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I just feel like I am better off waiting to see what the bugs will be. We are already hearing about bricked PS4s. I expect we will here the same about One's. I completely avoided the red ring of death by waiting last time.
If I had to guess I'd think with everything now on an x86 landscape we'll see a lot less exclusives this time around - the games will be easily ported to the XB1, PS4, and PC triad. Just my wild supposition, though.
Architecture doesn't have anything to do with third-party exclusives. That's economics. The reason why Titanfall isn't coming to PS4, for example, is because Microsoft is paying EA not to port it, and that's almost certainly a good business decision. Likewise, there was never any technical reason why Konami couldn't have ported MGS4 to the 360. They didn't do so presumably because they signed a contract with Sony precluding that.
Xbox One Post-Launch Exclusives
I don't really care about 99% of the games out there anyway. The few games I would even bother with will be on both with the exception of The Show. That's the only game that could sway me in one direction over the other.
Thats all those "kinect" type games. Wont argue that it will lose its novelty quickly.
That looks absolutely horrible.Whitetail Hunter said:
I'm probably going to bite. I'm going to make the jump to the next generation at some point so I might as well do it now while I can get still get some value for my original release PS3. But I'm still debating between going with the PS4 or XBO. I think I'm leaning towards the XBO because it's more of an all-in-one device. I would just love to start seeing some more XBO reviews for the multiplatform games to see how far back the XBO is compared to the PS4.
Me too. I have two PS3s. The issue I have is that I'm not ready to make the jump to PS4 and this would leave me one short either down in my "man cave" or upstairs in the family room. Family room unit doubles as DVD player and streaming device as well as a way to play games without the added indictment from the wife of hiding away in the basement.
The closest I've seen so far is ToysRUs Buy 3 get a $50 TRU gift card. I guess you could turn aroudn the gift card for most of a controller or game. Unfortunately no B2G1 like Target had last week. Yet.
Keep in mind that the TRU gift card isn't valid until 6 hours after the initial purchase. You can't turn around and use it immediately on your next purchase. You'll have to come back later. Also, the disclaimer says the gift cards expire in February 2014, which is against Federal Gift Card law. (I've been screwed on ToysRUs gift cards before)
They probably hook it up to a TV to verify... at least that's what Gamestop does. It takes about 5 minutes.
That's not bad. Gamestop offered me $35 for my PS3 Slim. Ended up selling it on CL for $180 (w/2 games and an extra controller)
Hmm. I may give it a shot with my older Xbox 360...can't remember what was wrong with it, just got tired of something being wrong with that version.
I can't see myself ever going all digital unless I am forced too. Every single ps3 or psp game I ever bought I resold on ebay.Jobber said:
I dont really like many of the shooting games and the sports games have gotten stale to me. I think if MLB is solid that is enough for me to switch to PS4 since i hate Madden and never liked the 2K series of basketball for some reason.
Yeah, why the hell would you buy something you cant ever resell? Digital is for suckers.
The closer we get to launch the more it drives me nuts that MS backed off of their original policies.
Best Buy is currently running a $100 trade-in store credit for any working PS3 and 360. You can spend that credit on anything in the store - not necessarily games.
You could do this and buy live store cards to buy digital games.
It depends on whether you're the kind of person who sells a lot of games and how much value you place on convenience. In my case, I went digital for BF4. There's no way I would resell anyway until it was virtually worthless, and whatever value I lose from the negligible trade-in is more than made up for in having the game installed on my HD.
Agreed. When I was younger and had more disposable income I bought a lot of games and resold a fair amount of them. Now I only buy 4-6 games a year a can pretty much tell of I'm going to like a game before I play it. I LOVE digital. No disks to worry about and I can access them from anywhere I have an internet connection.It depends on whether you're the kind of person who sells a lot of games and how much value you place on convenience. In my case, I went digital for BF4. There's no way I would resell anyway until it was virtually worthless, and whatever value I lose from the negligible trade-in is more than made up for in having the game installed on my HD.
For a brand new SP-centric game, yeah I'm a lot less inclined to buy a digital copy. Although even then I still pop in Uncharted, MGS, Dead Space, and the like from time to time, so I could have just as easily gone digital with those.
Are the PS4 and XBO digital downloads for full budget games (i.e., B4, COD, etc.) priced at a discount from the disc versions? I can get on board with digital if that's the case...Agreed. When I was younger and had more disposable income I bought a lot of games and resold a fair amount of them. Now I only buy 4-6 games a year a can pretty much tell of I'm going to like a game before I play it.I LOVE digital. No disks to worry about and I can access them from anywhere I have an internet connection.It depends on whether you're the kind of person who sells a lot of games and how much value you place on convenience. In my case, I went digital for BF4. There's no way I would resell anyway until it was virtually worthless, and whatever value I lose from the negligible trade-in is more than made up for in having the game installed on my HD.
For a brand new SP-centric game, yeah I'm a lot less inclined to buy a digital copy. Although even then I still pop in Uncharted, MGS, Dead Space, and the like from time to time, so I could have just as easily gone digital with those.
I get why people don't like or use digital but to say they don't have advantages is shortsighted.
Ooh, so they have basically gift cards for XBL? I guess that makes sense since they used to have point cards before they ditched points.
how long is a download? I have a great wired connection and steam takes forever.... That is my gripe.Are the PS4 and XBO digital downloads for full budget games (i.e., B4, COD, etc.) priced at a discount from the disc versions? I can get on board with digital if that's the case...Agreed. When I was younger and had more disposable income I bought a lot of games and resold a fair amount of them. Now I only buy 4-6 games a year a can pretty much tell of I'm going to like a game before I play it.I LOVE digital. No disks to worry about and I can access them from anywhere I have an internet connection.It depends on whether you're the kind of person who sells a lot of games and how much value you place on convenience. In my case, I went digital for BF4. There's no way I would resell anyway until it was virtually worthless, and whatever value I lose from the negligible trade-in is more than made up for in having the game installed on my HD.
For a brand new SP-centric game, yeah I'm a lot less inclined to buy a digital copy. Although even then I still pop in Uncharted, MGS, Dead Space, and the like from time to time, so I could have just as easily gone digital with those.
I get why people don't like or use digital but to say they don't have advantages is shortsighted.
