Sony plays this game of being more powerful every console launch. I remember it well during PS3 launch. It became apparent quickly that both consoles were equally powerful through the games it released.

Now, to Sony's benefit I also remember that games they had during launch or on the horizon were very very compelling. Ratchet and Klank is one of my favorite games and I was mad as hell Xbox didn't have that franchise.

But this time while Sony is playing up the hardware again the launch titles and what is on the horizon for PS4 seems dim. I am not dissing PS4 in any way but to me I think the flood gates are coming and I don't know how Sony is going to be able to compete.

It's not just TitanFall and Halo 5 but the entire app ecosystem that Microsoft is threatening with.

Skype for example. Does everyone realize that instead of being huddled real close to ones laptop now a family of 5 can sit on the living room couch and Skype cousin Joey in San Fran? There is nothing and will be nothing on Sony's PS4 to match this amazing technological reality.

Yea the cable overlay may be kind of stupid but in reality the one guide idea that mixes in Netflix to Skydrive is oh so compelling.

I think the story for Xbox One is going to get stronger and stronger every single year. By the end of this console war I could see Sony perhaps abandoning ship.

To be honest the Steam Box is more compelling right now than the PS4.

of course IMHO.

What are you honest and non-trolling thoughts about the issue - I am interested in what thoughtful comments say about this.

Glad to see XBox One is off to a smooth launch. This makes me happy and confident in MS's networks assigned to the Xbox One. Great things to come next. TitanFall and Halo 5.

@BlueCash: I don' get it why? why are people saying the PS4 is better? For what real reason? to me everything points to the Xbox...

@hitmanactual: uh oh... this isn't good the launch already happened there right?

@hitmanactual: What country are you in? In US it is fine...

@Bangerman15: Yea they really need to bring a BAD COMPANY Game back...

1. Does Skype have snapping abilities and what if a call comes in while playing a game or watching TV? Does it get snapped but direct snapping does work?

2. The guide... I have cut cable so I don't plan to ever use the HDMI pass through feature. Is the guide still for me? Is there enough use out of it to be used even though I don't have a cable connection passing through it?

3. The sensitivity of the microphone for Kinect... It seems that people have to yell at it to get Xbox to initiate. Is this the case? And if so is there a way to up the sensitivity for the Kinect to perhaps hear you better? I notice this is the same issue with my Xbox 360. Sometimes, like my girlfriend, it just ignores what I am saying.

4. What is the biggest and most interesting feature of smartglass? Smartglass is awesome for my 360. How much better is the Xbox One SG? For me I wish it did more of a mircast thing where If I pull up IE on the One then an explorer would be on my SG so that I can type and properly move around the screen. As of now it doesn't really do things like that per se. It almost seems if my phone app works better than the Windows 8.1 app. But the 8.1 app seems to look as if it can do more potentially. If that makes sense.

5. Are there any surprise apps coming to the Xbox One on launch? It am almost upset and disappointed on the Xbox teams clear app initiative or what their road map exactly is for apps. They really dropped the ball on that one but wondered if you had any more insight to what they might be holding close to the chest.

Thanks I look forward to your responses.

@Bangerman15: Wow you think that too. I was SOOOO disapointed in BF3. I still play BF2 to this day. I couldn't stand the "confusion" of the whole thing. Little artifacts always flying across the screen. LIKE WTF. it got to the point were I was like Who goes outside and just sees shit flying across the ground everywhere every 2 seconds. It is preposterous.

Another thing I felt that the scope was taking back a few notches from BF2. I don't know why but it felt that way.

Is BF4 Better? More like BF2?