I honestly have to say, I was kind of hoping for Microsoft to put on a good showing. I don't completely LOVE them, and I don't hate Sony. My belief in the last gen was that the perfect console fell somewhere between them. But I've got a lot invested in the 360 because al my friends play it and I worry that all my friends will upgrade to the One despite their hemming and hawing.rob_simple said:
However, Sony had some real good things going for it last gen and it looks like it rectified some of the biggest flaws (RAM issues being the biggest, though I'm not sure 8 GB is futureproof). If I get a console this gen, which is still up in the air, it's probably going to be the PS4. Retrospectively, the PS4 might have even been my primary console last gen, but...Hindsight and all that.
The only thing I'll really miss is the controller. I like the 360 controller. It's one of the best I've ever used. I don't like sony controllers. I tolerated them since the PS1, but I don't like the size, the feel, and now the squishy triggers everyone uses for shooting.
I don't like deleting stuff I'm still playing. Or REASONABLY might play. I don't have installs for my earlier games on my XBox, but if it's something I go back to? Damn right I do. This is actually my major problem with the PS Vita right now. Between sales and PS+, I have a ton of awesome games, and only an 8 GB card because it's so expensive. I'd probably buy even more games on the Vita if they just used standard SD cards and I could run a 64 GB card for less than a 32 Sony card. Or even if they dropped their prices. As it is, I have to be very frugal about the games I play, and since a lot of them are PSP titles, I have to go hooking my Vita up to my PS3 every so often just to get the games.
This is tangential, but I think it proves the point about the HDD issues with the One at least somewhat. I'm reticent to buy digital games on a unit that has space issues. This is a bigger deal for me with a handheld, but still a big deal. And how big are Xbox games going to be? Sony's are going to be 50GB dls. That's not quite as big a deal to me if I can drop in a new HDD when I need the space, but with Microsoft? 500 GB fixed will be eaten up fast by games if they're close to a 50 GB install.
And again, not so big a deal if it's not MANDATORY. I install a few 360 games I want to run quicker, and I buy a few if I want to quickplay them or they're on sale (Another place where Sony trumps Microsoft, BTW...Almost all my digital games are sale games from Sony because they do a damn fine job of good sales). Capping out at 250 GB isn't so bad on a 360 unless you want to go all digital. Personally, I'm fine with that. On the other hand, I only have like four retail PS3 games.
Anyway, that was long and sort of ranty, so I'll just end it with a summary of "I don't know what Microsoft is thinking."
