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so I did a comparison of the Xbox 1s and ps4 and of course in just about a month's time after we got the announcement and release of the ps4 slim as well as a few pieces of pretty important news that could affect your decision on which system you want to buy now since the ps4 is for the most part a system refresh with only some changes let's do a brief recap of the main points of comparison from my last video the Xbox 1's offers backwards compatibility with select 360 games it's controllers use double-a batteries with the option to buy a recharge kit it has a lot of different media streaming services and can even be integrated into a cable box setup and its library of exclusives has some strong winners for racing and shooter fans though from this point on all of their console exclusive games will be on PC as well one of the biggest wins that comes with the upgrade to the 1s though is 4k video support and HDR including being able to play UHD blu-ray z' making the 1s a pretty strong contender for if you want an all in one media device as opposed to just a gaming system as for the ps4 the most important thing is that it is the more powerful system of the two multi-platform games usually run better on the system offering higher native resolutions and more consistent frame rates though there are some exceptions when it comes to exclusives for the ps4 they are for the most part better-looking and offer a wider array of games especially for single player while it doesn't have backwards compatibility it does have PlayStation now which gives access to a large number of ps3 games to stream play for a monthly fee though the service is now available on PC as well and Sony also offers their own digital TV channel package called PlayStation DV the ps4 controller uses an internal battery so you don't have to keep buying double A's but its life per charge isn't exactly great which can be really annoying if you want to play really long uninterrupted sessions now as far as important bits that are true of both systems both offer ways to record gameplay and take screenshots as will the stream to twitch both will charge you a monthly fee if you want to play games online but both will also throw in free monthly games for that subscription so there's what's still the same so what's new well obviously the ps4 slim is a lot the ps4 and Xbox one s were pretty close in size but the slim is 7 inches less wide than the one s and less than half is tall on the flip side though the 1s is still the quieter of the two the slim is a little less noisy compared to the latest model original ps4 but it'll still get uncomfortably loud from time to time the ps4 slim also now offers 5 gigahertz Wi-Fi as opposed to just 2.4 like the original putting it on par with the Xbox one and 1s another thing worth noting is that both systems have pretty easily replaceable hard drives but the 1s has a distinct advantage in that you can load games up from an external hard drive as well which is significantly less of a hassle now there have also been some major changes to PlayStation recently that our model agnostic all PS fours will now support HDR via a firmware update taking away one of the advantages the one s had but a recent downside is that PlayStation Plus has now had a price increase putting its yearly and three-month plan options at the same price as Xbox Live Gold now another important thing to consider when debating buying one of these systems is of course what's coming in the future and as of right now there's a lot Sony has two big hardware releases for this holiday season first in October will beginning psvr a dedicated virtual reality headset for ps4 and second in November will be getting the PlayStation 4 Pro previously known as PlayStation neo it'll also support 4k video streaming but unlike the 1s for some mind-boggling reason will not be a UHD blu-ray player meanwhile Microsoft doesn't have any other new hardware for this year but next year during the holiday season we should be seeing project Scorpio an improved Xbox one that will be more powerful than any other console of this generation offering a 6 teraflop GPU as opposed to the ps4 pro's 4.2 so if you're not going to wait for those more powerful systems and want to get something right now which one should you get the ps4 slim or the Xbox 1s well the biggest factors that I will always emphasize is what system has exclusive games you actually care about and what systems your friends have if after that you're still stuck as things stand right now the ps4 slim offers the more powerful gaming system with a larger library of excellent single player exclusives that cannot be played anywhere else while the Xbox 1s is going to be a more all-encompassing multimedia device thanks to 4k video and UHD blu-ray support and the ability to play order 360 games that you still own or missed out on that or still you could just build a PC