If E3 was all about introducing the Xbox One and PS4 to gamers, this week has been about taking the next-gen console war to the masses via late-night TV shows. Doing his best to play the role of Switzerland, Jimmy Fallon has hosted representatives from both Microsoft and Sony to showcase the Xbox One and […]
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Outside of its DRM strategy and price, the Xbox One had a good showing at E3 — it just wasn’t able to power through the goodwill for Sony’s PS4. That post-E3 momentum has continued for Sony, to the point that PS4 pre-orders sold at such a rapid pace that getting a PS4 launch-day bundle at
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Sony may have gotten a ton of goodwill from gamers for pricing the PS4 at $399, a full $100 less than Microsoft priced the Xbox One, but when it comes to PS4 games, the two console manufacturers and game publishers are exactly aligned, as Sony has confirmed that first-party PS4 games will cost $59.99. That
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It turns out the pre-order battle between the PS4 and Xbox One has been decidedly one-sided in the week following each console manufacturer’s E3 media briefings. Just one week after announcing the Xbox One price and PS4 price, Microsoft and Sony (respectively) have taken dramatically divergent paths in the sales department, with a reporter from
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The PlayStation 4 pre-order craze hit Amazon hard a few days ago, with the PS4 Launch Day Edition selling out very quickly. With Amazon’s stand-alone launch units allocated, the online retailer opened up a host of PS4 launch pre-order bundles, which are now racking up orders just as quickly. If history is any indication, you’ll
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The next-gen consoles and E3 2013 have inspired more questions than answers, from Microsoft’s position on used games (read our Xbox One used-game policy analysis) and the status of PS4 pre-orders to the future of GameFly on Xbox One and the Xbox One and PS4 release date. Much to Nintendo’s chagrin, the upcoming console war
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After an initial flurry of Xbox One pre-orders that pushed Amazon.com to be sold out, the online retailer has a new batch of Xbox One hardware available for pre-order now, including the special Xbox One Day One Edition. That special version of the console will only be available at launch, so if you want to
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If you didn’t pre-order your Xbox One Day One Edition from Amazon yet, you appear to be out of luck, as it’s no longer listed. You can try to refresh this link to see if it shows up again, but in the meantime, it appears you’d better pre-order your PS4 at Amazon ASAP, because those
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Microsoft in its E3 media briefing said the Xbox One will release “this November” for $499, and Sony indicated in its E3 media briefing that the PlayStation 4 (PS4) will release “this holiday” for $399. Neither company announced a specific release date for its respective console, but did one of their valued partners accidentally release
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Ubisoft today announced pre-order bonuses for Amazon.com and GameStop, with the Amazon pre-order bonus actually being an exclusive (and entire) single-player mission. Watch Dogs is a PlayStation 4 (PS4) launch title, presumably will be a launch title for the next Xbox, and will also ship for PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii U. You can click
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