Should I get a PS4 or Xbox One?

[CMDreamer]

If you're more into "pretty graphics", better upgrade/buy a PC. Most games released for both consoles are playable on a decent PC. Most "exclusive" one's have not that much to call them worth to have, and you won't regret that you will be able to upgrade your system again if necessary without spending much. You can even use one of those controllers on your PC if you'd like.
And the better of it all, is that PC games are less expensive than those released on a console, and also, variety is higher on that platform.

 

[DarthDub]

XBONE is the only one out of the big 3 where you can port Retroarch to.

 

[fatsquirrel]

Theres really no question at all here.
Either get PS4 (at least you'll have some games to play) or if you are smart just get a PC, long HDMI cable and a wireless controller.
Pure heaven, believe me

 

[Treeko]

As suggested by others the ps4 or pc is the best route to go this generation, maybe the switch might end up catching upto the ps4 somewhere down the line, but thats still a ways off since nintendo are being stupid with the way they are handling the switch, right now it has a lot of potential, but the lack of VC and new games will hurt the switch if nintendo don't change this soon, if you really want to buy a console then the Ps4 is your best bet, huge library of games, more players, lots of big games coming out this year and next year too, personally for me PC and PS4 have been the best combination this generation, got lots of friends on ps4 so that only adds to the experience.

Reasons why you should ignore the xbone-:

1.All the exclusives its ever going to get are coming to the PC where they'll play 10× better than the xbone, and then theres the timed exclusives bullshit microsoft are doing with the xbone x, its not worth the time and money because when these games come to the other platforms they'll run better and have all the dlc included.

2.Multiplatform games play better on other systems like ps4 and pc, don't listen to the people who say otherwise because I am speaking through experience, the xbone x will not make multiplatform games magically run better on the original xbox one or one s, if anything expect worse performance on these consoles as a way to market the xbox one x.

3.Very limited exclusive genre's, if you want to play forza and halo only each year then go ahead.

4.Its only positive is also its negative, backwards compatibility is fun and all, but why you would want to spend 300$ to play old games is really confusing to me, if you have a ps3 or xbox 360 laying around it completely defeats its only positive, and not to mention the input delay in backwards compatible games due to them running on a emulator its not worth it.

tl;dr stay away from the xbox one, PS4, PC, and switch are much much better alternatives for future proofing.

 

[Deleted User]

As suggested by others the ps4 or pc is the best route to go this generation, maybe the switch might end up catching upto the ps4 somewhere down the line, but thats still a ways off since nintendo are being stupid with the way they are handling the switch, right now it has a lot of potential, but the lack of VC and new games will hurt the switch if nintendo don't change this soon, if you really want to buy a console then the Ps4 is your best bet, huge library of games, more players, lots of big games coming out this year and next year too, personally for me PC and PS4 have been the best combination this generation, got lots of friends on ps4 so that only adds to the experience.

Reasons why you should ignore the xbone-:

1.All the exclusives its ever going to get are coming to the PC where they'll play 10× better than the xbone, and then theres the timed exclusives bullshit microsoft are doing with the xbone x, its not worth the time and money because when these games come to the other platforms they'll run better and have all the dlc included.

2.Multiplatform games play better on other systems like ps4 and pc, don't listen to the people who say otherwise because I am speaking through experience, the xbone x will not make multiplatform games magically run better on the original xbox one or one s, if anything expect worse performance on these consoles as a way to market the xbox one x.

3.Very limited exclusive genre's, if you want to play forza and halo only each year then go ahead.

4.Its only positive is also its negative, backwards compatibility is fun and all, but why you would want to spend 300$ to play old games is really confusing to me, if you have a ps3 or xbox 360 laying around it completely defeats its only positive, and not to mention the input delay in backwards compatible games due to them running on a emulator its not worth it.

tl;dr stay away from the xbox one, PS4, PC, and switch are much much better alternatives for future proofing.

Xbox One isn't as bad as you described. Actually, 50% Xbox One library is on PC but rest of these games never saw a PC release.
Xbox One also has cross-platform where Sony for unknown reasons is against it. (Xbone, PC, Switch)
Better controller, DS4 is a pain in the ass to use.
Multiplayer games aren't that bad on Xbox One, Rocket League is overfilled with players ondaily basis
Halo is a pretty good game, not sure why you're pointing that out. FPS/MMO seems like usual genre on both PS4 and Xbone.
Uh, the same way you bought Wii U while already owning Wii to play both games on both systems? Like, you can't run Xbox One games on Xbox 360.

 

[Deleted User]

If you are interested in the following exclusive games right now

-Infamous second son
-the last of us(ps3 remaster)
-infamous first light
-god of war 3(ps3 remaster)
-heavy rain(ps3 remaster)
-little big planet 3 (ps3 remaster)
-order 1886
-until dawn
-Uncharted the nathen drake collection
-Uncharted 4
-ratchet and clank
-kill zone shadow fall (on psnow which is locked to a subscription paywall and only streams at 720p)
-bloodborne
-beyond 2 souls(ps3 remaster)
-horizon zero dawn
-kingdom hearts 2.8
-journey
-crash n sane trilogy
-God of war 2018 (preorder)
-the last guardian
-persona 5 (on a ps3 emulator but at 720p and a little buggy unless you get the 60fps speed hack which only helps a little in performance since the emulator isn't stable yet with framedrops)
-Nioh
-yakuza zero
-gravity rush 1
-gravity rush 2

Then definitely get a ps4.Even more games are coming aswe'll like Spider-Man and days gone.

The only real exclusives the xbox one has are forza horizon 2,sunset overdrive and halo 5.Everything else can be bought on the windows store with no streaming or paywall restrictions at any resolution you want.

 

[Deleted User]

If you are interested in the following exclusive games right now

-Infamous second son
-the last of us(ps3 remaster)
-infamous first light
-god of war 3(ps3 remaster)
-heavy rain(ps3 remaster)
-little big planet 3
-order 1886
-until dawn
-Uncharted the nathen drake collection
-Uncharted 4
-ratchet and clank
-kill zone shadow fall (on psnow which is locked to a subscription paywall and only streams at 720p)
-bloodborne
-beyond 2 souls(ps3 remaster)
-horizon zero dawn
-kingdom hearts 2.8
-journey
-crash n sane trilogy
-God of war 2018 (preorder)
-the last guardian
-persona 5 (on a ps3 emulator but at 720p and a little buggy unless you get the 60fps speed hack which only helps a little in performance since the emulator isn't stable yet with framedrops)
-Nioh
-yakuza zero
-gravity rush 1
-gravity rush 2

Then definitely get a ps4.Even more games are coming aswe'll like Spider-Man and days gone.

Wasn't LBP3 on PS3?

 

[Deleted User]

Wasn't LBP3 on PS3?

Right it does have a ps3 port.I forgot to add that

 

[tunip3]

Pros:
PS4 = more exclusives, more RPGs, better performance in games, has remote play on vita

Xbox = better games with gold/online service, more action based exclusives

Cons:
PS4 = More expensive though not by much

Xbox = Most games are on PC now

Also Xbox has emulation and can play psp, PS1 ,N64,SNES , NES, GB, GBC, GBA,sega master system, sega master system and maybe game gear

 

[Deleted User]

Also Xbox has emulation and can play psp, PS1 ,N64,SNES , NES, GB, GBC, GBA,sega master system, sega master system and maybe game gear

But so does pc which is something the op already has.

 

[tunip3]

But so does pc which is something the op already has.

I know plus with the one X you get backwards compatibility with every Xbox system and a cheap 4k plus you got free mods for certain Xbox one games with vantage mod tool plus the dual shock 4 is a pain plus the new controllers are compatible with Bluetooth so that's a plus

 

[Small Kat]

I've allready decided on getting a ps4, so thanks everyone. (And I allready have a custom built PC, so Im fine on that part.)

Can someone lock this thread before anyone comes with another opinion...

 

[Treeko]

Xbox One isn't as bad as you described. Actually, 50% Xbox One library is on PC but rest of these games never saw a PC release.
Xbox One also has cross-platform where Sony for unknown reasons is against it. (Xbone, PC, Switch)
Better controller, DS4 is a pain in the ass to use.
Multiplayer games aren't that bad on Xbox One, Rocket League is overfilled with players ondaily basis
Halo is a pretty good game, not sure why you're pointing that out. FPS/MMO seems like usual genre on both PS4 and Xbone.
Uh, the same way you bought Wii U while already owning Wii to play both games on both systems? Like, you can't run Xbox One games on Xbox 360.

Every new exclusive releasing for xbox one is on pc plain & simple and will run better there than on your xbox one you can't argue against that, cross platform doesn't mean shit when Sony has a 60-65M install base triple that of the xbox, and much much bigger than the switch, and as I said I have a pc so it doesn't mean much to me, liking the DS4 or not is subjective, for me I liked the DS4 better than the xbox one controller, I don't need to buy a battery pack or batteries separately every time I want to play my games, and whats so wrong with the DS4 anyways? I never understand the criticism you xbox fans have of the DS4, hell I prefer my switch's pro controller over the xbox one controller, so you assume everyone just plays rocket league on ps4? Rocket league has a healthy player base on ps4 there is no need for cross-platform, This is why cross-platform is worthless, Halo 5 was good? which planet are you living on? Why do you assume I have the wii u? I never bought that garbage console from nintendo, infact I never bought a wii either, I do regret buying the xbox one on the other hand, looking to get rid of it before microsoft mess up even more with the xbox one x, switch is worth it more than the xbox one, atleast I'll get true and many more exclusives.

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If you are interested in the following exclusive games right now

-Infamous second son
-the last of us(ps3 remaster)
-infamous first light
-god of war 3(ps3 remaster)
-heavy rain(ps3 remaster)
-little big planet 3 (ps3 remaster)
-order 1886
-until dawn
-Uncharted the nathen drake collection
-Uncharted 4
-ratchet and clank
-kill zone shadow fall (on psnow which is locked to a subscription paywall and only streams at 720p)
-bloodborne
-beyond 2 souls(ps3 remaster)
-horizon zero dawn
-kingdom hearts 2.8
-journey
-crash n sane trilogy
-God of war 2018 (preorder)
-the last guardian
-persona 5 (on a ps3 emulator but at 720p and a little buggy unless you get the 60fps speed hack which only helps a little in performance since the emulator isn't stable yet with framedrops)
-Nioh
-yakuza zero
-gravity rush 1
-gravity rush 2

Then definitely get a ps4.Even more games are coming aswe'll like Spider-Man and days gone.

The only real exclusives the xbox one has are forza horizon 2,sunset overdrive and halo 5.Everything else can be bought on the windows store with no streaming or paywall restrictions at any resolution you want.

Please add the following to the list:-

1.Grand turismo Sport
2.The last of us Part 2
3.Uncharted The lost legacy
4.Shadow of collosus Remake
5.Detroit:Become Human
6.Death Stranding
7.FF7 Remake
8.Ni no kuni 2

 

[wolfmankurd]

I seem to prefer to my xbox one over my PS4. Just prefer using it, prefer the interface and the pad.

 

[sarkwalvein]

I would put at the root of a binary decision tree the following boolean test:
"Do you like Japanese games like RPG/VN/Rythm games?"

If this evaluates to true, then get a PS4.
Else, go to the next branch of the tree.

I seem to prefer to my xbox one over my PS4. Just prefer using it, prefer the interface and the pad.

Yes, this is true. I like its build way better also.
But I think that would be way further down the tree.