Neither, yet

by ExigentContact, Wednesday, February 20, 2013, 19:54 (4297 days ago) @ Mix
edited by ExigentContact, Wednesday, February 20, 2013, 20:20

I'm taking a wait and see approach. The only two gaming devices I really want right now are a new PC and a Wii U. The PlayStation 4 reveal, while decent, left a lot of questions lingering about. We know nothing solid of the next Xbox/Xbox 8/Infinity/720. Certainly Sony has the upper hand at the moment, but only due to the fact that they've taken the first shot. We could find out some really terrible things about the PS4 (the PlayStation 3 had some pretty fetid secrets and changes before its eventual release), the next Xbox could be amazing, or it could be horrible. The few things we do know paint a complex picture for the next Xbox. The current specs floating around for the next Xbox have some serious weaknesses in comparison to the PS4's known specs. Namely the fact that Sony upgraded their RAM from a projected 4 gigs of GDDR5 to 8 gigs of GDDR5. Next Xbox is pegged at about 8GB of GDDR3, which is a slower bit of RAM. Aside from that, however, the specs are roughly comparable, which would put Microsoft's machine in a position to basically be like the PS3 of the next generation in terms of performance where the games are comparable, but the other system has the edge due to better RAM.

Skyrim on the Xbox versus Skyrim on the PS3 highlights the most severe example of this issue. But who knows. Until Microsoft spills the beans on their system, we might as well be comparing the PS4 to a unicorn.