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I've been gaming pretty much my entire life and the Xbox has been my primary console gaming platform since the original one. I currently own two Xbox 360s. I
by georgemcbay 14y ago
I've been gaming pretty much my entire life and the Xbox has been my primary console gaming platform since the original one. I currently own two Xbox 360s. I haven't owned a Playstation since the PS1.
I'm 99.9% sure my next console will be PS4. This isn't because of the "always-on" requirement or really any one particular issue in general but lots and lots of little signals that Sony seems to be re-positioning itself to be a platform that wants to delight gamers (see, for example, the focus they had on The Witness and indie games in their product announcement) while Microsoft has been increasingly positioning itself to be a media center first, games second, ads and micro DLC upsells everywhere. I'm pretty sick of paying $50 a year for their online service only to be inundated with ads constantly, being upsold constantly, the system still having no infrastructure for dedicated servers (thus having to play online games off of other Xbox Live user's shitty tethered cellphone connections in some cases), etc.
I'm sure Sony won't be perfect either and I'm really hoping systems like Ouya/Steambox/whatever really catch on in the long run, but I've been extremely disappointed with the Xbox experience lately to the point where I'm actively looking to jump ship in the next generation.
- r00fus 14y agoIf anything, mobile gaming platforms (iOS, Android) have gotten users expecting minimal to zero wait times for decent quality graphics on games. And that's not even in their wheelhouse - other connected experiences like Netflix streaming and browsing are unbelievably better on a mobile device (esp. considering bluetooth inputs).