What made you choose Xbox One over other consoles?

Legit question, I'm a Nintendo/PC fan on these forums, but I do like plenty of Sony exclusives also.

Anyways, I've always been curious what the appeal is? Is it the few exclusives it has? Xbox live?

@aki2017:

Better controller (Elite), removable battery in controller, 4k graphic upgrades to 1080p games, backward compatible, Sony console blocks bootleg movie disks, I can play free xbox games offline (PS4 requires membership and online connection).

The 1st and most important for me : HALO series

Better controller and I'm a massive Halo & Forza fan.

Backward compatibility is awesome too :)

Well growing up I was a huge Nintendo fan. I mean giant. Nintendo systems were particularly hot items amongst my family and friends, there were some Segas and PlayStations but they were generally the exception and not the rule. And this continued all the way up until about the Wii.

We were very hyped for the Wii after the GameCube. No question many of us got one around launch. But essentially the general consensus with us is that it was rather gimmicky, didn't have a ton of content that was worthwhile and basically were glorified Brawl machines. It did not provide a traditional console experience which left many of us disappointed, particularly with the lack of iconic multiplats and sports games.

Naturally, people began to entertain different systems. The 360 eventually became the hot item amongst my friends, I was not an early adopter - I got it in late 2009 because by then, I had an overwhelming amount of people to play with. We entertained and continue to entertain franchises like Halo, Gears, Forza, CoD and various other EA games that are on the console.

Better Controller

I didn't chose it over any other system, I just bought them all :P

I own all systems but between PS and Xbox I prefer the Xbox. Controller, services and UI are better imo. Now with the X games play better too but until recently PS Pro was my main console because of the difference in power. Regarding PS exclusives, Bloodborne is the only one that I do love. Horizon is fine but nothing transcendental.

343, Turn 10 and Rare... Also the controller and XBL are big factors as well.

Thanks everyone for your responses. I was always curious and now I know! The ability for backwards compatibility and the controller are the main points. Also Halo ^^_

At first I was on fence, but the 2014 holiday sales had great XB1 deals, at the time the at stem had better exclusive line-up that interested me more like Dead Rising 3, Titanfall, Halo MCC, Crimson Dragon, and had Tomb Raider coming. PS4 had better prospects for what I wanted it for, but stuff that wasn't out yet, so I waited an extra year before getting one of those.

PC, PS4, and Xbox One here, bought the Xbox just to play Forza games. I don't know what Kaz and PD are thinking with the Gran Turismo series, but they finally just released a game on PS4 and it sucks.

I own all platforms, and enjoy them for different reasons. I prefer the Xbox to other consoles for the following reasons:

Controller

LIVE is superior to PS Online.

Has more games with reasons to play with others online, Sony has more games with reasons to own a PlayStation for single player purposes.

Also yes, the BC focus is quite nice too!

Upgraded to the X1X, gave my old X1 to my cousin so he can start gaming with us online. He has been trapped in a PlayStation only world that I hope to help him evolve from.

Xbox Live/gold and Multiplayer/co-op gaming.

My best friend bought a XB1, so I bought it to play with him.

Xbox Live, controller, backwards compatibility, games (although this year has been slow), friends have it, X1X

Halo,better controller,XBL,I've been loyal to the Xbox brand since it started.Still on the fence about buying a PS4,but I'll still love my X1.

I had a PS2, PS3, PS4. Went to an XB1X. To me, Microsoft is working a lot harder with their hardware offerings be it the Surface series or the Xbox. Since the leadership change, MS is getting real. I'm on board.

@ArchoNils2: EXACTLY. I have the Scorpio, PS4 Pro and Switch. They all have their strengths and weaknesses.

I chose the xbox because I thought it was the best system for me. I also think its better than ps4, and I know there are people that would disagree with that.

It's cheaper

All`my family have xboxes, so I got one to play with them. I like the os interface better, the controller design, back compat, play anywhere, and the better uptime (it used to be horrible). It kinda sucks having to pay for xbox live gold just to play online when ps4 people don't have to, but It's not really that bad and they make up for it with the 2-4 free games with gold every month.

Same here.

PS4 players do have to pay for PS Plus in order to game online. They also get "plus" deals, and free games each month as well.

PS3 players did not have to.

Oh okay. My bad. I have a ps3 I bought a while back because it was cheaper than blueray players at the time. I don't have a ps4 though. I just assumed.

Yeah, the PlayStation Network has come a long way since the PS3 which is why they charge for it now. However, Xbox LIVE is still superior.

I've been an xbox fan all my life. I started with the OG xbox and have owned everything up to the one. I have continued to stick with xbox due to friends having the console and mostly due to the excellent Halo series.

Alright dude I credit you with the best name I have ever seen on GameSpot.

I find it quite pathetic...

i don't think one is better than the other, i went and bought the one X for many reasons and none of them are power or how good the games look. i was going to get a one X orignally but at E3 this year i think it was? when it was revealed all 3 of the consoles were gonna be able to be played on the X. that is what caught my interest as i was on the fence from E3 of last year until this years. i held off buying a one S cause if i was gonna buy one i'd rather not have to buy 2 of them but one cause that's a LOT of $$$$ ya know? i've owned nearly all the consoles out there as well, but i never had any Atari or Sega so i haven't had them all.