Rumors of xbox demise are premature and greatly exagerated.

I was able to play the xbox at a preview event a while back. Played Ryse, DR3, and Forza. All were smooth, very fun, the controller was ace, the eco-system/UI I felt was cool, new, fresh, etc. In short I was impressed. I really enjoyed Ryse. Yes it's simple but the combat has that fun factor that makes you want to keep playing.

Now I like many here (most people it seems) have been buying into the negative stories and internet buzz but I never considered cancelling my pre-order because I played the system and knew it was good. But more-so I was buying into the idea that the ps4 was "all that," but I wanted to play it before I judged it, which I was able to do today at Best Buy. I was able to play the Knack demo, check out the UI and use the much praised ds4. Knack was awful. Yea it's got nice crisp graphics but it was boring, stale, old, i don't know just wasn't feeling anything about it. The UI? wow, plain, generic, snoozefest. Will it let you play games simply and to the point? Yep. Great. It blows.

Now the biggest surprise to me was the ds4. Now I have heard time and time again, mostly by people that haven't touched it, that this was the best controller ever made. Child please. This thing felt incrimentaly better than the ds3. it had a little more weight, the triggers were nothing special and the sticks, lord the sticks...I'm sorry but this thing still feels clumsy as hell. Just like the ds3. You can not play a fps with any confidence with this. Until Sony pulls head out and moves the left stick up where it belongs I will never like this thing. In the end I felt it was just a slightly better version of a crap controller (ds3).

In the end this made me realize that it really boils down to what is fun (duh). I felt that fun factor when playing the x1. The ps4 felt flat, yea it's got that 1080 but what it doesn't have is the fun. Maybe that will change when more games come out but multiplats are going to the x1 for me. Online, controller, eco-system, fun factor. I still have the ps4 pre-ordered through Amazon but I'll def be selling it and making some money for games.

I feel PS4 is more focused on games, so I went with it. I also have a DS4 and it is indeed the best controller I have ever used.

good to hear that you are enlighten and are able to see just how stupid system wars is.

*Yawn*

You might want to blog this damage control. Most people aren't gonna read that wall of text around here.

Am I reading an in-depth analysis of a demo stand someone played at Best Buy or am I having an aneurysm?

@s0ldier69: Knack is very repetitive (like Ratchet & Clank), which is why it starts to get boring. It's not worth $60. I think anyone on this forum could probably blow through the game in a few hours. From what I played, the game was pretty easy on Normal difficulty. I'll either rent it or pick it up next year for like $20.

I thought the DS4 was way better then the DS3. The sticks were tighter and the grip and feel was better. Plus the controller is larger then the tiny DS3. I didn't think it was better then the XBox 360 controller, except for having a better D-Pad of course. Didn't really get to test the touchpad.

Really silly blog material. After you called PS4's UI a "snoozefest" it was hard to you seriously. I mean a UI is not exactly designed to be fun you know.... Then you have a clear bias when it comes to controller design. Still, your jibberish about fun factor and how the PS4 "felt flat" was the low point of the whole thing.

xbone/10

PS4 is focused on games, you get knack and killzone.

Dat focus.

@Heil68: Can you use it with your PC?

isn't this the whole point of 'wars' in system wars? if everyone was positive about everything this place wouldn't have the legendary status it has.

Apparently, although I haven't tried it yet.

http://www.maximumpc.com/ps4_controller_confirmed_work_pc_2013

Great. I might have to get one for my PC then.

@s0ldier69: I was agreeing with until you said the trigger weren't that great. The trigger are way better than the DS3.

@silversix_:

And while SW is legendary, it doesn't hold a lick of credibility. Its entertaining if anything because much of the logic here is really mind blowing.

well that's the whole point, being entertaining.

have you decided where you gonna hide when the PS4 tramples your precious console? ;)

The moment you said the sticks were at the wrong place your opinion became shit. There's a reason the 360 is known as the FPS console... It does nothing else

whats wrong with peoples hands? why cant people use the ds3/4? jeez.

Thats why it has no good games at launch? Makes sense. lol

@s0ldier69: It's called insecurity. Cows are trying to take shots at the X1 while they can.

The ds4 is a big improvement over the ds3, but to claim that it is better than xbone controller is ridiculous.xbox controller has been the best the past 8 years, and still is despite the ds4 improvement, and let's not forget that the xbox controller has been improved as well and therefor still remains the better controller.

What demise? I know a lot of 360 gamers and they never heard of this so-called demise of XBox....unless it's merely a System Wars thing and not in the real world.

Man, the DS4 feels amazing from the time I spent with it. OP is a whiner for certain.

Microsoft has set themselves up for a prime time ass whipping by Sony.

Is it likely that they can easily survive all these months of bad PR, and being a 100 dollars more expensive to not only be competitive, but ultimately be a market leader? sure totally plausible scenario. But the betting money is on Sony as of right now. They've been playing their cards beautifully, and as far as a quality stand point is concerned. Frankly I have interest in one game between the 2 of them, and that's Dead Rising 3. Beyond that it's a bunch of "meh, I guess that's a videogame, but better looking"

Of course they do, until this happens.

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It happens in a place only cows care to dwell. A place we all like to call, Fantasy Land.

Probably the sound of the Xbone going RROD.

Look at Ryse before you talk about repetitive,is a hack and slash game all you do is that on the damn game.