Two Game Consoles Battle for a Dubious Prize
 

A philosophical war is being waged in the world of video game consoles.

One view is represented by Microsoft’s Xbox One: the console as home media hub, combining television, movie watching, video streaming, games and computerlike features such as Skype into a single device that’s as much set-top box as gaming rig.

A second view comes from Sony, whose PlayStation 4 is for playing video games first, for streaming video and watching DVDs second, and for little else.

As often happens with philosophical debates, right and wrong are subjective determinations, but as also often happens in life, simpler tends to be better.

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