Better graphics
Not according to Digital Foundry. Compared to XB1/XB1S, PS4/Pro has consistently better graphics.
..better price..
I'll give you that, if only because MS is discounting their console a lot on a lot of different occasions, seemingly due to their comparative lack of success against the PS4.
..better selection
Entirely subjective.
With hard disks, the mfr date is listed on the box.
What happens if you buy it online?
Seagate did that to me. They claimed the warranty started when the drive was made instead of when I bought it. Sad to see Apple pulling the same crap.
Wait, what?!? They can do that?
How are we supposed to know when buying when a drive was manufactured? This sounds downright illegal.
Judging by the summary you surely mean: The last gen (X360 & PS3) aimed at 720p native. The current gen (Xbone & PS4) aims at 792p native.
Wrong.
Most PS4 games aim for (and achieve) 1080p, e.g. Knack, COD Ghosts, Assassin's Creed 4, Killzone SF SP, Infamous SS, Outlast, Tomb Raider DE, Metal Gear Solid: GZ.
Not sure what XB1 is aiming for, as in most of the games listed above - the ones that were MP anyway - vary between 720p, 900p & in a rare case, 1080p. TitanFall is the only XB1 game that has that odd-man-out resolution of 792p.
I would say, respectfully, please club things together only when they make sense.
The rich in China
Not being offensive here, but... how do you think the rich in the US have gotten where they are? By sincere and honest hard work?
In my opinion, the best post I've read on this subject, on this thread.
Wish I had mod-points.
The shChinese have a shspace shtation?
Er, that would be "Chai-neezh"
s/draconion/a violation of the 4th amendment Although the current regime doesn't seem to think the 4th amendment is actually legitimate based on their current rack record.
Same as the last regiment circa 2001-1008, then.
Based on their reasoning,
Gahh! Familial distractions
That isn't the point, though. The point is that this is something I used to be able to play around with and I had to choose between keeping that functionality and letting my kids continue to use it to play all their games. What's next? What if Sony decides to stop supporting Netflix? Or certain niche game publishers? The point of my post was, Do you trust Sony enough to invest another $400 with them?
My anecdotal experience is different from yours - OtherOS wasn't really important to me and I did not mourn its loss. Furthermore, I know enough of the timeline about Geohot's first hack and its OtherOS requirement to understand why they did it (even though I think they should not have done it).
Based on their reasoning, I'm quite confident that they are NOT suddenly going to stop supporting Netflix, and CERTAINLY NOT niche/indie game publishers (in fact, they seem to be enthusiastically courting them, unlike Microsoft who initially seemed to be going the "stop supporting niche game publishers" route you were accusing Sony of).
Therefore, in response to your post, yes, I do trust Sony enough to invest another $400 with them. For now.
Because, you know, retroactively removing features from purchased hardware, suing people who try to work around those restrictions, and leaking your account details through absurdly careless security... that shows real love for your customers, right?
No, but spending the next two years figuratively kissing gamers' asses does.
That's vengeance, not justice...
If I understand correctly, then in that case, even the death penalty is a case of vengeance. At its most basic, it provides the victims (or the victim's relatives) a measure of the "an eye for an eye" feeling. It even allows them to sit and watch as a criminal is being killed (going by my "knowledge" of such from movies and TV shows).
no matter how many Sony fanboys want to claim otherwise, if you take a new PS3 and let it go online, you will be shown ads when the system starts. You may find them "less intrusive" than those on the Xbox 360, but they're there and they're shown by default. I certainly never opted in to them, and they appear now when I start my PS3. Pretty sure it was an update around the time that they removed OtherOS that added them.
No matter what the anti-Microsoft crowd would like to pretend, yes, Sony does the same thing with their console.
WRONG - you can set those "ads", miniscule as they are, to off. Look at this post from CronoCloud. Unless you are being sneaky in saying "a new PS3", which is what a Sony-hater or a Microsoft fanboy (and sometimes - like in your case - they happen to be the same thing) would say
What this country needs is a good five cent microcomputer.
