Xbox One vs. PS4

If the console wars between PlayStation and Xbox had been languishing the last little weeks, the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) media presentations by Sony and Microsoft launched gamers back into the fight.

On Monday, Microsoft revealed more details and recent games for its future Xbox One console, unveiled last month, and Sony at last gave gamers a foretaste of its next-generation PlayStation 4 console, announced in February. The companies traded barbs all through the press presentations, game enthusiasts argued online, and the battle continues as critics and industry professionals join on the Los Angeles Convention Center this week for E3 — the biggest record game convention in the planet.

The war’s outcome will likely be certain by the cash register; both consoles are slated pro publish in time for the holiday shopping season.

In the meantime, here’s the takeaway from Monday’s announcements, minus the smoke and mirrors. Befall positively to take our opinion poll at the end.

1. Price and specs

Attendees pay attention to Microsoft’s media presentation on June 10, 2013 ahead of E3 in Los Angeles. (Kevork Djansezian / Getty Images)

The PS4 will retail for $399.99. The console is a black box. The machinery has a 500 GB hard drive, 8 GB of RAM and an optical drive that will mess about Blu-ray and DVD discs. The extra DualShock 4 controller has a touchpad, a headphone jack and a built-in loudspeaker. PS4′s Eye activity sensor and Move controllers are not built-in, but soldone by oneedly. The console will be compatible with PlayStation’s handheld console, the Vita.

The Xbox One will retail for $499.99. The console is plus a black box. The machinery has a 500 GB tricky drive, 8 GB of RAM and an optical drive with the intention of will play Blu-ray and DVD discs. The recent controller adds vibration to the triggers. A Kinect activity and voice sensor comes built-in in every element. The Kinect may possibly be a clear if you discover voice commands suitable and helpful or if you enjoy physical games like “Dance Central” and “Nike+ Kinect Training.” The Kinect may possibly be a harmful if the purpose of a mandatory machinery that is “always listening” makes you think of HAL-9000. The console will be compatible with phones and tablets with the SmartGlass app.

(For comparison’s sake, Nintendo’s Wii U Deluxe Set retailed pro $349.99.)

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2. Gaming online and offline

With the Xbox One, as soon as you’ve downloaded a game or installed it via disc, you (and up to nine more members of your household) can play your game any time, on every Xbox, no disc necessary. In order to make that sort of cloud storage space workable, Microsoft is requiring that the Xbox One be connected to the Internet at least once each 24 hours if it’s your primary console, or at least one time for every hour if you’re accessing your game store from a friend’s Xbox One. This figure has been criticized by gamers who can’t afford at-home Internet access or live in areas where a reliable connection is unavailable.

The PlayStation 4 allows limitless offline gaming, no online connectivity necessary. Sony’s cloud services, which have yet to be detailed, will not be unfilled until 2014.

3. Game sharing and used games

Sony will not contain the sale of used PlayStation 4 games, nor will it prevent sharing your games.

Microsoft will allow you to give an Xbox One game away by transferring its license, but with two restrictions: 1. A game can just be given one time, and 2. You can only give to those who have been on your friends list for at least 30 days. The skill to loan or rent games will not be accessible at launch. The skill to sell a used game to a retailer like GameStop will be left entirely up to the publisher of the game.

4. Game lineup

The Xbox One lineup will include the next installment in the “Halo” license; “Titanfall,” the first game from the “Call of Duty” veterans who head Respawn Entertainment; “Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain” — formerly a PlayStation-exclusive license; “Sunset Overdrive,” a cartoonish game in which a soda-sipping protagonist gets to wield a gun that fires vinyl records at monsters; a new port for the standard sandbox game “Minecraft”; as well as “Ryse: Youngster of Rome,” “Quantum Break,” “Call of Duty,” “Battlefield 4,” “Witcher 3,” “Killer Instinct 3,” “Below” and “Crimson Dragon,” among other titles.

The PS4 lineup will include the highly anticipated “Final Fantasy 15″; “Destiny,” a first-person shooter that features more or less massively multiplayer role-playing elements from “Halo” developer Bungie; “Kingdom Hearts 3,” the long-awaited title from Square Enix; “The Order: 1886,” an original title set in Jack the Ripper-era London, in which the protagonists custom elements of calculate travel and magic to face off in opposition to supernatural threats; “Mad Max,” which employs vehicular combat in opposition to post-apocalyptic bandits; “Rays of the Dead,” a cartoon zombie puzzle game; as well as “Infamous,” “The Witness,” “Transistor,” “Killzone: Shadow Fall,” “DriveClub” and “Infamous: Second Son,” among other titles.

It’s worth noting that neither console is backward compatible. You won’t be able to play your Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 games on the next-gen consoles.

5. Non-gaming entertainment

Sony has noted that the PS4 will have increased media services such as Redbox Instant and Flixster, as well as primary programming, but has not left into describe on the latter. Sony has not disclosed whether the PS4 will highlight cable and television integration.

Microsoft aims to manufacture the Xbox One a one-stop entertainment hub that merges television, music and gaming. Microsoft says the new-found console will succeed with your cable box, will highlight its own television guide and will be able to get a fright among games, Skype, movies, music, television and the Internet seamlessly, using the Kinect’s voice and motion commands. The console will allow you to game and watch a show all together, or to Skype with contacts while you play. Microsoft is as well focusing on original content, such as a television series (to be executive produced by Steven Spielberg) based on the common “Halo” video game license.

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