PlayStation 4 or Xbox One?

Every reminder gives me that much more excitement. Once again, in terms of performance a $500 gaming PC will be equivalent if not a bit better than a PS4. While No Man's Sky is an ambitious game, I don't think you'd have to go all-out on PC building to get the game running the same and likely better than it would on a PS4.

I'd say get an XBONE now and by the time the PS4 gets the great line-up promised you might be able to snag one for a bit cheaper.

 

Personally I own a PS4, tried my brothers xbone pad.....didn't like it. I've not been a fan of any of the xbox pads.

I do like the remote play feature....Used it on PS Vita and PS TV, so I can play whilst the Mrs has the TV remote.

 

Rephrased: don't bother buying SFV because it's not very good especially compared to Third Strike.

 

True, but it's a completely different games library. Most good/great Wii U games aren't coming to the XB1 or PS4. Whereas a lot of the biggest PS4 games are going to be on XB1 and vice versa.

 

Don't make me buy them all and a new PC guys! :}

 

It's good, if you don't mind playing against a million Ryus online. It's the Splatoon of fighters. Features are coming, just very slowly.

 

Just build a PC and be done with it

 

But Shenmue III is coming out in two (I think?). Which is where I was going with that. If you have a PC capable of playing Shenmue III I would assume it could also play No Man's Sky.

 

Not sure if this will help sway you in anyway but some chap has created a PS4 remote play app for Windows https://tmacdev.com/forum/files/file/3-remote-play-pc-premium-alpha/

I've been using it for over a week and it's glorious and may help out with your streaming, direct to Twitch, YouTube and Ustream is good but could be better.

 

No option for both so I can't vote. I only buy for exclusives. I also have a PC to buy games for. Got to have it all. =)

 

http://www.gottabemobile.com/2016/03/22/8-ways-xbox-one-is-unique/

 

Alright everyone, looks like the PS4 wins. As fun as the Xbox One might have been - the PS4s have it! Thank you all for dropping by!

 

Keep in mind that some games disallow you from making a stream capture at all or mutes the sound. Koei games are notorious for allowing players to record without sound only.

e: this was already mentioned. That's why you read the entire thread before commenting.

 

How is the latency with remote play? Thinking about it, just doesn't seem like it would work well: send controller input to a PS4 and then grab a screen update. I guess what I'm asking, is it bothersome at first and you eventually get used to it, or is it like magic and you never even notice it?

Every time someone claims this, it's never true when I start adding up the parts. I'm going to call you out on this. Go ahead and list every part for this $500 gaming PC that will play games that are being released right now at high detail with reasonable FPS. No "just borrow a RAM stick from here" or "surely you have a DVD drive laying around". A complete PC: case, power supply, cooling, game controller, etc, everything.

 

Fair. I can do that. I'll shoot for around 900p and 30fps. RAM sticks are pretty inexpensive. 8gbs worth of 1866 RAM lies around $45. A DVD drive roughly $20 or less, typically around $15. I purchased my case for around $50 which included proper case fans, enough for a mid-range build. A mid-end GPU would run around $180, with a suitable CPU being around $110. That's about $400 without a HDD, which would clock around $50. A PSU would be about the same cost, bringing the total to around $500 without rebates or discounts.

EDIT: I didn't include a motherboard, so I will work on that.

 

That's a good feature, plug your headset and mic into the controller, BOOM all the copyright infrigementing material is beamed into /dev/null nice and safe - worked well for Fallout 4!

Oh come on, these prices can't be real... are you not in Australia per chance? Everything inflated!

 

I'm based out of the US. I can't speak to what these components would cost elsewhere.

This website is designed for those looking at budget gaming. This page in particular details a $514 set-up not counting price fluctuations.
http://pcbuildsonabudget.com/best-gaming-pc-build-under-500-dollars-2016

This build performs beyond what current generation systems are capable of. Hitting around 50fps on current gen consoles isn't very common. Neither is hitting 1080p. This build lies around $541, but since it's beyond what current consoles are capable of you could scale things back a bit to go under $500.
http://pcpartpicker.com/guide/HjLrxr/530-beginner-gaming-pc-great-1080p-gaming-march-2016-version-2

With the planned GPU, this build lies around $508.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/mK4NrH

Including mail-in rebates, this build would be around $470.
https://pcpartpicker.com/guide/3DhPxr/500-february-2016-gaming-pc

 

MBMM, first, thanks for the reply. Those websites are great resources.

A few nitpicks:
None of these builds include a keyboard, mouse, or game controller. And I don't think the motherboards have wi-fi.

pcbuildsonabudget and the first pcpartpicker link don't include an operating system.

These builds are hypothetical; the folks proposing them haven't even built them, let alone test them.

pcpartpicker won't show shipping cost for quite a few sellers.

I can't find a price on the GPU listed in your pcpartpicker list. How did you arrive at the $508 price?

 

Ah heck, all you PC lovers - I've thrown PC onto the poll, go for it! You should be able to change your vote!

 

When will people learn that PC gaming should not be compared to console gaming? Different things for different people, even if there are games that show up on both. Why not put Android and iOS on the list too? Afterall, games are games right?