Why did gamespot say xb1 isn't worth owning yet?

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#1 deactivated-60bf765068a74
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1. They said it had a better exclusive lineup than ps4

2. They said its cheaper than ps4 by 100's of dollars

3. They said both charge now to play games online

so why did they say ps4 is worth owning when xb1 is cheaper, better exclusives, and better online play at same price

are they just telling ppl who have a ps4 to not buy it since they told euros to buy that one?

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#2 dalger21
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A thread for SW. Filled with idiocy.

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#3  Edited By SolidTy
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Because that was their opinion (link to video for TC). You could always apply at Gamespot.com and write an article that's your opinion.

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Here's a link that may help you in comparing systems.

http://www.listwar.com/released-games/

It may help you look at other points that you didn't mention in your OP like install times (very slow on Xbone vs. PS3/360/PS4), PS+ vs. GwG (22 PS+ games vs. 8 GWG games), or Total games released for each machine (188 PS4 games to 124 Xbone). The Xbone does have an advantage, although slight, in exclusives at this point in time, but considering how young both machines are and considering the upcoming games for next year, it's too early to declare a major victory.

I did enjoy hearing five or more of the Gamespot.com staff explain the problems with the Xbone UI. They mentioned the Xbone UI was designed more for marketing that being useful.

This is the second video that Gamespot.com tackled the Xbone's poor UI and this time they went into great detail:

Lucy James found the Xbone UI difficult to navigate the UI with a controller and how you are forced to use Kinect shortcuts (if you have a Kinect model). She felt the interface was actively out to get her.

Kevin VanOrd (owns the Xbone) called the Xbone UI " a stupid mess". "It's More designed to advertise" to users than let him do the things he wants.

Seb Ford said the Xbone UI was Clumsy, confusing, snap isn't particularly intuitive...even changing settings is really frustrating.

Rob Crossley said the Xbone "Operating system and UI is so bad" and "atrocious" that he found M$'s team choices Genuinely shocking and fascinating. He can't believe how many bad decisions on the UI were allowed to be in the Xbone.

Cam Robinson said the Xbone UI needs to be completely redone for him to consider buying an Xbone instead of using the Xbone at the office.

I've always said, the Xbone UI was pretty to look at in pictures (aesthetically pleasing), but the UI is not intuitive. It was designed to deliberately promote Kinect, but even the Voice commands are spotty (also noted in the video above). Yes, I've memorized it after awhile, but new things crop up and then the journey begins on how to fix an issue or change something. It's a poor UI. It's hard to impress this to denizens of SW that don't have an Xbone. It's not a slow UI, but it's just set up poorly, even compared to the Xbox 360. Now with soooooo many Kinectless Xbones in the wild, this UI needs an overhaul.

There is a lot to consider besides your bullet points. I own both machines, PC, and a Wii U, and I gotta say, last gen machines and the PC is still better than either. I think the arguing right now is petty considering how weak in games and young both machines are. As far as exclusives and better software; the real battle looks to be 2015.

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#4 lundy86_4
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To what are you referring?

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#5  Edited By RicanV  Moderator
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"Sony has made incredible strides in the past several years, but it cannot stop now. The PS4 is an accomplished, superior games console, but not yet an essential purchase."

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#6  Edited By deactivated-60bf765068a74
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@lundy86_4 said:

To what are you referring?

gamespot xb1 year in review

5 guys saying they will never buy an xb1 one guy said he bought it for forza, and 1 girl saying she is jelly of ps4 and the big guy said he doesn't play games on it he just talks to it

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#7  Edited By ninjapirate2000
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They also said the PS4 isn't worth the purchase. At this moment they only recommend the Wii U out of the 3 consoles.

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#8 OhSnapitz
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@ProtossRushX said:

@lundy86_4 said:

To what are you referring?

gamespot xb1 year in review

5 guys saying they will never buy an xb1 one guy said he bought it for forza, and 1 girl saying she is jelly of ps4 and the big guy said he doesn't play games on it he just talks to it

It's called an OPINION.

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#9  Edited By lundy86_4
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From what I read, it isn't unreasonable. They only said the exclusives were marginally better... Which is saying something, considering the exclusives play markedly better.

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@lundy86_4 said:

From what I read, it isn't unreasonable. They only said the exclusives were marginally better... Which is saying something, considering the exclusives play markedly better.

Not really.

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#11  Edited By lundy86_4
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@jg4xchamp said:

@lundy86_4 said:

From what I read, it isn't unreasonable. They only said the exclusives were marginally better... Which is saying something, considering the exclusives play markedly better.

Not really.

Dispute on the terminology? If there's a scientific terminology I could adhere to, then I will. If not, then meh.

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#12 Fairmonkey
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Xbox one currently has too many things that need to be ironed out for gamespot to recommend a purchase especially when u can get a 360 for half the price with a way better library obviously. It has some good exclusives but M$ has a long road ahead of them

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#13 speedfreak48t5p
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All I know is that the PS4 doesn't have Forza Horizon 2 or Sunset Overdrive.

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#14 wolverine4262
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Opinions are like assholes... And if you choose the PS4, it probably dont smell like soap.

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#15 EZs
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Interesting to see many GS staffs mentioned the Xbone UI is just not good.

MS boasting a lot about their UI. I guess in this case "keep it simple stupid" is the winner.

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#16  Edited By Nengo_Flow
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#17  Edited By lostrib
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shhhhhh, no more threads

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#19 EZs
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@farrell2k said:

Neither the PS4 nor the XB1 are "must have" at this point, so don't worry about it.

Would you say the WiiU is a must have at this point?

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#20 deactivated-594be627b82ba
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@EZs: nope, but to me it's currently more appealing than the ps4 and Xbox one. Current gen is still a joke right now.

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#22  Edited By drekula2
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because it only has 1 good exclusive, bruh.

(tbf: sony has none)

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#23  Edited By Stevo_the_gamer  Moderator
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Because the interface is freakin' terrible. Better games and controller are damn important but getting into a party, seeing friends, or achievements, etc, is an inefficient mess.

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#24 MortalDecayX
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Who care what anyone says about it? Don't get offended when someone hates on your console of choice, that's silly.

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#25  Edited By ReadingRainbow4
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This year has had some of the best harvests of lemming tears in quite some time.

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#27 DEadliNE-Zero0
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1- Because it isn't

2- stop making threads

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#28  Edited By ReadingRainbow4
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@Mkavanaugh77 said:

@ReadingRainbow4 said:

This year has had some of the best harvests of lemming tears in quite some time.

Cows shed the most tears this year for sure.

5club provided the most tears ever.

Thank you for providing more.

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#29 Shewgenja
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Because it's not.

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#30 GTSaiyanjin2
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I'm very indifferent about the console. I'm hoping the console eventually gets decent exclusives.

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#31 cainetao11
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@SolidTy:

I also watched this video. And I commented in the comments a piece of truth I have experienced. My older sister Marianne is moderately retarded, and suffers from CP and she had little trouble navigating the X1 UI at a family dinner at my brothers house upstate Saturday night. I always maintain life is a subjective journey, and that is my and evidently my sister's two cents. That UI is simple to use and navigate.

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#32  Edited By LJS9502_basic
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@ProtossRushX said:

2. They said its cheaper than ps4 by 100's of dollars

If they said that they are crazy.....

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#33 DH1278
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As of right now, in this instant, I would buy the Xbone for Forza, Sunset Overdrive and Halo: MCC. The problem is, that's ALL I see going for the console even moving forward. Crackdown and Quantum Break are incoming too, and who knows if QB ends up coming for the PC.

Honestly, these two consoles are mostly doing the battle of who plays multiplatform games the best, and the winner is neither of the two, but the PC.

Purely from an exclusives perspective, at this immediate moment, the Xbone has made more strides with the titles mentioned. The PS4 fans are just claiming victory on the power of the machine itself. Funniest thing of all is, they would argue power of the PS4 vs Xbone, but wouldn't argue the power of the PC against the PS4?

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#34  Edited By Ten_Pints
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I would buy none at the moment as well. Once the PS4 gets Uncharted 4 and Bloodborne it might be worth a poke.

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#35 SolidTy
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@cainetao11 said:

@SolidTy:

I also watched this video. And I commented in the comments a piece of truth I have experienced. My older sister Marianne is moderately retarded, and suffers from CP and she had little trouble navigating the X1 UI at a family dinner at my brothers house upstate Saturday night. I always maintain life is a subjective journey, and that is my and evidently my sister's two cents. That UI is simple to use and navigate.

Nice! Haha, I'm glad you left them a message and I look forward to reading it.

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#36 MikeHockbourns
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maybe because 2 different random dudes wrote those articles? who cares what other people say I live my life and make my choices based on my own brain power, not some hipster wannabe journalist working for a gaming site.

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#37 superbuuman
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^ Actually same person...he said neither Xbone or PS4 are essential at the moment...Wii U was the one that he said is essential at the moment.

TC did you even read the whole article or did you just read half where he compared Xbone's negative to PS4 positives and you stop reading? Stop making up lies fanboy. :P

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#38 GrenadeLauncher
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Gamespot blowing out their own lemming contingent. I love it. Cry harder.

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#39  Edited By Gue1
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PS4 is beast and it will continue being beast for the rest of the gen. Get used to it.

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#41 GarGx1
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it's not and neither is the PS4, both are out of date junk that console gamers are being over charged for, especially when the cost of games are included and factor in that you need to pay twice (ISP and either Xbox Live or PSN) to use them online.

I'm really struggling to understand why console gamers put up with this crap and actively defend it. Demand better, don't accept the shit you're fed by big companies.

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#42 lamprey263
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Well, their word isn't Bible, I've decided that an Xbox One is better suited for me over a PS4. I've my reasons. Let yourself decide which seems better for you and support that.

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#43  Edited By slim70
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Since nobody has posted a topic about it yet.

Angry Gamers Accuse Gamespot of Bias Against Xbox One: http://www.jbgnews.com/2014/11/angry-gamers-accuse-gamespot-of-bias-against-xbox-one/574309.html#ixzz3K28dYOdw

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@ProtossRushX said:

1. They said it had a better exclusive lineup than ps4

2. They said its cheaper than ps4 by 100's of dollars

3. They said both charge now to play games online

Because none of this reasons are worth buying it. Just because it is the least "not-necessary-to-buy" of the two doesn't mean it still isn't "not-necessary-to-buy".

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#45 deactivated-5b0367b217732
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@ProtossRushX said:

so why did they say ps4 is worth owning when xb1 is cheaper, better exclusives, and better online play at same price

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#46 FoxbatAlpha
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The fact that they decided to be trolls while masking it under "journalism" was a shit move.

More "payed for by and biased" bullshit that makes up the internet.

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#47 YD_11
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@slim70 said:

Since nobody has posted a topic about it yet.

Angry Gamers Accuse Gamespot of Bias Against Xbox One: http://www.jbgnews.com/2014/11/angry-gamers-accuse-gamespot-of-bias-against-xbox-one/574309.html#ixzz3K28dYOdw

Yeah, there is definitely a general attitude toward the Xbox One and MS in general. It's kind of like what you seen with conservatives here in the states where it's the "cool" thing to make them the butt of jokes and such

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#48  Edited By clr84651
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@ProtossRushX said:

1. They said it had a better exclusive lineup than ps4

2. They said its cheaper than ps4 by 100's of dollars

3. They said both charge now to play games online

so why did they say ps4 is worth owning when xb1 is cheaper, better exclusives, and better online play at same price

are they just telling ppl who have a ps4 to not buy it since they told euros to buy that one?

1. is opinion

2. It's cheaper by $50

3. Is true $50 for PSN & $60 for xlive

PS4 is more powerful, it has PSN that is a great deal for the $50/yr

People who have a PS4 have no reason to buy an X1.

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#49 coasterguy65
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Because it's filled with fanboys who started gaming on the PS2?

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#50  Edited By joel_c17
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@ProtossRushX said:

1. They said it had a better exclusive lineup than ps4 - that isnt anything to brag about, as both have pretty ordinary exclusives.

2. They said its cheaper than ps4 by 100's of dollars - false

3. They said both charge now to play games online - psn+ is much better value, especially if you have a ps3 and a vita.

so why did they say ps4 is worth owning when xb1 is cheaper, better exclusives, and better online play at same price

are they just telling ppl who have a ps4 to not buy it since they told euros to buy that one?

1. They said it had a better exclusive lineup than ps4 - that isnt anything to brag about, as both have pretty ordinary exclusives.

2. They said its cheaper than ps4 by 100's of dollars - false

3. They said both charge now to play games online - psn+ is much better value, especially if you have a ps3 and a vita.

Neither xbone or ps4 are really worth owning - they are getting close, give them another 6 months.