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Edited by High Kicks:
9/3/2015 4:03:25 PM
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Looking to upgrade my console, tell me what I should get and why
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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 Guardian6142: 7/10/2015 5:57:36 AMWell from a PS4 user, I would say I am a hardcore gamer, mainly destiny, and from my experiences, I've only had 3 issues so far, including the Christmas incident and every day till today, with the PSN servers. Sure, it may have been down, but many of those times were planned maintenance. Since you're becoming a dad soon, I would assume you will become a much more casual player than normal, so server issues won't affect you as much as everyone else here is saying. The graphics are also slightly better, with it being more obvious on larger screens. The home is definitely much different than Xbone, but it's not as cluttered. However for a new user, I can see how it may take getting used to. Party works fine, I've yet to have issues with parties. It has a rest mode, where if an update on a game is out, it will download on its own in rest mode, but idk if that requires PSN+ ( but I expect you would have this ). If this also exists on Xbone, then you can just ignore that :P . In rest mode, it can also charge your controller, and anything else that charges with a USB. The charger for the controller also seems to fit into most android phones, so that's another plus haha. Overall, if you don't think it'll be hard to grind your current gear back up, I would personally recommend PS4, but its definitely hard to decide.
