Microsoft just revealed their new weapon in what will be the newest next gen console wars, the Xbox One. Already, discussion threads asking "will you buy Xbox One or PS4?" are popping up in gaming forums around the internet.
This is an old debate that goes back as long as competing gaming consoles have released together. Nintendo versus Sega Genesis. PlayStation versus Nintendo versus Sega. Xbox versus PlayStation 2. Xbox 360 versus PlayStation 3. Evolution versus Creationism. It gets that heated.
Each console cycle the debate rages anew, illogical fanboyism reaches feverish heights, and new trolls are born and slain in equal measure.
Today's Xbox One reveal will set in motion a new generation of arguments about frame rates, graphics comparison, first party exclusive game titles and the ever popular computing horsepower fights.
The prices for each system are likely to be about the same -- around $350 dollars give or take -- making purchasing both at the same time unlikely for most people.
Xbox One is angling to be more of the "everything" console with Skype chat, Snap, TV integration, and even exclusive shows like a Steven Spielberg produced Halo series.
Sony is betting on less of an all encompassing entertainment approach and focusing on a "games for gamers" appeal.
Both will be nasty, nasty machines in their own ways.
Read up on what's known about each so far:
So, which console will you be buying come November, and why?
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