by Miek » Sun Aug 17, 2014 1:44 pm
Last gen I was a 360 gamer but decided that the Xbox One wasn't for me and ended up getting a PS4. Haven't regretted it once. The main selling point for me was exclusives. Having played solely on 360 I eventually got tired of Halo, Fable, Gears etc. but the likes of Uncharted, Infamous, LittleBigPlanet etc. were still new to me. When the Master Chief collection got announced rather than being excited it just made me think "so your reason for me to buy an xbox one is 4 Halo games I already played to death years ago?". I want new experiences and so far the PS4 has delivered.
Another awesome thing is console interactivity, the playstation ecosystem really encourages you to invest in the trinity of PS3/PS4/Vita. Between cross buy, remote play and PS+ there's multiple awesome benefits to having multiple Playstation systems. And with DI2.0 eyeing up a Vita release I can't wait to see what the handheld version has in store.
At the end of the day though it's the games rather than the machines that matter. If you've been an Xbox gamer throughout the entire of last gen I'd urge you to give the PS exclusives a good look in to see what you're missing out on, but if you're still in love with the Xbox exclusives than an Xbox is fine too. Multiplatform games will go back and forth between having exclusive content for Xbox or PS4 and eventually the mild gap in performance will be bridged as developers get used to making games on the new systems. So the only real difference between the two will be first party exclusive games.