{"id":15700,"date":"2013-11-07T13:17:00","date_gmt":"2013-11-07T13:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=15700"},"modified":"2013-11-07T13:17:00","modified_gmt":"2013-11-07T13:17:00","slug":"heres-why-i-cancelled-my-xbox-one-pre-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=15700","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s Why I Cancelled My Xbox One Pre-Order"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sadly, I cancelled my Xbox One pre-order this morning.\u00a0 I\u2019d been thinking about this for a few weeks but 2 things pushed me over the edge over the last 24 hours.\u00a0 Let me summarize all of the reasons:<\/p>\n

Games<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t play a wide variety of games.\u00a0 Madden lost me a few versions ago as the controls became over-fiddly.\u00a0 Most of my gaming time has gone into Rockstar titles, including GTA IV and add-ons, Red Dead Redemption, and GTA V.\u00a0 I detest random maze first person shooters, from Castle Wolfenstein onwards.\u00a0 None of the titles for Xbox One grabs my interest.<\/p>\n

Performance<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

I, like many, own a HD TV.\u00a0 It cost me good money so I like to use feeds that offer 1080p.\u00a0 It was a real kicker that games companies are announcing that their Xbox One versions will be crippled to 720p because they hardware just can\u2019t keep up.\u00a0 This morning, I read that Dead Rising 3 will not only be limited to 720p, but will also only run at 30 frames per second instead of the normally expected 60 FPS.\u00a0\u00a0 This is where the moron will comment that Dead Rising 3 is the sort of game that I just said I don\u2019t play \u2013 true, but it is indicative that this hardware is insufficient for what it is being asked to do.<\/p>\n

Clearly, the PS4 is trouncing the Xbox One as a games console.\u00a0 That\u2019s the purpose of the machine \u2013 I couldn\u2019t give a flying fiddlers about Skype\/streaming on Xbox because:<\/p>\n