Looking for new console: PS4 or XBox One

PenguinJim

donnajunkie wrote:

was just forming an opinion based on what i know like everyone else here.

What? Console lifetime sales aren't an "opinion".

donnajunkie wrote:

i never saw anything saying the ps3 took over.

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wmathias

I've gone from 360 to PS4.

The PS4 controller is cheap, the triggers are rubbish and the batteries go flat quickly. It's the only thing you actually touch bear in mind.

That said, if you've never had a 360, you'll probably think the ps4 controller is okish.

If I was buying again I'd: 1) not go next gen at all and failing that 2) try the xbone

donnajunkie

PenguinJim wrote: »

What? Console lifetime sales aren't an "opinion".



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Do you check google to find out if something is definitely correct every time you hear something?

donnajunkie

wmathias wrote: »

I've gone from 360 to PS4.

The PS4 controller is cheap, the triggers are rubbish and the batteries go flat quickly. It's the only thing you actually touch bear in mind.

That said, if you've never had a 360, you'll probably think the ps4 controller is okish.

If I was buying again I'd: 1) not go next gen at all and failing that 2) try the xbone

I know there was an issue with the l3 and r3 buttons wearing out on some ps4 controllers. I can't comment on controllers this gen but what I can say is with last gen when I changed from 360 to PS3 I thought the ps3 controller was inferior but over time it became clear that was just about what I was used to. Both controllers had their failings.

PenguinJim

donnajunkie wrote: »

Do you check google to find out if something is definitely correct every time you hear something?

Generally, yes: if I'm not sure about something, I'll check before publishing it online - or, more likely, I just won't comment at all. (The latter option might be better for you, given how much you've told us you just don't know about the subject.)

I think that, perhaps because it's so easy to post comments online, a lot of people just whack out whatever ignorant assumptions they have, because they don't realise that these writings can stay online and be read by many, many people over the years, potentially decades, to follow. That misinformation is there now, donnajunkie, in several of your posts just here in this thread, and if people hadn't been here to correct you on your factual errors, other people may have stumbled across them and believed them.

So don't think of this as a conversation that will vanish almost as quickly as the words are written. Instead, think of every one of your submissions here as a published article or response, and take responsibility for what you say.

wmathias

donnajunkie wrote: »

I know there was an issue with the l3 and r3 buttons wearing out on some ps4 controllers. I can't comment on controllers this gen but what I can say is with last gen when I changed from 360 to PS3 I thought the ps3 controller was inferior but over time it became clear that was just about what I was used to. Both controllers had their failings.

Hope you're right! I've had it since December and the triggers aren't broken, they just aren't nice to use.

donnajunkie

PenguinJim wrote: »

Generally, yes: if I'm not sure about something, I'll check before publishing it online - or, more likely, I just won't comment at all. (The latter option might be better for you, given how much you've told us you just don't know about the subject.)

I think that, perhaps because it's so easy to post comments online, a lot of people just whack out whatever ignorant assumptions they have, because they don't realise that these writings can stay online and be read by many, many people over the years, potentially decades, to follow. That misinformation is there now, donnajunkie, in several of your posts just here in this thread, and if people hadn't been here to correct you on your factual errors, other people may have stumbled across them and believed them.

So don't think of this as a conversation that will vanish almost as quickly as the words are written. Instead, think of every one of your submissions here as a published article or response, and take responsibility for what you say.

i have no reason to believe that game central etc have their facts wrong. it would be massively time consuming to check that everything you hear is correct. and there is just as much a chance that what you read via google could be wrong anyway. one thing i do know is whenever i took notice of the game charts the 360 versions were often higher in the chart than the ps3 versions which suggests more 360 owners or ps3 gamers didnt buy many games.

donnajunkie

wmathias wrote: »

Hope you're right! I've had it since December and the triggers aren't broken, they just aren't nice to use.

it took me a little while to get used to the ps3 controller after being used to the 360 but i did eventually. so i imagine it would be similar this gen.

PenguinJim

donnajunkie wrote: »

i have no reason to believe that game central etc have their facts wrong.

If you were reading their articles four years ago that said the 360 had sold more than the PS3, then they were right.

Your mistake was assuming that would never change. And then writing that it hadn't.

It isn't "massively time consuming" to do a quick Google for "360 PS3 lifetime sales 2016" and see "Report: PS3 Passes Xbox 360 in Lifetime Global Sales" without even having to click any further. It just took me somewhere between four and six seconds to type it out, wait for the results, and scan through the first page of results.

Given that you're using your own laziness to justify spreading misinformation on the Internet, why not simply not comment unless you are 100% sure you're factually correct? Like I say, the lies you tell are staying on the Internet for years to come - why take the chance?

custardy

PenguinJim wrote: »

If you were reading their articles four years ago that said the 360 had sold more than the PS3, then they were right.

Your mistake was assuming that would never change. And then writing that it hadn't.

It isn't "massively time consuming" to do a quick Google for "360 PS3 lifetime sales 2016" and see "Report: PS3 Passes Xbox 360 in Lifetime Global Sales" without even having to click any further. It just took me somewhere between four and six seconds to type it out, wait for the results, and scan through the first page of results.

Given that you're using your own laziness to justify spreading misinformation on the Internet, why not simply not comment unless you are 100% sure you're factually correct? Like I say, the lies you tell are staying on the Internet for years to come - why take the chance?

In DJs defence. Nothing has really changed for him in the last 4 years :rotfl: