If you haven’t heard yet Microsoft showed off their console TiVo known as the Xbox one. Sony on the other hand has kept their console look a secret still. So with the console race of the current generation gaming still going on and seems to be showing it favors the ps3 I thought I would put a list together that are facts of history. A list that shows why history will be on Sony’s side.

1. Focus: Of the two consoles the ps4 is the only system that seems focused on gaming which has been their string suit in past history. In fact even more so than any other platform in history. The ps1, ps2, ps3 and portable system’s numbers are the biggest. Sony has shown that gaming is in their blood line and when they are at their best it is when they are focused on it.

Xbox on the other started off with gaming in mind and perfected it during the early years of the 360. But something happen. Something happen to that 10 million console lead. Some said it was the system failures. I say not because most of their numbers came from double buys because people were so caught up with online play they were willing to do anything to keep it. So then what? It was when they lost their focus on gaming and became this entertaining console. They focused on money and ways to get money out of their followers from online fees to subsidize promises of payment to get a Xbox. Meanwhile every year the ps3 outsold the Xbox. Nobody really understood that because all you saw in America was how the Xbox kept dominating in sells over the ps3. But you do the math. If I have a 10 mile lead over you at the start of the race and now I only have 1 mile lead over you. What happen? Somewhere without it being pushed all over the news Sony started cutting bits out of that lead. A little there, a little there. Every year games started to look better in comparison and more and more developers started to lean ps3 way.

2. Better exclusives: Games and more games is the goal here. Our current generation systems have had a great time battling which system has the best graphics on third party titles. Xbox was the leader in this in the beginning . Ps3 third party titles, thanks to the architect, just couldn’t perfect a easy way of delivering 1080p 60 frames while Xbox games could do it on every game for the most part. Now with the upcoming systems according to the 3rd party game makers themselves there will be no issues with the ps4 games being displayed at 1080p 60 frames. So then what are you going to get? The exact looking game with no advantage to either in graphics or movement. That’s sounds great to all people but Microsoft because this was what really helped them sale systems and kept ps3 behind them for as long as they had. Bottom line if I can get the same looking game and same movement of the game on either system then I have no real reason to want the other. No reason, but one..exclusives. The next generation of consoles on both camps knew this and are setting out to make sure this is a priority. But which camp has a history of the best exclusives? Sony. There is no question that the ps3 has had and continue to have some of the most amazing, memorable games starting all way back with heavenly sword, GT, heavy rain, god of war, drakes fortune, two souls, and the last of us are just a few. On Xbox they have gears of war and halo, but that’s about it. Problem is halo is gone but Sony still has 90 percent of theirs still riding with them. Now granted Xbox will be signing some new exclusives they said but be careful of their statements. The promised exclusives from Microsoft could be just be a lot of Kinect games because history has shown that Microsoft doesn’t like putting their money into true exclusives for the actual hardcore followers. So with that..history proves to be on the side of ps4.

3. And finally ease of Use: So the last area I want to bring up is use. People like uncomplicated things that just work. Look at companies like apple who have dominated on this principle for years. Ps4 is keeping things simple, familiar, yet powerful. They have the same blue-ray technology and disc use. They have the same goal in mind that made them a legend, games. They have the same play for free online attitude. And most of all they still use the same concept of being able to play used games without payment or complicated routines. And best of all we can continue to bring our games over a friend house and or let them keep a game to see if they like and take one of theirs to see if I like it. We can still go rent games from redbox or wherever. And I don’t have to have the Internet period to play with my games. It just works like it did before only faster and prettier.

Well, Xbox says different. They say “no” you don’t have to have the Internet always on to play your games. Only that you must have Internet to activate a game to play when you buy and then at least within 24 hours everyday you better find Internet again or you won’t be able to continue to play it. Wow, isn’t that the same thing??? So this will kill all those kids hopes and dream who don’t have Internet in their room or home or wifi access. Trade in games just got complicated if not a thing of the past. Because if they do allow the games to be traded in you will have to still buy the game and pay Microsoft separately to use it when you get home therefore it won’t be such things a saving money on a used game which will destroy the need for them. So this would kill rentals too because nobody is going to pay Microsoft and redbox to play a game. It’s just stupid and unnecessarily complicated. And this if not changes will be their undoing where when the red ring of death couldn’t destroy them in the past. This whole “license to play” requirement though will.

All and all people I have no alliance to either company I only like the best and my type of games. Who delivers will have my support. But I’m thinking the ps4 will be it if history serves me correctly.