My anticipated PS4 titles. The best console coming out in November. 
 Final Fantasy XV
 Lords of the Fallen
 Diablo 3 - I own it for PC, and would love single player and free MMORPG play.
 Drive Club 
 PS4 is less expensive ($400) than xbox one ($500).It’s been a long 
time since I’ve cared about console gaming. Aside from a few stand out 
exceptions the last generation of consoles has been disappointing enough
 that I never actually bought any of the consoles; I was given my Wii 
for my birthday and my Xbox 360 was a red ringed hunk of plastic when I 
got it, albeit a red ringed hunk that was still under warranty. Suffice 
to say I wasn’t impressed, and everything I’ve heard thus far about the 
“Next Generation” has me convinced that my decision to join the PC 
Gaming Master Race was the smartest thing I’ve done since deciding to 
forgive Blizzard for World of Warcraft’s Cataclysm expansion. All the 
same though it’s impossible to deny the console share of the video game 
market, and with Nintendo’s Wii U having been released late last year 
the generation of the Console War has begun. Sony and Microsoft have 
both announced their next generation console, and with Nintendo marching
 to the beat of it’s own drum as always Microsoft and Sony only really 
have each other to contend with. From initial reports though it’s 
already shaping up to be so one-sided a fight in Sony’s favor it’s 
almost embarrassing to write this as if there will be an even fight. 
Still, here’s the blow-by-blow based one what we know so far.
 1. Technical Specifications
The biggest difference between the Playstation 4 and the Xbox One 
thus far is the power each system boasts. The Xbox One boasts 8GB of 
DDR3 RAM powered by a custom 8-core AMD CPU (Microsoft is being vague on
 the processor details) backed up with a 500GB hard drive. On Sony’s 
side the Playstation 4 offers up an 8-core x86-64 AMD “Jaguar” CPU and 
8GB of GDDR5 RAM and an unknown amount of hard drive space. Both pack a 
modest amount of RAM compared to a decent gaming PC, but it’s 16 times 
the amount of RAM the previous generation of consoles offered. Both will
 also feature Blu-Ray support as well as online services and 4k support.
 The Playstation 4 also has Bluetooth compatibility while the Xbox One 
doesn’t.
Overall the graphical fight between the Playstation 4 and Xbox One 
will remain neck and neck as it always has, though Sony’s decision to 
use GDDR5 as opposed to the slower and more common DDR3 could prove 
decisive in the long run, as well as the Xbox One using 3GBs of that RAM
 on it’s Operating System and Apps whereas the Playstation 4 will only 
use 1GB. Also the 500GB hard drive on the Xbox One can’t be replaced and
 won’t be user serviceable (though both consoles will feature external 
storage support).
 2. Digital Rights Management/Used Games
This is an especially difficult paragraph to write given how even 
before the Xbox One was announced the rumors about the One’s always 
online requirement and prejudice towards used games have made for some 
very potent gamer rage. I even wrote an article about it. All Sony has 
had to do is sit back and let Microsoft do all the talking and then say 
the exact opposite to win this category. While the Xbox One won’t need 
to be online all the time, it will have to connect to the internet at 
least once in a 24-hour period (Or so conflicting Microsoft reports have
 said).
To throw in another dish of bad decisions, Microsoft has said that 
all games will be hard installed to the Xbox One’s hard drive and linked
 to a unique Xbox Live account. This would function similar to the Steam
 gaming client, except that logging into your Xbox Live account on a 
console aside from your own won’t give you access to the games linked to
 that account. And should you buy a pre-owned game better get your 
wallet ready to pay double: Microsoft plans to charge a fee equal to the
 game’s original price for adding a used game to your account.
 3. Console Goals
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This is the category where the differences between the consoles 
really stand out. For months since the announcement of the Playstation 4
 Sony has played itself up as the Anti-Microsoft and let it be known 
that while it will have other features, the Playstation 4 will be mostly
 about gaming. This contrasts Microsoft’s goals for the Xbox One, which 
as the name implies they want to act as an all-in-one media box. In 
essence, it comes off that Microsoft’s goal with the Xbox One is to 
compete with Smart TVs and computers hooked up to TVs rather than the 
Playstation 4 or even the Wii U. In addition to this, Microsoft has 
stated that they intend to continue making games for the Xbox 360 even 
after the One’s release, which isn’t a very powerful statement of 
confidence in the new console.
Ever since the One’s announcement Microsoft has done nothing but 
backpedaling and running damage control. If all else fails, the Xbox One
 will serve as a terrible warning to future consoles.
 
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