However, gamers have plenty of news updates, hardware specifications, exclusive games and new additions to put into the argument to say one console one over the other. Let us share our own two cents to the debate and let us know if you agree with our verdict.
Playstation 4
Without a doubt, Sony took off to a great head start because they have learnt a lot of new things about console business and gamers from their Playstation 3 console. They didn’t over price it at $500 as before and didn’t introduce any silly restrictions. As a matter of fact, they had a lot of plans in mind but they waited for Microsoft to bite the dust and learn from their mistakes.
The strategy worked and Xbox One took all the beating. It was criticized to be anti-gamer which allowed Sony plenty of time to reverse their policies to sport as the good guy. Even now, they don’t have any good exclusives to boast of except for Infamous Second son and re-mastered version of The Last of Us. The console sold much higher but their success was more because of Microsoft’s mistakes than their strategy, besides much powerful hardware.
Xbox One
The beginning was one of the worst in history for Xbox One but Microsoft didn’t behave naïve. Instead, they accepted what went wrong and reversed all the policies. It paved way for them to join the good book which followed with exclusive launches like Titanfall and the newly out Halo Master Chief Collection besides Sunset Overdrive.
They removed Kinect, and brought huge discounts which made sure they sold really well towards the end of 2014. There are some timed exclusives coming to the console as well and it performs almost the same as a Playstation 4 in most AAA games including the newly launched Assassin’s Creed Unity as well as Call of Duty Advanced Warfare.
The verdict is Xbox One was slow to pick up while Playstation 4 was far ahead but towards the end of the year, due to various changes both consoles came on par with each other in terms of sales and performance. So, it’s a tie in 2014 but this year with its exclusives, we can confirm which one will lead the race.
