Xbox One vs PS4: 4 Months Later - Who's Winning? (Review) #Helpful Post

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LD well it's been about four months

since the release of the ps4 and Xbox

one and we wanted to bring you guys a

little general assessment of how things

have been going for them since launch we

want to cover what's been updated what

major games have been released how

they've been selling and so on so forth

just to give you guys a better idea of

just which system might be right for you

now the little time has passed so let's

go ahead and check them out

so to begin with let's take a look at

how both systems have been performing in

terms of just brute sales what people

have been grabbing already and pretty

consistently since launch it's really

been in favor of the ps4 so much so that

at the end of January they had almost

double the ps4 sales worldwide as Xbox

one now as the months have gone on and

on that gap has been getting smaller and

smaller but a lot of people are arguing

that that is because the ps4 was having

some major shortage issues during

February and is only recently really

been restocked on a lot of shelves but

you should also note the fact that each

Xbox one sale does yield more profit

individually and it's available in fewer

regions as of right now now back in the

original review one thing I really

stressed was the fact that when it comes

to debating on which system is right for

you the biggest question usually is

which system exclusives really appeal to

you and this fact has really been

reinforced by actual market data seeing

us how both systems saw nearly double

the sales during the weeks that we

finally got some major new exclusive

releases for them namely titanfall for

the Xbox one and infamous second son for

the ps4 now these releases have not only

boosted sales in both camps but have

also lit a bit of a fire underneath

Microsoft who really want to try and

catch up during these crucial early

months and so you're going to see is

that a lot of major retailers the

titanfall bundle is now only 450 which

when you do the math including the game

that's basically the same price as a ps4

now Microsoft directly isn't offering

that same deal but you can order from

them before as a 5 bundle for the same

price now as far as how long's price cut

is in effect we're really not all that

sure it might just be a temporary deal

to try and get those sales up for the

Xbox one or this might be a permanent

price drop which will really make the

pricing a lot more competitive between

both companies but so far when you look

at just sales alone things have

definitely been in ps4s favor so far now

in terms of actual major updates to the

systems there's been a lot of things for

the Xbox one some major like the ability

to now watch and stream via twitch but

also a number of small updates that

people have been asking for for instance

battery life is once again viewable

through the systems interface rather

than you're just finding out by surprise

or guessing when your battery will die

cross game chat is now supported in xbox

live parties and there have been various

upgrades to make the UI more friendly

and customizable now the ps4 on the

other hand has undergone fairly little

changes as far as the system goes so far

mostly just stability and bug fixes but

there was an announcement earlier this

month that the next update will be a big

one including a lot of thing

that we've been waiting on including the

removal of hdcp so you can actually

record using external Game Capture

devices you can now actually save

gameplay to USB drives and not just

upload them directly to Facebook and the

video editor will be much more in-depth

now once again those changes are not

currently in effect for the ps4 just yet

they're simply ones that have been

announced as being hopefully coming very

soon now there is one thing that was

wrong about in my original review and

that has to do with how both systems

perform in terms of visuals particularly

with multi-platform games now

historically a lot of times when two

systems have different levels of power a

lot of multi-platform titles will still

try to even out and basically perform

more or less the same on both of them

with the exception of a few my new

changes in some visuals or maybe some

unique bugs this has not been the case

so far as the ps4 looks to be the

visually better performing console hands

down as we've seen in some examples of

cross-platform releases like Metal Gear

Solid 5 Ground zeroes in which the ps4

runs it at 1080p while the Xbox one

keeps it at 720 even in the case of

games that are console exclusive to

Microsoft systems we're not seeing games

launch at a native resolution of 1080p

with titanfall launching at only 792

though there has been talk of future

updates to both the game and system

hopefully upping this the fact is though

that as current game releases are

indicating the ps4 is definitely the

winner in terms of brute performance

now of course visuals alone shouldn't

make or break your decision by

themselves as I've said before and will

always say the biggest factor when it

comes to which system to pick for a

hardcore gamer is which console

exclusives you really care about and

really since the initial launch it's

been pretty barren really with the

exception of a few niche titles ports

re-releases or just multi-platform games

there really hasn't been a whole lot

until this past month each console did

have its strong openers like Killzone

Shadowfall on the ps4 and Dead Rising 3

and Forza 5 on Xbox one but since then

there really hasn't been any hits until

recently with the Xbox one getting the

massively anticipated multiplayer FPS

featuring robots titanfall which is also

on PC and next month xbox 360 and the

ps4 getting the long-awaited third entry

and Sony exclusive infamous second son

both have been well received and

continue to play into the company's

histories with the ps3 and xbox 360 as

exclusive wise we're seeing a big hit

multiplayer shooter on the Microsoft

side like Halo or Gears of War and a fun

visual

a single-player game with Sony like with

God of War other infamous games or

uncharted so depending on which dramas

you really like to play that should give

you an idea of which system you really

want to lean more towards though do note

that if you do have a high-power PC

titanfall is available on that as well

right now

now as the future goes for these systems

and what games we can expect them it's

really going to slow down a bit once

again until we hit about late summer

early fall and a lot of releases on the

way are going to be released on both

systems or even on last gen systems as

well like 360 and ps3 for instance we're

going to see watchdogs in may Elder

Scrolls online sometime in June the crew

in August and destiny in September with

more releases coming after that as far

as exclusives go for only one system or

the other we really don't have that much

for Xbox one anymore outside of Kinect

Sports next month with the ps4 having

the order 1886 sometime later this year

and driveclub in September so in the end

my views about which system is better

for who really hasn't changed all that

much since the initial review we did the

only major shift being the fact that the

ps4 is definitely the visually stronger

of the two systems so if you're the kind

of person that likes to just pick up one

game every year like Call of Duty or

FIFA then you might want to get the ps4

just you can get the prettiest

experience possible and if you don't

care about exclusives or you could grab

the Xbox one if you really want a lot of

the multimedia functions like snapping

or easily switching between movies and

games otherwise the biggest factor as

I've said before is which console

exclusives really interest you if you're

leaning towards Dead Rising 3 Forza 5

and of course titanfall then the Xbox

one is something want to get into where

as ps4 fans can currently enjoy infamous

second son and Killzone Shadowfall and

can look forward to order 1886 and

driveclub later this year and for those

of you that just don't care about any of

these or any console exclusives for that

matter you can always of course rely on

just the friend method take a look at

which system more of your friends are

picking up and just pick that one up

because in the end when it comes to

online play the biggest thing is playing

with people you have fun with now while

these two have been duking it out it is

worth noting that meanwhile the Wii U

did not exactly have its most successful

first year with Nintendo adding up

having to make a lot of changes and

price cuts as a result but there is

light on the horizon for those of you

that picked one up or thinking about

doing it because we're finally seeing a

lot of major games we've been waiting on

and were promised including Bayonetta 2

Mario Kart 8 and of course the biggest

of them all Super Smash Brothers this

be the second start that the way you

really needs because Nintendo really has

had to rely a lot more on first party

titles rather than third party since so

many left during the Wii and even the

3ds had a very similar problem when it

was first released it was a very rocky

start albeit not as much but once we

finally saw the titles we were waiting

on come out back to back to back it

really had a resurgence so that was our

little update on how the Xbox one and

ps4 have been doing ever since they're

released four months ago now before I

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