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PS4, XBOX ONE, PS4 Pro or wait for scorpio
Soki123
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Been looking at getting a console. What would suggest for a casual yet sometimes hardcore console gamer. Still use my trusty ps3 but want to get something newer.
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I'd suggest to wait for PS4 Pro.
If you're going to buy a console soon, then buy PS4 Pro. If you can wait, then wait for Scorpio.
A wait and see option is my advice given how much these things cost.
Up until very recently I was all set for the PS4, but their explanation of not adding a UHD Blu Ray drive in the Pro stunk to me. Not sure where they got all the research and intel from. Streaming 4K might be increasing, but internet speeds in the US are still relatively crappy compared to most of Asia and Europe. Not to mention metering and limits. Streaming quality is also subpar relative to disks because of compression. It wasn't so much the message as it was the tone. Seems to have gone over pretty poorly overall. Lots of complaints about that and MS has finally started selling more consoles than Sony after the Slim and Pro announcements, oddly enough.
Now that Sony charges for online play they lost that advantage and XBox Live is a better network and generally has better free games every month. Sony has a much nicer interface to navigate though. XBox Live is very much Windows 8 tile style so if you like that, you're gold. I don't. MS is also going hard in the paint with backwards compatibility that they say will be 100% moving forward to the Scorpio.
Really, it ultimately comes down to which game library you like better. Or if you want console VR soon. With Sony, none of the new system offerings or direction really did much for me over the original. So much so that I switched teams. I'll see what they bring with the PS5. In the meantime I can play on the One and build a library that I will be able to play (all of, if they are being truthful) on the Scorpio when it shows up.
Its going to be a birthday present for my brother so we're all chipping in. He is primarily an xbox fan, partly for the games library and partly for the comfortable controllers.
The reason we've gone for Xbox One S:
I was tempted with getting the Elite version for their SSD, but weirdly it worked out more expensive than Xbox One S. We're going 500gb rather than 1tb, partly to keep costs down but when it comes to consoles my brother doesn't care about online functionality so is unlikely to be downloading games. This means disk space isn't really a factor (his 8gb 360 never got used up, despite 6 years solid use).
If Sony exclusives are of no consequence to you (their only real asset is Bloodborne IMO), then go for Scorpio. For various reasons:
- Most powerful hardware. It's by all means a completly new generation, way more powerful than current consoles and considerably superior to PS4 Pro.
- Microsoft game policy. You'll get to play everything they've ever released since Xbox 360. You'll get crossplatform online play. You can switch to PC anytime and still keep all of your games.
- Sony's success with the PS4 has made them believe that players will take any shit they throw at them. They became conceited, which translated into horrible online support, irrelevant Ps+ free games, and everything in general just got worse. Microsoft is the one that has to gain back the support of the consumer so they're bound to try much harder than Sony.
The only reason to go for Sony would be if you like their exclusives so much that you just can't go without playing them.
Going to wait for scorpio. I think I m going to grab an original x box one for the time being as I love halo and gears games. Also, I m looking forward to Sea of Thieves. So I ll grab a scorpio when they re out and x box one now.
Thanks for all the replies.
How the fuck Sony made that mistake I don't know.