Sony’s PS4 tops Xbox One as gamers’ holiday choice: Reuters/Ipsos poll – Reuters

PlayStation 4 tops Xbox One on gamers’ holiday wish lists according to Reuters poll – bgr.com

November will be remarkable in gamers’ world by the beginning of sales of 2 new consoles: PlayStation 4 by Sony and Xbox One by Microsoft. PS4 is starting its sales on November 15th, Xbox One will be available on November 22nd. However, both consoles have already been presented to public. According to a Reuters / Ipsos poll, 26% of gamers would like to buy a PS4 , while only 15% would prefer Xbox One.

Xbox One’s presentation caused many discussions about new features of the console. Firstly, Microsoft Xbox One is not compatible with Xbox 360 games. Secondly, Microsoft announced that they would set restrictions on used games. Moreover, Xbox One will require internet connection to play. Those novelties were not enjoyed by customers. On the contrary, PS4 release was more successful. PS4 was created in a traditional way, in has some new features but it is not as innovative as Xbox. In addition, PS4 is 100$ cheaper that  its main competitor.

As a result, it is probable that Sony would win the competition, at least it would be more successful during its first period of sales than Microsoft.