Yep, here's an actual article from the same author (William Usher) yesterday: http://www.cinemablend.com/games/vi...major-texture-issues-battlefield-4-60288.html
"They're downplaying how big of an investment $500 is."
but $400 isn't? Honestly I agree that the $100 isn't much. You're already in an price range where ita expensive. $100 isn't going to be a priority in pushing someone away. It might help some decide they want the PS4, but either way you're going to spend a lot more than $400/$500 when you add in one game and a subscription, at minimum. Honestly both the Xbox One and PS4 are luxury products. The people buying them aren't going to be turned off by the $100 difference alone.
Yes. Thank you.I think the article is semi accurate because yes, downplaying those deficiencies of the Xbone is ridiculous, especially when they clobbered the Wii U so badly for its tech failings if you buy into that, BUT to put the PS4 on some pedestal like it's some great innovation and the second coming of gaming is equally as bad when it has average technology and pretty boring looking, samey/ cross gen launch games. MS has less than average tech, but better launch games. So really should game sites rally behind the technology or the games? they are game sites after all.
But I suppose bottom line is yeah if you HAVE to get one console over the other as a longer term investment, go with the PS4. at least it is somewhat improved, if you're going on games/community, then seems to me you should recommend Xbone, but honestly neither of them are impressive in the least to me and they may as well not bothered launching this year with the shit passed off as launch games.
PS4 + CoD + year ps plus = $510
XB1 + CoD + XBL = $620
That's over $100 just to play the same game at a lower resolution. I think people are smarter than you think.
"Doritocracy" is a delightful word
I'd much rather live in one of those than a... wait for it...
...a Diptatorship!
Though I guess those would probably be pretty much the same thing, wouldn't they?
If you're a die hard Xbot, Xboner, Xboy or Xbox devotee,
I agree, the discrepancy between resolutions is good point to lock on, and the press are downplaying the resolution game a little bit, but is that really an indication that their pockets are lined? I don't think it's their job to tell the reader "The ps4 is the definitive version! Xbox one just pales in performance!!!" People can make those decisions their-selves.
Yep, here's an actual article from the same author (William Usher) yesterday: http://www.cinemablend.com/games/vi...major-texture-issues-battlefield-4-60288.html
So you don't think the press should be honest with their readers? If the PS4 version is the definitive version, then why exactly would you not inform your readers of that?
$100 shouldn't be the reason why you go with one console over another. It's a ridiculous reason.
Take the 360/ps3 for example. I've gotten 8 years out of my xbox 360. I enjoyed my time with it and Im glad I chose the 360 as my console of choice. $100 over the long run over 8 years shouldn't be a reason why you choose one console over another. I'm willing to spend an extra $12.5 a year for 8 years knowing that I made the right decision.
paying same $ for games and getting inferior performance isn't my idea of customer satisfaction. It's why I mostly played on 360.
Which is why I said $100 alone isn't enough to make people prefer the PS4. Right now we're seeing the hardcore portion of the gaming community prefer the PS4, and all in all its because it is the more powerful system which had a more friendly consumer approach from the get go.It's not just an extra $100. It's an extra $100 for inferior hardware. You're taking the $100 out of context by isolating it and acting like everything else is equal.
Yep, here's an actual article from the same author (William Usher) yesterday: http://www.cinemablend.com/games/vi...major-texture-issues-battlefield-4-60288.html
Yep, here's an actual article from the same author (William Usher) yesterday: http://www.cinemablend.com/games/vi...major-texture-issues-battlefield-4-60288.html
Funny how people are falling for this major piece of baseless flamebait.
It's cinemablend. Flamebait and trash is all they write, no matter what side it favors (it will favor what brings them the most hits).
Doritocracy doesn't really fit, maybe the writer was looking for Doritoligarchy.
That's a cute article though.
$100 shouldn't be the reason why you go with one console over another. It's a ridiculous reason.
Take the 360/ps3 for example. I've gotten 8 years out of my xbox 360. I enjoyed my time with it and Im glad I chose the 360 as my console of choice. $100 over the long run over 8 years shouldn't be a reason why you choose one console over another. I'm willing to spend an extra $12.5 a year for 8 years knowing that I made the right decision.
Doritocracy.
Funny how people are falling for this major piece of baseless flamebait.
It's cinemablend. Flamebait and trash is all they write, no matter what side it favors (it will favor what brings them the most hits).
PS4 + CoD + year ps plus = $510
XB1 + CoD + XBL = $620
That's over $100 just to play the same game at a lower resolution. I think people are smarter than you think.
Gaming journalism has always been bullshit.
Funny how people are falling for this major piece of baseless flamebait.
It's cinemablend. Flamebait and trash is all they write, no matter what side it favors (it will favor what brings them the most hits).
$100 shouldn't be the reason why you go with one console over another. It's a ridiculous reason.
Take the 360/ps3 for example. I've gotten 8 years out of my xbox 360. I enjoyed my time with it and Im glad I chose the 360 as my console of choice. $100 over the long run over 8 years shouldn't be a reason why you choose one console over another. I'm willing to spend an extra $12.5 a year for 8 years knowing that I made the right decision.
I know there are people who do that, in fact I remember discussing it with people here who bought a Vita simply because of it. Gamers caring about those particular games you mentioned has absolutely nothing to do with my post.I guess it's a good thing people don't do that. Most people just want the best console to play CoD, Battlefield, Madden, NBA 2k, need for speed, assassins creed, etc.
Most general gamers don't give a shit about Killzone or Dead Rising or Forza.
Breaking it down per pixel it's crazy. Shameless re-post:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=88352211&postcount=82
So you don't think the press should be honest with their readers? If the PS4 version is the definitive version, then why exactly would you not inform your readers of that?
Yeah you're right, it's completely crazy to break it down per pixel. What next, break down per megabyte ? Are we still playing games or what ?
Good read. It's true tho - the downplaying is crazy as fuck. Let's look at the price advantage for each console and pretend EVERYTHING else about the games (framerate, IQ, textures, models, etc) are the same EXCEPT the known native resolutions. 500 for X1, 400 for PS4:
500/(1280*720) for both COD & BF4 X1
400/(1920*1080) COD PS4
400/(1600*900) BF4 PS4
$0.00054 Per pixel COD on Xbox One
$0.00019 Per pixel COD on PS4
You are paying 2.84 times as much per pixel to play on Xbox One. (184% more)
$0.00054 Per pixel BF4 on Xbox One
$0.00027 Per pixel BF4 on PS4
You are paying 2 times as much per pixel to play on Xbox One. (100% more)
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Performance per dollar - that is a huge fucking gap. Websites downplaying JUST the resolution differences are doing a disservice for consumers.
PS4 + CoD + year ps plus = $510
XB1 + CoD + XBL = $620
That's over $100 just to play the same game at a lower resolution. I think people are smarter than you think.
It's a good summary of what has transpired so far across most of the major sites.
I think the comparison to graphics cards is a good one. If an AMD card beat the Titan and cost $100 less, sites would never dream of being cagey about which one to recommend.
Funny how people are falling for this major piece of baseless flamebait.
It's cinemablend. Flamebait and trash is all they write, no matter what side it favors (it will favor what brings them the most hits).
I feel exactly the same. As someone in the comments said, the comments on those sites putting their head in the sand have also been calling them out. To see the players and the press on such opposite sides seems so weird.
Good post.Games journalism is in a bad place. The subjectivity of reviews, which is wholly understandable, has bled too far into what should be the objectivity of reporting. There's no such thing as a straight story anymore in most places. Can't just report that CoD is a higher resolution on one console, the games journalist feels the need to insert their own opinion as to whether or not that matters. There is no more reporting to let the consumer decide; it's all tinged with the authors opinions and preferences. We should be able to separate these kinds of modes of communication.