XBox One vs PS4 (consoles) [Archive]

MinionZombie

12-Jun-2013, 05:20 PM

Hasn't the Xbone been on pre-order for longer than the PS4?

Anyway - I'm not a day one adopter of console tech. There's usually bugs to work out, there isn't a vast game library to choose from (and therefore no cheap games to pick up when you first get yourself your shiney new console), and the price is always higher. So I'm not pre-ordering a damn thing - I've still got a bunch of 360 titles coming up, and ones to catch up on!

Kaos

12-Jun-2013, 06:58 PM

Here is a contradictory (and probably biased considering the source :) ) report: http://playstationgang.com/ps4-pre-order-tops-amazon-top-20-list/

LouCipherr

12-Jun-2013, 07:51 PM

Amazingly, it seems the XBox has overcome all the negative press and is selling better in pre-orders on Amazon - http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/microsofts-xbox-one-edges-out-sonys-ps4-in-amazon-preorders-8652627.html

Here's what I'm wondering about this....

How many 360 owners bought into the pre-orders of the Xbone without having any knowledge (or at least, not much) about what's really going on with the new console?

My guess? At least half of them. A 'guess' at best, yes, but we here are the exception to the rule, reading up on everything presented about the Xbone prior to it's release. Many, if not most, people don't give a shit and just want the "latest and greatest" console without doing much research into it.

Also, I think the PS4 just went on pre-sale today didn't it? I just got an email from Best Buy saying "PRE-ORDER THE PS4 TODAY!" So even if what I said isn't true, it's kind of a biased way to look at things, no? I mean, the Xbone, as MZ has said, has been on pre-order longer...

Meh. Stupid consoles. Solution? Buy or build a gaming PC! :lol: :p :D

Danny

12-Jun-2013, 09:38 PM

Not surprised, idiot dudebros will preorder for the brand recognition alone. And lets be honest wont give a fuck about their freedoms being taken away from their entertainment and putting a media center that you rent and never truly own in control of all your entertainment as long as they can bro it up in the latest codmodblopswaw finish the fight of modern war fighters: dudebro evolved.

personally im going ps4, because i like consoles having the same things they do now, not less. crazy idea i know but you vote with your wallet and anyone paying for an xbox one is paying to vote for less control and freedom over games AND the industry itself. Less new ideas, more rehashes and sequels because they are "safe day one sales" and the moment their local exchange goes down for 48 hours in a storm or something and they cant play gta? well id say the idiots only have themselves to blame because they payed to say thats okay and the way games should be now.

krisvds

13-Jun-2013, 05:49 AM

Woleheartedly agreed with everything Danny said.
Though to be fair PS4 has its own fair share of games featuring armed, muscular men shouting at one another, blowing things up and such.

Neil

13-Jun-2013, 09:52 AM

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Andy

13-Jun-2013, 10:46 AM

PS4 for me think, i seem to dislike the xboxone a little bit more everytime i hear something new about it.

Neil

13-Jun-2013, 11:04 AM

^^ LOL! Have you heard now what M$ are doing with the Microsoft points? They're ditching them and converting them into conventional funds/currency... HOWEVER! If you don't spend it within a year.... Thank you very much, M$ will just pocket it!

And it's as cynical as it sounds, because if you add M$ points after the conversion (eg: by using a M$ point card from a shop) these will be converted to conventional currency/fund with NO time limit!

So why the special treatment for M$ points there before the swap over? Because M$ simply realise they can cash in all that money that people have lying around and not using (forgotten about).

MinionZombie

13-Jun-2013, 11:09 AM

PS4 for me think, i seem to dislike the xboxone a little bit more everytime i hear something new about it.

Ain't that the truth!

MinionZombie

13-Jun-2013, 12:39 PM

https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/993780_521326224595863_436368263_n.png

:lol::lol::lol:

Plus look at the size of the Kinect versus whatever Sony's got (the Move?) ... Sony's is far smaller, and therefore easier to place in the home. I don't know how on earth anyone's going to find an easy and workable place for that giant block of Kinect bullshit.

Neil

13-Jun-2013, 01:14 PM

^^ Yeh it's the PS4 Eye. I think it's an optional extra? Yet to see any real game/app make use of it?

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LouCipherr

13-Jun-2013, 01:31 PM

^^ LOL! Have you heard now what M$ are doing with the Microsoft points? They're ditching them and converting them into conventional funds/currency... HOWEVER! If you don't spend it within a year.... Thank you very much, M$ will just pocket it!

When the hell is that supposed to happen?! I have point i have to spend, and I wanna make sure that it gets done before this bullshit starts... :rolleyes:

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e104/LouCipherr/xbox-one-versus-a-rock_zps11780c15.jpg

Neil

13-Jun-2013, 02:10 PM

When the hell is that supposed to happen?! I have point i have to spend, and I wanna make sure that it gets done before this bullshit starts... :rolleyes:
There you go, it works! You won't have enough points to buy a title, so will have to top them up and thus spend more than you want :) More money for M$!

Suggestion is it will take place in a few months (August?) - http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2013/05/17/report-microsoft-to-end-use-of-microsoft-points-on-xbox-live.aspx

Danny

13-Jun-2013, 04:36 PM

Woleheartedly agreed with everything Danny said.
Though to be fair PS4 has its own fair share of games featuring armed, muscular men shouting at one another, blowing things up and such.

id like to think every console has them really, some full on college dudebros losing their shit over animal crossing and "smash being evo tier" :lol:

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https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/993780_521326224595863_436368263_n.png

But people with a robot fetish on the other hand are seeing the start of a terminator cock looking golden age!

LouCipherr

13-Jun-2013, 04:37 PM

There you go, it works! You won't have enough points to buy a title, so will have to top them up and thus spend more than you want :) More money for M$!

Who says I'll buy more?! :lol:

I have right around 1250 points - get a $20 game, have 50 points left over, buy a stupid shirt or something goofy for my son's avatar, done.

The only thing that 'worked' was convincing me not to buy anything else from MS again in regards to their consoles.

Mission accomplished, MS!

Neil

13-Jun-2013, 06:36 PM

LouCipherr

13-Jun-2013, 07:37 PM

^^ But there will be loads of people with say 1000 points, who can't get anything they want, so will either let is slide, or buy something they wouldn't otherwise get to prevent those 1000 points being trashed.

M$ win either way...

If I were those people, I'd spend those points in any way I could without buying more - even if it was on stupid avatar stuff...

But you're right, Neil - either way, it's more money for MS. :rolleyes:

kidgloves

13-Jun-2013, 08:15 PM

Never really understood this brand loyalty/hate but whatever makes you feel superior heh?
Personally I'll be going the Xbox route as I did before BECAUSE of the whole Xbox live experience and the increasingly presence we all seem to have online. It just makes sense to me rather than seeing it as some infringement of my rights. I'll get the PS4 on a phone contract or something later because it seems a superior games machine ON PAPER.

LouCipherr

13-Jun-2013, 08:46 PM

Never really understood this brand loyalty/hate but whatever makes you feel superior heh?

:lol:

CoinReturn

14-Jun-2013, 11:05 AM

CoinReturn

16-Jun-2013, 08:47 PM

Pre-ordered One. Dead Rising 3, Forza 5 and Titanfall are on my must-buy list so far, but I'm hoping to see more from Sunset Overdrive. That game has the potential to be the next L4D if Insomniac can find their way back on track.

Aaaand after a few days of mulling it over, I've switched and pre-ordered the PS4 Battlefield 4 bundle.

ProfessorChaos

16-Jun-2013, 11:21 PM

CoinReturn

17-Jun-2013, 12:08 AM

^

what exactly led to your coming to your senses? no offense, but i just can't fathom anyone thinking an xbox one sounds like a better deal than a ps4.

i seriously hope MS falls on their faces hard on this one and loses tons and tons of money and a large percentage of its customer base. what a bunch of pretentious cocksuckers.

Games had me favoring Xbox One, quite simply. The online checks don't bother me.

Sony's first party offerings are paltry at best for this launch; Drive Club looks like a joke compared to Forza 5, and nobody is going to be playing Killzone when Battlefield 4 and CoD are available.

I'm just investing along with everyone else that if PS4 handily outsells Xbox One, they'll get some of that third-party exclusive goodness, too. Here's hoping it comes to fruition.

Neil

17-Jun-2013, 09:47 AM

PS4 gets 95% of consumer vote at Amazon - http://www.cinemablend.com/games/PS4-Grabs-95-Consumer-Votes-Amazon-Ends-Poll-Early-56766.html

http://www.cinemablend.com/images/sections/56766/xbox_one_56766.jpg

Kaos

17-Jun-2013, 09:45 PM

Looks like the PS4's volume is 259.2 cubic inches and Xbox One's volume is 449.28 cubic inches. Shit, the PS4 has even less volume than the Xbox 360 slim which is 325.1 cubic inches.
http://playstationgang.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/XvsS-Next-Gen-Size-Comparison.jpg

Danny

17-Jun-2013, 10:18 PM

thats interesting considering the ps4 has a plug straight into it but the xbone has a big external power brick again. What on earth warrants the much larger size?

Neil

18-Jun-2013, 01:47 PM

Wow! So the PS4 is only 5cm thick, and has the PSU in there? God! I hope they've not caused a potential overheating issue!? Or it has loud fans!?

Kaos

18-Jun-2013, 01:57 PM

I am hoping for Peltier cooling.

Kaos

25-Jun-2013, 04:03 PM

Rottedfreak

25-Jun-2013, 06:28 PM

The 1080p/60fps are happening on the last one you'd expect.

bassman

25-Jun-2013, 07:21 PM

The current gen of consoles were touted to be able to produce 1080P rendered games however few were ever produced. I think people buying next gen systems will feel cheated if game developers release games in 720P.

Gamers in general are always cheated. They whine and complain, but they'll inevitably buy the damn system and the corporation will make billions. Same old story, over and over again. Rinse and repeat.

You'd think these whiners would eventually just stop buying the stuff, but they can't....

Kaos

25-Jun-2013, 09:01 PM

They say that The Last of Us is 720P and the visuals are astonishing on the PS3 so resolution may not be everything, but given the raw power of the PS4 as well as a chipset platform that is well known (x86) I think most gamers would expect that they could eek out 1080P60 with some bells and whistles.

MinionZombie

27-Jun-2013, 11:38 AM

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Interesting ... PS4's lower price is down to removing the "Eye" from the console as standard ... while it may prove bad for the "Eye" tech itself, I don't think consumers will give a stuff. They don't want Kinect forced on them, and a cheaper price is very attractive.

Kaos

27-Jun-2013, 04:47 PM

Even if you buy the Eye separately you are still end up paying $40 less in the U.S.

Danny

02-Jul-2013, 11:46 AM

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y91/khazrak/1372758190373-1_zps340216b2.jpg (http://s3.photobucket.com/user/khazrak/media/1372758190373-1_zps340216b2.jpg.html)

Well EDGE seems to have their mind made up. Considering microsoft studios has a monetary stake in the magazine imagine theres some angry phonecalls being made about this one.

Neil

02-Jul-2013, 11:59 AM

^^ w o w !

But let's not forget...
http://media.edge-online.com/wp-content/uploads/edgeonline/2012/09/EDGEcov159.jpg

krisvds

02-Jul-2013, 02:32 PM

Well EDGE seems to have their mind made up. Considering microsoft studios has a monetary stake in the magazine imagine theres some angry phonecalls being made about this one.

Gutsy cover I guess. Though it makes me wonder perhaps it was conceived before the microsoft DRM backpaddle?

Danny

02-Jul-2013, 04:44 PM

Gutsy cover I guess. Though it makes me wonder perhaps it was conceived before the microsoft DRM backpaddle?

Well thats the thing isn't it? the term "console war" was thought up by these gaming magazines to start "us vs them" advertising, controversy and opinion can often garner a sale.

Neil

16-Sep-2013, 03:10 PM

Developers suggest PS4 is 50% faster than XBox One - www.edge-online.com/news/power-struggle-the-real-differences-between-ps4-and-xbox-one-performance/

PlayStation 4 is currently around 50 per cent faster than its rival Xbox One. Multiple high-level game development sources have described the difference in performance between the consoles as “significant” and “obvious.”

MinionZombie

16-Sep-2013, 05:17 PM

Bloody nora! That's a bit of a discrepancy between the two of them!

I've still not made my mind up, and won't for some time yet ... but if this really is true, then good lord, that's a decision-maker right there I'd say.

AcesandEights

16-Sep-2013, 06:25 PM

This is why I'm glad I'm waiting. Not sure how much it would matter in the end, if all my friends opted for one console over the other.

Then again, I may leave consoles behind going forward, but that'd be hard for me.

Neil

28-Oct-2013, 03:23 PM

Titles 1080p on PS4, but 720p on XBox? - http://www.cinemablend.com/games/Microsoft-Embargo-Prohibits-Journalists-From-Revealing-Call-Duty-Ghosts-720p-Xbox-One-60159.html

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Oh dear! It gets worse!

Anyway, this news about the game (Ryse) being relegated to 30fps after being downgraded from 1080p to 900p is not good news for Microsoft's console heading into its November launch. Coupled with the undeniably strong rumors of Call of Duty: Ghosts being downgraded on the Xbox One from 1080p to 720p where-as the PS4 rendition of the game will be native 1080p at 60fps, and now you have a situation where the Xbox One is not only looking second rate, but it's looking like it's coming in behind the curve in a bad way.

http://www.cinemablend.com/games/Ryse-Confirmed-30fps-900p-Xbox-One-60158.html

Neil

31-Oct-2013, 04:33 PM

Yep, seems the XBox has a big thorn in its foot here with it offering 720p on many titles where the PS4 manages full 1080p - http://www.cinemablend.com/games/Confirmed-Call-Duty-Ghosts-720p-Xbox-One-1080p-PS4-60244.html

Breaking through the pathetic embargo of the Doritocracy, Infinity Ward's executive producer Mark Rubin decided to just come clean about the situation involving the Xbox One's resolution of Call of Duty: Ghosts, and it's been confirmed that the system can only handle native 720p compared to the PS4, which is running native 1080p.

MinionZombie

31-Oct-2013, 06:09 PM

Mmm ... the Xbone is looking rather disappointing generally, even with some concessions made, it's not an attractive prospect. You still have to get it running online at least once (what about people without that ability?), the price is far higher than the PS4, that Kinect junk is just bullshit nobody wants, and all that ADHD 'Xbox, watch TV ... Xbox, play game ... Xbox, snap Explorer ... Xbox, load Skype' bollocks is just nonsense ... why on earth would you watch TV through your Xbox? You already have a box for TV, so you then have TWO boxes on doing the work of ONE ... nevermind about your electricity bill, eh?

I'm not a fan of the Playstation controller though, even if the PS4 one does look better than the PS3 joypad ... but there's too much stacked against Xbone at this point. Unless they relaunch it in a couple of years, I think they'll go down as putting out an underwhelming console.

I'd say, generally, that Xbox won this current generation ... at this point, it's looking like Playstation will win the next generation.

MinionZombie

09-Nov-2013, 05:45 PM

I read that both consoles will require a Day One Patch - indeed, with the Xbone, without that patch it'll be a very expensive brick that won't do anything. :rolleyes:

Surely we can all see where this is going? Server crashes, only some people being able to get the patch downloaded, people who don't have internet access (and don't know it's absolutely required to get the damn thing going) realising after they've stumped up their dosh that they're screwed, and a bunch of screaming kids inspiring their parents to scream at Sony and MS. :p

A Day One Patch, eh? That smacks a bit of rushed release on both counts to me, even though the MS guys have boasted that their console is solid this time around and could last "conservatively" for "ten years" ... well I'd ruddy well hope so (time will tell, mind you) ... it's just a shame they've made a pig's ear of the rest of the process! I suppose though, if your main rival is going at a time, you can't hang around and go months later or you'll be skuppered.

kidgloves

16-Nov-2013, 06:41 PM

Heres a side by side comparison of the video capabilities. I don't know about anyone else but I prefer the image on the right which is supposed to be the xbox one. The PS4 one looks too flat to me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XqWRACk2zY#t=104

MinionZombie

16-Nov-2013, 07:39 PM

Hmmm ... I barely see a difference - mostly just slightly more contrast on the Xbone, which does mean certain scenes (e.g. the first one) looks more washed out on the PS4, but then other scenes look too dark on the Xbone while the PS4 gets the mix right ... so it's not even a consistent slight difference. :p

Mr. Clean

27-Nov-2013, 07:56 AM

MinionZombie

27-Nov-2013, 11:09 AM

So.....My decision to wait a few years to upgrade consoles seems to be a good one since BOTH next gen consoles are having major issues similar to the 360's red ring of death. Why do the manufacturers always have this issue during roll out? Looks like they would have learned the lesson by now since this kind of crap has been happening since the original xbox.....possibly sooner but I can't recall.

To be fair, are the failure rates all that high? I was reading suggestions that the percentage was actually quite low - and entirely in proportion to various forms of tech - you're always going to have a failure rate of a couple of percent with ones that are, for whatever reason, just dead out of the box.

However, in this day and age of the internet, it's very easy for people to shout very loud about something (e.g. the blue light of death, or the dubstep disc drive) and make it appear to be a larger problem than it truly is.

Either way, I was never going to hop on the next gen for a good while anyway. It was 18 months before I got onboard with Xbox360. It's best to see the lay of the land after a while, as well as to get some cheap game deals from a larger library of content. :)

Neil

27-Nov-2013, 11:41 AM

To be fair, are the failure rates all that high? I was reading suggestions that the percentage was actually quite low - and entirely in proportion to various forms of tech - you're always going to have a failure rate of a couple of percent with ones that are, for whatever reason, just dead out of the box.

However, in this day and age of the internet, it's very easy for people to shout very loud about something (e.g. the blue light of death, or the dubstep disc drive) and make it appear to be a larger problem than it truly is.

Either way, I was never going to hop on the next gen for a good while anyway. It was 18 months before I got onboard with Xbox360. It's best to see the lay of the land after a while, as well as to get some cheap game deals from a larger library of content. :)

I suspect you're spot on!

Neil

24-Jan-2014, 10:42 AM

Tomb Raider Definitive Edition runs at 30fps on the XBox One, but at 60fps on the PS4? That says something about comparative performance! - http://www.cinemablend.com/games/Tomb-Raider-Definitive-Edition-60fps-PS4-30fps-Xbox-One-61836.html

Neil

24-Feb-2014, 04:24 PM

XBox One price drop - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-26325354

Microsoft is to drop the price of its new Xbox One console - just over three months after its release.

Wonder if the PS4 will lower its price? I doubt it! I know even with matched prices I'd still go PS4!

Mr. Clean

03-Nov-2014, 03:46 AM

Well, I bought a PS4 on Tuesday.

Interesting Controller....the touch pad/button thingy in the middle of the controller is similar to the touch pad mouse on a laptop. I would assume that it's more for folks who use their system for browsing the web but I suppose games could find an interesting purpose. I also don't understand the speaker in the controller. :rockbrow:

I have only bought two games so far. Watch Dogs and Thief. I am pumped for MGS: The Phantom Pain. I will be getting MGS: Ground Zeroes sometime in the next few weeks to hold me over for it's 12/31 release date.(yes, I waited and know that it's an extremely short game)

As far as graphics go, I don't see too much of a gap between the PS3 and the PS4 at the moment. I think the gap will grow in the coming months. I haven't compared Watch Dogs side by side but there's nothing much graphic wise on the PS4 that makes me go "HOLY SHIT!". It is however extremely fast. I can go from the game to the main menu aka dash board in a half second. I'm not for certain but I also believe that you can run multiple "applications". Say you want to back out of your game to look up cheat codes or an FAQ. You can do that and then resume your game where you left in a split second. As long as you didn't close the application(game).

My only complaint so far is they seemed to have over complicated a few process. Like turning off the controller while your watching Netflix. Instead of holding down the PS button and simply clicking turn off controller....You have to go to "adjust devices"...."turn off devices"...."dualshock 4". Not a big problem just kind of annoying.

ProfessorChaos

01-Dec-2014, 05:39 AM

my new ps4 will be arriving tomorrow while i'm at work. really, really looking forward to getting home tomorrow evening. I got the bundle with gta5 and the last of us remastered, which I am really looking forward to checking out.

funny, though, as both games bundled with my console are last-gen games and i'm also very excited about the remastered gamecube resident evil remake. what i'm really anxious to see is how great the games actually designed for new-gen consoles play/look.

Tricky

10-Apr-2015, 07:36 PM

Well I had cash burning a hole in my pocket last weekend and went and bought a PS4, my first console since the PS2 as I've been a staunch PC gamer for the last 13 years! I have to say the graphics on GTA5 have blown me away and The Last Of Us was well worth the wait, great buy! I haven't played online with it yet, but my user name is Tricky5282 if any of you hogs are on.

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I also don't understand the speaker in the controller. :rockbrow:

Have you played GTA5 yet? That speaker makes much more sense when you use the phones in the game :cool:

kidgloves

15-Jun-2015, 11:25 PM

Been very impressed with what MS have shown at E3. The games are starting to feel next gen.

Can't wait for this.

https://youtu.be/yRVR-Y__bmg

slickwilly13

17-Jun-2015, 01:02 PM

Been very impressed with what MS have shown at E3. The games are starting to feel next gen.

Can't wait for this.

https://youtu.be/yRVR-Y__bmg

MS has announced backwards compatibility with the 360 & XB1. MS just have me enough reason to buy their console in the future, but going to wait for a price drop or maybe an upgraded slimmer version.

Neil

17-Jun-2015, 05:06 PM

MS has announced backwards compatibility with the 360 & XB1. MS just have me enough reason to buy their console in the future, but going to wait for a price drop or maybe an upgraded slimmer version.

That is a huge big +ve reason to buy it!

Is it suppose to basically be 100% compatible?

kidgloves

18-Jun-2015, 01:28 AM

That is a huge big +ve reason to buy it!

Is it suppose to basically be 100% compatible?

They've built an emulator that will run every 360 game but it's down to the publisher's who decide whats released. A lot of the software houses seem to be remaking there last release for the Xbone while learning about the hardware. If they allow MS to make there games work the sales of the redux/remake won't be as good.

Neil

18-Jun-2015, 09:50 AM

They've built an emulator that will run every 360 game but it's down to the publisher's who decide whats released. A lot of the software houses seem to be remaking there last release for the Xbone while learning about the hardware. If they allow MS to make there games work the sales of the redux/remake won't be as good.

Sorry, so if I have a shelf of XBox 360 games, will these work or not on the XBone? You're implying they could work, but each publisher needs to allow/permit M$ to run it on the XBone?

Rottedfreak

18-Jun-2015, 04:08 PM

Yes indeedy,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCGKATko82U
they'll update when they get permission.

Mr. Clean

29-Jul-2015, 01:21 AM

Have you played GTA5 yet? That speaker makes much more sense when you use the phones in the game :cool:

Yeah I agree, I have come to learn that the speaker makes for a more interesting experience.

Neil

29-Jul-2015, 10:50 AM

I see Micro$oft are also adding in loads of XBone and Windows 10 cross functionality too! Seems they're adding quite a number of nice strings to their bows now, with backwards compatibility probably being the most interesting!

kidgloves

06-Aug-2015, 09:49 PM

Looks like the publishers approach to the backwards compatability of the Xbone is turning out to be quite promising from what I've seen so far at Gamescom.
Most of the AAA title publishers seem to be giving away the previous generations release free with the new release. I'm getting Fallout 3 as a bonus with Fallout 4 for example.
It's a good start.
Not sure where I'm going to find the time to play them though.

ProfessorChaos

05-Feb-2016, 06:53 AM

has anyone upgraded their ps4's hard drive yet? i just ordered a 2TB hdd kit and will be undergoing this process next week....just wondered if anyone had any insight or experience with this. sounds easy enough i supposed.

i've pretty much used up all of the measly 500GB of data from the stock hdd, which isn't hard to do when games like arkham knight and all dlc included take up 72 gigs of data! hopefully 2TB will be plenty of space for years to come.

bassman

05-Feb-2016, 07:42 PM

I've been considering a hard drive upgrade, as well. As you mentioned, I've only been running through a few games, namely GTAV, Arkham Knight, and Battlefront, and I can see the storage capacity dwindling at quite the high rate of speed! Let us know how it works out for you.

ProfessorChaos

09-Feb-2016, 10:12 PM

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00PG5FHCU?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00

this is the kit i ordered, it arrived today, and came with all you need aside from another computer to download the software to reinstall on your new hard drive. it even has an instructions sheet that breaks it all down in easy steps. the actual swapping of the hard drives took only about 15 minutes and was surprisingly easy. once you reboot your system, you have to set it up like you did when you first turned it on and reconnect to the internet and redownload your psn profile, then redownload or reinstall all of your games, which is where the real time-consuming part lies.

my only regret is that the game PT (which was basically a playable demo for the now-cancelled silent hill reboot) has been taken off the playstation store and is no longer available, so i can't redownload it. other than that, i am very happy with my purchase and decision to upgrade. when i restarted the system, i had 1.77 TB of free space, so i should be set for years to come.

Kaos

05-May-2016, 02:45 AM

I bought that kit based on your recommendation, Prof. Easy upgrade, and everything works great!

ProfessorChaos

09-May-2016, 03:56 PM

I bought that kit based on your recommendation, Prof. Easy upgrade, and everything works great!

glad to hear the process went as smoothly for you as it did for me. with games taking up so much memory these days, it seems that they should include a heck of a lot bigger hard drive then what they offer.

kidgloves

13-Jun-2016, 07:17 PM

2 new Xbox's coming
Xbox S and Scorpio

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2016/6/13/11890842/microsoft-xbox-project-scorpio-virtual-reality-e3-2016?client=ms-android-samsung#

Rottedfreak

18-Jun-2016, 11:52 PM

Xbox S for 4K Blu Ray/Streaming playback while Scorpio is for 4K resolution in Xbox One software an VR gaming, meaning you'll see a resolution bump in future games but not a graphical enhancement.
Playstation Neo is probably going to be the same, it's got the extra bells and whistles for VR gaming and 4K.

Nintendo also have a new console due next year but we know nothing about it. Given their history with Wii and Wii U, it'll probably be built to tackle the previous gen (Wii for PS2, Wii U for 360/PS3) and likely have little support beyond Nintendo's own software divisions and maybe second party exclusives like Bayonetta 2 or Xenoblade.

LivingDeadGuy

15-May-2017, 02:30 AM

I'm sticking with my PS3. It's got more games that I actually like to play than the ps4 or xboxes and they're not crazy expensive anymore.

kidgloves

15-Jun-2017, 09:07 PM

$499 (£450) for the Xbox One X (Scorpio)

LivingDeadGuy

16-Jun-2017, 01:12 AM

I bought my brand new PS3 for just $200. I had an older one that I paid more for but it tore up on me and I didn't have a warranty. I'm going to take better care of my new system.

kidgloves

30-Nov-2017, 08:25 PM

Just dropped £400 on a Scorpio (X). Pick it up tomorrow. Woohoo

MinionZombie

01-Dec-2017, 11:05 AM

Just dropped £400 on a Scorpio (X). Pick it up tomorrow. Woohoo

Enjoy, good Sir. :)

I've had my Xbox One S for a year now and have thoroughly enjoyed it. It is true that MS have a problem with exclusives (unlike Sony, for example), but most of the games I play at cross-platform, so it doesn't bother me (but I did get to play Quantum Break, and as a huge fan of Remedy Games that made me a happy chappy :thumbsup: ).

I hear the ultra HD graphics packages are quite hefty to download. I'd never be able to manage that out here in the sticks with our exceedingly slow speed (relatively speaking ... I still remember the days of Dial Up, so at least it's better than that! :lol: )

What games have you got for it? Right now I'm playing Fallout 4 (aye, a couple of years late to that one, hehe) and have been for a while now; it's definitely a time sink (I've crossed the 100 hour mark). There's various faults (samey missions of the 'go here & either kill everyone or get this item' variety, and certain 'keep the player busy' missions repeat in a really annoying way whereby I've been made to do the same friggin' clear up or whatever three or four ruddy times ... it's also bloody annoying when the 'mission giver' of potentially any given settlement ends up being the same person as you've made "provisioner" (so you can draw from pooled resources stored at Sanctuary Hills, your main base of operations) because you're then chasing them all over the bloody map to get a 'defend' quest and if you miss that you fail and have to repair stuff in a grumpy settlment ... since when did a "militia" consist of one person (the player)?!) ... but it's still a fully realised world with so much to explore (and shoot). The positives outweigh the irritations, although said irritations could have so easily been avoided.

Neil

01-Dec-2017, 06:59 PM

Isn't the new XBox One X going to be getting VR?

kidgloves

01-Dec-2017, 10:23 PM

I'm still using 1080p technology (plasma and projector) with no intention to go ultra with hdr in the near future so I thought long and hard before buying a Scorpio. Problem is I work for John Lewis and the technology temptation is always there. I was starting to get annoyed with the slowdown in some of my games on the One so that finally pushed me over the edge.
I'm playing Witcher 3 (nearing the end of my 2nd playthrough inc expansions) and Just Cause 3. The Division and Dying Light have just had free huge DLC released so I'm going to go back to those as well