Paul Tassi of Forbes: As we head into the fall, the console wars are heating up.
Just kidding, they’re really not. Instead, the PS4 and Xbox One march more or less lockstep into the season sharing nearly all the biggest games. What will undoubtedly be the top three sellers of the holiday season, Black Ops 3, Fallout 4 and Metal Gear Solid 5 are out on both systems. The same goes for Mad Max, Assassin’s Creed Syndicate, Just Cause 3, FIFA, Star Wars: Battlefront and Rainbow Six Siege.
I’ve previously credited Xbox One has having a slight window to catch up to the PS4 with two powerful exclusives, Halo 5 and Rise of the Tomb Raider, on the horizon, but though both will sell well, in the grand scheme of things, it’s possible (probable) there is no catching PS4 at this point.
How does Bend Studio's underrated open-world survival title hold up after all these years, especially following its updates?
The Motorcycle was actually fun and the idea and effects of the Hordes was actually great. Sadly, the zombies in the horde have no health bar so they drop like flies, even if you hit them like once or twice on the knee. Also, no Head Shot Only Mode in another Zombie game.
In the end, it was a very generic game, with terrible mission design and cookie cutter everything. And with terrible writing and terrible written characters, the whole thing was just an Asylum level bad. This was just Sons of Anarchy at home with Zombies but somehow worst.
But again, the motorcycle was fun though...
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Blizzard Entertainment has recently announced the discontinuation of the Hero Mastery Gauntlet mode in Overwatch 2.
They will probably focus 100% on the pvp because if Marvel Rivals steals their spot it will be very hard to recover it
Marvels IP roster is much more interesting than overwatch's... and I'm willing to bet a better developer than actvision/blizzard. If Rivals has a PvE mode its over.
"I honestly credit the Kinect alone and the $100 price increase it forced upon the console as the majority of the reason the Xbox One is trailing the PS4 to this day. That bundling decision is one of the worst in industry history."
This is probably the sticking part for MS. The fact they they made such bad call and practically handed sony the US and the UK. If the money spent on kinect was spent in the box on the hardware and the always online thing was never a thing....things would be VERY different right now.
I doubt they are under any illusion they can pull it back this gen, either. And I think most Xbox gamers expect as much by now.They just need to keep outselling the X360 and re-up for next gen. come back with a more focused console ( the more powerful one too...resolution gate will haunt them for the rest of this cycle) that builds on the great features of the XB1.
Xbox One never had a chance of surpassing PlayStation 4 in total sales because its brand has nowhere near the global appeal. This is why XB1 is falling behind PS3 at the same point in time. The slowest selling PlayStation console doing better than the fastest selling Xbox console in their first 21 months on the market shows the true potential of each brand.
People tend to forget two things, that PlayStation is still a major force in NA and that the region never belongs to any gaming brand forever. It was never going to be an easy win for Microsoft either way, especially after Sony unveiled its 8th gen console to such universal praise in Feb 2014
Some fair points from this guy, however I really think he underestimates exclusives, specifically Halo. After that opening cinematic they just showed, the hype train is going into overdrive and we're still just under two months from launch! Halo 5 is Microsoft's last major stab at grabbing those old 360 owners before they buy a PS4. They may even see sales from former 360 owners(now PS4 players) purely because of Halo.
Ps4 is ontop for a reason. it tends to a more diverse set of gamers while x1 tends to only a specific type(shooters and racers). no bias,just facts
I think the PS4 is just the better machine. And I am going to list reasons as to why it's the better machine. Everything I'm going to list is a FACT that will support my opinion.
1. Cheaper online
2. Shareplay (a feature Xbox One doesn't have and isn't confirmed to be getting)
3. It has a bigger catalog of games
4. More diverse catalog of exclusives (I mean you guys are getting Halo, Gears and Forza this year, sound familiar? Of course it does, it's the same shit you guys get every year.)
5. More powerful
6. Has better looking and performing multiplats
7. Has more developer support
8. More first party studios making games for it
9. F2P online games are actually F2P and not locked behind a paywall like they are on Xbox One
10. Apps like Netflix don't require you to have PS + and are not locked behind a paywall like they are on Xbox One
11.Game installs are much faster
12. The UI is much more simpler and easier to use and it's easier to find settings
13. The PS4 controller is more innovative and has things that it's predecessor didn't have. It has a built in speaker, a light bar and a touch pad which enhances game play and the DS4 is also redesigned to fit people with small, medium and large hands unlike the DS3 which was more for people with small and medium size hands, meanwhile the Xbox One controller is more or less the same as the 360's controller was with minimal improvements.
14. The PS4 has bigger WW appeal because it has more exclusives that appeal too many different markets/audiences and the PlayStation brand in general has more brand recognition overall which says a lot
15. Project Morpheus which makes the PS4 the 1st console to have VR functionality.
Everything I listed is a FACT, maybe except for the UI part and these are some of the reasons the PS4 is winning people. Mainly it's due to Sony's track record with the PlayStation brand and the games which is the most important part of a console but it's also a combination of the all other little things that just makes it better.
Remember that this is just my OPINION at the end of the day so don't get bent out of shape crucify me over it lol