither console

    Votes: 108 11.0%

  • Undecided

    Votes: 121 12.3%
  • Total voters
    982
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I was quite shocked at the PS4 price...

I think people were expecting to pay at least £400 for it, and it would have gone down reasonably well at that price. They've cut themselves short I feel...

I won't be buying either, though.
 
For this round I am going PS4 reasons are:

-No forced DRM
-Doesn't have to connect at least once a day
-Hardware specs are slightly better although I doubt it will make much of a difference
-PlayStation Plus seems a good deal to me (free games! well 12 games for £40)

I will also be buying a new PC at the same time!!!
 
I'm mainly a PC gamer, my Wii, 360 and PS3 are gathering dust.
I've also had little to know interest in the next gen fight, until this week, mainly because I can't visit any news site without reading about Microsoft vs Sony. :p

Gotta say, the PS4 has caught my interest and I can see myself buying 1, but I doubt I'll get a launch console. I'll give it a few months.

Can't say I like Microsoft's approach this time around. Admittedly I doubt it would affect me much, my internet connection is pretty stable and I don't buy/sell 2nd hand games, I like keeping a library, even if it's full of crap.
Still though, I don't like their new approach and I shall be voicing my concerns with my wallet...especially since it's more expensive, that really was the last nail in the coffin.
 
Undecided for me, i was going to buy the Xbox One but after hearing about what things they will be implementing...im not so sure now.

Wont be getting a ps4 as cheap and nice looking as it is....just cannot get used to their awful controllers.

I might as well hold onto my 360 for the time being, maybe get the xbox one when it drops in price but now not so sure :/
 
Nymins said:
But they do it today anyway. Online passes are about the extent publishers can go with any form of DRM. Without the console manufacturer implementing it themselves, publishers will be limited to what they do today.
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Sony have said that they're actively making sure that publishers can't impose drm on the PS4, saying that they don't want people to pay any more over the price of ps plus to play online :D

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/...on_Sonys_DRM_policies_No_more_online_pass.php
 
Nymins said:
But they do it today anyway. Online passes are about the extent publishers can go with any form of DRM. Without the console manufacturer implementing it themselves, publishers will be limited to what they do today.
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It's fairly easy for them to go a step further though - the game could just install to your console from the physical disc, but then need to be activated via a 'single player pass' - in the same way Steamworks games have to be activated and tied to your Steam account before they will work (Dawn of War 2 for example).


KiiYzOo said:
Sony have said that they're actively making sure that publishers can't impose drm on the PS4, saying that they don't want people to pay any more over the price of ps plus to play online :D
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This is great news - but really, who has the power here?

Can Sony tell EA to foxtrot oscar if they want to put single player DRM into the next FIFA?

Does EA need Sony, or does Sony need EA...?

(Not trying to troll here, just playing devil's advocate :))
 
Sumanji said:
It's fairly easy for them to go a step further though - the game could just install to your console from the physical disc, but then need to be activated via a 'single player pass' - in the same way Steamworks games have to be activated and tied to your Steam account before they will work (Dawn of War 2 for example).




This is great news - but really, who has the power here?

Can Sony tell EA to foxtrot oscar if they want to put single player DRM into the next FIFA?

Does EA need Sony, or does Sony need EA...?

(Not trying to troll here, just playing devil's advocate :))
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Personally EA need Sony at this rate. Having said that, what they will say to them and impose is a different story, not sure how things are going to go down but i'd bank on some form of online pass.
 
always had xbox's and currently have 3 360's here but based on what i've read and heard we'll be looking to get 1 PS4 going forward.
 
Sumanji said:
This is great news - but really, who has the power here?

Can Sony tell EA to foxtrot oscar if they want to put single player DRM into the next FIFA?

Does EA need Sony, or does Sony need EA...?

(Not trying to troll here, just playing devil's advocate :))
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I think once you consider the fact that the publisher has to use their own system external to the OS (so could be within the game itself which then links to their online authentication server) then its quite a reasonable amount of effort required to get into place.

Im sure if one jumps most will, but who is going to want to deal with the flak coming from consumers, Sony removing themselves completely from the picture means those publishers cant really hide behind anyone. Just look how quickly EA are trying to disassociate themselves from what MS are doing...

I did think it would be EA or Ubisoft just because they have the systems already in place, by Patcher thinks its very unlikely to be EA and most likely to be Activision...

ps3ud0 :cool:
 
Glorious PC gaming master race here, so I won't be buying anything at launch and hoping for better ports. Though the PS4 has interested me, and I may buy after a year or so.

Next console I'm buying is the 3DS
 
So I will probably get a ps4 maybe not on day one but in the weeks following - will keep my 360 though as I'm sure on the userbase alone there will be plenty of games coming out for it for a while yet
 
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