Sony's Triumphant Night

Hell I'm buying an Xbox One if only to combat fanboyism. The worst thing about the video games industry is the fanboyism and bias. The homer editors at IGN for years have been doling out 9.5's and 10's for every exclusive game that comes out to their favourite console. Tom Mc Shea above may as well throw on a Sony hat with the lack of integrity in his journalism as he comes out a big loser today as the end result is that BOTH Microsoft and Sony are leaving DRM up to the publishers and at the end of the day you like all the fanboys got duped by Sony as if they really cared about gamers they would have a firm policy in place that deters publishers from DRM involving their system. But they don't because they don't care. The difference is at least Microsoft isn't pretending to be the good guy while crossing his fingers behind his back.

http://www.gamespot.com/users/experience_fade/show_blog_entry.php?topic_id=m-100-26029345

For you, Tom! Well worth a read!

Well guys it is a really easy decision don't you think? Sony really focused on the important stuff for us it gives much more to its users than anybody else for less is just a smart choice that simple and Sorry Crapbox One fan boys ....

@Polynecro You're missing the point. It's not the "inconvenience" of having to check in every 24 hours with the Xbox. It's a matter of ownership. It doesn't matter if you have to check in once a month or once a year, you're essentially asking for MS's permission to use your own console and play your own game. "The ONLY thing separating them will be the 24 hour check in." That's the biggest understatement of the century. I'm the biggest Xbox fanboy ever (on my fifth xbox) but what MS is doing transcends fanboyism and gaming. There is a not-so-hidden Orwellian agenda behind the Xbox One. Long live Sony!

Im sorry but it looks like crap

Agreed. I let my Xbox Gold subscription lapse last week (I've been a member for 6 years) until I could confirm which direction each company was going. Immediately after watching the Sony press conference, I went and bought a PlayStation Plus subscription, and I'm pre-ordering my PS4 tonight. Thank you Sony for listening, thank you.

Great article! Good on Gamespot for calling Microsoft out publicly. And this: "It's the deluge of soulless sequels that have been churned out and die on the shelf because consumers can see through their brown and grey façade." is absolutely correct, imo. I have been buying fewer and fewer games over the past few years specifically because the quality has been decreasing, so they've been losing my dollars due to quality, not piracy.

BTW to all current PS3 owners this is off topic and i do apologize but seeing as we had enough of this Microsoft headache i would like to remind you that Phase 3 of Final Fantasy 14 is starting on the 14th of this month, and the PS3 users can finally join in!! so if you own a Square Enix account expect to download the beta on PSN store.

One thing I think some MS fanboys don't realize is that GS didn't write cause they jumped on the "bandwagon." In the past whenever they reviewed a game that was multiplat. The 360 version was always the version I saw as the default version reviewed, so thats not the problem. What Tom McShea is saying is that MS is basically telling us what we're allowed and not allowed to do, and what we have to do to play a game. We shell out over 60 dollars for a game only to find out that we just paid all that money to let MS cuff us with all these policies. As a gamer, that doesn't work for me. When I buy a game, its MINE, when I lend someone a game, its MINE and if my internet connection isn't working, guess what I do? I play games and if MS is taking that away with these mandatory check-ins, whats the point of supporting that? Why support a company that takes away our rights as gamers? How can anyone benefit from this? Plain and simple, its idiotic on a scale never before seen.

PS4 HAS WON THE VIDEO GAME CHAMPIONSHIP.

I'm still a bit worried there will be something about the PS4 that will cause issues. No where near the level of Micro$hits mind you, but after the horrible presentations given my M$... I'm very very worried about consoles at the moment. But if I was going to definatly buy a system, it would be a sony PS4.

All hail the king PS4 may you reign in grace and Treat your subjects fairly and the High priest kaz hirai

The biggest Mistake Microsoft can make this year will be not listen to the angry mob... so MS if you have someone here quietly reading i advise you remove all those stupid restrictions especially those used game ones... and game loaners, since we know you can't turn off the always on anymore due to a stupid design.

"Microsoft is trying to change the definition of ownership on the Xbox One and it's failing miserably"

+100 respect Gamespot.

I wholeheartly agree. Sony and Playstation 4 represents freedom of chioce for the gamers. Sony is doing right by us. Microsoft on the otherhand will sell 24.5 million Xbox Ones in the 8th generation. Sony PS4 will sell another 150 million consoles. The 8th Generation console war between Sony and Microsoft has just begun. Sony can cue the "Na Na Na Na Hey Hey Goodbye song" to Microsoft. Long live Sony

Voice of reason on here. There are many sheep that will cry and say you're buying a "license" not a product. BS, when you're buying a physical copy, you're buying a physical copy. If I buy Windows 7 and install it on my PC, when I sell that PC to someone else and give them a copy of Windows 7 disc, that person is not punished in anyway. I bought my 1 license, then I'm able to transfer it without going to an "authorized" retailer.

I think what people forget is that Microsoft is mandating EVERY disc to be installed (read: copied) to HDD and you don't need the disc after that. So now they're turning ALL their customers into potential pirates and treating them as such. So I buy a game and have it installed on my HDD and then give it or sell it to someone else, they do the same, but now BOTH of us can play the same game while only 1 copy was purchased and we can't have that. WTF Microsoft?! If a game is installed to HDD on Xbox 360, if I wanted to play it I at least need to put the disc in so that there's no copies out there. Why can't XO do the same? Greed, pure and simple.