Xbox One at $300 next week, or PS4 at $350? Will Sony drop the PS4 price in response to the Xbox price drop (which is temporary but expected to go permanent shortly after)?
― Immediate Follower (NA), Friday, 18 March 2016 16:10 (eight years ago) link
if u have to play "knack" the answer is clear
― am0n, Friday, 18 March 2016 16:39 (eight years ago) link
different is, PS4 doesn't need to pricedrop as it's actually selling
― jamiesummerz, Friday, 18 March 2016 17:48 (eight years ago) link
one deciding factor for me (i bought my PS4 late last year) was the general sense that most of my friends were gravitating toward PS4 and that it seems to have more momentum. that doesn't mean it's a better system, but it probably means you'll have more people to play multiplayer with (if that's a thing for you) and that there will be more system exclusives/games coming out for PS4 first, etc.
― Karl Malone, Friday, 18 March 2016 17:54 (eight years ago) link
PS4.5? http://kotaku.com/sources-sony-is-working-on-a-ps4-5-1765723053
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Friday, 18 March 2016 17:59 (eight years ago) link
Yeah I'm still leaning PS4.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Friday, 18 March 2016 19:17 (eight years ago) link
the one thing that tempts to eventually get an XBone is MS's backwards compatibility commitment (for the moment) which is nice considering the bajillion 360 games, physical and digital, that i have backlogged
but otherwise PS4 feels like the runaway winner at this point
― Nhex, Friday, 18 March 2016 21:10 (eight years ago) link
Sony is still pushing 4K, huh
― remove butt (abanana), Friday, 18 March 2016 23:47 (eight years ago) link
Xbox One Spring Bundle
or
refurb PS4?
?
― Immediate Follower (NA), Friday, 8 July 2016 16:14 (seven years ago) link
forgot I basically asked about this four months ago
― Immediate Follower (NA), Friday, 8 July 2016 16:15 (seven years ago) link
all the free games in the bundle would be nice but none of them really look like my kind of games, plus i usually just play one game at a time. so should probably get the refurb ps4 and a game i actually want to play.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Friday, 8 July 2016 16:16 (seven years ago) link
good advice
― thrusted pelvis-first back (ulysses), Friday, 8 July 2016 16:28 (seven years ago) link
I will never buy a refurb again if I can help it. Or, rather, I would prefer to be the one doing the refurbing if it came down to it.
― some anal dread (Old Lunch), Friday, 8 July 2016 17:11 (seven years ago) link
that's what I was just going to ask, if refurb is ok or not. reading online it seems pretty risky.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Friday, 8 July 2016 17:20 (seven years ago) link
I would avoid a refurb just because deals are/will be plentiful with the new/slim/upgraded consoles coming out. Though X1 has already seen massive cuts this year, PS4 deals will be coming soon enough. Not to mention VR...
― Nhex, Friday, 8 July 2016 19:30 (seven years ago) link
Based on the research I did after my old PS3 went tits-up, if you do get a refurb, make sure that they have legitimately reballed the GPU and haven't just done a reflow. The difference being that the reflow just involves melting the existing solder and is much less reliable, whereas a reball involves completely replacing all of the solder points on the GPU. It's more involved and therefore more expensive but well worth it if you want something that's going to last. And from what I've read, a professional reball may very well improve on the work done in the factory.
― Waking Up Is For Suckers (Old Lunch), Friday, 8 July 2016 19:41 (seven years ago) link
but there's no way to know what was done in refurbishing a specific console, right? i guess unless you have the knowledge to open it up and see for yourself.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Friday, 8 July 2016 20:19 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, not without taking it apart. I guess if you buy it from a physical storefront, ask them to show you their (solder) balls. I doubt they'd have them if they don't use them.
― Night Jorts (Old Lunch), Friday, 8 July 2016 22:46 (seven years ago) link
there have been new PS4 deals for around 250 recently, keep an eye on https://www.reddit.com/r/PS4Deals/
and anyway, Bloodborne + Last Of Us + some of the exclusives coming in next year or two make PS the obvious choice for me.
― jamiesummerz, Monday, 11 July 2016 12:06 (seven years ago) link
I ended up getting a new PS4. Due to convoluted reasons, I ended up getting the Uncharted 4 bundle, which means I get play Uncharted 4 (yay) but also have an embarrassing PS4 with Uncharted 4 artwork on it (boo).
― Immediate Follower (NA), Monday, 11 July 2016 14:36 (seven years ago) link
i only played the first 2 but i hear the 2nd is the best of the series so i feel confident in my determination that they are... not great games.
― Mordy, Monday, 11 July 2016 14:52 (seven years ago) link
does the uncharted 4 artwork peel off
― am0n, Monday, 11 July 2016 15:56 (seven years ago) link
Scalebound cancelled http://www.windowscentral.com/xbox-exclusive-scalebound-has-been-canceledStruggling to think what Xbox has for this year, that Rare pirate game and ... ?
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Monday, 9 January 2017 21:18 (seven years ago) link
Project Scorpio still seems to be on track for Holiday 2017
― Nhex, Monday, 9 January 2017 22:48 (seven years ago) link
The Scalebound gameplay video was so incredibly stupid it's no loss.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 9 January 2017 23:18 (seven years ago) link
Yep it looked bad. Scorpio sounds great on paper - but what games will there be for it? Xbox exclusives lineup seems fairly week, and unless they have a ton of stuff in the works, I have a feelingthat people will upgrade and then wonder why... reason being that most third party developers are going to develop for both the PS and Xbox platforms at the same time, thats just how it works financially, so it seems like the only major advantage to Scorpio if it doesnt have major exclusives would be improved framerate and resolution on those cross-platform third party games - which is great of course... but why not just get a PC?
― jamiesummerz, Tuesday, 10 January 2017 13:30 (seven years ago) link
crackdown 3 is the only thing i'm looking forward to this year, but i'm looking forward to it a lot - the first game was one of my favourites of the last gen
― hunk of poo, big fart, girlfriend, and Dove soap (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 10 January 2017 13:33 (seven years ago) link
is there a good all purpose xbox one thread? trying to find out what's worth playing on the Game Pass.
(currently installed: Witcher III, Outer Worlds, Outer Wilds, Forza 4, Nier Automata, Doom, Gears 5, the 2nd Ori game)
― brechtian social distancing (Simon H.), Thursday, 9 April 2020 03:04 (four years ago) link
forza horizon 4 is the best exclusive
i think yakuza 0 is on there now which is one of the best games of the past decade
some good indies: yoku's island express, steamworld dig 2, lonely mountains downhill
― ciderpress, Thursday, 9 April 2020 03:20 (four years ago) link
Some random ideas:
Two Point HospitalRocket LeagueFallout New VegasUntitled Goose GameSubnauticaA Plague Tale: InnocenceBridge Constructor PortalHollow KnightLife Is Strange 2MinitSlay the SpireOri 1AstroneerChildren of MortaWargrooveDoomWolfensteinsVoid BastardsSteamworld Dig 2Bloodstained: Ritual of the NightDead CellsDishonored 2Monster Hunter WorldTekken 7
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Thursday, 9 April 2020 03:29 (four years ago) link
I played thru LIS 1 on the PS3 but have been wary of LIS 2, is it comparable in terms of quality?
― brechtian social distancing (Simon H.), Thursday, 9 April 2020 03:58 (four years ago) link
I forgot to mention I installed and played thru the first hour or so of Yakuza 0...seems ok so far but not totally sold yet
― brechtian social distancing (Simon H.), Thursday, 9 April 2020 03:59 (four years ago) link
I've only done episode 1 of both Life Is Stranges. I know the second one didn't resonate as much with fans of the first, but I found it pretty moving. Maybe too corny for some.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Thursday, 9 April 2020 16:03 (four years ago) link
Yakuza 0 really shines with some of the goofier side missions and mini games, IMO. The cabaret club game totally derailed me from the main storyline.
― Triceratops Vowell (Leee), Thursday, 9 April 2020 16:08 (four years ago) link
yakuza 0 is god tier
― chihuahuau, Thursday, 9 April 2020 21:15 (four years ago) link
I feel like this chip shortage might end up giving my xbox one a slightly longer shelf life in terms of developers not wanting to release stuff only for next-gen consoles :)
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Saturday, 10 April 2021 04:12 (three years ago) link
Yeah they’ll release games for the prior gen and they’ll run badly and then they’ll apologize to the small number of complainers or whatever
― Canon in Deez (silby), Saturday, 10 April 2021 04:15 (three years ago) link
Dear gamer, we are so sorry, please accept 400 game bux which can only be spent in the game store, in the hat section
― Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Saturday, 10 April 2021 13:25 (three years ago) link
I sold my XBox One X thinking I could get a PS5 this spring to play Tony Hawk and MLB.
Oooooops.
― Joe Bombin (milo z), Sunday, 11 April 2021 03:18 (three years ago) link
I know they couldn't have predicted the chip shortage (is this the same shortage hampering car production?), but it really feels like they rushed the release of PS5 and nu Xbox. Like, it could have waited a year to have the same impact, imo.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 11 April 2021 14:02 (three years ago) link
i believe it is the same chip shortage affecting cars
it seems like 6-7 years in the standard gap between Sony systems ('94, '00, '06, '13, '20). I agree one extra year would've been fine
for comparison Xbox was '01, '05, '13Nintendo was '83, '90, '96, '01, '06, '12, '17
― Nhex, Sunday, 11 April 2021 16:40 (three years ago) link