My how quickly things have changed. Just days ago it looked like the Xbox One would be having an incredibly tough go at things once it dropped thanks to Microsoft's DRM and always-online restrictions. Then they dropped a bomb and stated that they were going back on their original plans. This is pretty intense as it completely shifts what they were going to be building their whole new ecosystem on but now that is being thrown out the window and they are going back to square one. This of course is due to the huge backlash they had been facing, and it's good to note that the company is listening, but one has to wonder what would have happened had they stuck to their guns?
Regardless Sony and Microsoft as far as next-gen goes are back on par it would seem, and while the Xbox pre-orders have ramped back up over the PS4 it's still a ways off until the systems come out. 5 months at the very least. So it will be interesting to see, but as for me I am sticking with the PS4. While the restrictions definitely left a bad taste in my mouth, it's also the massive list of M-rated exclusives that don't appeal to me. I'm a parent and while my son is still very young and far from playing, he will probably play games with me and watch me play throughout this upcoming generation and I want to set a good example. Halo, Gears, Dead Rising, Ryse, etc don't sell a system for me, and while we have enjoyed Kinect from time to time it's not going to sell me on an Xbox One.
Still it's nice to see that Microsoft has changed their minds and while both systems are pretty equal now I would say, it's going to be at least a year probably until the differences between the systems are noticeable. Definitely an exciting time to be a console gamer once again.
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