Xbox One and PS4 demo units, are they in stores and where?

Flora5

The title pretty much says it all. I've got an Xbox One ordered for now and am thinking of getting a PS4 for multiplatform games. I can't trust these Battlefield 4 comparisons as there are rumours of them being botched, edited an altered by general people and even companies. So are there any demo units of the consoles in any stores yet? Its just over 3 weeks till the Xbox is out and just over 4 for the PS4, so they should be getting Demo units about now. I'm from Kerry, but I haven't had a chance to check my local Gamestop or anything. Cheers guys.

COYVB

I would get a PS4 instead to be honest. I suspect we're going to see some pretty surprising and negative stories for MS in the 6 months post launch

erkifino

Haven't heard or seen anything about demo units. They probably won't bother until launch, but that's just my opinion.
Try the xboxone roadshow if you can get or be bothered to go to Dublin. Kerry might be a bit of a trek though!!

From http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057070227

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O’Connell Street
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Tipsy McSwagger

COYVB wrote: »

I would get a PS4 instead to be honest. I suspect we're going to see some pretty surprising and negative stories for MS in the 6 months post launch

Yes from fanboys talking out of their arse.

COYVB

Tipsy McSwagger wrote: »

Yes from fanboys talking out of their arse.

Not quite

2Mad2BeMad

Flora5 wrote: »

The title pretty much says it all. I've got an Xbox One ordered for now and am thinking of getting a PS4 for multiplatform games. I can't trust these Battlefield 4 comparisons as there are rumours of them being botched, edited an altered by general people and even companies. So are there any demo units of the consoles in any stores yet? Its just over 3 weeks till the Xbox is out and just over 4 for the PS4, so they should be getting Demo units about now. I'm from Kerry, but I haven't had a chance to check my local Gamestop or anything. Cheers guys.

have a look at both and try out both if you can when the demos are out
havnt been near a gamestop to try

and dont listen to fanboys on either side because all they do is ****e on about the other console "see first reply"

make your own decision based on what you think will suit you best rather then "suspecting" future problems which can arise from either console at any point seen as their not even out yet

or if you do suspect any problems i'd suggest you wait until early next year just to be sure both have not died from been over played/over heated or any other errors
seen as the games from this launch line up are not actually graphically up to par as most would of thought at first (check the xboxone thread theirs a big talk going on about ps4/xbo gameplay on bf4) looks alot like this gen gameplay, I would of thought it was had it not said ps4/xbo on top of the video :L

COYVB

2Mad2BeMad wrote: »

and dont listen to fanboys on either side because all they do is ****e on about the other console "see first reply"

first reply is a game journalist, not a fanboy

krudler

Tipsy McSwagger wrote: »

Yes from fanboys talking out of their arse.

I'd be wary of buying an xbone at launch after the failure rates of the 360, I know the newer units were more stable but the launch ones were a disaster, and thats from someone who had both a 360 and PS3. Not that the YLOD didn't affect plenty of people too but I'd wait until there were some reports of failures before jumping into either console from day one, just from a personal stance, had 4 xboxes fail on me.

COYVB

running components faster than originally intended from day 1 is not typically an approach that lends itself to hardware stability...

SmurfX

Considering the 1 year warranty it seems pointless waiting a matter of months to a year to see if there are hardware faults or not. The ones that will really bite are the issues typically kicking in after 2-3 years and more power to you if you take the "wait and see" approach to hold off that long.

Tipsy McSwagger

krudler wrote: »

I'd be wary of buying an xbone at launch after the failure rates of the 360, I know the newer units were more stable but the launch ones were a disaster, and thats from someone who had both a 360 and PS3. Not that the YLOD didn't affect plenty of people too but I'd wait until there were some reports of failures before jumping into either console from day one, just from a personal stance, had 4 xboxes fail on me.

The Xbone is a lot bigger than the PS4 so will have a bigger fan and cooling system. Of course it doesn't mean it won't overheat but ms don't want to spend another 2 billion dollars replacing systems.

Local-womanizer

I had both the 360 and ps3 from launch more or less and both died. Since they were replaced though, not a problem.

When I work in the industry, it seemed that both 360 and ps3 were returned with problems in equal amounts.

Flora5

Christ lads, I only asked if there were any in store demo units around, not which console to get. I'm fairly sure I know which one I'm going for first.

and for everyone raving that the PS4 is so much better, have a watch of this. They are more or less the same.

Make sure to set it to at least 720p

http://ie.ign.com/videos/2013/10/28/battlefield-4-xbox-oneps4-graphics-comparison

COYVB

I didn't see anyone racing about the PS4 in here tbh