When comparing Xbox One vs Playstation 4, the Slant community recommends Playstation 4 for most people. In the question“What are the best latest generation gaming consoles?” Playstation 4 is ranked 1st while Xbox One is ranked 10th. The most important reason people chose Playstation 4 is:
PS4 has 8GB of DDR5 RAM and an 8-core x86 AMD CPU that amounts to more computational power and ultimately better graphics than Xbox One or Wii U.
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Pros
Pro Kinect allows controlling the console using voice commands
Pro Kinect enhances normal games
The Kinect is no longer just for new play controls. With its next generation high quality camera, it can now enhance other games with cool features, such as tracking your face and automatically logging you into your account, as well as being able to automatically re-arrange your UI position for multiplayer games.
Pro An external hard-drive can be connected to increase storage space
Pro Kinect is optional
Xbox One can be bought without a Kinect and allows for GPU performance increase of up to 10%.
Pro Stream games to PC
Pro Great Twitch streaming app
Pro Blu-ray playback support
Pro More raw graphical power than Xbox One or Wii U
PS4 has 8GB of DDR5 RAM and an 8-core x86 AMD CPU that amounts to more computational power and ultimately better graphics than Xbox One or Wii U.
Pro Great next generation DualShock controller
Pro Blu-ray playback support
Pro Best exclusive games on the market
With series like Uncharted, The Last of Us, Horizon Zero Dawn, God of War and more comming, PS3 is the best choice there is.
Pro Controllers have headphone jack, touchpad & speakers
Pro Quick and snappy switching in and out of applications and games.
Pro Cross-play support allows seamlessly continuing a game between Vita and PS4
Pro ShareFactory app gives video editing tools
Pro A lot more interesting indie games compared to Xbox One
Pro Play classic PS3 games on the PS4 through Playstation Now
Cons
Con Very few games with proper Kinect-support
Con Kinect's voice control still needs some work
Con Many games have to resort to upscaling
Many games designed for multiple platforms, those developed for PS4 & XO especially, have to be upscaled when deployed to XO due to lack of raw graphical power.
Con If you have a Windows PC, you aren't losing much.
Most of the XBOX titles get ported to Windows, sooner or later.
Con Pay for online multiplayer
On top of having to pay for the console and games you have to pay for online multiplayer, not once but monthly.
Con Pay for online multiplayer
On top of having to pay for the system and games you also have to pay for online multiplayer, not once but monthly.