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Hey everyone, I really appreciate all of the feedback! It was great to hear a lot of real opinions, suggestions, and information about both systems. It was a lot of reading last night / this morning to catch up on everything, but I feel WAY more informed than before.
I made this post to get some information to help me make a good decision on a new console and I think with all of your help it did. Didn't make this to troll/start a huge debate on here, but I guess it comes with the territory on a forum where people are passionate about their gaming systems.
[b]I made a random decision yesterday and pre-ordered the TTK PS4. I have enough store credit from previous trade ins at GameStop to make it affordable. Also will be trading in my 360 for an additional $100 off. So it looks like I will be starting from scratch, but I have enough friends on the PS+ network to make it fun.[/b]
Again, I really appreciate all of the feedback/suggestions/opinions from you guys. It was a great read and I think I learned all I needed to make the right decision for myself.
Also, thanks for all of the congratulations on me becoming a dad. Although I am still about 6 months out from having that new little one in my arms, I couldn't be more excited about it.
Thanks again, guardians.
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I've had a Xbox 360 for a few years now and most of my friends either have a Xbox One or a PS4 (it's about a 50/50 split). I recently found out that I am going to be a dad (due late January 2016) and because of this and all of the future late nights that come with that in my future, I got permission from the wife to upgrade, so help me figure out what to get.
Since I am already a Microsoft user, obviously going with the Xbox One seems like the easiest one to upgrade to, but I'm open to suggestions.
For the Xbox, I am already familiar with the Xbox Live stuff and I'm already paying the yearly online fee, no need to cancel service etc.
If I upgrade to the Xbox One, do I need to start over with new characters or would my character carry over?
Is the Xbox One backwards compatible with my current 360 games (Destiny, Halo Series, GTA5) or do I have to buy new games no matter what?
Any other benefits to sticking with Microsoft?
As for the PS4, I don't have too much knowledge about this system. I've heard it's got better graphics, but I've also heard the online servers are unreliable leaving you unable to play often? Is it worth it? What other reasons make it worth switching?
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Edited by astral: 7/9/2015 9:42:20 PMFirst if you have friends that actively play Destiny..well 50/50 crap. Second try each controller at a game store or retailer to see which you would like Third which one has exclusive games you want in the future? My story on this issue: I bought a PS4 day one from amazon and there was no games I want after a while so I sold it for an Xbox One. Enjoyed it for exclusives and the occasional game with a friend online. Slowly I got bored and Destiny was releasing so I rebought a PS4 with Destiny. Now after about 6-9 months having both and the exclusives coming for both I cannot just have one or the other. The question about graphics both can get to 1080p but only ports for both can get to 1080p 60fps. If your a graphics whore you'd have a gaming PC already anyways. But with all that said games on PS4 will look a decent bit better. [b]Destiny is 1080p 30fps on both Ps4 and Xbox One if you don't know[/b] Yes only Destiny characters transferred from x360 to x1 ps3 to ps4. Backwards compatibility is cool but don't expect most games you'd want to play for a year or 2 if ever. PSN vs Xbox Live. I've used both for years and pay for PS+ since I play Destiny on PS4. Yes PSN has been hacked more recently but other than that they are both about the same for online play now. Even when PSN was "down" last few times I was already playing Destiny and saw 0 interruptions to kick me off even when Friends and PlayStation Store was broke in the console.