How Xbox One became the best console of this generation

[Leasy]

Long article here goes some quotes: No lies told

How Xbox One became the best console of this generation - Reader’s Feature

Let’s start with the games. This Christmas will mark the third year Sony has a lack of mainstream first party games, and it’s not because they don’t see the holidays as a good time to release games, but because the likelihood of Sony’s games releasing on time is about the same as a one-legged man’s chances of winning an arse-kicking contest. I’d list the games that Sony’s delayed this generation but it’s pretty much every game. Of the games they have released I feel only Uncharted 4 has lived up to expectations

I also hold Sony responsible for No Mans Sky’s terrible time at release. If ever there was a game that should have followed the Minecraft model of being available early at a cheap price and then kept iterating and updating it over the years, Hello Games labour of love was it. But Sony pushed for it to be a £49.99 release, with all the expectations that price point brings, and now Hello Games’ name is mud in a lot of gamers’ eyes.

It’s also the case that Sony have shifted a lot of internal developers to supporting PlayStation VR. It’s a difficult choice to deride, as they are going to need games to sell the hardware (and I do hope they succeed, VR looks incredible). But it’s a choice that means if you have no interest in VR, Sony are taking your money and investing it in technology and games you'll never play

I know it’s subjective but I feel Microsoft’s release schedule is much better, with a guaranteed Forza each Christmas alongside a tent pole release like Halo and Gears. And accompanied by new IP such as Titanfall, Sunset Overdrive, Quantum Break, and ReCore. Which is taking the exact opposite approach to Sony and releasing new IP at a lower price point to entice customers, even though ReCore is not an indie title and has far more than 11 people working on it.

Next up is the quality of PS Plus against Games with Gold. Someone wrote in recently about their dissatisfaction at Sony’s selection of games arriving on the system, and I couldn’t agree more. A situation made more frustrating as Microsoft are generally hitting it out of the park at the moment. Every month you seem guaranteed a full price title (WWE 2K16 this month) and the added bonus of two Xbox 360 games. That’s four free games a month on Xbox, usually higher quality and definitely better value proposition than Sony’s string of indie titles.

Oh, yeah… Free. Backwards compatibility

 

[chemicalsword]

 

[Leasy]

All true facts from a comment on the article

Having had my ps4 and xbox one from launch i pretty much agree with most of this. The ps4 is used as a paper weight all year round until a decent exclusive comes out, which isn't often lets face it. Still think bloodborne is the best exclusive of either console though.

The elite controller is just the cherry on top, compared to the dodgy ps4 one that i have to put external thumb grips on and take off the L1 button every now and again as it decides to stick even though its hardly used. Not to mention having to cover that stupid light up with a sticker.

It is funny how little flack sony have taken this generation. Considering they still wont allow EA access on their console, the continued mess up of first party games from driveclubs ps plus lies to gran turismo being delayed etc. Now launching the pro without a 4k blu ray drive even though the xbox one s has one and costs alot less

 

[Leasy]

I mean where is the Sony exclusives this fall????

A PS3 title in Last Guardian compared to Dead Rising 4 Forza Gears Recore and more

 

[Fatboi1]

Hard to argue against that.

Xbox has had consistent exclusives since 2013 like Halo MCC which I thought was great, Halo 5, Forza Series and my personal favorite Sunset Overdrive etc.

The media features are unparalleled and updates steady; thus bringing forth a sense of evolution.

Controller wise, it's no competition. The Elite controller is by far the best controller out bar none. Perfect for shooters and racers.

Online these days you can't go wrong with XBL. A few bumps here and there but it works.

I also can't forget to mention that the Xbox 1 S is just the perfect slim revision they've dropped ever. They put in 4K bluray and future proofed it at a great price. Even though the games are still the same, the HDR and upscaling on newer tvs ensure you get a trade off regardless.

Sony on the other hand... well.. It's selling . UC4 looks nice.
Plus the main menu is boring.
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watch how Xbots gonna dap this post up.

 

[Barnett114]

Considering it doesn't have any games and the games it do have have gone to PC



Both consoles ain't shyt

 

[thaKEAF]

Hard to argue against that.

Xbox has had consistent exclusives since 2013 like Halo MCC which I thought was great, Halo 5, Forza Series and my personal favorite Sunset Overdrive etc.

The media features are unparalleled and updates steady; thus bringing forth a sense of evolution.

Controller wise, it's no competition. The Elite controller is by far the best controller out bar none. Perfect for shooters and racers.

Online these days you can't go wrong with XBL. A few bumps here and there but it works.

I also can't forget to mention that the Xbox 1 S is just the perfect slim revision they've dropped ever. They put in 4K bluray and future proofed it at a great price. Even though the games are still the same, the HDR and upscaling on newer tvs ensure you get a trade off regardless.

Sony on the other hand... well.. It's selling . UC4 looks nice.
Plus the main menu is boring.
...
.
watch how Xbots gonna dap this post up.

 

[Rekkapryde]

Where were XB1's exclusives all year....

 

[Dominic Brehetto]

Dumb article.

Reads like a court dog rant post.

 

[Grand Conde]

Stopped reading after he failed to mention Bloodborne in the opening paragraph. Filthy casual.

 

[Zebruh]

lol

 

[ItWasWritten]

Hard to argue against that.

Xbox has had consistent exclusives since 2013 like Halo MCC which I thought was great, Halo 5, Forza Series and my personal favorite Sunset Overdrive etc.

The media features are unparalleled and updates steady; thus bringing forth a sense of evolution.

Controller wise, it's no competition. The Elite controller is by far the best controller out bar none. Perfect for shooters and racers.

Online these days you can't go wrong with XBL. A few bumps here and there but it works.

I also can't forget to mention that the Xbox 1 S is just the perfect slim revision they've dropped ever. They put in 4K bluray and future proofed it at a great price. Even though the games are still the same, the HDR and upscaling on newer tvs ensure you get a trade off regardless.

Sony on the other hand... well.. It's selling . UC4 looks nice.
Plus the main menu is boring.
...
.
watch how Xbots gonna dap this post up.

Hilarious @Fatboi1 you always had a great sense of humor.

I know you meant something like.."Gawdstation, we cant be stopped, fukk outta here"...yeah thats what you meant

 

[Leasy]

Hard to argue against that.

Xbox has had consistent exclusives since 2013 like Halo MCC which I thought was great, Halo 5, Forza Series and my personal favorite Sunset Overdrive etc.

The media features are unparalleled and updates steady; thus bringing forth a sense of evolution.

Controller wise, it's no competition. The Elite controller is by far the best controller out bar none. Perfect for shooters and racers.

Online these days you can't go wrong with XBL. A few bumps here and there but it works.

I also can't forget to mention that the Xbox 1 S is just the perfect slim revision they've dropped ever. They put in 4K bluray and future proofed it at a great price. Even though the games are still the same, the HDR and upscaling on newer tvs ensure you get a trade off regardless.

Sony on the other hand... well.. It's selling . UC4 looks nice.
Plus the main menu is boring.
...
.
watch how Xbots gonna dap this post up.

You have to admit besides Uncharted and Bloodbourne Sony exclusives this generation has been failures and same could be said about on some Xbox titles. Sony is unparalleled marketing their exclusives which doesn't make a game great buto creates a hype.

Sunset Overdrive amazing game
Halo 5 great game but losing (besides Multiplayer) its luster like Uncharted
Forza actually gaining popularity
Dead Rising gaining popularity as always because of Zombies
State of Decay 2 is coming great game and exclusive
Recore new game title priced very cheap
Gear of Wars still popular
Quatum Break was a great title but like Sony titles didn't live up to hype. I think graphically it is up there with one of the best graphics this gen.

Xbox has delivered on the digital front as well:

• ABP Reloaded (Deep Silver)
• Action News Heroes(Krewe Studios)
• Active Soccer 2 DX (The Fox Software)
• Amazing Princess Sarah (Haruneko Games)
• Anarcute (Anarteam)
• Anode (Kittehface Software)
• Aritana and the Harpy’s Feather (Duaik)
• Battle High 2 A+(Mattrified Games)
• Beatsplosion for Kinect(Virtual Air Guitar Company)
• Ben-Hur (AOL)
• Beyond Eyes (Tiger & Squid)
• Bike Mayhem 2(Goldmark Studios)
• Blues and Bullets (A Crowd of Monsters)
• Boom Ball for Kinect(Virtual Air Guitar Company)
• Bridge Constructor(Headup Games)
• Castle Crashers Remastered (The Behemoth)
• Clash (FennecFox Entertainment)
• Clockwork Tales: Of Glass and Ink (Artifex Mundi)
• ClusterPuck 99 (PHL Collective)
• Cobalt (Mojang)
• Commander Cherry for Kinect (Grande Games)
• Crimson Dragon(Microsoft)
• Cubot (Nicoplv Games)
• D4: Dark Dreams Don’t Die (Microsoft)
• Dad Beat Dads (Stellar Jay Studios)
• Dance Central: Spotlight(Microsoft)
• The Deer God (Crescent Moon Games)
• Dovetail Games Euro Fishing (Dovetail Games)
• Draw a Stickman Epic(Hitcents)
• Dungeon of the Endless(Amplitude Studios)
• Elite Dangerous(Frontier Developments)
• Elite Dangerous: Arena(Frontier Developments)
• The Escapists(Team17)
• The Escapists: The Walking Dead (Team17)
• Factotum 90 (TACS Games)
• Fermi’s Path (GameArt Studio)
• The Flame in the Flood(The Molasses Flood)
• Fortified (Clapfoot)
• Forza Horizon 2 Presents Fast & Furious(Microsoft)
• Frizzy (Team Frizz)
• FRU (Through Games)
• Fruit Ninja Kinect 2(Halfbrick)
• Funk of Titans (A Crowd of Monsters)
• G Prime: Into the Rain(Code-Monkeys)
• Grand Prix Rock ‘N Racing (EnjoyUp Games)
• Grim Legends: The Forsaken Bride (Artifex Mundi)
• GunWorld: Xbox One Edition (m07 Games)
• GunWorld 2 (m07 Games)
• Halo: Spartan Assault(Microsoft)
• Happy Wars (Toylogic, Inc.)
• HeartZ: Co-Hope Puzzles (Neko Entertainment)
• #IDARB (Other Ocean)
• In Between (Headup Games)
• Inside My Radio(Seaven Studio)
• Into the Belly of the Beast (fpsVisionary Software)
• Kaiju Panic (Mechabit)
• Kalimba (Microsoft)
• Killer Instinct(Microsoft)
• Kingdom: New Lands(Raw Fury)
• Knight Squad(Chainawesome Games)
• Kung-Fu for Kinect(Virtual Air Guitar Company)
• KYUB (Ninja Egg)
• Land It! (Nemesys Games)
• Lifeless Planet: Premier Edition (Stage 2 Studios)
• Lies of Astaroth (iFree Studio)
• Line of Defense Tactics(3000AD)
• LocoCycle (Microsoft)
• The Living Dungeon(RadiationBurn)
• The Long Dark [Game Preview] (Hinterland Studio)
• Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime (Asteroid Base)
• Magic 2015 (Wizards of the Coast)
• Magnetic: Cage Closed(Guru Games)
• MagNets: Fully Charged(Total Monkery)
• Massive Chalice(Double Fine Productions)
• Max: The Curse of Brotherhood (Microsoft)
• Mega Coin Squad (Big Pixel Studios)
• Mimic Arena (Tiny Horse Games)
• Momentum (Projectile Entertainment)
• Monkey King Saga (T-Rex Games)
• Mystery Castle(Runestone Games)
• N.E.R.O. (Storm in a Teacup)
• No Time To Explain(tinyBuild Games)
• Neverwinter (Arc Games)
• Nightmares From The Deep: The Cursed Heart(Artefix Mundi)
• Nutjitsu (Ninjabee)
• Orbit (4Bit Games)
• Ori and the Blind Forest(Microsoft)
• Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition(Microsoft)
• Oxenfree (Nigh School Studio)
• Peggle 2 (EA)
• Pneuma: Breath of Life(Deco Digital)
• Polychromatic(Brushfire Games)
• Q (Liica)
• Quantum Rush: Champions (GameArt Studio)
• Quatros Origins (God As A Cucumber)
• Quest of Dungeons(Upfall Studios)
• Raiden V (Moss)
• Reagan Gorbachev(Team2Bit)
• RevErsi Quest(Pollyanna)
• Rivals of Aether [Game Preview] (Dan Fornace)
• Roblox (Roblox Corporation)
• Sheltered [Game Preview] (Team17)
• Slime Rancher [Game Preview] (Monomi Park)
• Sixty Second Shooter Prime (Happion Labs)
• Skyling: Garden Defense(Mighty Studios)
• SlashDash(Nevernaught Games)
• SMITE (Hi-Rez Studios)
• Snooker Nation Championship 2016[Game Preview] (Cherry Pop Games)
• Soda Drinker Pro(Snowrunner Productions)
• The Solus Project (Grip Digital)
• So Many Me (Extend Interactive)
• Spareware (Rusto Games)
• Spectra: 8bit Racing(Gateway Interactive)
• Squid Hero for Kinect(Virtual Air Guitar Company)
• Standpoint (Unruly Attractions)
• Starpoint Gemini 2(LGM)
• Steredenn (Pixelnest Studio)
• Stranger of Sword City(Experience, Inc.)
• Superhot (Superhot Team)
• Super Night Riders(neko.works)
• Super Time Force(Capybara Games)
• Teslapunk(klutzGames)
• Threes (Sirvo)
• TurnOn (Brainy Studio)
• Unnamed Fiasco(Unnamed Fiasco Team)
• Voice Commander(Microsoft)
• Volgarr the Viking(Crazy Viking Studios)
• The World II: Hunting Boss (E-Home Entertainment)
• World of Tanks: Xbox One Edition(Wargaming)
• Xbox Fitness(Microsoft)
• Zombie Driver Ultimate Edition (EXOR Studios

 

[Leasy]

Upcoming and some are already released

Retail

• Crackdown 3(Microsoft)
• Dead Rising 4(Microsoft)
• Forza Horizon 3(Microsoft)
• Gears of War 4(Microsoft)
• Halo Wars 2 (Microsoft)
• [Pending] Mystereet F: The Detectives’ Curtain Call (5pb.)
• [Pending] Natsuki Chronicle (Qute)
• Phantom Dust(Microsoft)
• ReCore (Microsoft)
• Sea of Thieves(Microsoft)
• State of Decay 2(Microsoft)
• Scalebound (Microsoft)
• [Pending] Shooting Love Trilogy (Triangle Service)
• [Pending] Yomi wo Saku Hana (Experience)

Download

• Ashen (Aurora44)
• Bacon Man (Skymap)
• Below (Capybara Games)
• Calibre 10 Racing(Bongfish)
• Cities: Skylines(Paradox Interactive)
• Crabitron Kinect (Two Lives)
• Cuphead (StudioMDHR)
• Enki (Storm in a Teacup)
• Gemini (Echostone Games)
• Gigantic (Motiga)
• Glitchrunners (Torque Studios)
• Grabbles (Noble Whale)
• Happy Dungeons(Toylogic, Inc.)
• The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing (Neocore Games)
• Inside (Playdead Studios)
• ION (Dean Hall)
• The Little Acre (Pewter Games)
• Ostrich Island: Escape from Paradise(MeDungeon Games)
• Pit People (The Behemoth)
• Plague, Inc. Evolved(Ndemic)
• Planet of the Eyes(Coco Cucumber)
• Raging Justice(MakinGames)
• Shiny (Garage 227 Studios)
• Soccertron (Erosa Games)
• Slice Zombies for Kinect (Made)
• Spaera (Blazing Orb)
• The Sun and the Moon(Daniel Linssen)
• Swordy (Frogshark)
• Tacoma (The Fullbright Company)
• The Toilet Chronicles(The Pyxe Pub)
• The Turing Test(Bulkhead Interactive)
• The Wild Eight (8 Points)
• Wulverblade (Darkwind Media

Not counting Xbox LIVE updates and deals

4k media

 

[Grand Conde]

So basically Sony has two good exclusives and M$ has literally hundreds of them. Ok breh, whatever you say.