Next Gen - The Verdict

[MegaZoid.]

That's it I'm getting a WiiU , it may not have many games yet but it will eventually have a load of Nintendo's big guns out for it and the console looks like it is gonna be way more fun than the Xbone and its a very nice price at the moment.
Games should be fun and this is where Nintendo will always come out on top for me :-)

[MegaZoid.]

That being said I may get a PS4 if Sony can be bothered to release The Last Guardian for it :-)

[MattyP]

That's it I'm getting a WiiU , it may not have many games yet but it will eventually have a load of Nintendo's big guns out for it and the console looks like it is gonna be way more fun than the Xbone and its a very nice price at the moment.
Games should be fun and this is where Nintendo will always come out on top for me :-)

Had the same thought myself. WiiU is a games console pure and simple. It doesn't have the grand idea of being something else, no hidden agenda of taking over your TV etc. But then I could just my Xbox 360 and just use that - although MS will drop the thing like a hot potato now and don't expect any new AAA content to come it's way.

Which is why I may stick with the PS3 for now and pick up a PS4... Sony seem to just want to go back to basics a bit and focus on the games. Which suits me fine! This plan will also give me chance to see how the PS4 pans out (although knowing me I'll get one at launch...really weak with shiny new tech!!!!).

I expect the PS4 won't get a euro release until next March time anyway if the PS3 was anything to go by so give me a bit more time to finish up playing games on my current gen machines.

[Darkflame]

no hidden agenda of taking over your TV etc.

Arguably, it has a hidden agenda of doing away with the TV

I'm going to wait still. Theres plenty of games from this/last gen to catch up on.
Its a real shame for developers that games perceptively go down hugely in value so quickly, as for a consumer living a gen or two behind makes so much sense.

Still, when that new Xenoblade comes out, or a new Zelda or something, I'll grab a WiiU.

[merman]

That being said I may get a PS4 if Sony can be bothered to release The Last Guardian for it :-)

There was a joke tweet saying if everyone stopped talking about the new Xbox, they would release The Last Guardian that day...

One interesting thing to take away - Microsoft are still going to support the 360 (both through Live and with new releases) for several years. So no need to get rid of your old box...

[RiK]

One interesting thing to take away - Microsoft are still going to support the 360 (both through Live and with new releases) for several years. So no need to get rid of your old box...

I'm far more likely to buy a new 360 at this point as my old Elite sounds like a tank and I've still got a list of unplayed games about as long as my arm to wade through..

[MattyP]

Theres plenty of games from this/last gen to catch up on.
Its a real shame for developers that games perceptively go down hugely in value so quickly, as for a consumer living a gen or two behind makes so much sense.

True.... However as people move over to new consoles you find your friends list getting ever full of new console users. Then the question is how long are MS going to let XB360s onto their live system. I am assuming they'll eventually have a cull like they did with the original Xbox not so long back.

In fact the more I think about it the more sticking with MS is making less sense...... Be interesting to see how Sony manage the transition between PS3 and 4....

[MattyP]

One interesting thing to take away - Microsoft are still going to support the 360 (both through Live and with new releases) for several years. So no need to get rid of your old box...

Ah ha.... Well that's that question answered then! Prorably stick with 360 for a while longer and see how everything pans out. I expect MS will eventually want people to move onto the new platform though. What slightly concerns me is when they eventually shut things off for 360. What will happen to all the digital content I have bought when my machine dies? Guess arguably I've had my money's worth....

[PaulEMoz]

I read a comment somewhere that said "they might as well have planted a flag in it and called it AmericaBox".

A bit broad, but possibly not too far from the mark.

There's nothing there that interests me at all, and many things to put me off. If the rumours of the PS4 also charging a fee for preowned/not new games comes true then I'll be out of this gen, purely because I'll have two consoles in the house (one for me and one for my eldest son) and I'll have to pay twice for every game I buy that we'd both be playing. Can't justify that (I guess he'd have a console but not me at the very most).

[Istar]

Yep, I'm skipping this gen although I might go for a Ouya just to see how the novelty of it pans out.

I barely use the PS3 as anything other than a BR player and lounge media endpoint for the music server. I actually bought it in preparation for playing Last Guardian. Hah.
The 360, as I've bitched-about elsewhere, went from my favourite under-the-telly gadget to being an always-off device after the Metro dashboard update. I finally boxed it last weekend, aside from the controller and the HD drive which are hooked to a PC.

The PS4 and XB1 offer nothing that I want, and lots of things I don't.

For me, the next generation of gaming and UI evolution are PC-based - I want Oculus Rift, and the first thing that'll prompt me to go for it is Elite:Dangerous. LeapMotion might be interesting, and again that's PC.

For lounge gaming, I'll keep the PS3 since it does what I want and Sony haven't screwed-up the UI so far. The 2600, SNES and Cube alongside it keep me sufficiently entertained...

[Foozwah]

At this point, my most likely path will be to finally buy a PS3, once the PS4 comes out.

And maybe a Wii U if there's ever a system seller title (from my POV) for it.

Terribly uninspired by the whole next-gen show, really. And given the reduced amount of time and opportunity I have for gaming these days, my main outlets are iOS stuff during daily commute (currently Sid Meier's Ace Patrol), plus a handful of Mac games and some retro stuff via GOG and emulators.

[Phineasfool]

I'm going to wait til E3 to hopefully get some clarification on some stuff, but right now it's looking like I'll just keep my PS3 and play that for the next couple of years and see how things turn out for next gen. There's still enough stuff I haven't gotten around to playing that it will keep me occupied for a long while. This will be the first time in a long while I haven't jumped on the new consoles right away.

[Loada]

Michael Moran in the Guardian has a quite measure appraisal of the Xbox One:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree ... arm-summer

Echoes my sentiments.

[skip]

It potentially gets worse. Ugh.

http://www.extremetech.com/gaming/13970 ... r-the-mpaa

[zip accident]

It potentially gets worse. Ugh.

http://www.extremetech.com/gaming/13970 ... r-the-mpaa

Urg.

Machiavelli really wasn't that authoritarian. Try to read his "Discourses", I got bored about half way through, "The Prince" is the executive's notes version.

This hogwash was old in Machiavelli's time, and that's 500 years ago, today apparently.

Well, MS are hoping to sell this stuff, if they do, then we aren't the audience, so that's tolerable I suppose.