PS4 Claiming The Next Generation World?

Console Wars

Some of you may have heard of the console wars that occurred on the lead up to Christmas last year with Microsoft releasing the new Xbox one and Sony releasing the new PlayStation 4, both companies hoping to out do the other. As with previous years Sony let Microsoft go first to show of their console to the world. It got mixed reactions.

It seemed to be more of an entertainment system than an actual gaming console, which disappointed players, but Microsoft weren't finished there. They went on to say that the system must always be connected to the internet and that there would be a charge to unlock preplayed games, something that had never existed before, at this stage Sony had only shown their controller not their console or any plans, now it was their turn. The console was smaller had similar specifications and they sent a message to Microsoft about not charging for preplayed games and not always being online.At the end of the video is a cheeky step by step how to share your games on PS4

Some Xbox fans started to jumping onto the PlayStation bandwagon. Microsoft had to change policy fast to save their "loyal fans", they quickly changed the always on policy and paying for preplayed games was also scrapped.The PS4 however still come in about €100 cheaper. On black Friday Xbox seemed to

out sell the PS4 worldwide, what was not mentioned however was that PS4 was only released in 2 markets, whilst Xbox 1 had been released in 13 markets.

Resolution?

Pretty soon it became apparent that the PS4 had far superior graphic than that of the Xbox 1. The PS4 can offer from 1080 pixels at 60 frames per second, whilst the Xbox 1 can offer 720 pixels at 30 frames per second for most games currently. PS4 got even more praise for it graphics when the director of the gaming brand metal gear solid Hideo Kojima announced 

"I think, between the home consoles available in the domestic market, the PS4 is the best.It’s also excellent for graphics, being able to render 1080p at 60fps with room to spare. Since it does it a little better than other hardware, the image quality of the PS4 is the most beautiful. It’s the closest to the photorealistic quality we are aiming at.” 

Sony Is also locking down deals with companies like ubisoft for exclusive content on games e.g. Assassins creed IV black Flag.And is helping indepent game developer make games for the console, something Xbox 1 were previously not going to do either but backtracked on.

Sales

Sony on the 18th of April 2014 have announced the 7th million sales of their PS4, whilst Xbox have announced the sale of only their 5th million Xbox one.

Sony have really pulled ahead of Xbox, even if it is still early in this race. In fact for the last 3 months Sony have been significant ahead of Xbox in console sales.

Closing Doors

Xbox are lagging behind due to the botched launched, which aliened at lot of gamers and perhaps only appealed to the avid gamer. Xbox need to do something to atone for this and bring gamers back, perhaps drop there price in line with that of the PS4. PS4 look to be rising steadily and have over a 100 games in the pipeline for this year alone, at this time and for the foreseeable future PS4 is leading the current generation console


Ref: http://techland.time.com/2013/12/02/did-microsofts-xbox-one-really-beat-sonys-playstation-4-in-black-friday-sales/
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