@MrPoopyPants:
That performance discrepancy will favor Steam machine in the long run, maybe as soon as early next year and the gap will widen fast.
That said, hardware/performance is a minimal part of a console selling point.
@creatchee:
"So I can pay $500-6000 for a PC that won't run a word processor??"
It will run everything if you install Windows on it, but neither your PS4 or Xbox One does e...
This is definitely Valves strong point, but also their weakness.
Incompatibility issues with newer OS, drivers and hardware. I don't play PC games to much, but can still fire up StarCraft (yes, the original one) and it is magnificent!
@GTgamer:
"I don't need the VGA charts to know the PS4 is outselling X1 just saying."
That pretty much represents the sentiment here! Especially that "hopefull" part on if the rumor is true.
Reality is that MS already said 3 million sold through to consumers in 2013 and Sony hasn't said a peep. My guess, Sony is just about the same, because production capacity is similar for both!
I think the list of exclusive games for Nintendo 3DS, really show that games sell systems despite PS Vita being similarly priced to the 3DS XL and being more powerful.
@Hick:
Nintendo might not have been in it the very first available device, but they pretty much defined it, just like iPod pretty much defined the mp3 portable player space.
I always liked nvidia and generally avoid AMD, not because of performance, but in general just stability of drivers.
My experience though is that AMD is cheaper per performance on the lower end of the scale, while nvidia then to eek out higher performance.
Most of my previous cards has always been nvidia, with a few AMD. I think I will go nvidia next, unless they jack up the price significantly.
Stability and support for the win!
@pork:
At 9x times and 45% increase is all potential spin numbers to make AMD look the best. AMD (or really ATi) has never been known to make quality drivers, and in fact completely opposite.
ATi is known to make completely buggy and resource intensive drivers, unlike nvidia.
The real world numbers is what is going to matter, and I hope to see these.
MS sold through to consumers over 3 million consoles with only 13 markets. That is pretty damn good!
@Chris558:
One million worldwide or in one region, doesn't matter. Why?
Because in either case, the supply is constrained relative to demand i.e. neither MS nor Sony could have sold more in 24 hours!
Also, MS announced they sold 3 million consoles in 2013:
http://news.xbox.com/2014/0...
@fire:
I do know that, but it isn't quite the same.
I'm hoping for a silent and powerful machine in a package suitable for living room use hopefully with at least a controller and hopefully voice command and Kinect like functionality in my Steam box. The Kinect function is unlikely, the voice command might be possible, but likely cluncky or with little widespread support.
So that leaves me with a silent, powerful and convenient packag...
Playstation business to Sony, just like Xbox business to MS, is a tiny sliver of the overall.
Sony problem runs far deeper than the surface, as it is company culture combined with inability to create reasonably priced products.
Anyhow, I wouldn't touch Sony stock with a 10 feet pole either.
MS stock is far better, but it ain't going to make you rich. It will have it's movement and although the stock is positive right now, it ain&...
Sadly this is true!
I value ease of use the most, and the Xbox One (and the PS4) has consistently been more user friendly in use than my PC, even with Steam in big picture mode.
Admittedly both Xbox One and PS4 is more like PC now, it still has a huge leg up, especially in convenience with Kinect One. I also really feel attached to trophies and especially achievements.
That said, the cheaper games, the freedom to install whatever you want (if you are using Windows), the breadth ...
That does seem like a nice machine, but does it come with a controller, and a Windows license?
Steam machine is practically useless to me with just Linux, and an added Windows 8 license will set me back around $100 more.
If I'm looking from just a graphical power point, it is great. From a usability in my daily life, it is very limited.
Kinect One alone makes my Xbox One much more convenient for Amazon Instant Video and Netflix. While gra...
The only gap that should matter is if there are games and features. The PS3 being more powerful than Xbox 360 didn't mean jack squat when it took more resources to get less features i.e. PS3 used 48MB RAM (reduced from a massvie 120MB) for the OS, while the Xbox 360 has consistently used 32MB RAM entire generation and was able to get cross game and party chat.
So the only gap that matters are price, games, features, ease of use and uses.
@darkride:
"Even if this was fake, this time, even if it was temporary, this is the perfect example of why an "always connected" future should worry us all. If the Xbox One had released as originally planned and you couldn't play a game unless your system was connected or you could "check in", all it takes is one motivated hacker group to potentially brick millions of consoles by taking the online service down and keep those consoles bricked as lo...
I'm still baffled why certain people refuse to acknowledge the value of Kinect. Maybe because it is usually the same people I see with an agenda....
That said, there are two ways to fix this:
a) turn off Kinect in the settings, before you start the game
b) make sure you calibrate the TV properly by turning up the TV volume so the system knows to tune out the game noise. With the tuning I can literally whisper to my Xbox One and it will he...
To people complaining about internet bandwidth problems:
The all digital model MS was pushing allowed you to buy the game disc in store, and install it from disc, and merely patching it from XBL if you wanted to.
There would be no bandwidth issue beyond what you have now.
Now that your digital, but disc-based game is sold in-store it would be subject to the same sales you have now.
Ironically, the only downside is the 24-hour...
@dalibor:
"Yet when your precious USB or HDD go kaput say goodbye to everything."
My Xbox One game saves are stored on the cloud and almost my entire computer is stored on skydrive. All the software I can re-download.
The chance of my HDD or USB going kaput is small, and there is recovery for that.
What if your physical disc go kaput? Dog eats it, or house burns down, you loose the disc or you are a victim of burgla...
I agree... too bad though.