I won't be buying the Xbox One for several reasons.Â
I only own one of the current gen consoles, the PS3, and I've spent more than I'm willing to admit on games and hardware for it. The PS4 appears to be a stand-alone product with little or no connection to the PS3, seeing as it is not backwards compatible with the PS3 and PSN purchases for the PS3 do not carry over to the PS4. This leaves me in a position where I'm not bound to any of the major three and where I'm free to choose amoung all the next-gen consoles.
I haven't bought a single used game for my PS3, but the Xbox One's restrictions on used games is a dealbreaker. Same is true for its always online requirement, I won't purchase a product which places such restrictions on paying customers. Then there's the mention of cloud-based computation, and as nice at it sounds it can just as easily be used as a form of online DRM as for enhancing the performance of games.
I don't have as much money to spend on video games now as I had at the start of the current generation of consoles. I'll probably only purchase one of the next-gen consoles. This makes exclusives more important than ever and  here I have no faith in Microsoft. If the past is an indicator of the future the PS4 and Wii U will have the largest liberies of quality exclusive.
So, that leaves the Wii U and PS4 as the only viable options. Nintendo make great games, but my experience with the Wii was awful. Having to switch from component back to composite cables in order to play certain VC games. Even with the component cables some Wii titles where not just ugly too look at, it was to the point where my eyes got irritated. As much as I love Nintendo games I'm very skeptical of their hardware. And the fact that Nintendo still doesn't have an account system similar to that of it's competators is a major turnoff. I want my online purchases to be tied to an account, not the hardware.
As things stand right now it looks as if I will be getting the PS4. I might get a Wii U later on, but I certainly won't be using their eShop.
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