Console Wars Thread! PS4 vs. Xbox One vs. Wii U Fight!

Big PS3/Vita sale this week:


http://www.gamespot.com/articles/pl...-souls-2-mass-effect-3-and-more/1100-6420073/

Atelier Escha & Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky - PS3, $24.99 (Was $49.99)
Conception II: Children of the Seven Stars - Vita, $29.99 (Was $39.99)
Dark Souls II - PS3, $38.99 (Was $59.99)
Demon's Souls - PS3, $9.99 (Was $19.99)
Dragon Age: Origins - PS3, $4.99 (Was $19.99)
Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen - PS3, $19.99 (Was $39.99)
Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster - PS3/Vita, $29.99 (Was $39.99)
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning - PS3, $4.99 (Was $19.99)
Mass Effect 3 DLC - PS3, prices vary
Mass Effect Trilogy - PS3, $14.99 (Was $29.99)
Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch - PS3, $4.99 (Was $19.99)
Soul Sacrifice - Vita, $6.49 (Was $26.99)
South Park: The Stick of Truth - PS3, $41.99 (Was $59.99)
Tales of Graces F - PS3, $17.49 (Was $34.99)
Tales of Xillia - PS3, $19.99 (Was $39.99)
Toukiden: The Age of Demons - Vita, $19.99 (Was $39.99)


Lots of great stuff on there. Ni No Kuni for $5 is a no-brainer. Lots of other good games on here, too... if you don't have an X-Box 360, the Mass Effect Trilogy for $15 is a great deal, too. Not to mention Demon's Souls and Dark Souls 2...

 

Possible PS4+Vita bundles revealed:

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/ps4-ps-vita-bundle-revealed/1100-6420095/

The supposed Best Buy Bundle of $560 for a PS4, Vita, and Borderlands 2 on Vita isn't bad, although the savings aren't really all that huge. A PS4 goes for $400, and the Vita+Borderlands 2 bundle is $200, so you'd only be saving $40. Still, it's something. And there's nothing official yet... this may all be a hoax, and on the other hand, there may be more and better deals announced at E3. We'll just have to wait and see.

In other news, it's been announced that Dark Souls 2 will get three DLC expansions priced at $10 a pop:

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/dark-souls-2-dlc-coming-this-summer-as-a-trilogy/1100-6420091/

On the one hand, yay for more Souls content. On the other hand, I can't help but feel that From Software is joining the ranks of the "ordinary" developers who exploit their players with this kind of DLC. $30 is half again the price of the original game. Who wants to bet it won't add up to be half again as much content?

 

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New trailer...

Put it into my veins...

Shut up and take my money...

All that good stuff. This game looks ****ing amazing. February 2015 can not come soon enough

Day one purchase for me

 

That Witcher 3 trailer looks incredible. Spotted Yennefer and Ciri in it (for those who are familiar with the lore). I'm probably gonna preorder the PC version tonight.

In other news, Microsoft finally released the drivers today that'll allow you to play PC games with an Xbox One controller.

 

I <3 CDPR. Love that trailer.

 

Holy balls, that trailer was amazing.

I bought the previous 2 on the cheap, but never got around to playing either one. Is either as good as that one looks? If so, I might need to play those, haha.

 

From NG, Gamestop employees are told to open early/stay late after E3. Wonder which one of the three is dropping a megaton.

 

Damn that trailer was awesome!

 

The whole reason I bought Witcher 2 was because I saw the original trailer for this a while back.

Glad I did. Loved the game. This looks to be amazing.

 

I played the first one and liked it but had issues running it due to my graphics card and computer weren't really up to snuff. But it's a great game, the second one I unfortunately was never able to play due to not having the computer able to run it or a 360. Seen videos of it though and it def looks worth a play through

 

Also there is definitely a learning curve with the Witcher games. They don't hold your hand in the beginning so you can get comfortable with the game. You have to be prepared for each and every fight

 

Yeah, they definitely don't hold your hand. The first game was a bit rough, especially technically. But it had a solid base. With the sequel, they started from scratch on the technical side of things. It was a huge improvement IMO. I think W2 is still a little rough in some places though (plus it was pretty linear), but I think CDPR will (hopefully) be able to make similar improvements with Witcher 3.

They're getting really good at trailers. I still have fond memories of watching this trailer for W2 over and over:
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BTW, Gamersyde has a high quality download/stream of the trailer:
http://www.gamersyde.com/news_the_witcher_3_new_screens_and_trailer-15378_en.html

 

Been reading a lot about the makers of this game. They seem like a really good company. They don't put restrictions on their game, DLCs are free, they give you a whole lot of mercy when you buy the game. It's pretty amazing. Wish all companies were like that.

I'll buy this game for sure now. It looks great and I want to support companies like that.

 

You'd think that a few other companies would see the staggering amount of goodwill amassed by CDP due to their lack of restrictive DRM, and think "hmmmm maybe we should try that."

 

Good will doesn't necessarily equate to sales, unfortunately. At the end of the day that's the bottom line for most of these companies. Not necessarily due to the developers, but unequivocally due to the suits in charge of paying them (and/or green lighting their projects).

 

Sure, but I haven't seen a whole lot of proof that it hurts sales, either.

 

Playstation players are 'b****es'!
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I'm on board. I picked up an xbone tonight! I didn't want to be associated with nerdy PS fanboys...the only type of fanboys in these console wars.

 

Sales from May for the US:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=838895
PS4 on top again. At least in the chart, all PS4/XBO releases sold better on PS4. I think that might be the first time that has happened. COD and other games still sold better on XBO, despite PS4 being the better selling console. I'm guessing sales are still pretty close though (hardware too).

June will be pretty interesting. Good E3 showings for all 3 consoles. Lots of good reasons to get any of them (though maybe better to just wait until 2015 haha).