The Xbox One Thread

[apsham]

"It doesn't run games as well as the PS4 does."

Sure. Why not.

[MDK]

Shots fired in the console wars

[apsham]

I'm not even getting one in the foreseeable future, and I'm leaning more towards the PS4 than anything. What I can't stand more than anything are grade school arguments over the tiniest things to make one console seem better than the other. For me when the time comes it's going to boil down to:

1) Does it work?

2) What are the bundles at this point?

And that's pretty much it. Trying to play "spot the differences" between Sony and the PS4 vs. Microsoft and the One is pretty much splitting hairs anyways. The identity of both companies are hardly all that different, no matter what you tend to hear spouted out from either side at one point in time.

[Dan]

I'm staying out of arguments. If people feel the need to justify a decision to not buy something then that's up to them.

I hope the PS4 is great for you guys that bought/are buying it. I had one pre-ordered but the Xbox made more sense for me.

Hopefully the X1 is great too, both Forza and Dead Rising 3 are getting good reviews so it's obvious gaming is important.

2 days until it arrives, feel like a kid at Christmas.

[TCO]

To be honest the main thing swinging me to PS4 at this point is the sequels to The Last of Us and Uncharted. The Xbox seems fine but none of the inevitable exclusives interest me to forgo those two.

[Ruki]

I mostly agree outside of Dead Rising 3. From what I've seen, it looks like they took all the stupid, shitty things like strict time limits and super degrading weapons and added awesome stuff like motorcycles with bulldozers that shoot fire.

But apparently they took out almost all the humor in the game!

...and am I the only one who liked the time limits?

[TKz]

I mostly agree outside of Dead Rising 3. From what I've seen, it looks like they took all the stupid, shitty things like strict time limits and super degrading weapons and added awesome stuff like motorcycles with bulldozers that shoot fire.

But apparently they took out almost all the humor in the game!

...and am I the only one who liked the time limits?

You can kill zombies whilst dressed in a suit of armor and using a lightsaber. I wouldn't be that worried.

[Your Mom]

I mostly agree outside of Dead Rising 3. From what I've seen, it looks like they took all the stupid, shitty things like strict time limits and super degrading weapons and added awesome stuff like motorcycles with bulldozers that shoot fire.

But apparently they took out almost all the humor in the game!

...and am I the only one who liked the time limits?

Yes! The time limits were shit and really pointless

[apsham]

I mostly agree outside of Dead Rising 3. From what I've seen, it looks like they took all the stupid, shitty things like strict time limits and super degrading weapons and added awesome stuff like motorcycles with bulldozers that shoot fire.

But apparently they took out almost all the humor in the game!

...and am I the only one who liked the time limits?

I've been seeing just as much humor as the game where you had to get medication for your little, sickingly sweet girl or she'd die/turn into a zombie.

Also yes on the time limit point.

[King Ellis]

I don't feel like going into detail why everyone is wrong about the DR series time limits, saves and weapons so I'm just going to leave this here as to why Xbox One > PS4.

[Maxx]

See? They should have called it the XBox Infinity

[Dan]

Looks like the Xbox One is getting a Youtube app on launch afterall:

http://www.theverge.com/2013/11/20/5126968/youtube-xbox-one-app-release-features

[Cactus Drags]

I keep forgetting that Zoo Tycoon is a launch title and it makes me laugh everytime I see it.

I really want it, but I think I'm already going to end up with 2/3 of the launch line-up.

[MDK]

After showing her the trailer for Forza, my missus wants to get an Xbone. But I'm still not convinced what to get. Is the One worth it for all the extra multi media business?

[zero]

To be honest the main thing swinging me to PS4 at this point is the sequels to The Last of Us and Uncharted. The Xbox seems fine but none of the inevitable exclusives interest me to forgo those two.

I suspect Last of Us 2 won't be out until at least the first price cut. Uncharted will probably be awhile too. Meanwhile, the only Xbox exclusive I really care about, Fable, is coming to the 360 and no word on anything for the One.

[Dan]

Fable Legends has been announced for the One since August.

[TKz]

Man, Ryse looks boring. Well, it LOOKS beautiful, but the combat is so repetitive! Jeez.

[Dan]

Yeah I'm pretty disappointed but expected it. Will try and trade it in quickly before the value drops and grab something else, either Forza or Battlefield.

[apsham]

I expected Ryse to be the "hey, look at this!" game this time around. A buddy of mine here at work is picking it up, pretty sure his One arrived today as well as he ordered it from Amazon and it's currently out for delivery.

[TKz]

That about sums it up, yeah. It's probably one of the best looking games of the launch titles, around the same level as Killzone at least.