Nerd help needed-Xbox One

**Goat Blower** · 10-27-2015

So our PS3 died and my son wants a new Xbox. Is the PS4 better? Is there a suggested place to get it? Is there a source for games?

Fran05 · 10-27-2015

The biggest difference would be console exclusive games. For instance, halo 5, forza, or titanfall, etc, would only be available on xbox 1. Same way, Last of us, uncharted, etc are only for PS4. Basically, it all comes down to the choice of games and the feel of the controller/interface. In my opinion, PS4 is the one to go with.

polishmafia · 10-27-2015

I was an Xbox 360 that converted to PS3, and now have a PS4 - and it was a great choice. If your son is obsessed with Halo, go with an Xbox One. If not, I would go with a PS4. Like Fran said, there are some amazing PS only games out there.

For games, you can sign up for Gamefly to rent games. I've done it in the past, and for a flat monthly charge, you can have 1 or 2 games rented. You keep them for as long as you like, basically like Netflix was when it was only through the mail.

Another option that many people don't know about, is you can rent games from RedBox now for both PS4 and XB1.

Cost is the same everywhere. Both companies control what retailers can sell their systems for. But for a PS4, I would wait a couple of weeks. They have dropped the price in Europe and Australia, and a price drop is expected in the US very soon.

dsmDolney · 10-27-2015

I went from a ps3 to a xbox one and i love my one. Way better online and also game choices are better i think. Plus you get forza !!!

sleepydsm · 10-27-2015

Steve,

Any major retailer can sell you a new gaming system - The XB1 and PS4 recently had price drops, and I believe both are available as bundles with 1 or two games - saving you some money. At the end of the day, they both play videogames, blu-rays, can surf the net, and provide a way to watch netflix/hulu etc. As said previously, the "game specific titles" are really only difference. Right now, Halo 5 is HUGE, Forza 6 is pretty awesome (XB1 Exclusives) and the remaining big games are available on both machines. Both now have a pay to play online fee, too...

**Kracka** · 10-28-2015

I plan on getting my household a PS4 for Christmas. The only thing that intrigues me about the XB1 is Forza, otherwise, I think the PS4 is the better system and one to go with. The best deal right now is the bundle deals on Amazon that come with a game(s) for ~$350. It's already been leaked the XB1 will be sold for $300 on Black Friday so I'm holding off until then to see if the PS4 matches that deal.

Here are the current bundles on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01...f_rd_i=desktop

**Goat Blower** · 10-28-2015

Thanks guys, this is helpful. I saw a bunch of people on CL trying to trade their XB1 for a PS4, so that made me think the PS4 might be better, and we could play a lot of the games we already have if we went that way. The only downside is that some of his friends have the XB1, so I'm guessing you can't play even the same game between the two systems online or connected?

I like the idea of Gamefly, I don't really want a bunch of $75 games laying around collecting dust.

I figured there would be some sweet deal on Black Friday, that's when I usually do my electronics shopping.

$300 for either system with a game would be sweet.

**Goat Blower** · 10-28-2015

Is the Kinect good for anything?

**cmspaz** · 10-28-2015

The big thing as stated is exclusive games, but beyond that the XB1 is more media center-y and can basically take over the job of your cable box's interface. Voice controls to handle basically all of that functionality are pretty neat too. The Kinect is what handles the voice commands and can also visually identify you to automatically log you in when you turn it on.

The PS4 is the more capable system though. Graphics will be better and it's more streamlined, but lacks the features of the XB1. It also doesn't have a gigantic power brick like the XB which is nice.

I own both, and I use both regularly.

polishmafia · 10-28-2015

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Originally Posted by Goat Blower

Is the Kinect good for anything?

No.

Spaz and I can agree to disagree. Voice commands and visually identifying you doesn't impress me at all.

tehehodi · 10-28-2015

The voice commands are kind of weird. It's probably faster and easier to pick up the remote and turn up volume instead of screaming at it and looking awkward. (A friend does this at gatherings).

**Kracka** · 10-28-2015

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Originally Posted by tehehodi

(A friend does this at gatherings).

I can totally see Spaz doing that.

**Goat Blower** · 10-28-2015

I'm thinking kid-wise here. I'm guessing you use the Kinect for those dance games, but not for arm motions like the Wii.

mdost03 · 10-28-2015

I own both and prefer the ps4 over my xb1. I use the xb1 more currently just because my friends who play Destiny are on it, but I think the ps4 has the better games (not a halo fan, forza is cool) and I generally buy my games on there if it's multiplatform.

Also, kinect is a waste of money. The visual login is annoying. If I'm sitting next to roommate and he's playing, it will log me in and can cause issues with online multi-player. The hand gesture controls are terrible. Only thing I like is I can say "Xbox record that" and it will record a clip of the last 30 seconds. Half the time it hardly works though and I have to say it 1 or 2 more times.

Alpha D · 10-28-2015

I recently stopped at Game-stop (havent been there in 7 years) What the guy told me is that currently... game availability is about even between ps4 and xbox. However, play station is working on a backwards compatibility that supposedly will blow xbox out the water...if you like old school games. What they are working on is being able to stream games all the way back to play station the original without physical disk. I think that would be pretty cool. Then again how many want to play old games....i was thinking for a younger audience there were more appropriate games for the age brackets ect who knows if the graphics will be touched up or not though.

SlowWhite · 10-28-2015

I'm just curious why not a gaming computer?

I have 2x xbox360's and a wii, the kids don't even touch them. They just want to play on my 2 gaming computers.

talonsway · 10-28-2015

ps4 is the way to go in my opinion

**cmspaz** · 10-29-2015

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Originally Posted by tehehodi

The voice commands are kind of weird. It's probably faster and easier to pick up the remote and turn up volume instead of screaming at it and looking awkward. (A friend does this at gatherings).

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Originally Posted by Kracka

I can totally see Spaz doing that.

The amount of change that is applied through the volume control is fucking worthless... I won't even deny that. Nobody is impressing anyone by yelling "Xbox, volume up!" 30 times just to barely change the perceived volume.

But being able to say "Watch Discovery Channel" or "Watch BBC America" and not having to go through the guide or remember channel numbers is pretty handy.

But I agree, it's either something you'll use or you won't.