there is one benefit...

by ShadowOfTheVoid , South Carolina, Saturday, July 27, 2013, 01:20 (4353 days ago) @ electricpirate

Quibbling over tech specs has been part and parcel of fanboy bickering since at least the 16-bit era ("Genesis has a faster processor! Blast Processing!" and "The SNES has better graphical abilities!"). Of course, not being a fanboy who picks one console brand and rejects all others (I've yet to voluntarily pass up on any notable console since I got my first job in 1998, except for the Saturn which had been discontinued and wasn't available anywhere around here), such things don't mean much to me when it comes time to buy a console (hell, the Wii U is the weakest eighth-gen system, yet I'm really excited to get one soon). Both the PS4 and XBO are significantly more powerful than their predecessors, and that's fine by me. My decision to get a PS4 first and take a wait-and-see approach with the XBO is due to multiple factors, none of which have to do with which system has better RAM or a better processor or a better GPU. The systems are still similar enough technically to where the difference for multi-platform titles will likely be minimal. For me, it comes down to the PS4 costing less, having more games that interest me, Destiny presumably being better supported on the system, and the fact that I'm still wary of MS (it takes more than reversing shitty policies to earn my trust back). I was never an Xbox brand loyalist, but rather I only invested in the Xbox brand because I liked Halo, so at this point the only thing that will compel me to buy an XBO will be Halo 5.