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http://kotaku.com/the-state-of-the-...xtw3_w.1&utm_referrer=https://www.google.com/The PlayStation 4 is an unexciting video game console, all things considered. The PlayStation 4 of 2015 isn’t all that different from the PlayStation 4 Sony launched in 2013. It’s gotten a minor hardware update, but the box and controller look the same. Its operating system is largely unchanged, aside from a few small but welcome new OS features
Just three of the games on our list of the 12 best PS4 games are PS4 exclusives, and one of those—The Last of Us: Remastered—is an HD remaster of a PS3 game.
In terms of PS4-only games, the fall of 2015 was a disappointment. Last fall’s lineup was disappointing as well: Driveclub blew a gasket at the starting line and The Order: 1886 was delayed to 2015, where it would land with a disappointing thud
The console has yet to have a single, transformative moment where everything kicks into overdrive, and it’s seeming increasingly unlikely that it will anytime soon.
Say you bought an Xbox One at the start of 2015 thinking, this console is okay, I guess. Then earlier this year, you find out that the machine you’ve got is one day just going to start being backwards compatible with an expanding list of games from the Xbox 360.
They grab the next Tomb Raider
They tap the top Metroid Prime guys to make a game for them.
They put out Rare Replay, the best compilation of high-quality video games -since The Orange Box
The Xbox people do a deal with EA for another paid subscription service
They produce an extra configurable “elite” version of their controller.
They re-do their console’s user-interface so that it’s faster. And add the option to remap every controller
Microsoft did all of that in 2015 and nevertheless find themselves with the less buzzed-about of the biggest two consoles.
that buzz is literally theater. Sony now holds annual fan expos and hits the nostalgia button by hosting crowdfunding announcements for games like Shenmue 3 and Psychonauts 2,Sony’s been skipping around this year, barely releasing major new exclusives and enjoying all the positive word of mouth from beating the Xbox One out of the gate
The State of the Xbox One in 2015 is that it is an aggressive contender constantly swinging at Sony. Those paying attention will notice it is scoring plenty of hits, too, and is likely to land more in 2016. It’s a very good console and has been for some time.
Kotaku on that bullshyt again.
