XBone or P$4?

Microsoft XBox One
vs
Sony PlayStation 4Let the gaming wars begin!I'm looking to get a PS4... but probably not for a year or so.
I'm not fascinated with any of the available games yet, so I have no problems waiting 'till things get all sorted out before making a purchase.Anyone with any crazy loyalties?My (totally uninformed) thoughts:PS smartened up a bit and didn't overwhelm with too much power in their box this time. Game developers should pick it up quickly and the library should grow steadily. This is where the fun is.MS is fighting a losing battle. I think this round will end up hitting them harder than they anticipated. Although the specs on each box is relatively the same... it doesn't really matter. MS's management of their console and gaming atmosphere is in a downward spiral. It's not too late for them to make a come-from-behind victory... but I think they're going to lose.

Psh. You plebs can fight amongst yourselves while I'm shitting in tall cotton. http://knowyourmeme.com/...he-glorious-pc-gaming-master-race I was a Playstation guy before I saw the light and built my gaming PC. Simply put: I think the PS4 has better hardware and the XB1 has better software.

I am not into modern computer gaming.. but I do have a piece of personal history that might have some significance to all these modern gamers.My father also was a computer person.. he worked for IBM in the early 60's. He invented something that gamers love to this very day.He invented, (and coined the word for computers), this thing known as 'Emulation', and he came up with the idea of, and made the '7070' emulator for IBM.

Hence the 'moss' at the end of your username...

Yes, indeed.Did you google that?

raMOSSGot it.ABE: Can't I ever be first? Edited by Jon, : No reason given.

Mostly. It was one of those little facts that hovers in the back of my mind from university days that required significant prompting from google.

Yeah, PCs are much better for games.I tend to spend most (if not all) of my video game time playing simultaneously with the wife, though.
I'm not even sure I can convince myself to get two gaming PCs... and then buy 2 of every game we want to play...Although each having their own monitor would be much better.Anyway, because of the simultaneous factor, we tend to use the PlayStation.We'll probably get a PS4 whenever Borderlands 3 rolls around for it.

Cool!I remember when I first discovered Nintendo emulators for PCs... I think my mind exploded.

Awe, that's rad. My girlfriend hates video game. A next gen console would cost about 3/4 of a new gaming PC. There's so many free games!Planetside 2 - MMOFPSFantastic game. Totally 100% free. You can spend money to buy in game stuff if you want to. It's insanely huge. They can fit, like, 1000 people on a server all fighting against each other through 3 different factions. You earn certs to get new gear and there's a bunch of vehicles. And a jetpack!Warframe - MMOTPSKinda like Mass Effect 3 multiplayer. 4 man squads versus AI. Its kinda like Borderlands in that you find gear lying around on the ground in the game.Hawken - Mech Warrior Combat
War Thunder - WW2 dogfighting
D&D Neverwinter - MMORPGAnd those are just the ones that I'd recommend because I tried them and like them. No, no... each having their own dual monitors! Yeah, a console is great for your needs, you know, being a filthy casual and all Do you think your wife might not like transitioning from a controller to mouse and keyboard? That's something to consider... I really like Borderlands. Played it all the way through. I never played the second one, though I heard it was a good improvement.

Not my gaming PC... No, she has no problems with mouse and keyboard (she plays Sims 3 on PC when I'm not around).There's just something more casual/personal to sharing a TV and sitting beside each other on the couch compared to having two PCs beside each other... each in our own chair focusing on different monitors...I think the transition would work, but she's also "comfortable with the familiar."It's also me... I feel like I would have to justify such a setup by putting in the game-playing time. Right now, I have a few too many other things going on (I'm working on becoming a Professional Engineer and some career stuffs). But maybe in a few years when things settle down.There's lots of time, though. Video games are, in fact, my "retirement plan." Some people want to travel when they retire... I want to travel as much as possible while younger (and play sports 'n stuff 'til the exercise is too rough), then when I'm old and don't want to move... just play video games all the time They really cleaned up the "feel of the game" in the second one. It's awesome.
If you want to pick up ass-kicking guns while playing through the campaign... stick to Borderlands 1 (it's our favourite of the two).
If you like grinding specific bosses for the fancy weapons you want... Borderlands 2 is perfection.

I play Free Cell.

There you have it. If you're just playing casually, then a console is right for you. So my good buddy has a plan. After he gets rich, he's going to start a video game testing company. Since he's already rich, it doesn't really have to be profitable. But he's going to hire all his good friends, pay them like 100k a year or whatever, and we're just going to sit around and play the latest video games and then write reviews of them and put them on the internet.Count me in. Yeah, I like playing through the game. Doing the missions n'stuff, the bosses were just ancillary.The one thing that I didn't really like, was that right after I started getting the energy weapons, I got to the vault and beat the game. I didn't really get that much time to spend using the energy weapons.

From now on, I'm starting all my plans with "After I get rich..." You didn't miss much. I really wanted the energy weapons to be cool.. but they ended up being pretty weak compared to anything else you could get.Playthrough 2 is fun, and the DLCs were pretty good too.

If i were to buy a console, i would wait and get a Steam Machine when they start arriving in 2014.Neither XBone or PS4 is upgradeable. Steam Machines are.