Help! With Gaming Consoles Please

[Anybodyhome]

Background: I'm pushing 60, don't have kids and have never played video games... okay, I played the original Pong decades ago. My best friend's son (8) wants an Xbox One?

 

Is this the shizzle right now or do I need to steer my buddy in a different direction? They won't be using it for Netflix or anything other than letting the kid play games...

 

 

[SOJA]

honestly the only reason to choose the one or the ps4 is the exclusive titles 

 

if the kid likes halo a lot there is not reason not to get an xbox one

[C47]

As SOJA just said it comes down to the exclusives and the types of games the kid likes. You should ask your buddy what type of games he likes to play. PS4 has a lot more action & rpg games while the X1 franchises are mostly shooters and racers. The true system sellers for X1 are Halo, Forza, Fable along with a few others while PS4 has Uncharted, Gran Turismo, MLB The Show, The Last of Us to name a few. At the end of the day it's really just a personal preference thing. I personally prefer the PS4's exclusives, but have all three next-gen consoles. 

[Happy Panther]

Yeah just pick one of XBox or PS4. I went with XBox for no real reason.

[d-dave]

Either should make them happy. There are lots of great games out now and coming out soon.

[KSpan]

The Kinect (motion camera gameplay system) is thr type of thing that kids really enjoy, so I'd lean towards XBox for that reason. PS4 has a camera as well, but XBox is more invested in the tech.

[Sean Payton's Vicodin]

Xbox One is cheaper than PS4 now, and it's the one the kid wants. Seems like an easy answer.

[PanthersClinic]

I don't like the XB1 at all. All the games are about killing people. Wii U and Playstation 4 have much more artistic and intellectual games like Mario Kart and Little Big Planet.

[d-dave]

I don't like the XB1 at all. All the games are about killing people. Wii U and Playstation 4 have much more artistic and intellectual games like Mario Kart and Little Big Planet.

Honestly, that can be said about any gaming console. Most games are about killing in some way, shape or form. In Super Mario, you hopped on enemies head's as you went on to hope on more heads. This evolved into fire, unnatural costumes and then into a 3D world where even more Cartoonish violence occurred in racing games and other platforming action.

There are lots of games for all three systems in which you don't kill anything. But frankly and personally, I get a great sense of enjoyment and catharsis from destroying digital enemies. It sure beats real ones.

[Mol3m4n]

I don't like the XB1 at all. All the games are about killing people. Wii U and Playstation 4 have much more artistic and intellectual games like Mario Kart and Little Big Planet.

Lel. For real?

With your example, I could shout about Project Spark.

But go with either console. Competition drives the industry, and both consoles have terrific exclusives. You can usually get a game on either though because most games like to be third party.

[PanthersClinic]

Honestly, that can be said about any gaming console. Most games are about killing in some way, shape or form. In Super Mario, you hopped on enemies head's as you went on to hope on more heads. This evolved into fire, unnatural costumes and then into a 3D world where even more Cartoonish violence occurred in racing games and other platforming action.

There are lots of games for all three systems in which you don't kill anything. But frankly and personally, I get a great sense of enjoyment and catharsis from destroying digital enemies. It sure beats real ones.

 

Mario also has fun music and interesting character designs. The ultra-violent games usually have nothing aside from the violent gameplay. I remember back when video games had amazing stories, music, dialogue and characters. The 'tits and explosion' syndrome pretty much killed that.

 

And violence can be ok but a lot of these games have no moral to the story. Play Valkyria Chronicles on PS3 or PC. It has violence - basically a war. But there is so much more to the story. I can't really get into COD, BF or Killzone because it's main focus is killing, gameplay, graphics and not much else.

 

I have always believed the best FPS is Metroid Prime on Gamecube simply because it thought outside the box with puzzle solving and being able to turn into a ball. Too bad they never bad an online mode with those gameplay mechanics. The upcoming paint shooter on Wii U is also going to innovate in the FPS genre. The game will have no killing but you can swim in the paint your team shoots.

[d-dave]

That's fine for you. The most important thing with video games is to play what you enjoy. But there are just as many violent franchises on the PlayStation network. There are also a metric ton of great great games on Xbox live. Only calling out one over the other is fan boy like behavior.

Get what you want with the games you enjoy.

[Montsta]

I have both Xbox one and ps4 and really only use the ps4 to play the last of us. Everything else is Xbox. Just my preference.

[TANTRIC-NINJA]

Both of them carry age relevant games in the online stores..from pinball, puzzle to old Atari and other classic consoles.