Next Generation Gaming Systems

Originally Posted by ElVee

I play quite a bit of Call of Duty. Based on the people who talk on there, there are plenty of poor people who have an xbox, the game, and an internet connection to talk smack on. I swear, I feel dumber after every other gaming session for it.

I think your friend just wanted to stick to his original argument and not admit to being wrong. (A very, very, very common behavioral trait.) But he does have a couple points (sort of).

Microsoft has a LOT of damage control to take care of, and some PR heads need to roll for not just being bad, but letting Sony take complete advantage of the situation. All of this confusion should never have happened. Clearly Sony has their gameplan in place and Microsoft is still unsure what's going on.

And the XBONE will cost more than the PS4 for now. That's a decently big deal, to be honest. Not a killer one, but it's an important consideration. Something Sony knows too well since the PS3's high original price. Microsoft needs to match that, or get very, very close to it.

Originally Posted by theDreamer

I have a few friends that are like that, they are not buy a Xbox One because of all the BS on the internet. And yet...this is how it goes usually.

-So you do not want to have to connect all the time, but you play online everyday?
*Well, yeah but I don't want it to connect.

-So you are upset you have to buy it with a kinect yet you uses your v1.0 all the time & said before you wanted the updated one?
*Well, yeah but what if I did not want it?
-So you don't want the kinect 2.0?
*Well, no I want it.

So and so forth, and then when you say the fact they just back pedal and go. Well the PS4 has random X item, which I have never mentioned before nor will ever need but it makes my claim better now.

Originally Posted by saber

I've just about concluded I won't be getting anything on Day One. Can't be bothered with the XBox One unless something dramatically changes (not even mad about DRM or anything, just don't see me splashing out for it so quickly, and look what happened on 1st gen 360s!), and the PS4 has no game that interests me, nor do I give two cents about the social integration. Last thing I need is every 12 year old spamming the social button and then shouting how you're on his latest killcam.

Some responses about kinect are funny. Microsoft has confirmed you can turn Kinect off so it's defunct; all the system does is check if the peripheral is there. Don't like it? Do what I do at work: put a post it on top of the camera.

It's been mentioned before but if XBox goes through with their game sharing philosophy, gamefly is f*cked.