Ive never been a console fanboy. I love games, the system they run on is just a means to play the games. If a game is good or bad its because of the developer who made it and not the system it runs on. With that said I do prefer and buy the majority of games on comparable competing systems like xbox vs. ps2, 360 vs. ps3 and such in the console that has the options and such I like best. The other console I just buy its few exclusives I cant get anywhere, but the majority of my money goes to the other.
In this case so far I have no interest in a xbox one, the ps4 is what has captured my interest.
1) I refuse to pay to get online with the xbox one when my pc is free to get online with, the ps3 is free to get online with and I presume sony will make the ps4 free to get online with also. I wont pay MS for the ability to play games online when their competition lets me do it for free.
2) The whole used thing is still confusing and I read conflicting comments but I wont pay a license to play a used game. To me limiting my game without a license fee is like me buying a game I don't actually own and am free to do with what I want without a string attached. I cant let a friend borrow it, I cant sell it without it being of less value due to license required for other person to play it, and I cant even rent a game without buying a license for it. Of course this may change since MS has told contradicting statements on the topic.
3) I don't want my xbox to phone home every 24 hours so I can continue to play games. Its a small gripe but I still resist it because that's how things get messed up is when we accept little inconveniences as no big deal then turn later and see them all piled up being one big inconvenient mess that is annoying as hell. That's how DRM has gotten so bad is we just accepted everything in small stages and it progressively got worse. I know "it isnt a big deal dude" well it is a big deal to me, I shouldnt have to verify my system I paid for every 24 hours simply because it is my system I paid for and belongs to me. Too many people anymore let companies inconvience them little by little when they shouldnt be doing it at all.
4) I don't want the xbox to listen to me even when its off and when its on I don't want it always watching and listening to me. Stupid gripe I know but see number 3.
5) I don't want Kinect2 required because I have one already and I don't like it, I don't want a system where its required because then Kinect features will get shoe horned into games making me talk or move around to play when all I want to do is sit back and relax to play games. Not to mention saying something or moving my arm to do something is inefficient since I can push a button with less thought and 1/10th of the speed. Yes ps4 has a new camera system but it isn't required to even use the system, its optional.
6) I don't want to support MS because they wont let indie devs self publish their titles. Ps3/ps4 and pc both support open publishing for indies but MS wants contracts and such. Im not a huge fan of indie games really because I dont like many of them but I still think its a dick move to put restrictions on just a little guy who wants gamers to play his game on their system. They should grateful to anyone who puts a game on their system because it makes them money.
7) The specs for xbox one and ps4 are pretty close but in every field the ps4 is either its equal or superior. Ps4 overall has better hardware under the hood.
8) I don't care if I can update fantasy football on the fly, I don't care if I can watch tv on it, I don't care if I can use it as a DVR, I don't care about any of that social media or television garbage. I just want to play games. I don't want a set top box, I want a game console.
9) I don't like they barely spoke about games. They mentioned a few while sony had triple the amount of games they talked about and they focused on gaming while MS spent 90% of the time talking about football and television and how you can change channels by talking.
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