Sony 's Playstation 4 And The Xbox One

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With last year’s newly released consoles the PlayStation 4 and the Xbox One, people have been wondering which one to purchase. Many have argued that Microsoft’s Xboxn Oe is better, because of its home entertainment system features. Others have argued that Sony’s PlayStation 4 is superior due to its slightly better processing power. “[Sony] Unlike Microsoft, which is trying to become the centerpiece of the living room with the Xbox One, the PlayStation 4 is happy to be part of the total package” (Reisinger). There used to be an entire website created just to debate over which one is better, where some over exaggerate on everything and would argue until they are blue in the face and keel over while others brought up very good points. Both consoles have very similar capabilities. Driven by an eight-core processor and 8GB of RAM, the Xbox One will have USB 3.0 ports, a Blu-ray drive, a 500GB hard drive, and Wi-Fi. Every unit comes with a new Kinect, a 250,000- pixel infrared tracking camera that can process 2GB of data per second. It can distinguish your thumb from your hand and register wrist and shoulder rotations. According to Microsoft 's Mark Whitten, it can "read your heartbeat" by measuring tiny changes in skin tone as the blood vessels in your face expand and contract. (Five Things YOU MUST KNOW ABOUT . . . Xbox One) …[However] both the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 will have AMD chips under the hood. The PS4 has an eight-core x86-64 AMD “Jaguar” CPU and an AMD Radeon Graphics Core Next–engine GPU, both of which sit on one custom chip. … The PS4 will have GDDR5 RAM while the Xbox One will use the more common and slower DDR3 RAM” (GREENWALD). However, some forget about the humble computer, which when optimized for g... ... middle of paper ... ...tion. Family entertainment is why consoles sell so well for their ability to play a movie, bring father and son to a friendly competition in a game of football and be able to play with more players than a computer due to a lack of elbow room. While a computer has everything and more a console can do, it will never be able to outmatch a console’s family appeal. In conclusion, a computer is a far stronger than a console in many ways. A computer may have a higher initial cost, but the cost gets lower over time. Consoles cannot have as many games as computers and are run on major games to make most of their money. Upgrades are more available for computer than consoles. However, a console is far better for a family. Computers are for hardcore gamers that want the best experience achievable. That is the most important difference between console gaming and computer gaming.

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