P1Fanatic

I would be interested to see what happens there as literally everywhere you read says if you did not order before Aug 6 you have no chance to get one on launch day unless your lucky enough to find a shop that had a cancellation or two but even then I assume they would give that to the next person on the waiting list.

I will ring around on the 28th and see whether its worth heading into Game or similar who are doing midnight releases. Doubt I will have much joy though unless Sony pulled out the stops and ramped up production.

Cannon Fodder

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Just been in and traded in my obsolete games and I've been guaranteed to have my PS4 order on the 29th of November.

I can pick it up from midnight if I really want it, I'm not that sad 8.00am will do me.

P1Fanatic

Strange how they can do that when nowhere else seems to be able to. Where is this shop?

Cannon Fodder

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Llanelli in Carmarthenshire, it little too far away from you I think.

Shaun

They've only just had electricity in Wales, so it's no surprise that PS4's are still available for launch.

Cannon Fodder

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Or we have retailers intelligent enough to pre order enough stock to meet demand, and who can accept orders this close to the launch date.

scooby2.5maz

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Mmmm , probably too late but anyone know where I can pre order a ps4 from !!

Cheers maz

billythekid

I am waiting to see what happens with prices etc but on a tech point of view it seems to me that the PS4 is quite a bit more powerful than the Xbox.

I love my 360, but before that I had PS1 and PS2.

I think I might be tempted back to Sony this time round as in another 5 years I think that extra power and RAM in the Sony is going to be a massive advantage.

We are already seeing launch games running quite a big difference in resolution.

Neanderthal

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Wasn't the PS3 'technically' more powerful than the 360 though?

Cannon Fodder

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It was and still is, it's just that the Cell CPU wasn't a mainstream processor so it was easier to develop for the PC and XBox in conjunction.

From what I understand it was inherently more difficult to code for the PS3, but as the PS4 now uses more or less mainstream AMD CPU & GPU's it will be a far better system for developers.

tubbytommy

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xbox one..............that is all

banny sti

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Im still undecided which one to get at the moment, will await some feedback from you guys after launch date

tubbytommy

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Everybody will claim the one they have is the best.
There isnt much to choose between either and both will be supported well.

billythekid

Sony has had a bit of a recovery this year, but last year was really bad for them. Microsoft on the other hand resisted the 2011 downturn a bit better and their gowth in 2013 has been fairly good where as Sony had a good start to 2013 but recently they have been running into problems again.

Cannon Fodder

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Being as that's your choice, then there is only one choice left for the rest of us...

Neanderthal

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I'm going for The One purely down to the fact I prefer the Xbox controllers.

tubbytommy

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Similar to me.
ps3 controllers are designed for little girls hands.

Cannon Fodder

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Probably more to do with the target demographic for the XBox One being knuckle draggers.

P1Fanatic

I don’t think retailers had an option to buy pre-order allocation as such. Was first come first served hence why Sony announced the August 6th cut off point. If you gets yours on release day with such a late pre-order then fair play to you but I am not convinced you will. What does their guarantee give you if they don’t deliver?

Neanderthal

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Hmmm well in a dramatic turn of events it seems we may be moving house which means I can ill afford to spend £500 on the Xbox One (plus a couple of games).
So should I cancel the pre-order or get it, then sell it?..

LSherratt

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I bet if you stuck it on eBay with 1st class postage and a buy-it-now price to cover your fee's, it will probably still sell as there's bound to be someone out there desperate to get their hands on it.

ScoobyWon't

There are already people paying £50 more than the RRP on eBay for the XBone. I'll be waiting until December before mine goes on there.

billythekid

If it was a PS4 I would take it off your hands plus some beer tokens.

billythekid

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24834842

Hmm...

EssexJamie

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Can't wait to get my Xbox One, and I agree with others they will both be well spec'd and it's down to personnel preference but I hated the PS2/3 little boy controllers!

Anyway will I still be able to play Online against people who are running a 360 still?

belliott69

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Not the PS4's fault, that's the game makers for not getting it fully right yet.

tubbytommy

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i doubt it you can still pre order one from a lot of places

tesco direct for one still have it.

Beef

It's certainly the PS4's fault for not having enough horsepower to do something as contemporary as being able to run 1080p @ 60fps.

The new consoles are only 'next gen' compared to the previous gen. They're already behind what is possible on even mid-range PCs, and in the next 7 years of the life of the consoles that gap will increase even further.

Neanderthal

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I can't believe the One hasn't got the graphical muscles to render at 1080p?!
Doesn't bode well for the years to come?

ScoobyWon't

The Day One Edition including Fifa or Forza?

I've checked and it says "Coming Soon", there is no option to buy it.