if I upgrade from ps3 to xbox one does my premium carry over? also should i just stay with ps4?
My understanding is that premium transfers between 360 to Xbox One and PS3 to PS4. Because premium is linked to your PSN or Xbox Live Gamer tag I don’t think you’ll be able to switch platforms. I just stick with getting a PS4 unless you want to start over…
You get many more features on ps4 than ps3. You can play conq large on ps4 which is way better than ps3’s conqest. Also graphics look better and game plays better
Save the money that you’d spend on a xbone, save $200-$300 more and build an awesome PC. It’ll cost a wee bit more now but you’ll save so much money in the long run.
He’s probably considered that, but would rather have the advantages a console offers.
I’d suggest asking EA support or someone if they can transfer premium over. So long as you can prove you paid and own both accounts, you should be fine. I think someone over at /r/xboxone had the same issue and support worked it out for them. Hopefully they can do the same for you.
Honestly the only advantage a console offers is same screen multiplayer. A PC can do, its just harder.
Consoles are typically more social than PCs, so they have that going for them. Plus consoles are a lot easier to set up and play, and it ends up being cheaper than building and constantly upgrading PCs. I have a great gaming PC, but I still love playing on my 360/One.
I tend to hear the whole “I have to upgrade all the time” bit from people who tend to claim they have PC’s but don’t like them. And a PC is every bit a social as a console. In fact, I find that less people like to have sex with my mom on a PC as well. I mean, if you don’t like higher quality graphics and better games, not to mention paying for PSN/XBL, ect…, then yeah, consoles are better.
I love my PC and play it all the time, but I like my consoles too. I don’t mean you have to upgrade your PC every month, but it usually needs an upgrade at some point during each console life cycle. While PCs need upgrades, developers optimize for consoles and make great looking games. I hear the “sex with your mom” thing from people that just don’t like consoles. Xbox Live (and probably PSN too) are typically very nice services and the only time I’ve ever heard that kind of thing is in a game of Call of Duty. I’m fine paying for Gold because it’s a fine service with plenty of great benefits, and more in the pipes.
You’re right, I don’t like consoles. Hence me having a PC. I just got fed up with all the crap that came with them. As soon as I saw my buddy play Ghosts and BF4 on his PS4, and then saw his roomie play it on his PC, I sold my 360 and built a PC. I guess it was all the little things that really got me. Like I pay for Netflix, and I have to pay for XBL to watch Netflix. Stupid. But to each their own, right?
Yeah, to each his own.
Plus consoles are a lot easier to set up and play, and it ends up being cheaper than building and constantly upgrading PC’s.
You said further down in a comment that ‘pc’s generally require a hardware upgrade for each generation of consoles’.
Isn’t upgrading one piece of hardware (usually the GPU) cheaper than buying a new console? If you wanted to form your upgrade in a way that it just beats or is on par with the new consoles it would be even cheaper as you wouldn’t have to spend anymore than $200 on a GPU.
An xbone is $500 + $50 a year for live, add on 5 games at $60 each.
$850 after a year, thats assuming you only purchase 5 games the entire year.
For $600 you can build a pc including the OS. Add on savings from steam and it’s quite easy to see the monetary benefits of a PC.
Thanks to the 750 you can spend $150 to stick a GPU in mom’s desktop and have it run at 1080p with more quality than either console.
As for consoles being more social, sorry, what?
The only benefit I can see of consoles is local multiplayer (in which case Nintendo reigns supreme imo) and console exclusives.
Would a handful of exclusives justify a $400 or $500 price tag? Maybe to some people, but when there is experience that is better at social actives (skype, facebook, gmail etc), playing games, and multitasking why would you pay for half assed apps behind a paywall?
As for ease of setting up, if you put lego together as a child you can build a computer. That is by and large an excuse to be lazy.
I noticed lower down in a comment you mention that key-word, optimization. Usually you’d be correct, but with x86 architecture there are no tricks the developers will find with funky hardware to erk out any final bit of performance like there was with previous console generations.
And please don’t respond with ‘but cloud’.
If you think north america has the infrastructure to support the bandwidth needed for your hardware to send offsite hardware data to render and send it back all within the time it takes to display a frame you’re very sorely mistaken.
Sure, busting out Skate 2 to fuck around with friends is fun locally, but playing on 64 player servers while in a mumble channel with 8 or 9 other people, and watching a stream from the comfort of my own home is something I wouldn’t trade.
Consoles are considerably more social than PCs. Your argument that PCs are better because of Skype, Facebook, multitasking, etc., is null and void since the Xbox One has those things too.
Building a PC is considerably harder to do than setting up a console. That doesn’t mean it’s really hard, but that consoles are still easier.
GPU isn’t the only important part of a good gaming PC either.
The Xbox One already getting better optimization in the form of a better SDK and better RAM allocation for Kinect. I’m sure PS4 also has lots of improvements that will easily allow for 1080p, 60fps games by the end of the year, and more improvements to come.
On Xbox One you can have friends in a party or Skype call and play in a 64 player server as well.
On your cloud point, you clearly haven’t seen how Titanfall uses offsite Azure servers for its AI and drop ships. It works flawlessly.
Your entire comment reeks of someone who has no experience with the new consoles and just wants to reinforce your PC superiority complex.
Consoles are considerably more social than PCs.
You say that but don’t back it up. I’m sorry but multitasking between social apps on a PC is far easier than on a console.
GPU isn’t the only important part of a good gaming PC either.
No it’s not, but with RAM being incredibly cheap as well as AMD processors those things that are essential for gaming will still run you less than the cost of a console. The other great thing about entry level GPU’s like the 750 is that they don’t require a nice or powerful PSU at all, they fit in any PCI-E board.
You can argue all you want about cost and saying that you I only account for GPU, but if you want to start picking at hairs I could argue that you also paid for your probable LCD TV and a laptop or work desktop for home
Corsair XMS3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory $74.99
So for the price of one game and a month of service you get more RAM.
The Xbox One already getting better optimization in the form of a better SDK
A software dev kit? How is that optimizing the console? Ohh more RAM for kinnect?!
Locked hardware means that no amount of ‘optimization’ is going to allow for games with increased graphical fidelity and a true 1080p or solid 60fps.
Read that, it explains that the cloud allows for better dedicated servers.
Your entire argument reeks of ignorance.
Good luck with your youtube channel that gets 5 views on average.
MY argument reeks of ignorance? Fine, I’m not going to sit here and argue with some stupid kid who insists his choice in gaming is superior in every way to anyone else’s preference.
Well considering you’re not showing any info to back up what you’re saying, yes, that is being ignorant.
Also, don’t refer to others as kids when you have posts where you’re trying to make friends and saying you’re 17 and from Cali.
You continue to spout bullshit that you have been led to believe, but can’t provide a source or any credible information.
I’m not from Cali, stop trying to show off that you know how to read through someone else’s comment history. I have provided just as much, if not more, legitimate evidence than you; I even own and have used the console you are arguing against. Now please piss off.
Sorry, but where was that legitimate evidence? A 17 year old’s convoluted information is a source now?
Interesting. Please try to dismiss me again so I can laugh knowing that you will remain ignorant.