Console Wars

We are coming to the end of the current generation of consoles. The War for supremacy is going to run on but who has won the current battle?
It looked for a long while that the Nintendo Wii was going to be the top selling console of the Generation. However in the last few weeks it has been overtaken by the Xbox 360. This seems to be the biggest surprise of this generation. Sony dominated the previous generation with the PS2. This console was selling in decent numbers well after the later generation of consoles had launched. It lasted around 10 years and still had games in development up until recently.
the PS3 however really never took off. It was surprising how much it struggled even in its native Japan. It was hammered in the US not because it was a poor machine, but the cost over the 360 was enormous. It was being sold at nearly £100 more than a 360 at launch and kept a higher price point through the generation. Both Sony and Microsoft made mistakes with that generation. With unique in house chip sets being made at great expense and meaning the cost needed to be high to recoup much of the cost.
However moving in to the next generation we see both have learned a lesson and also both have made mistakes early.

We have a couple of articles on our website (entertainiast.com) regarding these but in a nutshell.

Microsoft messed up with the restrictions to used games and the always online rumours. Plus they have gone with a higher price point on the new console. This does include the Kinect sensor which with the right backing now that ALL users will own one may actually be a positive.

Sony had a poor reveal but really nailed it at E3. They under cut Xbox One price and had no restrictions on used games. They did however make the saving by pulling the Playstation Eye camera out of the box. This was a bit stupid as the new pad had an LED that was meant to be used for motion control. How many people will spend out on a camera now to use this? Not many, which could kill off the motion gaming aspect of the PS4... Hmm.

I think it is still all to play for... But what do you think? Please Vote in our POLL.

MR