Side by Side Comparison of: Microsoft vs Sony

Santa got this for my 2 kids and 1 big kid (husband)(Xbox One 1TB Console - 3 Games Bundle (Gears of War: Ultimate Edition + Rare Replay + Ori and the Blind Forest). This has got to be one of the best Christmas presents to date! Love the XBOX One. We don't only use this to play games but to watch videos on Amazon Prime, and some other Video apps that are downloaded. This has become the main console in our house. We can search for movies fast, this has replaced our cable provider. (money saver) We have had no issue with the hardware and this system runs smoothly, and we have not had this over heat at all.This is a very good system and love everything that came with it such as: This bundle includes: 1TB hard drive console, full-game physical discs of Gears of War: Ultimate Edition and Rare Replay, digital download of Ori and the Blind Forest, newly updated Xbox One black wireless controller with a 3.5mm headset jack so you can plug in any headset, 14-day trial of Xbox Live Gold, AC Power Cable, and an HDMI Cable.This is one of the best bundle sets out on the market. Great system for kids especially with all the games included they will be busy for months trying to play all the games. 1TB hard drive is a must to have on any system. The more room the better in my opinion. This is backwards compatible with some of the XBOX 360 games. The parental controls is a nice feature on this system so if there is a game you don't want your kids to play you can set that up.

My son had to have an Xbox One because Dad has one, and quite frankly, I don't do split screen. This was a great buy even with all of the black Friday deals out there. Gave it to him for xmas and he lit up like my front yard at Christmas time. It doesn;t have a Kinect, but I don;t really want him having one until he gets older. I'd definitely buy this again. With all of the apps and stuff available now, it's great because we don;t even have cable anymore. The wifi on this is excellent as long as you open all the ports in your router for xbox live.

BundleVery pleased with this bundle. Ori and the blind forest(digital download) is a very challenging and fun game. I bought this in time to play the Gears of War ultimate edition(disc) and receive the free digital downloads for all the other Gears games for Xbox 360. I think you had to have played Ultimate ed. before 12/31/15 to recieve them, so keep that in mind. Well worth it with just the Gears package or Ori by itself, but you also get Rare replay(disc). Rare replay has a lot of games, some cool games, but not much replay value. I did enjoy playing viva piñata, banjo, and perfect dark. Haven't even made it through all the others and there are a lot. Unless there's a new game out you just have to have this bundle can keep you busy! Also I'm glad it has the 1tb hard drive because I've used about 400gb with just the bundled items and a few of the free games with gold downloads. I know you can attach an external hard drive but buying the 1 tb should give me some time before I have to. Overall I couldn't be more pleased with this bundle!ConsoleAs for the Xbox One system itself, I have went from PS1, PS2, PS3, to now owning both PS4 and Xbox One. I'm more in love with my Xbox One. I love using it for Netflix, Hulu, and YouTube. I think the Xbox interface is very user friendly. Both systems are amazing for game play. I do think Sony makes a better controller. Xbox controller is still nice, but Sony's controller just feels so natural in my hands. Both systems have apps (Smartglass app for Xbox and Playstation app) that allow you to use your phone/tablet to control the system which is great for any streaming services. Both apps have a multitude of other features and are a must have for either console. Ultimately you can't go wrong with either console. I'd suggest you consider the console exclusive games as well as what console your friends play on. I've heard others say this and I totally agree.Lastly, as always Amazon is a great company to deal with. Another retailer had this same bundle with free two day shipping right before Xmas, and after contacting customer service Amazon upgraded me to next day shipping!

This is a great bundle for families or gamers with varied interests. Ori and the Blind Forest is, hands down, one of the most beautiful games I've ever seen. My 7, 8 and 11 year olds are absolutely enthralled with it! The Rare Replay bundle is a lot of fun for the nostalgia and also fun for kids. Gears of War is great for more mature gamers.On top of that, when I bought the system, I also received Fallout 4 for free. When received it, I was very pleasantly surprised to find Fallout 4 included a free copy of Fallout 3!Basically, I got a great deal @ $399: 1TB storage, 4 top quality standalone games and a collection of legacy games! It gets even better, though! I bought my system a week before Black Friday. When Black Friday specials came out, Microsoft offered this same system for sale at $350. I sent a support request to Amazon asking if they would honor the Microsoft price and they did! They immediately submitted a refund to my credit card for $50. What was a great deal @ $399 became an amazing deal @ $350.This bundle is fantastic and I'm thrilled with Amazon at the deal I got for it!

HERE IS A LIST OF THE 30 GAMES LISTED IN THIS BUNLE under RARE REPLAY..... Note: I actually ended up buying the Rise of the Tomb Raider 1TB XBOX BUNDLE which has the two new Tomb Raider game DL & addl. DL content but this was the other bundle I was choosing from. At the time I'd asked someone here what the other 30 games were that came with this and someone was kind enough to give me a link. So I figured a lot of people might want this information before purchase.I found out that RARE REPLAY is a 30th Anniv thing XBOX release in Aug 2015. It can be purchased separately as well and there is a video of this particular aspect of this bundle at the XBOX site (under Rare Replay).1. Battletoads2. Banjo- Kazooie3. Perfect Dark4. Conker's Bad Fur Day5. Kameo Elemnts of Power6. Banjo-Tooie7. Viva Pinata8. Blast Corps9. Jet Force Gemini10. Killer Instinct Gold11. Artic Atac12. Battletoads Arcade13. Banjo- Kazooie Nuts & Bolts14. Jetpac15. Grabbed by the Ghoulies16. Gunfright17. Knight Lore18. Cobra Triangle19. Sabre Wulf20. Perfect Dark Zero21. Slalom22. Viva Pinata Trouble in Paradise23. RC Pro Am24. Jet Pac Refuelled25. Digger T. Rock26. Snake Rattle N Roll27. Lunar Jetman28. Solar Jetman Hunt for the Golden Warship29. R.C. Pro Am II30. Underwurlde

I wanted to create a guide to help those interested in purchasing an Xbox One, since there are so many bundles, and offers change constantly. I'll attempt to keep this up to date as the bundles change. This is NOT a comparison to Playstation 4 or Wii U.A short list of features that may interest you, shared by all Xbox Ones (more details can be found in product descriptions and Microsoft sites) -HDMI pass through. You can hook up an HDMI device to the back of an Xbox One to view the content from that device without changing inputs or leaving the X1 interface. This allows for split screen viewing and if a cable box or the official TV tuner, you can view the channel guide, watch TV, and set recordings.It is backwards compatible with some Xbox 360 games. This is great for those with backlogs (like me...) or those who want to revisit finished games without having another console plugged into the wall/TV. In the fall, owners of publisher approved disc or digital 360 games will be able to play them emulated on the X1. Some X1 games also include their 360 precursors with purchase for play on the X1 in case you missed them. Rainbow Six Siege includes both R6 Vegas Xbox 360 games, for example. List of games and other info here -[...]It will stream content to Windows 10 devices.Xbox Live Gold now applies to households instead of individuals; meaning that multiple accounts on the same console can have access to the same features but have differing account restrictions (I.E. parental controls). So you can let your kids play Garden Warfare online, but not Gears of War.External USB 3.0 storage. This is great because, 1) you don't need to open the console and replace a hard disc to add storage, just plug in and the X1 will format the drive, 2) even disc-based games have compulsory installs and can be upwards of 50GB each, eating storage space quickly, 3) external drives can be spacious and cheap, and last but not least, 4) USB 3.0 is actually faster than the internal hard disc interface. This means that a game on an external drive will load faster than one on the internal drive, usually by a significant amount.The bundles-The current bundles include a newer controller that has a standard 3.5mm audio jack built in and output both game and chat audio through it. Legacy consoles shouldn’t be expected to be widely available at the suggested price (and some I haven’t included, due to their rarity at this point). You may have better luck at other outlets finding the legacy consoles (Microsoft Store, Dell, various brick-and-mortar stores). There are no functional differences. All bundles include a controller, HDMI cable, chat headset (with exceptions), and a 14 day Xbox Live Gold trial membership (paid $60/year service to play online and download the Games with Gold, a monthly rotation of full games you're free to download and keep (forever for 360 games and as long as you have Live Gold in active subscription for X1 games).Current bundles (with rating based on what you get for the money. Star and letter ratings are intended for the suggested price listed next to the bundle, not whatever current prices are.) -Spring Note - It's hard to recommend anything other than the Kinect bundle (if you want the camera peripheral), the Eilte (for the controller and faster HDD, if that's most important to you) or the Spring bundle (sold at Gamestop or Microsoft Store) which includes a 1TB console, Halo 5, Ori and the Blind Forest, Rare Replay, and Gears of War Ultimate downloads. Until the end of the month, the retail price of all bundles is $50 off. If you want to know more about all the rest, see the descriptions below.Rainbow Six Siege 1TB bundle. $399. Includes console, new controller, disc version of the title game and downloads of the Rainbow Six Vegas Xbox 360 games, with a chat headset. A new class-based multiplayer shooter with the excellent tactical precursor campaigns. A good bundle. A- rating.The Division Bundle 1TB bundle. $399. Includes console, new controller, download of the title game. No headset, no legacy games. B- rating.Quantum Break 500GB White bundle. $349. Includes console, new controller, and downloads of Quantum Break and both Alan Wake 360 games. No headset. B+ rating.Name your Game 500GB bundle. $349. Includes the console, new controller, a download of one of Forza 6, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Gears of War Ultimate, or Rare Replay, and no chat headset. The choice of games is nice and the selections are high-quality, but 500GB will fill very quickly at this point, and without a headset or bonus games, this is one of the lesser value bundles. B- rating.Xbox One Elite 1TB bundle. $499. Includes a console with a 1TB hybrid SSD and hard disc for quicker load times for the items you access the most and the Elite controller, which has replaceable/customizable sticks, buttons, and triggers for the professionals or tinkerers, and DOES include a chat headset with a matching black and silver color scheme. While the internal storage on this will be better than the standard HDDs in other X1s, the performance increase PROBABLY won't match external USB3.0 drives, due to the continued use of the SATA interface. There's little information about the size of the SSD partition and many hybrid drives don't allow you to choose what content is on which partition. The elite controller has been released to wide acclaim (modifiable professional controllers can easily go for twice as much), but is scarce on its own at present. If you want the best/most storage and best controller out of the box, this is the bundle for you, but you won't get any games with it. B+ rating. Please note that the bundle with two controllers does not include a second Elite controller, but a regular wireless one.Kinect 500GB Bundle - $399. Includes 500GB console, the Kinect camera, a chat headset, controller, and three Kinect-focused game downloads: Dance Central Spotlight, Kinect Sports Rivals and Zoo Tycoon. Finally another Kinect bundle! The X1 UI is made better and more easily navigable with the Kinect, and there are fun, energetic games to be played with it. A rating. Great for those who want to move and enjoy motion and voice controls, but it has little storage. Bundle with FIFA on separate page is even better for the same price.Holiday 1TB Bundle - $399. Includes 1TB console, Gears of War Ultimate Edition disc, Rare Replay disc, and Ori and the Blind Forest game download, the new controller, and doesn't appear to include a headset. A rating. Something(s) for everyone in this bundle, with 36 games included. Now replaced by the even better Spring bundle (see above).Halo 5 Limited Edition 1TB bundle. $499. Includes custom console with Halo sounds, and custom controller, with the Halo 5 Limited Edition (steelcase, guardian figure, game download and add-on content). Why a limited edition would come without a physical game is beyond me... It may not bother some, but it will upset many. This is a higher premium than the Forza 6 bundle (charging an extra $100 for an extra $40 package). For Halo aficionados/console collectors only. C rating.Gears of War 500GB bundle (also in white). $349. Includes Gears of War Ultimate Edition download. This 500GB model includes the new controller, but does not include a headset. B- rating. This is the most discounted bundle in sales and has many other offers with it, if you can catch them.Legacy bundles-Fallout 4 1TB bundle - $399. Includes 1TB console, Fallout 4 game confirmed to be a disc (!), a download of the Xbox 360 version of Fallout 3, and a chat headset. B+ rating. Two open-world RPGs for grownups.Rise of the Tomb Raider 1TB bundle - $399. Includes 1TB console, downloads of Rise of the Tomb Raider, DLC, and its predecessor, Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition, and doesn't appear to include a headset. B+ rating. The Tomb Raider reboot from 2013 was pretty good and I expect the sequel is even better, but I haven't tried it yet. Great for adults who love action adventure.Lego Movie 500GB bundle - $349. Includes 500GB console and the Lego Movie Videogame and no headset, apparently. C+ rating. Game is a cheap one and good for kids, but little value in this bundle compared to others.FIFA and Madden 16 1TB bundles. $399. I'm grouping these together because other than the type of football you prefer, they are the same. Both include either the latest Madden NFL or FIFA soccer game download and a year of EA access, a paid ($30/yr) service which allows Xbox One users early access to EA releases, extended demos with progress that can be saved if a full game is purchased, discounts on EA games, and free access to the Vault, currently 14 full games. Great if you like EA's games. A- for each.Forza 6 1TB Bundle. $399. Custom Forza-inspired console with racing sounds and custom (new, with 3.5mm audio jack) controller, and download code for Forza 6 and extra content, and a chat headset. A- rating, though some may not like the custom design and sounds.Hope you found this useful.

Got this for my son.And after using it for 2 years, it has become a fixture in our living room.It literally does EVERYTHING.And if you call Sony and tell them you tried to download a trial video game, but it messed up,They will GIVE YOU MULTIPLE FREE GAMEDOWNLOADS.Great customer service. Highly recommend.

I have been using this for years now and its still running as strong as the day I bought it. I literally play this every single day, for several hours and I couldn't be much happier with my purchase. This is the perfect bundle for someone like me. I prefer to have all my games digitally downloaded so receiving the digital download code made me very happy. In the box you have everything you need to get started except for internet. Which is kind of a given. When you open the box you are given the Power Cord, The HDMI Cord, The Controller Charger, The PlayStation Console, The Controller, and as previously mentioned the digital download code for Star Wars Battle Front. The only con I've came across with this console is the storage capacity, which can be changed out with the help of some videos on you tube. I would highly recommend this product it is a lot cheaper then purchasing the console and game separately.

I decided to upgrade the hard drive to 1TB before I downloaded any games in order to prevent future storage issues. It has been a perfect system. The organization of the home screen is better than the Xbox One's home screen. As a person who owns both the PS4 and the Xbox One, i'may offering a perspective that is not based off of youtube videos. The PS4 has extremely fast processing and never freezes on me. Rest mode for the PS4 is handy when I need to use the USB ports while having the system turned off. The built-in capture card is handy, but the quality is a little disappointing. Having Battlefront in this bundle is a real treat. I never knew this before I bought the system, but the controller has a motion sensor offering quick motion based typing instead of using the normal buttons for typing. The PS4 is smaller, lighter, and faster than the Xbox One. No matter what bundle you buy, this system is definitely recommended. Sony killed it in this generation of console and I hope they continue to satisfy us customers in the future as they have with the PS4.

ordered it for Christmas...first one was defective, so I sent it back to Amazon...very little hassle, and they quickly sent me a new one. "Battlefront" is a realistic Star Wars game...but it does not come with a game CD....you HAVE to download the free game from the internet onto the system...it literally took 3 days for it to download and install...I talked to a guy, and he said if you have wireless, you may want to plug the PS4 directly into the box...he assured me that the game would have loaded much faster....anyway...the game finally loaded...and my boys, ages 8 and 10 love it, as well as the PS4 itself. I also bought them Minecraft which is their favorite, as well as the Disney Infinity/Star Wars/Avengers starter sets. At first they didn't play with the Infinity too much...it seemed like they were always playing Minecraft or Battlefront...but lately I have noticed they have been playing the Infinity game a lot more. Very satisfied with the purchase...my kids love it, and I hate to admit it, but I do too....especially the Battlefront game...just don't tell my wife.

From streaming HD content to graphics-intensive gaming, I'm really enjoying the PS4. It's a big improvement to the PS3, even as popular as it was. The aesthetics are nice and remind me of Alienware (back before Dell got ahold of it) and the placement of the fans is on-point. The interface is easy to navigate and intuitive even for people who don't use gaming consoles often. I enjoy how they have integrated the controller's use more effectively into the PS4, the touch pad a clever feature that I use surprisingly often. The fact that you can download apps/updates and charge controllers in rest mode is AMAZING. And not having to worry about your game app closing... I just adore it. There is little to no buffer time transitioning between applications, which is handy for those of us that switch frequently between Destiny and HULU.Worth every penny!

I'll try and keep this review short and to the point.First, the PS4 is an amazing console. Games install, and download quickly(something that was a problem with the Xbox One), the graphics arenot high end PC graphics, but at the price, definitely worth it.The controller is a very comfortable controller and looks sharp.Secondly, Star Wars Battlefront.This game is a hotbed of controversy.It isn't what we asked for(SWBF2 but in HD), but for what it is, it does it's job.If you like Call of Duty, you will like this game.It's fast-paced and fun, but the gameplay isn't deep.The graphics are stunning and are the major selling point of the game.Sound is also very good, and blasters and the like sound as they should.Thirdly, the other games.The classic Star Wars games included are fun distractions, but nothing really meaningful.As a bundle, this is a great deal and worth it for new PS4 players.

The Xbox One 1TB Console - 3 Games Holiday Bundle was definitely worth it for me. I didn't really like the 3 games that came with it though. If you are considering getting a xbox one, I'd recommend you think about the games you'd like to play first. I mainly got the xbox one first over a ps4 because I know I'll play most of the multi-platform games on it (I enjoy the xbox one controller a lot more than ps4). I am planning to get a ps4 later down the road, but not right now since the only game I really want is future tone.

Console is a little laggy for a new generation console. I own a Wii U and a Ps4, and this is honestly the slowest of the bunch. The controllers can't have much, if anything, obstructing them from the console, which tells me poor signal engineering. Competitively I can bring my Wii U tablet through 2 walls and 30 feet and still have a great signal, but 10 feet and my knee in the way often disconnects the controller.The store is a complete mess, the Xbox 360 store was brilliant and easy to access. I hardly can navigate or even search for a game I might like. Microsoft really dropped the ball on the quality of content they could have provided, and instead wanted to go for a voice/motion-gimmick controlled all-in-one device that few people actually wanted.Get the system for its 1st party games and a few others, but don't expect too much out of this generation. It's predecessor has much more to offer for much less, even when it was new.

I only have a few issues with this item.1) Only one controller, and a second is extremely over-priced.2) Ori needs to be downloaded using XBox Live, so you need to use your free month to get it. A disc isn't that expensive, so they should have sent one.3) The interface, while impressive, is very intricate and a little too complicated for some younger kids. Also, setup is extremely time consuming. DO NOT wait until a child is waiting excitedly to play to go through setup. Do it first, then let them see what they got. My daughter was impressively patient during my infuriating fiasco of a setup that made me late for work. The unit needs to connect, update, update the controller, games must install and update, passwords and accounts set up, etc. I have new gray hair from that experience.That being said, the machine is awesome. The games and controls are amazing. Well worth the price and trouble, but it could be a little more user friendly.

This was bought as an upgrade to an Xbox 360 and so far it's ok, but the wait time to play a new game disk is unacceptable. You better plan WAY ahead if you want to play a new game disk. The wait time is hours and hours or overnight, and then the huge updates can take forever to download too. We were really spoiled by the 360 in that regard. The graphics are very nice, and the ability to use the HDMI passthrough for the Xbox 360 means we can have both consoles available to play (which is helpful if you are waiting all night for a new game to load). Am also not terribly happy with a game which was purchased at the same time that will not let you access levels/options advertised unless you have Xbox Live Gold (Thanks, Microsoft).

So we hymned and hawed about this purchased for some time, just as I have about reviewing it.we have had an Xbox 360, actually we have 4 of them in our home, our kids use them, and we use them for games and streaming, WE LOVE XBOX! However, we really hadn't seen anything about the ONE that made us feel like upgrading was a must, and its always good to let them work out the bugs and come down some on the crazy prices after they first drop these new system, in my opinion... However the 360 from our living room finally died, and with 3 others in the house... buying yet another 360 seemed kind of silly SO we gave the XBOX ONE a shot, these are my thoughts so far...So about the bundle. Very good deal. best price around! trust me, I price shop EVERYWHERE and at the time of purchase this was the best deal for the price you could get. 3 games, plus the 1 tb system WHICH after using the XBOX ONE I feel you will need the 1 tb system, it feels like it needs to download stuff all the time!! I don't yet feel like were missing the KINECT. if you want to hook it up to cable or be able to tell it what to do, you will want the Kinect however.About the System itself... OK this is where Xbox lost me a bit. I like... the games we have played on it look AMAZING... I love the added blu ray option HOWEVER I would love to note that its kind of glitchy. which brings me to the system as a whole seeming kind of glitchy. Its not enough that I would say its a deal breaker, and being Microsoft, I am sure they are working on it. The blu ray player doesn't work when not connected to the internet?? So id call it half a blu ray player?? With the XBOX ONE everything is "apps" so sometimes you open a game or Netflix or whatever and the sound doesn't work so your have to "quit" the app and reopen it and then the sound is fine, which took me a bit to figure out.Small quirks, and I still am so happy to have it because as the updates come these "glitches" will work out and I am sure it will be great!! Just a little concerning after dropping that amount of money, some people may not be as forgiving of these small quirks I'm thinking??

I’ve had the Xbox One “Gears of War Ultimate Edition” now for a few months. The graphics are far superior to my old Xbox 360 and for the most part I have really enjoyed this product. But I do have a couple of minor complaints. In order to play any games, you have to sign in, something I NEVER had to do with the Xbox 360. I understand signing in to play multiplayer online, but why must I sign in to play a single player game? The other complaint is the download speed when I install a game for the first time. I never had that problem with my old system. I will say that once the game has been downloaded, it loads very quickly. Those 2 small complaints aside, I really enjoy playing games on the Xbox One. I would suggest any potential buyer purchase the 1TB Xbox One because it should give you plenty of room for your games.

I'm a PS3 user and this new console is a big step forward. Really interesting features, more speed, and graphics in a whole new level. I am very disappointed by the lack of backward compatibility. The game included, just amazing.

Graphics are amazing. It is the perfect system for one person play. It only came with one controller so I purchased a second. This replaced the Wii my 6 year old and I used to play together. The sadness comes from the fact that most games do not seem to offer 2 person play mode. If they do, it does not seem easy to figure out. This is supposed to be a bonding moment for my son sand I, not for me to sit and watch him. If I am mistaken please let me know. Love the graphics in the PS 4 and had a PS2 years ago, but am starting to wish Wii/Nintendo made a competent system that had great graphics but stayed with the nunchuck controller. This is beautiful but disappointing for 2 person play. The only option is to sign up for plastation plus at $50 a year for each account.where the PS allowed you to play two player and sign in to download games. It isn'T right.

The PS4 is a good system, useful as a blu-ray player, media center, and gaming console. Really, a review isn't going to sway you on the console, you'll know if you want it or not. There's no catches, it's sturdy, exactly what you expect if you've owned a PS3.The games are a different story. There are tons of different bundles for the PS4. This one includes a total of 5 games, all Star Wars related. I'm a Star Wars fan, but even I can admit not all of these games are great.Battlefront: It's the only game of the package originally designed for the PS4, and it shows. The graphics are beautiful. That said, single player is a joke, consisting of a small handful of skirmishes. To get any real play out of it, you'll need PS Plus to play online, which will set you back $50 a year. It's a good value, but something to think about. Personally, II even found the multiplayer mostly lacking, but I suppose it was enjoyable enough.Jedi Starfighter: Originally made for PS2, the graphics hold up OK, but nothing to write home about. The gameplay is fun, fast, and exhilarating. Very enjoyable, and personally I would chose this bundle for this game alone.Bounty Hunter: Also originally for PS2, graphics have held up as well as Starfighter's did. The story is fun, playing as Jango is a blast, very solid game.Racer's Revenge: Pod racing! Many would say this is the best thing to come out of Episode I. Great game.Super Star Wars: Originally for the Super Nintendo, the 2-D graphics take some getting used to. That said, the gameplay is solid, if still Nintendo Hard, even on easy mode. It's a challenge, and can be frustrating, but very fulfilling when you make progress,NB: All 5 games are digital downloads. You'll need to hook the system up to the internet (either wi-fi or wired) to be able to download them. Once downloaded all 4 remakes are totally offline, but battlefront will need internet for multiplayer.Also note that the bundle comes with one controller. For local multiplayer you'll need to purchase another one.

Picked this up for $350 on a Black Friday deal. I guess I wasn't aware that you have to pay to play on PS4's new online network, PlayStation®Plus. It's $50 for a year subscription, and I still haven't bought it yet. For offline games, the graphics are fantastic and I mainly bought the PS4 for when Kingdom Hearts 3 releases. I used up my 3-day free PlayStation®Plus trial, and I had a lot of fun playing Battlefront, but I'm just really disappointed that the PS network isn't free anymore.

I'm reviewing what I bought only. Not the future of the system's potential. Not banging on the battle drum of which console is going to win this gen's favor, which is like coke and pepsi if you ask me.I'm very happy with my purchase of this PS4 Bundle. I've been saving up for 2 years. I was a bit upset to see the price jump from $350 to $400 when I finally went to buy it, but I can't blame them. You get 5 games with this:PS4 BattlefieldN64 Pod RacerPS2 Space FighterPS2 Bubba Fett storySuper Nintendo Star WarsComments on the Console itself:-The options button is in a weird spot, it doesn't feel natural to hit it, and being that it took over the "Start" button this becomes a annoyance.-There is a light on the controller that you can't turn off,you can dim it but not turn it off completely.=It uses a Micro USB to charge, which feels like a flimsy, easy to bend spot, I figure it's designed well but I'm not sure why they didn't just go ahead and use a USB 3.0, it charges faster and is newer technology.-Cant give yourself a new PSN name+Uses the same wires as the 3, just encase you loose/break them.+Rest Mode, which is like a Standby for you to jump back into the same moment Hrs later. uses low electricity.Comments on the Main Game (you know the reason you bought this one):<Offline Experience Review->There are only 3 modes for the "Single" player:*Training- Fly a ship around for about 4 minutes, and the only time you get to pilot in Single Player.*Battle- Like Deathmatch but makes you collect tokens from the AiBot you just killed, first to 100 wins. It has a "Hero" selection where you get to play as an OP "Cameo" Character that doesn't let you go into 1st person mode because they had to pay those copyright fees and by golly are going to get the most of it.*Survival-The best mode IMO, last man alive feel. Hold out for 15 waves, occasional AT-ST that makes you feel pretty vulnerable, and the only solo replay value I see.+Graphics+really well done, the motions are fluid and look real, along with the textures and fabric, Faces are always odd but the first look at whats to come from Next Gen.-Install-After the 20GB download you have/get to play as Invulnerable Vader and take out "Rebel Scum" as the game installs. Neat feature but after about 30 mins I got bored, then when it hit the HR mark at 36% I got frustrated and found myself <SearchEngine>ing it to see some people got stuck in this purgatory for about 4hrs. Do yourself a favor and PUT YOUR SYSTEM IN REST MODE AS IT INSTALLS and it will shoot by in about 15 mins (don't quote me on that but it's way less) if nothing else then I hope you read that.-TheRocketLauncher- I'm sorry I mean "Torpedo", won't let you fire at anything other than Vehicles.The price you pay but gets you through survival.-Endor'sBrush- I wish you could hide in it and sniper off but instead you get a auto target plastered on your head like you are wearing a LightTower for a hat.All in all System **** (4 Stars)Game *** (3 Stars)Maybe If I could spend the $15/month to get online I would see more value, but for that price I'll just get GameFly with New Games starting at $60 just to be like this and 1886.

Bought this for my kids for Christmas, all I had heard for months now is they wanted a Playstation 4 with Battlefront. They loved it, the only bummer thing is it took almost all day to download the game into the system, thankfully they had something else to occupy their time while waiting to dive into the game. They are happy so I am happy.

This console is okay, but very disappointing. The Wii U and PS4 outperform this thing. I don't like how big it is and it still has a huge power brick. I currently have my Wii U on top of it at about 1/4 the size, and the Xbox One controller also on it by the Wii U. It's sad that my Wii U loads faster and seems to have better graphics in my opinion. The Xbox One also seems to freeze up sometimes. The worst thing about it is that there's not enough exclusive games for it. Wii U and PS4 have a ton of exclusive games, and that's why I have all the consoles. If a game is on multiple consoles, I just get it for PC because it will look better, load faster, etc. But the Xbox One mainly has 3rd party games available on other consoles, so no help there. I liked how it came with 3 free games. Those kept me busy. Probably the best thing about this console is the controller life is amazing. Probably because I don't play it much, but I've played it long enough to finish quite a few games, so it's amazing. My PS4 controller dies pretty fast. It's a decent effort by Microsoft, but as many would agree, disappointing.

I bought this for my son finally after reading there was now backwards compatibility allowing the 360 games to be played on it. Unfortunately, I should have done more research on that! Turns out that only a small portion of the 360 games have been made available to play on this console. My fault, I know-lesson learned. The part that REALLY aggravates me is the controllers. Oh they will function fine, as long as you do not want to use a headset & chat. If you are wanting this ability, well, good luck! There seems to be an issue with these controllers, as I have read many complaints from other people in miscellaneous forums. My son didn't initially start out using the headset, but once he did, he was able to use a non-Xbox branded pair bcz there is the universal 3.5 mm port. However, the console kept stating that it could not detect a microphone. Hence, my son could not talk to his friends. We tried both controllers (the bundle came with 2), and received the same message. We tried the headset on the PS4 console, and it works just fine. We went through every troubleshooting tip, but didn't get it working. So, by this time, we are thinking that you must need a Xbox One headset. So we finally get one, and nope, same thing. I tried to go through Amazon to either return/replace the controllers, but apparently my return/replace window closed on July 19th. Wow, it wasn't a problem that was evident at first, but I guess we're just stuck now. I'm glad that there is no room for discussion on an item you have dropped a couple of hundred dollars on...so very thrilled at the moment about this. I will probably end up having to buy 2 more controllers (I have two sons), and that should be another hundred or so! Yippee! Buyer beware-do your research on this console/controllers...we never had issues like this with our Xbox 360 or PlayStation.

Meh, these games kinda suck. Gears of war is Ultimate yet it still doesnt fit a 16:9 display?Rare replay is fine if you like old dated games and graphicsori is bori..the console itself is ridiculous - you have to have each person who ever uses your xbox MAKE a new outlook email account just to be a "player" - in other words, there is no simple "player 2," "player 3," etc. Everyone has to be tied to an email address so Microsoft can get access to your information, and hopes that you accidentally leave a box checked that says "send me promotions" when setting up your profile/email account. It's so stupid. I can't believe video games are headed in this direction. It used to be a private affair, and that was nice. It was calming. Cathartic. Now it makes me fear for my privacy.Mortal Kombat XL is okay, but it's not included in this bundle; I bought it on its own.Pretty much everything else sucks so far. Would love to hear suggestions but I'll probably think the game sucks.I miss XBox 360 days.

3 flaws of this console:1. Controller keep failure in connections. It's really a bug. ---dislike compare to xbox 3602. The UI/system still seems a premature product. Navigation is hardest I've ever used. ---dislike compare to xbox 3603. Limited compatibility to xbox 360 game is a joke. Nothing I owned works. I do not want to keep two game consoles but this reason made me to.

Don't expect to play right away. This thing is always downloading stuff. Took me 3 hours after I set it up to even play a game. It's always downloading game updates and multiplayer stuff. Slows the Internet way down and I end up leaving to do other things rather than play with it because of the downloading time. Lots of game content you have to pay for. I miss the days of buying a game and getting everything rather than consistently spending money for new updates and more in game content. It's not a bad system but I'm not an avid gamer, I just like jumping on for 30 min or an hour here and there but this system doesn't mesh well with that play style. If I had 8 hours to binge athen maybe it would be worthwhile to sit through the downloads and multiplayer updates and downloadable content prompts.

My brother and I were totally excited about this Xbox. So we waited for 3 days and when it finally came it wasn't the right Xbox bundle it didn't come with the Gears of War, rare replays or the QOri and the Blind Forest game. It came with one controller, and a Halo digital download pack, which took 3 hours to down load! I do not recommend buying this package for the price it's total crap.

I do enjoy PS4 more than Xbox1 but there are so many annoying glitches. I am periodically disconnected because of a PS4 LAN issue, which is very frustrating when you have a wired connection. The Applications close up, and EA wont get on the ball and fix their issues. Besides small annoying things, it's a great system.

I did like PS4 at first. We used it for a lot of things. Then the remote just decided to not turn on or charge. So I had to pay for shipping it to them to fix. They shipped it back pretty quickly and it worked. Okay, whatever. But now my system won't turn off. It will power off and then turn on by itself. I think it's the remote somehow triggering it. Now I have to go through the hassle again, and it's not like I can email them and tell them what's going on at my convenience.. No. I have to wait for their PT business hours to "chat" with someone. Unacceptable. This product is so expensive, they could certainly afford a 24 hour call line, or at least give the option to email. There is no way it should be breaking within 6 months, am I right? Two times. I don't have the time or money to be sending all this back in, but I'm responsible for shipping their DEFECTIVE products back to them. Why? We had an Xbox for YEARS before this, never once did we have an issue with it.

The R2 trigger on the controller is clearly broken. When pressed it stays down as if there is no spring to pop it back up. The screws on the back have been greatly scratched which leads me to believe some one has disassembled the controller and removed the R2 tiger spring. This is not what I would expect when I buy something that is described as in "Very Good condition".

This item comes as advertised, but it isn't a great product. Beware if buying this item as a gift- it isn't quite as easy as plug and go. You will have to download the latest PS operating system update on a separate device and save to an external drive, then plug to your PS4 to get started. It will also take at least 5-7 hours with a good internet connection to download and install the games advertised in the bundle as "Battlefront" edition.You would be smarter to buy the PlayStation 4, and the Star Wars games separately unless you really appreciate delayed gratification.

We started using this PS4 unit on 12/25/15. It died 01/09/16. We did have problems with it before it completely died. It would freeze and shut itself off. We would then have to restart it. We are returning this unit for another. Hopefully the 2nd PS4 will be problem free and will last longer than 2 weeks. We unfortunately had a game disc in the unit when it died and cannot get it out. There are YouTube videos that show how to get a disc out manually but this unit is different than what they have. There is no magic eject screw on this unit where their units have one. It looks like the kid's beloved Minecraft game is gone for good :( We like the PS4, just wished it worked.

I am trying to use the code for the "star wars BATTLEFRONT" game but it says that The code is incorrect.I need the solution please.

The console its self is fine however the controller only works when it wants to and turns off in the middle of use. Not a battery issue.

If you're a casual video game player and already have an Xbox 360, don't bother with this system. Load times are crazy and the terabyte of memory is nothing cause all games are 40gb and require 10gb updates. I spent the first full day downloading the gears of war game then another day downloading the other games. ALL games have to be downloaded regardless if you have a disk. The final straw was when I turned on the console and it made me update my controller. Xbox 360 is totally sufficient for shooting things for 20 minutes a day or for a few hours on the weekend. Graphics are awesome but not good enough to justify waiting 3-8 hours to play a game

Really nice picture that is the only thing good with this thing.it is supper slow,takes forever to download a new game everything this thing doe's takes a long time, I think they over complicated this Xbox

I open packge and power on Xbox one insert the game disk and then it's not to work except the noise "cha,cha……” from the disk driver

Received the shipment, plugged everything in and it all fired up. Went to go eat, came back to do the initial set up, and the power supply had fried itself. Contacted Microsoft device support and they wanted me to send back the old brick, and pay them $35 dollars. I am in a forward deployed location, and don't exactly have access to a Fedex.I ordered a replacement off of Amazon and hopefully when that gets here everything will be fine.

Xbox seems to work fine. I ordered the Gears of War ultimate edition with Ori and Replay. The gears of war disc does not work it won't install guessing they packaged these together due to cheaply made discs the gears of war did not even come in its own case it came stacked in the same case as the replay game not even in separate slots both discs were stuck together. Pretty crappy way to package a $350.00 item. However the Xbox and controller do seem to work just fine, should have saved the $50.00 and just got no games with the basic model. All future games for me will be digital as they can be shared on multiple consoles you can't share disc based games on two consoles at the same time.

Purchased for Christmas 2015. Now March 2016 the controller that came with the PS4 has buttons that stopped working. I don't know if there is any way of correcting this since I ordered it through Amazon.

Not worth it at all if you are not going to use the online multi-player aspects of the game. Lousy for a stand alone for single player. Bought for my son whom I do not want venturing online just yet.

Bundle did not include Battlefront game or voucher and or downloaded on system!

A bit of a disappointment. PS4 is ok compared to PS3. Graphics on Madden and Star Wars seems amazing. Gameplay on the Star Wars game is disappointing. Annoyingly multi-player DOESN'T WORK unless you get additional Playstation $$$network$$$. Won't be playing this game ever again. Madden at least has some value but similar Playstation network is needed for some of the modes.

4 Digital box indicates the code and none came. You can not play with the console.

I think these new gamming systems main objective is to try to get you to sign up for every gaming and video service available my god all the crap they preinstall on these systems and try to get you to subscribe to is ridiculous.Main reason we got this bundle was for the battlefront game my son was so excited for the game only to NOT find the card with the code in the box we even went to dumping all the wrapping paper out of the garage bag looking for.Can you actually play anything without needing to have a ps4 account and downloading everything???? My kids got several games with their ps4 for Christmas but the disks seem to have no content and require you to download first, and asking kids to wait hours for games to download...right. Why do these systems have to be linked to just about every online social media and game network? We just want to put in a freakin disks and play the game!!!!!! Which doesn't seem possible anymore.

What a giant turd. Every time I turn it on to play a video game, it takes three hours to update. And it turns on by itself just to waste more power. Biggest waste of money ever. Microsoft has really pulled out all the stops to make this the worst gaming consul ever! I'd give it zero stars if I could.

Very disappointed. We have had nothing but problems with this XBox since we got it. It freezes often and when reset it, it often takes several resets to get it to come on. It just sits on the green screen with the words "X-Box". The dots move but it goes nowhere. Then when it finally loads, it freezes. Very frustrating for a 12 year old who received this as a birthday present. Should have returned it the first time it happened.

After owning for only four short months, it crashed and wouldn't let me go to the start up screen. I had to reset it to factory settings because none of the fixes on Microsoft's website worked. Upon resetting my console i was greeted with another problem... the console wouldn't recognize any of my games. It would recognize movies but not a single one of my games. And now to top it all off i cant even sign into my account any more. It just takes me to a black screen with the text that reads "something went wrong". I gives me an error code but when i typed it into the Microsoft help page, nothing came up. So finally i tried to send my console to Microsoft so they can fix it, but i can't do that either because every time i try i get another error message. I spent way too much money on this console for it to just not work.

My son loves the game - when it's actually working. Unfortunately, getting it set up was incredibly painful. We needed to download new firmware and the entire process took several hours with tech support help - over multiple days. My son was patient but I wanted to throw the console out the window. My son has now been using the console for 30 days and in the middle of playing last night the power went out. We can't get the console back on and it appears the power supply may be bad. Per Xbox site they want me to pay $50.00 for a new one. Seriously? Owning a product should not be this painful. I strongly suggest you run to the PlayStation and avoid the headaches.

Don't buy this item..... I purchased on June 10 as bday gift. It popped loudly and died on Sept 12 (3 mos) it supposedly has a 1 year warranty. However, Microsoft says return for repair......but once repaired you only have a 90 day warranty. What about my other 9 months of warranty!!!!!

Just doesn't work.Buying an Xbox One was a nightmare. The disk drive was loose and the system wouldn't power on. All in all, this was one of the worst purchases I've made on Amazon in my 7 years using the site.You are better off spending a few extra dollars at Walmart on an Xbox One that actually works out of the box.

This was supposed to come with a download code for star wars battlefront - the fode has been used so I had to buy it myself.

the playstation 4 came to me with a factory error called CE-34878-0, that makes the game constantly closing, this error has occurred a lot of times in the multiplayer of call of duty black ops 3. I wonder how long has warranty the console, so that I can make a change for another playstation 4.thank you

Worst experience I've ever had with warehouse deals. Console worked for a little while but soon started to crash within a minute - 10 minutes of playing any game. Error code ce-34878-0 kept popping up

I love the console and the included Star Wars Battlefront game; however, the PlayStation store is nothing but pure frustration. Trying order anything off the PlayStation Store with a valid credit card almost never works. It was a huge disappointment getting this console for the holidays, only to be unable to load any new games onto it from the online store. Every time you attempt to process a transaction it gets denied with a generic error message "missing charges." Customer support is absolutely nonexistent and the consumer is left completely on their own trying to figure out how everything works. Unless you are planning on only purchasing games on DVD, this piece of garbage gets an F minus in the ability to download active content. There is absolutely nothing worse than having children standing around wanting to play the new console and the parent can't get the damn thing to work. Sony's Playstation.com has been hacked so many times they have now gone to the opposite extreme and made legitimate transactions impossible.

I was pretty excited to get the ps4 today I hooked it up set up my new account and to find out the battlefront code has already been used so instead for a new consol that I could I gotten for 30 dollars more I went this this one and I'm stuck with it and the code isn't even included what a joke if you're looking for a bundle look else where and instead of it being used go with a new one 30 dollars more is well worth it rather then being played

PlayStation is great. It was a for my son for Christmas. BUT IT WAS MISSING THE DOWNLOAD CODE FOR BATTLEFRONT!