"It's Not the Specs That Count" Microsoft Nervously Mumbles As They Stare At Their Feet

Here's an interesting article, with murmurings from the development world indicating that the PlayStation 4 is 50% faster than the Xbox One:

http://www.edge-online.com/news/power-struggle-the-real-differences-between-ps4-and-xbox-one-performance/

While this does appear to be just another “PS4 is better than Xbone!!!!11” type article, does anyone else find a bit of déjà vu raring its familiar head with Microsoft’s response?

“Xbox One architecture is much more complex than what any single feature can convey.”

This was a very similar argument that Sony made during the last, I mean current, generation when cross-console games appeared noticeably better on the 360 than on the PS3. 

Will the Xbox One be playing catch up with the PS4 in the upcoming generation?  Will Sony and Microsoft continue to compare their pen I mean umm specs arguing theirs is the best?  I guess time will tell!

The First Xbox One Ad Has Landed

I’m of two very differing opinions about the Xbox One.  As a PlayStation fan from the age of 10 and a gamer I wasn’t too impressed by Microsoft’s restrictive set up for their new console, which has inadvertedly led me to jump on the PS4 bandwagon.  However, I was also, and still remain, impressed by what Microsoft are trying to do.  They are going beyond their typical gaming target audience and are building a larger entertainment machine. 

Want proof? Take a look at the first TVC for the new console.  

NFL, NFL, Skype, Fantasy Football and NFL.  Not a single video game in sight. 

I don’t usually make grand predictions about the future of the gaming industry (the technology and the culture changes so frequently it’s unwise to even consider doing this), however I honestly do believe Microsoft have positioned themselves ahead of the curve on this one.  Let’s make it clear, the curve at the moment is very much looking at the forthcoming generation of consoles (PS4, XboxOne), so when I say “ahead of the curve” I’m meaning the end of that generation, or even the next-next gen (PS5, Xbox...Two?).  Look at your phone, it is almost an entertainment hub in itself: communications, apps, games, news, pictures, videos etc. 

As technology continues to accelerate at this insane pace I honestly believe that the home gaming console will soon become the home entertainment hub – and Microsoft’s XboxOne has nailed it...but us gamers just aren’t ready for it yet.

Booze + Food + Games = Great Idea for a Bar!

There are three things I enjoy in life: eating, drinking awesome tasty beer and video games.  When you bring the three of em together you get one of two things: a sad and lonely night on the receiving end of a 12 year old brat’s abuse, or establishments like Yahtzee’s Mana Bar and Headshots in Kansas.

How has this not become more of a mainstream thing?

Does anyone know of one of these in London? Surely there’d be one out east right?