PS4 vs. Xbox One: Battle of game exclusivity and enhanced performance

The PlayStation 4 has sold three times as many units as its competition, and yet, Sony still hasn’t really wrapped its head around the idea of playing old games on a new console.

“We are listening…” Basically Sony wants you to tweet what game you want to see arrive on the PS4 using the #ps2ps4 hashtag. According to SCE’s CEO, the fact that PlayStation 4 is now ahead of PlayStation 2 (when considered at the same point in its lifecycle) is nearly more important than the mere rivalry or even market share with Microsoft.

“That translates into something great for the gamer”, he continued, “because if developers are feeling confident that there’s a fan-base that wants their content, then they will tend to take more creative risks”.

Sony plans to offer PlayStation 4 titles to the PlayStation Now library in the future, with the possibility of PlayStation 1, PlayStation 2, and PlayStation Portable games to come. In hindsight, it does make sense since Sony previously did mention that PlayStation VR will be pretty much another console with the price tag of one too.

The “TowerFall Ascension” and “Dark World” are going to be cross buy, which means that for those who were able to buy a PS4 version, they will immediately get an access to the games including the DLC on a PS Vita. The sequel to the original PlayStation game about a rapping dog costs $10 Dollars. There was a time that the community believed the industry was shifting to other devices, but PlayStation 4 and Xbox helped with the resurgence of the consoles. The Xbox Two is also speculated to be released with 4K resolution and backwards compatibility feature. I won’t say we’ll never do it, but it’s not an easy thing to do. However, the technical challenges still remain and ports are the current best option. “You can already see this on both Xbox and PlayStation where there’s a tighter upgrade loop for both the operating systems and the games”, Shear said in his interview.