I figure that buying a console will be cheaper than a new PC capable of playing this game at high settings. With that said, what console does everyone think will offer the best experience? I know PS4 will have slightly higher specs or at least more RAM, a possible lack of PSN fees associated with the game and the first to receive the open beta. Xbox one has the kinect though, which might be utilized somehow. I also prefer it's controller over that of Sony's.

Do other people have additional reason why they might prefer one over the other?

I'd put it down to the use of their perheripals more than the actual hardware.

I will be honest, I am a biased PS fan. I think the Xbox One has bought about its own demise this time around.

You should actually look this up for your personal preferences outside of ESO like what exclusives are you most interested in, do you like first party or indie devs (naught dog for example), which one makes you more comfortable, etc.

But if money is an object then I would like to tell you that Sony is in the best position to have the online service fee bypassed/waived for ESO users. Not garuanteed but take it into consideration.

Yeah, I think the main thing I'm concerned with are the graphics. I imagine they're more than likely comparable, with the PS4 offering a little less lag in ESO during certain instances. Would be nice if we could get our hands on some kind of comparison video before the game is released.

This is true.

I know the 360 had the PS3 beat when it came to skyrim but this time around its impossible to gauge without screenshots an videos but I'm putting my faith in the fact that devs said that the graphics for PC and consoles will be exactly the same & knowing the PS4 will have better hardware.

It's all I can do for now.

Will be on PC but to me I would think which ever console better facilitates communication might have the edge. Both will likely use voice as a means but which ever is easier to use text chat and commands and such would be the better option IMO.

Would be nice if they had something like this for either console: http://www.amazon.com/KMD-Xbox-360-Text-Messaging-White/dp/B004IMNKCQ

though I would prefer it not be so bulky and of higher quality.

http://help.elderscrollsonline.com/app/home?region=US

Integrated Skype call... nuff said

Literally the only reason I would have owned an Xbox ever is because of Halo. That's it. Playstation is better at everything else... while being cheaper and more reliable hardware wise. That is my personal experience and opinion. 3 Xbox's broke, and 2 360's broke for me, in that same amount of time, my Playstation 2 still worked fine... and I have never had a problem with PS3(which has a Blu-Ray, 360 does not).

So yeah, I'm not sure when I will get a PS4, but Xbox One isn't even an option for me.

Not really all that needed for PS4 at least considering that it's firmware utilizes the touchpad as a qwerty keyboard. Besides, just buy a ￡8 USB keyboard and plug it into the console to use every now and then for typing, that's what I did years ago for the PS3, the virtual keyboard on that bloody thing will cause your fingers to bleed.

Still can't believe that they will be requiring a gold subscription for that.

Thou i'm going to play it on PC now, I would have to say PS4... firstly sony is going out of their way lately to get exclusives and so forth. and Secondly Microsoft really screwed themselves with the first preview of the Xbox One with all their rules so many people turned away from the system. I think the PS4 is going to have a larger field of players then Xbox One.

Nobody will have a true answer here until the game is released and we see comparisons, I know I will be buying for PC first....then I would like to buy it for PS4, it would be interesting to play an MMO like this on a console.

PS4 will probably handle graphical lag a little bit better, and load textures a little bit faster. However, the difference will no doubt only be felt when you play the two consoles side-by-side.

No clue on which version will be 'better.'


If I had to guess, my guess would be that TESO will sell more copies on Xbox One than on the PS4 in the U.S. (unless they plan on running a special promotion or the like with Sony). The quality of the port to console will likely have the bigger impact through the Xbox One just based on that bigger number.

I will only be playing the game on PC. But that said Iam biased and prefer the PS over Xbox. It generally seems better than the Xbox. I was not happy with the Xbox when I bought the original and hardly ever played games on it.

So I think the PS is likely to be better.

I think this pretty much ends the debate; http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/09/13/playstation-4-and-xbox-one-performance-compared-by-devs

PS4 it is then

isnt it so that the PS4 is cheaper at launch then the Xbox console?

you state in the OP that money is the thing holding you back from buying a new pc (which is why i already started saving money for a new pc for ESO), the PS4 might be the better option.

I dont know if ps4 also requires subbing for online gaming, but if its like the previous, the ps beats xbox on that front as well.

specs i dont really care for, as stated earlier, the difference is probably hardly noticable.

The PS3 may have been better than the 360 in every way,

*But*

Did anyone here play the Half-life Orange Box on the PS3? It worked great on the 360 but the port for the playstation was so bad that the "boat level" was pretty much unplayable.

I have (and love) a PS3, but if I were buying a next-gen console for one game and that game would be benefited by a large number of players (like an MMO) it would be pretty hard for me to dismiss the xbox just due to the fact that it sold so well in the last generation.

Skyrim sold 7.44 million times to 360 users while only selling 4.84 to PS3 users. It just seems to me that there will be a larger community on the xbox one.

For the record I will not be buying an xbox one, or a ps4 because I really can't afford to spend $500 on something I don't need right now. I will be playing ESO on my PC and will continue to use my PS3 for light gaming and streaming media needs.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not a sony fan boy by any means. I believe the PS3's past issues though were due to it's irregular architecture that didn't make it easy for developers to port from the PC. That issue has been fixed though.

I know this thread is asking about consoles, but this assumption it's based on is actually incorrect. You can build/buy a decent gaming PC that will run with the visual fidelity of these "next-gen" consoles at higher resolutions and framerates than they could achieve, pretty easily by the $400-500 mark. Heck, you can get video cards that will run better than the consoles can put out and put it in your existing PC in many cases, for $100-150. Here's an example at $165 minus 25 dollar rebate = $140 shipped: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=14-127-728&Tpk=N82E16814127728 , which is a GTX 650 Ti Boost 2GB card (just shy of the plain GTX 660 thanks to the increased memory bus width).

If you wanted to build a computer around it, you could snap up a $100ish i3 Haswell CPU, a plain jane motherboard, 8GB of DDR3 for around $50-60, and a HDD ($70-80 for a 2TB one) or SSD (120GB on deals go for around $80 or less nowadays if you wait for a sale). Add in a decent case for $30-40 (and an optical drive if wanted for $15-20) and you'd be pretty much good to go from there simply using your current monitor, keyboard, mouse, speakers, etc. (which you already have if you're typing on this forum).

If you wanted to buy pre-built (or just don't build your own period) there are a lot of deals that vary in specs and quality of machine, but they can be found pretty regularly at deal forums like slickdeals or fatwallet with not much worse specs than those listed above, and definitely fast enough to outpace what the consoles will be putting out at their launches.