Our incredibly in-depth Xbox One vs PS4 comparison is more meaningful than ever after heading into the holidays. It considers Microsoft's backward compatibility news and previous price drops, and how it all contrasts with Sony's powerful specs, exclusive games and graphics power.
Now almost two years since the consoles launched, Sony's sales numbers prove that PS4 is more popular with early adopters of the next-generation of video games. Fact.
PlayStation 4 is outselling Xbox One 2-to-1 right now, surpassing 22.3 million systems sold worldwide, while Microsoft's sales numbers are at 12.8 million. That'll continue if this week's US Who cares? Those are overall sales statistics - all meaningless, as multiple Xbox One price drops and surge in popularity are starting to make the debate a little more even. Being able to play Xbox 360 games on your Xbox One starting next month is going to guarantee that trend will continue.price drop Microsoft's come-from-behind campaign consists of adding exclusive games like Halo 5, full DVR capabilities, readying an Xbox Elite controller, gamepad remapping and, further out, experimenting with HoloLens. In addition to Xbox One backward compatibility, Windows 10 presents exciting game streaming possibilities in a forthcoming November update. It's also the only console with in

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Sony is preparing PS4 for a streaming and virtual reality future, too, with PlayStation Now, PlayStation TV and Oculus Rift-rival PlayStation VR (previously Project Morpheus). In the meantime, it's readyingUncharted 4 for its delayed 2016 release date and tweaking its console with feature-filled firmware updates and PlayStation Plus games.
Both consoles are getting Fallout 4 and Star Wars: Battlefront, as is the ever-popular PC, and both are rumored to be getting a 4K hardware refresh for the coming months, with HDMI 2.0 able to deliver 4K resolution at 60fps. For now, we have to settle for 1TB refreshes.
"We have have the advantage in powering gamers through the next decade," say both companies. To see if that's true, our Xbox One vs PS4 comparison needs another update.

Xbox One vs PS4 hardware design

Deciding between PS4 and Xbox One is like peeling back an onion, and it starts with the outermost layer, the hardware design.
Xbox One's dimensions make it a menacing gaming beast that measures 13.5 in x 10.4 in x 3.2 in. It's also riddled with vents, a design decision to avoid another Red Ring of Death overheating scenario.

Xbox One is a monster console with lots of vents, but at least it won't overheat

It towers over every other device (though Microsoft advises not to stand it up vertically), and completely dwarfs our smallest home theater gadget, the app-filled Chromecast.

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PS4 has a more distinctive angular shape with an overall stylish design. This half-matte half-gloss 10.8 in x 12 in x 2 in at its widest regions.console measures a slimmer reflected in the UK and Australia