Sony vs. Microsoft (Gaming)

by CruelLEGACEY , Toronto, Wednesday, June 17, 2015, 17:41 (3447 days ago) @ Kermit

As far as the press conferences go, I think Microsoft had a far more impressive overall presentation. Wide range of titles coming out before the end of the year, and Hololense looks like an amazing piece of technology. Backwards compatibility is a huge crowd pleaser, although I agree with others who have said that it is a feature everyone asks for and then rarely uses. I'm interested in the new controller... I've asked to get one sent to me for review, so we'll see if that happens. Interested to see how much of an improvement it is over the standard Xbox One controller, of which I am not a fan.

Sony's presentation was also very good, although I do feel like they were trying really hard to distract us from the fact that they have almost nothing coming this year.

Looking at Sony and Microsoft's total respective packages, the Xbox One does come out looking really good. But personally speaking, I just enjoy using the PS4 a lot more. Everything feels more streamlined, everything works a little more smoothly. I still get apps crashing and locking up on my Xbox all the time, on top of the general sluggishness of the UI, loading times for apps, all that stuff. I do prefer the PS4 controller as well, which is a total 180 from my preferences in the previous gen.