As with all technology that has options, PS4 and XBox One is no different. It all depends what features will be useful to you. Right off the bat we have prices. The XBox One is $500 while the PS4 is $400. I'm sure the question comes to mind, "Is it worth it?" Again it depends on who you are. Which features will you be most likely to use. The XBox is more home entertainment based, while the PS4 is more for the purist gamer.
So. With that said let start from the outside in as we did with Samsung vs Apple. Now that the price is out of the way lets go with the size of the two.
Obviously the PS4 is quite a bit smaller than the XBox One. If you are new to gaming or have a cluttered residence then this aspect may matter. The PS4 has more of an italicized, Star Trek look to it while the XBox One is more bold and bulky.... but not when it comes to the back of the console.
As you can see the XBox One has a slight advantage over PS4 with an HDMI input, other than that the are similar on the input and output aspect. PS4's USB inputs are located on the front of the system, while the XBox One's inputs remain on the back. Both have two version 3.0 USB, which is ten times faster than USB 2.0 found in PS3 and the XBox 360. Both have Bluetooth compatibility, HDMI output, as well as optical outputs. They both now feature BluRay drives, whilst in the last generation it was only the PS3 that featured the BluRay. The XBox has an IR port for infrared technologies. The HDMI gives the XBox a slight advantage in connectivity.
Speaking of connectivity, the controllers on both systems are pretty cool. With the XBox One, you can turn it into a remote for the television. It also has voice and gesture command features if you don't want to use the remote. The back of the remote has improved as the battery pack is integrated making the back of the remote smooth instead of protruding. It now has impulse triggers that vibrate in combat or other action sequences. The PS4 controls allow you to play/resume your game through PSVita. Example: If you're in the middle of a game like Call of Duty and you want to, oh I don't know, go in the next room and lay down. You can connect to the PSVita and resume game play from it. It has a touch pad that can be used as a cursor as a new form of input, as well as speakers under the touch pad, a share button, in case you want to show yourself owning someone, like now, and a light bar for player identification. They light bar also toy communicates directly with the eye I has a head phone jack to enhance social interaction and built in stereo camera that can sense the depth of the environment and track the position of the controller via it's light bar.
The cameras of these new generation consoles are vastly superior to their predecessors both visually and audibly as they now integrate voice commands into their operation. The both have facial recognition. The XBox One's Kinect leaves its predecessor in the dust with features such as heart rate monitoring. It can tell you, your mood through facial recognition. The Kinect is so precise it will be able to calculate the speed of your movements and the angles of your limbs. It has depth perception precise enough to detect the wrinkles in your shirt, and get this, it even has night vision and can detect up to six bodies in pure darkness. There is a lot of "suspicion", about the Kinect being so advanced and being such a large part of the systems advancement and game play. It can, however be turned completely off. The PS4's Eye can literally map your room and recognize your face in a glance and tailor the system settings to your preferences. Though they are lower resolution than the Kinect the Eye has dual camera lenses that offer twice the field of view of a single camera, a more advanced microphone array. It can recognize your voice and listen to your commands even on the field of battle. It watches your controllers every move and has pan and zoom features. Both systems game play quality could rely majorly on their cameras, as they both scan the environment for more interaction with the games.
As stated earlier in my blog. It depends on who you are. XBox 1 went more for the home entertainment, while, as you can see PS4 went for purist gaming. I'll let the chart do the talking in this aspect. The XBox One has made some modifications to its policy since the conference, due to the large amount of detesting from fans, subscription cancellations, and people selling back their XBox's and their games. They have cancelled the policy where you had to be logged in 24/7, but now you only have to log in once every 24 hours. They have also cancelled the used game policy and have reverted back to their old polices making it possible to buy used games. Bringing it back in the competition.
My choice and recommendation as you can see in the clip above would be Goku... Ahem I mean PS4. When it comes to raw gaming power the PS4 has it hands down. The XBox One will be a good system don't get me wrong, but I have my own reasons of suspicion as to why I did not choose the XBox. One is because of my theory, "If the games and the system are that good, who really cares about what else it will do because you'll be too busy playing or thinking of what you will play?" I mean it is a gaming system. Right? The XBox does have some great features, but, they have more that I will never use or care for, than ones that I would utilize regularly.
Also it seems like when Microsoft changes anything they try to shove it down buyers throats, whereas Sony gives its buyers options. Case in point the XBox One's policies. Enough people complained and acted on their displeasure of their policies that they had no choice but to change it otherwise their losses could have damaged them pretty badly and not just on the financial level. Think what gaming would be headed if you, the buyer had just "Okay, I'll take it because it has cool features.
Voice and gesture command sounds great on a game system until it "does not compute". I'd rather spare my self from talking, or "gesturing" to a machine and keep my extra $100 and buy a couple more games or accessories for my PS4, which already had 50 games and counting by the time the conference came around. But that's just me and something to think about.
With that said feel free to comment with your opinion or just stating what game system you are going to get. And I'm out.....
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