There's just something in this whole event that has turned me right off MS. I've been an avid 360 user for three or four years now, but recently I've been using my PS3 a lot more and now with the announcements coming out, there's just nothing there for me, personally, to be excited about. Everyone's different but this console, so far, just doesn't suit my needs at all.
First off there's the whole second-hand thing. Sony might follow suit in some way, but if they don't, that's my number one reason to choose Sony.
Then there's the specs of the machines. It's looking increasingly like PS4 will be the more powerful machine, easy to programme for, and MS announced last night that the Xbox One isn't going to have cutting edge graphics due to the focus on being a jack-of-all-trades. There's my number two reason for going Sony.
Third reason is needing an Internet connection at least once a day. I don't like this MS attitude of controlling where we play and when.
I also felt from the show that MS were going big with the likes of EA and Activision, whereas their focus on indie games has now been lost in stark contrast to Sony. If Journey is anything to go by, there's going to be a huge industry for creative indie developers on Sony's platform.
There was also the controller. Sony's appeals more, I prefer the PS3s over my 360 one and I prefer the innovations in the Sony one.
Then there's the exclusives. I've really enjoyed the likes of Halo, Forza and Gears of War but I've simply had enough of them now. There's nothing in the MS line up of known exclusives to make me want the console now.
Then there's the Xbox Live subscription. I'm kinda fed up with paying it now, and if Sony continue their free service then that's another plus.
TV is useless for me, firstly will this be able to link into my Tivo box? If so, can I still record, set timers, do all the stuff I can already do? Half the features won't be available in the UK like that fantasy team thing they showed, and in any case I have zero need to keep changing channels. I have a kind of gaming room set up where I have my consoles, HDTV, and no TV input. I go in there to whack my headphones on and play games. It frees up the TV in the living room so my gaming doesn't stop my girlfriend from watching tv or movies, and most of the time if we rarely watch TV we do it together. So being able to switch from one to the other is useless to me.
I don't need an all in one box that's going to compromise on gaming graphics to be they way that it is. Sure, I use LoveFilm or NowTV on my PS3 as I can just quickly move it into the bedroom to watch a movie but I feel that's as far as it needs to go.
It's a Shane as I've enjoyed my 360 but the FA t that Spnys machine looks to be more powerful has really tipped the scales for me, and the way MS have been trying to control do much of what we do with products we've paid our own hard earned money for just doesn't sit well with me, even less than having a Kinect sensor that can read my mood via the blood flow around my body sitting there staring at you in a permanently on state....