PS4 vs Xbox One: console specs are “fairly marginal,” says Microsoft
It comes from Gameplanet’s interview with Microsoft’s Australasian vice president of retail sales & marketing Alan Bowman.
While reflecting on the differences offered by Xbox One, Bowman explained, “We’ve got a unique value proposition, and from just a pure specs perspective it’s always gonna be a fairly marginal difference. The purists are gonna argue the toss, but I think it comes down to the games.”
He added, “You’re gonna see great exclusive games on Xbox One, and when you look at the cross-platform games, and there’s gonna be exclusive content on Xbox One. We’d like to be in more markets – this is a global business – but it’s also a long-term business, and we’ll progressively launch in more markets over the coming year.”
Bowman also commented on Xbox One in Japan, and he wasn’t as positive. Last year I interviewed a pair of Japanese indies on how the Xbox brand is perceived in Japan, and the feedback wasn’t good.
“That has been an ongoing challenge,” he concluded. “Being a local brand makes such a huge difference in Japan. Sony are so strong in Japan as its their home base, and they certainly get a lot of support from the customer as well as the ecosystem – the local third-party developers, who primarily publish for Sony.
“We had moments midway through the life of the 360 where we’d see a sales spike if we had Japanese developer content released. Japan is very [local] content-driven. Same applies for Korea, same applies to Taiwan. Most of north Asia is very content-driven.”
Do you think 2014 will be a big year for Xbox One? Let us know below.
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Source: http://www.vg247.com/2014/01/15/ps4-vs-xbox-one-console-specs-are-fairly-marginal-says-microsoft/
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CraigPosted:
LuxeLooped PS4 all the way! Even though I'm getting it next year ! :')
They are both almost equal to me, its hard to decide
Well, PS4 plays more games @ 1080p. So that is the decider for me. 720p is so 2007.
-RASPosted:
I have a PS4 as it was my preference but im not going to knock the Xbox one as they are pretty similar, wish i had the time to own both lol
Beans_Posted:
-iTech- I will always be Team #XBOXONE
Same I don't like getting involved in console wars, but I would choose Xbox over PS4.
AustraliansPosted:
XxBig_D_FreshxXAustralians-iTech- I will always be Team #XBOXONE
So will I, I will never join the darkside
That's right, never join the dark side.
I respect your thought of the darkside, we are Jedi's
AustraliansPosted:
tsyn i have the xbox one and PS4 and the PS4 has better graphics on its exclusives and not that much different on third party games but i prefer the xbox one over but ps4 is great console
You must be pretty loaded. Or your parents are ;)
NJH-CVPosted:
I don't really know about this one..
I might switch it up and go with a PS4
:(
Sorry Xbox people
I might switch it up and go with a PS4
:(
Sorry Xbox people
The_Red_DevilsPosted:
i have the xbox one and PS4 and the PS4 has better graphics on its exclusives and not that much different on third party games but i prefer the xbox one over but ps4 is great console
TrueHardcoreGamerPosted:
the xbox-one is that that great. thats why the WII-U and PS3 & PS4 keeps out selling Xbox-one. its a joke. to many problems & bugs with it that no-one wants it. and thats a FACT the sales proves it. having the wii-U keep out selling xbox-one proves the system is a failure wish is sad. Microsoft needs step there game up.
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