Here is the nitty-gritty of consoles and PC gaming as I see it in these modern times.
Last console generation (360, PS3, Wii) I was extremely happy with my 360 and PS3. The Wii just collected dust unless people came over and we played smash bros or mario kart.
For the longest time I had a shitty PC that couldn't play most things so I didn't bother to try.
Sometime in the middle or maybe towards the last 4th of that console generation's life I was able to build a PC that worked out pretty well.
At this point, I shifted towards the PS3 as my console go-to and my 360 got left in the dust. All the exclusive games on 360 that I had wanted to play I had already played them and things were now being pushed multi-plat big time between 360 and PC. PS3 had (and still has) tons of games that could only be played on that system.
This console generation? I have not seen a single thing that would make me want to buy an XBONE because my PC is still able to run even newest games on all high settings and nearly everything is multi-plat and on PC anyway.
Same goes for PS4. I got one at launch thinking that it would be a repeat of the PS3. Lots of things exclusive to it because the japanese generally don't develop for PC. But that seems to have changed. With (last time I checked) no PS-Store to go back and grab all the old titles that wouldn't go to PC, there is no reason to play the thing.
Surprisingly, or I suppose unsurprisingly, the WiiU has had more attention and love, as a console, than any of the others from me.
My PC is still in the lead when it comes to video games but the wiiU has probably been the most fruitful console purchase I have made in this generation.
This time, however, as the new consoles roll around, i'm going to wait a bit after the launches to see what shows up before I make a purchase. I learned my lesson from getting the PS4 so soon.
In all honesty though, I feel as though if I didn't play games on a PC, like if I was a die-hard linux user or a mac-fag or simply didn't like the platform, I would have been happier with my PS4. Xbone is pretty much the same fucking thing as they all pretty much have the same games.
I know this post wasn't really much about the Xbone and kind of a blog post but I think plenty of people might feel the same way. The only console with something unique to offer is the WiiU and that's not just hardware and gimmicks but that's games as well.
If you have a decent PC you have 95% of the PS4 and Xbone library.
There's an idea i've been playing around with that I need to go find some good hard figures and data for. I have this little hypothesis that the push for consolization, for multi-platforming at all costs is really what is killing these consoles.
Think about it, waaaayyy back in the day, talking around the times of VooDoo graphics cards, you had to upgrade your rig every two or so years just to keep up with what video games were pushing on PC.
These days? Upgrading to the latest and greatest hardware is more just for swinging your e-peen around. You can upgrade to a mid-range card at the launch of a console generation and sit on it for the duration of that console generation (7 or so years) and not have to upgrade because everything coming out for your PC has to run on these very inferior (in hardware specs) consoles.
As I stated before, if you have a PC you can run 95% of the libraries there. On top of that, older games are getting ported to PC.