(Newswire.net June 17, 2013) Mexico D.F. — The New Xbox One console finally had its release date announced for November, motivating scores of video gamers into anxious ‘Dear Santa letters,’ with still a few months to wait. With a selling price of $499 there is going to be some hot competition from the PlayStation 4 with its $399 price tag making it a cheaper proposition from a strictly financial point of view. So how do the console giants really match up to each other?
This really boils down to 3 major factors when the time comes to actually buy online. The price is of course the governing factor, although many will be looking deeper in comparing the two candidates for top honours.
Nick Barber concisely noted “When Microsoft announced the price of its new console at a press event Monday there was an audible gasp from the audience of gamers and media. The US$499 price tag is higher than the $375 to $450 range that Ward predicted ahead of E3. Part of the reason for the premium is because the Xbox One comes pre-packaged with a Kinect sensor. Sony’s PlayStation 4 won’t require the additional depth-sensing camera and microphone combination that Kinect offers.”
The new Kinect, with voice and face recognition capabilities, can tell the position of each controller in a room and even whose hands are holding that controller. Its precision is such that it can detect both heart rate and eye movements, even in the dark, so ascertaining who is operating the console at any given moment, meaning that the Kinect will always be aware of your every movement, although Microsoft states that the Kinect will not be keeping an eye on us whilst in low-power mode.
The question has to be asked, will Big Brother Xbox One be watching you?
The second factor is the debatable error on the part of Microsoft in placing limitations on the use of used games in the Xbox One. Taking full advantage of this apparent blunder by Microsoft, Sony was quick to draw attention to the fact that, in contrast to the Xbox One, the PS4 does permit the playing of used games with unlimited restrictions. While the third factor is that with the PS4 you are allowed to play offline for as long as you desire without having to connect online, a prerequisite of the Xbox One console from Microsoft.
With some months left until the final decision has to be made by multitudes of gamers there is still most certainly time for jockeying for pole position from both quarters which can only be of benefit to the video gamer’s community at large.
A wise question from David Simmons – “The New Xbox One Console has been heralded as the most advanced wonder of the modern world, but is it all it’s cracked up to be?” – Further information here:
Sources
http://www.itworld.com/personal-tech/360905/xbox-one-pricing-paves-way-sony-ps4-success
http://wisebuyvideogames.com/new-xbox-one-console-available-november/
Author: Google+ David Dunham