The Xbox One and PS4 are nearing release. At the time of writing, within four months the first consoles will have been shipped already. Both boxes have a big legacy to live up to!
The Xbox 360 and PS3 have both sold over 75 million units, and have been around for the best part of a decade. Will the next generation prove as popular? Pre-orders in the millions suggest they will.
But which one should you pre-order? We've compared the two consoles to help you make the right decision.
Update: PS4 Release Date Confirmed: Console to hit UK on November 29Update: 04/09/2013We finally know the UK release dates of both the Xbox One and PS4. Although the PS4 will get out there first globally, on 15 November, it's actually the Xbox One that'll land on the UK shores first.
The Xbox One will be released in the UK on 22 November, a week before the PS4's 29 November release date.
22 November is a 'global' release date for the Microsoft console, when it'll launch in the Xbox One's 13 key markets. That includes both the US and the UK.
Xbox One vs Sony PS4 – Price and Release Date
Xbox One - £429, November release
PS4 - £349, 29 November UK release
Sony has finally officially unveiled the release date of the PS4. The date of 29 November, a Friday, was revealed at Gamescom 2013, one of the year’s most important gaming expos.
We lose out a little in the UK here, as it’ll land on 15 November in the US. During the conference, Sony announced that the PS4 had racked-up a million pre-orders.
The Xbox One will land on 22 November, meaning in the UK it's here a week earlier.
Although it'll get to the UK a week later, the Sony PS4 benefits from being cheaper. It costs £349.99 while the Xbox One costs £429 - a disparity of £80.
The price difference has earnt Microsoft much criticsm, but it's an easy issue to explain away. The Xbox One comes with a Kinect sensor, which is needed to make the console function. Current-gen Kinect costs around £100, and as the next generation model is much more advanced, it accounts for the entire price difference.
Xbox One vs Sony PS4 – Stock
If you wanted to pre-order a PS4 for the console's release date, you're already too late. On 8 August, Sony announced that the initial stock allocation for the PS4 had run dry - massive numbers of pre-orders saw to that.
At the time of writing, you can still pre-order an Xbox One for its release. It's not game over yet, though. Part of the reason why Sony has run out of pre-order stock already is that it is holding back consoles to go into stores on launch day. You might need to get up early, but it'll be worth it.
As yet, we don't know how long after launch the 'second wave' of PS4s will start shipping out - as it's highly likely that the initial in-store stock will sell out very quickly.
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