So that leaves the online component. PS is catching up, but had that ginormous crash on first launch. XBox wins there.
Don't you have to pay for XBox Live? That makes it a fail for me. Online play is nowhere near important enough that I'm going to pay extra for it.
Don't you have to pay for XBox Live? That makes it a fail for me. Online play is nowhere near important enough that I'm going to pay extra for it.
Neither. Ever since my teens discovered Steam, they don't touch their PS3. And there is word that Steam is working on a gaming console. The company's apparently getting ready to pick their 300 beta testers for the consoles from those who applied and passed the "test", and I'm really kind of hoping my son is one of those picked. Even if he isn't, the rumor is that these devices will be more around the cost of a high-end Roku box. That works for me!
Sony were planning to charge, but they backtracked.My understanding is that you have to pay for online for both PS4 & XOne.
I hate Steam. Of course, there's really only 1 PC game I've played much in the past year, so there's that.
There aren't any reasons strong enough in favor of Xbox to deter me from getting another PS. I've never had a problem with any of my PS versions, and I don't play Halo.
I have two teens who like games, and I got sick and tired of paying $60 for a game they really wanted and a month later having that game selling for $20. They discovered Steam and last Christmas, $50 Steam cards for each allowed them to purchase a dozen games each. The Christmas sales with Steam are amazing, and there's no 40 mile drive to the nearest game store or paying shipping or waiting for a week after the release date for a game to arrive.
Neither. Ever since my teens discovered Steam, they don't touch their PS3. And there is word that Steam is working on a gaming console. The company's apparently getting ready to pick their 300 beta testers for the consoles from those who applied and passed the "test", and I'm really kind of hoping my son is one of those picked. Even if he isn't, the rumor is that these devices will be more around the cost of a high-end Roku box. That works for me!
Yeah, this is where it's at for me too. Valve are putting their own OS together, and there'll be quite a range of console-like PCs running it.
I think one option is going to be a sort of 'thin' console which is actually streaming the game from your home PC, and another will be the full-fat version which is a dedicated games PC.
When the price lowers, I'm definitely getting a PS4. My family's first game system was the PS1, and we've been used to Playstation ever since. I loved playing games like the Jak series, LittleBigPlanet series, Uncharted series, Infamous series, Killzone 2, etc. Then you got some more cult games like Okami, Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne, older Final Fantasy games, etc. Obviously, the new Infamous game is making me so excited! Same with Watchdogs.
However, I may end up getting a 3DS/2DS before getting the more expensive next-gen. (I love Harvest Moon games, lol.)
I still play PC games, like point and click adventure games, hidden object games or other "casual" games, visual novel games or rpg games for the PC, too. Oh, and the entire Sims series. LOVE the sims!