Interest in PS4 rises after Xbox One reveal
Interest in PS4 has increased after last week's reveal of Microsoft's Xbox One.
Interest in PS4 has increased after last week's reveal of Microsoft's Xbox One. We surveyed GameFly fans on April 24th, when Microsoft first announced its next-gen plans. We surveyed those same fans following the Xbox One reveal to gauge any change in interest.
Last month, 47.7% of respondents said they were "most excited" about PS4, while 37.7% pledged allegiance to the "New Xbox." Those results were unsurprising, given that PS4 was already announced at that point.
However, following the Xbox One reveal, interest in Xbox One dropped by nine percentage points, to 28.5%. Interest in PS4, however, rose by six points, to 53.8%. The percentage interested in "neither" also rose by 3 points, to 17.7%.
The poor showing for Xbox One could be related to Microsoft's confusing position on used games. Karl F Backenstross Jr notes that he will be interested in "whatever plays used games without a fee." Do note that given GameFly's rental model, results may be skewed.
Even with many uncertainties surrounding Microsoft's support of used games, there are still many loyal to the Xbox brand, with Nick Schueren pointing out that the new Xbox has a Blu-ray player, and therefore has "no reason to get a new PlayStation."
We'll conduct this survey again following E3, when more details on both next-gen consoles are to be unveiled.
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Interest in PS4 has increased after last week's reveal of Microsoft's Xbox One.-
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I think that's the way it's gonna go too. Sony has a bunch of good things going for their platform, but they haven't said anything in a number of points where the xbone is getting flamed on for. My guess is that they're waiting for MS to get all the flak and the dust to settle before they come out and announce that, hey, they're doing exactly the same thing in regards to used sales or whatever.
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I agree a lot of the DRM & Used games issues will probably apply to both. But most of the fall out is coming from how MS has completely bundled their PR and appear to have been taken by surprise on a lot of the questioning. What else could explain how underprepared their talking heads were for these questions?
If they'd came out and gave concrete definitive answers, explained the reasons, and also maybe some of the benefits for the consumer that this will bring, there would be a lot of grumbling but nothing close to this rampage going on right now.
Sony has been smart in letting all this shit get talked to death before they disappoint everyone too.
That said, i think Ryan from GB was right on todays podcast. All of this shit will be forgotten in a second if the xbox is a bunch cheaper than the ps4.
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Matthew Blindauer really has his finger on the pulse of the modern gamer. Either that or in their butts, but whatever that kid is a delight!
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Interest in next gen consoles increases after all next gen consoles are revealed. Stay tuned for our in depth report.
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MS's game exchange service for used games retailers will be incompatible with game fly's rental model ending their business and this website.
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About 2000 people.
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i'm more interested in Ps4 than the xbox simply because i don't want to have a kinect device forced on me. i know it's the future or whatever, but i guess i'm just not interested (nor is my small ass apartment.)
either way though, i'd still rather have a steam box connected to my TV.-
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Not true, Sony said they were still considering whether it would be included in the box or be a peripheral. That was the last they said on the matter.
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Not surprised. The day of the announcement, I saw a thread at neogaf on which next gen console are people most interested -- the first page was pretty much all PS4. MS couldn't have fucked up the launch any worst if they had tried.
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Or how about the fact that the majority of users here seem to be 360 owners.
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Sure, just saying we're also a skewed demographic too.
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look at the samplesize of gamespot, which is dudebro consoletard central, it has this: http://www.gamespot.com/twitter-battle/xbox-vs-ps4/ look at the us/uk which is the only place where the 360 outsold the ps3.
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but is it a slam dunk
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will never buy a sony product again after getting burned for 700 for a bluray player. its not even a compotent game machine. microsoft offers better online services, interface, experience, community and better running games. exclusives i care about like halo, call of duty, gears of war, forza, fable, phantasy star are all on xbox. all the third party games are there too. will not miss anything on ps. have not enjoyed god of war since part one and uncharted is not good. infamous is nothing compared to crackdown. forza has surpassed GT; nothing in ps library compels me. will not miss a thing. xbox one 1st day buy.
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Read the rest of his post history.
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It's amazing. We really have needed another one of these guys around since RuskiSniper, or however he spelled it, got banned.
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I love this shill account.
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How old are you buddy?
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BURN!
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the funniest thing is that this is the guy who got his comment read on weekend confirmed last week regarding the xbox one
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yeah, I started laughing when Garnett said his name, instantly recognized it, think this was it this post http://www.shacknews.com/chatty?id=30201222
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err wrong link http://www.shacknews.com/chatty?id=30213129
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nope, they were using it as a "not every one thinks the reveal was bad"
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I think so, he's the one who read it and usually does the show segments
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but not chatty, just a thread that's made for the podcast so can't give too much credit.. a thread that gets only a couple dozens posts in each week
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1:35:45 http://www.shacknews.com/article/79360/weekend-confirmed-166-xbox-one
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and lastly here is finalspart4ns response to Garnett bringing up his comment on the show.
http://www.shacknews.com/article/79360/weekend-confirmed-166-xbox-one?id=30221499#item_30221499
He's from Oklahoma and old enough to drive, not surprised about his location but would have guessed it was some 12 year old kid-
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haha i love him. i have a friend who talks like that, keeps it real, its cool. makes some decent points too
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hahahahaha, perfectly demonstrates one of the reasons why I stopped listening to the podcast.
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I enjoy Cannata, Spicer and Mattas so I still tune in
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I can't believe some of the comments Garnett chooses to read on the show. Every time he quotes Mysssss, I want to stab sticks into my ears.
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yeah, it's like the same 4 commenters every time it seems Myssss and MHSilver
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:: goes into downcaster, deletes the 1 episode of weekend confirmed that he was going to give a chance ::
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Awww finalspartan you got TOLD, bro!!! U gonna take that???
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I refuse to believe that you shelled out $700 for a launch era PS3.
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But but but but Call of Duty!
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This guy is Microsoft's target audience: http://www.1up.com/do/my1Up?publicUserId=5782924
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33... Fucking 33 years old? Are you motherfucking shitting me? I give up. Fuck the planet I'm done. I quit the Internet. Turn the lights out when y'all are done. I guess the world needs ditch diggers even in 2013.
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don't kid yourself. sony wants him too.
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^^if this comment were reversed and about how amazing the PS4 was going to be everyone would be INFing it and agreeing
not that it's not blatant fanboyism. of course it is.-
Get the mother fucking fuck out of here man, just what, what? Seriously? We've had a reign of god damned 5 years of complete and utter pro 360 shit on this site for a long long time. Sony is shit, PS3 is shit, fuck the PS-Grill, etc etc
This is an American site, where the 360 clearly dominated.
The Xbox / Microsoft brand picked up ex PC developers, like Epic, the general consensus on the internet seemed to be that a lot of PC gamers first console was actually an Xbox and I would still argue the Xbox and PC are the most closely related products. (My point here? Shacknews was a PC gaming centric site I personally believe a LOT of Xbox 360 and Xbox 1 gamers are PC gamers - ie: Shackers)
At one point we probably had less than 3 or 4 people who would even try to defend the PS3 for the first couple of years after it launched.
Sony fucking slowly rebuilt the respect of gamers by not fucking their dashboard with ads, not making the online paid product (PSN+) a worse and worse proposition (unlike XBL) - they didn't nickel and dime people.
Your post is so mind bogglingly wrong, if anything it's a MIRACLE the shack like the PS4 and it's testament to just how mediocre the Xbox One announcement was and how good the PS4 one was, precisely because, sentiment has fucking flipped on this website in the span of 6 months.
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will never buy an ms product again after getting burned for a red ring forza player. its not even a compotent game machine. sony offers free online services, better interface, experience, community and better running games. exclusives i care about like god of war, uncharted, resistance, gt5, heavy rain, mgs are all on ps3. all the third party games are there too. will not miss anything on xbox. have not enjoyed halo since part one and gears of war is not good. crackdown is nothing compared to infamous. forza will never surpass GT; nothing in xbox library compels me. will not miss a thing. PS4 one 1st day buy.
you think that would have been met with the same reaction? these days? fuck no everyone is eager to retroactively piss all over the xbox. that post would have had crazy back-slapping and you probably would have INFed it.
in fact "will not miss anything" was one of YOUR own criticisms against the 360. like there is not a single, not ONE game, you might ever enjoy playing, exclusively, on the console.-
I think Microsoft have pissed away their good name in the past 18 months because of no exclusive games which are good (my opinion) and the ongoing nickel and diming - from XBL using "points", to XBL Gold required for far too much stuff.
Microsoft antagonized people with shitty dashboards and commercials, they've antagonized them with a bad attitude in the past few weeks. They've been quick to try new and interesting features but just as quick to monetize the features too. I think Microsoft put themselves in this situation
Regardless, I was basically mocked, insulted or called an idiot for years for saying "I dunno guys, I kind of think my PS3 is pretty awesome" - it's only the last 12 months people have seemed to listen.
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plenty of us have had a PS3 for years. it's a great system. i don't see how that precludes the xbox from also being worthwhile.
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It doesn't at all, don't get me wrong! Xbox is fine if you like Xbox games, I feel the cross pollenation of games from Xbox to PC and Xbox to PS3, but NOT PS3 to PC, means that overall - a PC and PS3 is the best combination if you can only afford the money (or time) for a single console.
I couldn't imagine just a 360 and PC, you'd be missing too many good exclusives.
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Yes I think that would have met with the same reaction because it's equally retarded.
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Not really the last 5 years. The first two years it was out yet, but in the last 5 years no considering the amount of love for demons souls, uncharted 2 and 3, Infamous (even though I thought the game sucked), heavy rain, GoW 3 and Ascension (also shit as far as a GoW game goes), the pixel junk games, GT 5, MGS4 and other games.
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I'd personally say it's more than 18 months but that is just me. Personally I don't see the point in only having one system.
For me I may only use the PS3 for exclusives and it gets used for games every 3-6 months but I've still bought 2 of the fucking things when my 1st one had the drive die and I feel it has been worth having even though I don't love it as much as you do.-
i've had a PS3 for 3.5 years. my library is about 25% that of my 360 selection but it's still worthwhile. i use it for platform exclusives only. lots of great PSN downloadable titles and full release exclusives.
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I'm a one system person now - mentioned it a few times recently, the 360 didn't do it for me, the Wii is not for my demographic (at all) - nope, a single system has been better for TV inputs, cost, time for reading / researching / talking / watching new games - I've got one option, PC or PS3 and honestly, I think a huge variety of great games are covered with this combination.
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>:( As a Nintendo fan I find your comment abrasive.
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ED has consistently been swaggering into any console discussion lately attempting to point out how brainwashed anyone is for having a preference for anything sony related.
His favorite tactic is making dumb exaggerated claims about what a person just said in order to totally derail the discussion.
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I've found him to be pretty pro-MS over the years (as is many people here, or at least were) but at least ED didn't bite when I called him out fairly harshly. I'm a bad example here because I'm a bit of a Sony fan.
MIND YOU, I got my PS3 and 360 within a week, expecting to kind of not really care for the PS3 (it was cheap) - instead, I fucking loved the thing.
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Wow didn't know I was going to start a fire storm. Interesting to see all the Sony fanboys talk crap. I guess when ur in last place u have to demean everyone to get some self confidence back. Ill enjoy my 1st place Xbox one day one with call of duty ghosts while I frag u noobs. Mic drops now.
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Sony fanboys? This is a PC gaming site. We laugh at all poors that play consoles.
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Keep kidding yourself.
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more like people who determine what they play based on it's own merits, not the platform it happens to come out for
people who aren't kids and don't have some sort of silly allegiance to a corporation or a product they make
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Are you 100% certain that XboxOne will be 1st place?
What does that even mean and how does it enrich your well being?
If if cooks me dinner, makes my bed, drives me to work and wipes my ass after a nasty burrito attack, then maybe it might enrich my life. For now, it's all speculation fanboyism and in your head. -
Its pretty much set in stone that the PS4 is the more powerful/easier to dev for system this time around.
If so...
CoD will look/run better on PS4 if anything. What little "timed" exclusivety MS gets is not even a talking point imo, i could care less. Same thing goes for NFL...
Im also more into the Sony exclusives. Fable/Halo meh..
Just give me the "gaming" device with the best performance/visuals and games. which imo will be PS4.
I want a gaming console to play games (seems obvious right?) not to watch fucking tv.
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The versitility of the Xbone (the tv shit) is interesting but its not like the PS4 doesnt/wont have its own features.
Regardless.. its not what I, as a gamer, look for when purchasing a GAMING system.
Sony seems to be more focused on the gamer this time around with its feature set.
Buy a XBone if your into TV a PS4 if your into Games, i say.
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I rather enjoy your posts. Keep on dropping in.
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I can't believe you're a real person. What's worse is that you're the target audience of the AAA shooter titles. You're basically the reason we're shoveled endless sequels of unimaginative shit.
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C'mon David! Do you really think the guy in the $5000 truck is going to play Uncharted? CMON!
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Come on folks, this guy isn't even trying hard and people froth at the mouth every time he posts.
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Don't count out the Xbox One yet, I suspect this might be a big surprise like the Wii. It'll be "good enough" for games but may excel at being a browser / youtube / facebook / netflix / blu ray / tv / all in one device.
The beginning of the all in one unit for the lounge, the "internet" device"-
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I have been a "Nintendo console + one other" for a long time now. Except I'm stupid and I end up getting the third a few years later when they are cheaper haha
This time it will by my WiiU + PS4 unless MS blows me away with some crazy gaming focus with games that look interesting. I'm not interested in CoD, Halo or Gears anymore really.-
I saw someone say that Quantum Break is also a TV show. If they do more of that... Yeah, I'd be interested.
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Which brings up the point of xbox/pc release overlap making it very easy to skip buying an xbox if you have a pc. I'm curious how often that will start happening with Sony now that they're going x86.
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I'm pretty sure the Wii wouldn't have been anything if it wasn't for Wii sports and the sub $200 pricetag. If MS can match (And not just try and recreate) Wii Sports in terms of mass-market appeal and not price it outside the range of reason for non-gamers, then they may manage to capture the market.
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As Ryan Davies pointed out on yesterday's GB podcast, the situation right now is eerily similar to the beginning of last gen. Sony's demos were more impressive, their hardware was more powerful, they had all the support from the big names. Ms' looked good but their presentation style just fucking sucked (ALLARD).
Then as soon as the prices were announced that completely changed.
If we get an xbox one that is subsidised to around 2-300 dollars all will be forgotten. Having said that, i don't know why Sony couldn't offer a similar plan.-
Ryan Davis motherfucker, know peoples names please =)
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Except that Ryan is wrong because this situation didn't exist last generation.
The last generation started with MS already having a console by the time Nintendo and Sony were talking about theirs on any serious level.
Sony went into the last gen riding on the success of the PS2, and they made some assumptions that were erroneous. They eventually made up for it though, and beat out MS in worldwide sales.
MS, at least based on the two "reveals" done for these new consoles, feels to me more like Sony last time around. They're confident, and don't seem too concerned about things that I see as problematic, like answering questions they *KNOW* people have in a coherent way. If there isn't a standard MS position on something like used games yet, they need to not be answering those questions at all.
This is the first generation in a while where you've got two relatively equally-placed consoles being talked about and launched in the same window.
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I love my 360, but if I have to pay a fee to play used games on the XB1, I just don't want it. My problem with that is I feel like MS is basically telling me how to buy my games by complicating the process of playing a used one. So yes, before the reveal I was set on buying an XB1, but now I'm more curious about the PS4.
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It might end up that way. I guess watch youtube videos of the game or make friends with someone who already owns the game. If you aren't into the used game market that is. I dunno. :(
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I'll probably buy and play less games. I'm curious to know what kind of effect that will have on sequels. I probably wouldn't have played through some of these franchises if not for a cheap used game to get "caught up". For an industry that unleashes so many sequels, I wonder if this may be a good thing as far as originality goes. Could be a bad thing too.
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This is my favorite comment.
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All this blah blah before E3 just seems so fucking stupid. Both consoles were announced, and that's about it. Yeah, they do some stuff, yeah they play games, and that's about all they want to admit. I'll be ready to be interested in one or the other or both as more is revealed. I got a 360 because I wanted Gears and Halo 3. I got a PS3 because I wanted God of War 3, Uncharted and ICO 3 (ugh, don't get me started). As a PC gamer and an HTPC owner, I want something with fun games. Neither has really shown me the way yet as far as that's concerned. It almost seems worse now than it was before the announcements with all the speculating and rumors. Bleh.
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I wouldnt be surprised if a large majority will be either developed for or ported to PC anyway.
so your pretty much buying one or the other for exclusives.
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This is what I'm waiting to see. Just going by the x86 switch and Dark Souls pc sales, Sony devs might start porting more exclusives to PC meaning it might be feasible to skip both consoles since xbox ports already make it mostly avoidable.
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I think the extent that the Xbox interfaces with television. I think this could eventually become a very interesting and also very very creepy feature. if the xbox forces television advertising to change based on what people sit through versus what they tune out of (or walk away from hello kinect camera!) and the fact that microsoft will have a very detailed and minute record of your television viewing habits including how you dvr content and what you watch live, etc all without your knowledge because you're enjoying the interface better than the slow, shitty cable box ui you had before because now your tv listens to you.
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Lol just turn on Do Not Track amirite?!
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