20 Things the Xbox One and PS4 Got Right and Wrong

It's Sony vs. Microsoft in the next-gen battles. Who's winning so far?

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The new consoles are almost here, and just like with any console launch it's been a rocky road so far. Since their announcement earlier this year, both the Xbox One and the PlayStation 4 have had plenty of ups and down in fans' eyes.

For a while it might seem like one is clearly ahead of the other, but then something unexpected happens, or Microsoft or Sony unveil a new feature, and everything is turned on its head again. There's no predicting things this time, and only time will tell whether the Xbox One or the PlayStation 4 will ultimately be more successful.

Isn't that always the way, though? Who the hell would have predicted, seven or eight years ago, that the Wii would have such success, or that the PS3 would get off to such an uncertain start? The XB1 and PS4 should have even longer life spans than the current generation of game consoles, and their futures could be just as volatile.

That leaves us now, in the weeks leading up to their releases, to examine what they've each done right and wrong so far. You'll just have to make your own predictions from here!

Xbox One got wrong: the message

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Xbox One got wrong: backward compatibility

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Xbox One got wrong: indie games

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Xbox One got wrong: Xbox Live Gold

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Xbox One got wrong: price

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Xbox One got right: controller

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Xbox One got right: Twitch

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Xbox One got right: the cloud

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Xbox One got right: Kinect 2

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Xbox One got right: exclusives

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PS4 got wrong: exclusives

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PS4 got wrong: day one update

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PS4 got wrong: backward compatibility

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PS4 got wrong: PlayStation Camera

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PS4 got wrong: PlayStation Plus

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PS4 got right: price

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PS4 got right: Remote Play

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PS4 got right: the controller

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PS4 got right: indie games

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PS4 got right: the message

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