It will be the WiiU and PS4 for me. CrapBox just got smacked in the face. While RYSE does look inticing, nothing else does. You should watch the "How To Share Games on the PS4" video. Halarious.

This will likely be changed as it gets closer to the release date but here's the break down

Having now had a go on both, I thought I should share my thoughts:

Hardware:
PlayStation 4
The console is cute and small, and the controller is lovely. Sits in your hand just right, the sticks feel sturdy and thumbs no longer slip off. The triggers also grip well and feel responsive. The trackpad is surprisingly reachable and very responsive and accurate, multitouch works well, using it to quickly zip around the map in AC4 and zoom in and out was much easier than doing the same with a stick and buttons. The camera is very small but I wasn't impressed with the image quality. Hopefully it was the room lighting (or lack thereof), but there was a fair amount of image noise.

Xbox One
It's big. It's actually slightly smaller than I was expecting, but still big. I don't dislike it though, the design would cause it to disappear on a TV stand fairly easily. The camera is huge and hideous though. The pad I'm unsure on. They seem to have filled the back out quite a lot so your hands feel quite pushed out. The bulk seems like a hybrid of the old Xbox duke pad and the 360 one. The sticks travel nicely but the indent on the top has been made much smaller so a thumb now rests on the stick instead of in it. It feels odd. The triggers seem to have less travel, and I'm very unconvinced by the trigger rumble.

Games:
Killzone Shadow Fall (PS4)
Very, very pretty. Framerate a bit too high for my liking. LAN multiplayer, I died a lot. It's basically Killzone, therefore I'm not very good, but somehow my team won. Fast and responsive, and even on a 40" screen standing 30cm away it looks very smooth. Nice to play an FPS with a Sony controller without getting annoyed by the positioning of the sticks.

Resogun (PS4)
Oh my. Just as was the case this gen, it seems the star of the next gen launch will end up being a little twin-stick shooter. So incredibly pretty. Things blowing up everywhere, a frantic battle of trying to keep up with everything going on.

DriveClub (PS4)
Biggest disappointment by a long shot. Cars look nice, but trackside detail is hideous. Massive jaggies everywhere, pop-up all over the place. Not that you can see much of that since most of the screen is covered in HUD, every five seconds your view obscured by the latest huge block of white text it insists on slamming in your face. Handling is all over the place. It's just generally not very good.

Forza Motorsport 5 (XO)
Much better. It's fundamentally a Forza game, but prettier. Not really much else to say. It's exactly what you'd expect. When I was first playing it I didn't think it seemed like that much of a step up. For about five minutes, when I played GT6 on PS3, and it became clear it's actually a big step up.

FIFA 14 (XO - also played 360 version about 5 minutes after)
Big, BIG difference. Especially when playing close to the screen. 720p with no anti-aliasing vs 1080p with a ton of antialiasing and higher res textures is very noticeable. The control feels smoother, the 3D crowds give the feel a big lift. And just little details, like now more than two players can jump to head the same ball.

Dead Rising 3 (XO)
Probably the biggest surprise for me. Very pretty, very smooth (too smooth for my liking), lots of zombies on screen. And a lot of fun, combined some great weapons. Dynamite crossbow made for big explosions. Combined a digger with a Lamborghini to make some sort of tank with a cannon and retractable swinging swords on the side. The demo was a case of having 10 minutes in a bit of open world with no goal, just kill as much as possible. I racked up over a thousand kills in that time. It's not enough to make me buy an Xbox One at launch, but if I was getting one this would be the first game on my list, which is greatly surprising given how much I hated the first one.

Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag (PS4)
The demo I played was all at sea, which was thoroughly uninspiring. Sailed around, shot some boats, did some deep sea diving for treasure. I think the idea of the demo was to demonstrate the open world, but given I pulled up alongside a beach and swam to shore only to be met by an invisible wall it doesn't actually appear to have an open world. Again, it's Assassin's Creed. Cross-gen, so not that surprising. The performance increase is quite dramatic though. Doesn't exactly have incredible next-gen looking character models, but it's 1080p, with AA, locked at 60fps, with hi-res textures. Given the current-gen AC3 would routinely drop well below 20fps during sea battles with far less detail it's definitely a step-up, but ultimately it's a transitional game.


So after a bit of time with each, my mind hasn't really changed. I'll be getting a PS4 on day one, and an Xbox One at some point down the line when my bank account has had chance to recover. They're out within a week of each other, I don't have the time over Nov/Dec to give both of them enough attention to justify spending £1k on two new consoles and games at once. PS4 is a bit cheaper, the UI looks a bit better, I prefer the controller (this REALLY surprises me since I love the 360 pad and hate the DualShock 3 but they've really nailed it this time), and after the complete XO reveal/backtrack fiasco combined with the value of PS+ it seems most of my friends are shifting allegiance this gen from 360 to PS4 so that's where multiplayer within my circle will happen. But they both seem like capable machines, both have some good games, but I prefer Sony's exclusive catalogue, the controller, and their general ethos towards gaming (ie putting their energy into making games and not recruiting advertisers), so that's where I'll be come November.

Xbox and not anytime soon unless our console keels over.

My next purchase is going to be a used wii, I wanna play with the fitness stuff and you can get them for like 50 bucks!

You mean a restricted use PC don't you? Because that's what the "Next-Gen Consoles" are. No thanks, my PC owns all of them.

I made the mistake of playing the Battlefield 4 beta...I might buy an Xbox One if they are available before X-mas

Launch PS4 is paid for on Amazon, Playstation Plus subscription is re-upped til early 2015.

Free Resogun and Driveclub Day One are going to be pretty amazing.

I figured, "Why choose?" I've had every generation of both the Sony and Microsoft consoles all along, so why should this generation be any different. I'm all about the games: the hardware is just the vehicle to get me to those games. So, I pre-ordered Launch Day Editions of both the PS4 and XBO. Ordered them during E3, actually. I'm in a unique place this go around to have discretionary cash to do so, so I'm going for it.

Oh, and for the "PC-only" crowd. I just got a killer gaming rig in June. So I have that base covered as well.

I will end up with both, always do. I usually get every new console on launch, but they've never been this close before. I'm also factoring in the time, I have less than ever. Outlaying £1,200+ on two boxes within a week of each other when it's hard enough getting through my backlog now is hard to justify. If they were a few months apart I'd probably bite, but I won't get time to use them both enough to be able to convince myself it's worth it. PS4 on day one, Xbox One probably next spring, both when my bank account has replenished and there's no longer the scarcity making deals hard to come by. If they're not selling a ton by Easter (which I think they'll struggle to at that price) then I'm expecting a price cut by then.

Launch PS4 preordered and watch dogs

Aaand...Watchdogs delayed.

http://kotaku.com/watch-dogs-delayed-until-spring-2014-1445647171

Crazy that they would wait this close to launch to delay it. Wonder if they're just trying to get it out of the way of Assassin's Creed IV to keep them from cannibalizing sales on each other.

Now DriveClub delayed. Hmmm. Finally buckled and ordered a Wii U, there are now enough games I want to play to bite. The more I see of the new gen the more I'm tempted to wait until next year. It's always nice getting a new shiny but now I have Zelda and Pikmin to play, Mario 3D World out on same day as PS4, plus still got loads of GTA V to do, it's becoming increasingly less appealing.

I love my Wii U!

I haven't owned a console since my PS2 and Dreamcast (the DC is kaput while the PS2 is still operational). I have been strictly PC ever since. I see no reason to purchase a console since every game worth buying is also coming out for PC nowadays and runs better with more features and more customization.

Waiting on the Steam Machines.

Sony just released a TLDR FAQ on the PS4.
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2013/10/30/ps4-the-ultimate-faq-north-america/

One of the questions:
Can I listen to audio CDs using PS4?
No, PS4 does not support audio CDs.

No audio cd support? Welp, not getting a PS4 now!
(not srs)

CD's :embarassed: Those are the things that got replaced by MP3 player right lol

Its launch month! Cant wait to get my hands on the xbox one. Add me if any of you are getting it. Would love to have some more people talk about the One with.