Insider: Xbox One has no hope, will lose this generation of console war to PS4
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Most would agree that the console war for this generation of video game systems is far from over… but it may have been over before it even really started. According to comments made by well-known industry insider Ashan Rasheed, who goes by the name “Thuway” on Twitter and video game forum NeoGAF, Sony’s PlayStation 4 is the clear winner in this generation of video game consoles. He also says that will continue to be the case for this entire console generation according to his sources, suggesting that Microsoft did not build its Xbox One with the future in mind.
“Xbox One will be behind all generation, and not buy [sic] some small trivial margin. It will be enough to show up distinctly in exclusives,” Rasheed wrote on Twitter, quoting one of his unnamed industry sources. He continued in a separate tweet, “The PS4 has more left in the tank that will start showing up going forward. It was designed with more forward thinking hardware choices.”
The tweets were picked up on Monday by DualShockers.
Rasheed also noted an instance where Call of Duty developer Infinity Ward asked Microsoft to allow the company’s title Call of Duty: Ghosts access an off-limits portion of the Xbox One’s graphics processor that would have increased performance by 8%. Microsoft reportedly refused. The anecdote is seemingly intended as an example to illustrate Microsoft’s unwillingness to help developers address some of the hardware limitations of the Xbox One console.
Early numbers show that the PlayStation 4 was indeed the clear winner in the early days of the current console war. Microsoft managed to ship 3 million Xbox One units in 2013 while Sony’s PlayStation 4 shipments totaled 4.2 million consoles last year. If Rasheed’s sources are accurate and gamers start to see huge gaps in the quality of exclusive games available for each console, the sales gap we saw in 2013 may indeed grow even wider moving forward.
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"He also says that will continue to be the case for this entire console generation according to his sources, suggesting that Microsoft did not build its Xbox One with the future in mind."
I don't agree with this. They very much did. Just not the future in gaming. -
Standby For TitanFall.
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this will be the last generation of x box
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Standby For TitanFall.
Standby for The Order, MLB 14, Uncharted 4, Second Son, and Drive Club. -
Xbox One is for ? .
Less powerful, 720p, and more expensive. ? that. -
KINGOFDAARCADE wrote: »Xbox One is for ? .
Less powerful, 720p, and more expensive. ? that.
WHOA!!!!
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this will be the last generation of x boxthemadlionsfan wrote: »
He has no idea why. It looks like he just enjoys saying that over and over again for some reason.
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Lol yall ? man
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The only one of those games that I actually want to play is The Order.
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Its funny because I know some dudes who liked the playstation and went out a bought a x-box one instead of a ps4 because you can tell the x-box what to do and all that ?
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I Am Jay ? wrote: »Its funny because I know some dudes who liked the playstation and went out a bought a x-box one instead of a ps4 because you can tell the x-box what to do and all that ?I Am Jay ? wrote: »Its funny because I know some dudes who liked the playstation and went out a bought a x-box one instead of a ps4 because you can tell the x-box what to do and all that ?
They both will have good games and hopefully add more features in the future ... but right now.. my PS4 is just as useless as my ps3 was.. im gonna give infamous another chance though -
Insider says Xbox will lose the console war to Nintendo and Sony with its giant VCR box and force Microsoft out of console gaming...
And here they still here. -
Mmm
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The arcades villain is back.
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It's either that or play indie games lol
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KoA back?
You ? better get down or lay down. -
earth two superman wrote: »John_Blazini wrote: »im gonna give infamous another chance though
Please don't.
You didn't like Infamous?
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funkdocdamc wrote: »earth two superman wrote: »John_Blazini wrote: »im gonna give infamous another chance though
Please don't.
You didn't like Infamous?
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Stopped reading @ NeoGAF. Sonygger central.
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The arcades villain is back.
He's more like that ? kid that kept disrupting lessons in school and is now back from suspension.
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So Praise KOA but diss Focus lmao cape crusader ass ?
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major pain wrote: »KoA back?
You ? better get down or lay down.
? getting scared because delinquent teenager get off punishment? Lol -