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it's 2016 and the Xbox one and ps4 have now both been out for a little over two years and then the past year we've seen a few more changes to hardware software and game exclusives that might change your idea about which system is right for you now before we start talking about changes let's just look at how both systems performed over 2015 now the ps4 still holds a very strong lead in sales over 2015 they sold sixteen point five million units which puts their total sales at a little over 36 million now as for Xbox one we don't actually have the hard numbers on that because Microsoft stopped making those figures publicly available but the best estimations that a lot of different sources have is that they sold about 8.4 million units over 2015 putting their total somewhere around nineteen and a half million now this actually surprised me a lot because while I wasn't sure if Xbox one was going to overtake in sales for 2015 I thought they were at least going to close the gap a little bit thanks to some software updates and having what my opinion were some larger exclusives for the holiday season but that didn't happen in fact the ps4 is still almost at a two to one lead over the system and it's interesting to note that when you look at the US alone the numbers are actually very close but throughout Europe the ps4 is outselling the Xbox one three to one in Japan basically continues to ignore that the Xbox even exists in the first place so what change has happened over the course of 2015 that might affect which system you want and cause those sales that we saw over that past year well between the two systems the Xbox one has actually had the most changes first off the entire interface has had a remodel that works a lot better than designed we had at launch that a lot of people complained about there's also been a new hardware version of the Xbox one made available which features a hybrid drive which makes loading times a little faster on games that are completely loaded from the hard drive rather than disk on the other hand the ps4 also received a hardware revision in 2015 with newer models now featuring better cooling reduced fan noise and front-facing buttons that were actually buttons rather than a touch interface which a lot of people didn't like now hardware and software are cool but really the main reason why you should debate one system or the other is once again which exclusives each one has and this is something that I thought Xbox one was a little stronger on last year but clearly wasn't enough to ship sales going with ps4 first they started the year with the release of the order 1886 which was critically panned but did do pretty well sales wise followed by blood-borne which received much better critical praise and sold quite a bit more later in the year we also got an HD re-release of the original Uncharted games called the Nathan Drake collection which is actually the top-selling ps4 exclusive right now mainly thanks to the fact that it was bundled with systems during the holiday season last but not least is until dawn which didn't have the best sales for ps4 exclusives mainly because it was basically an interactive movie but because of this fact it was also one of the most watched streamed games during the month of its release now as for Xbox one there's basically three major exclusives that came out last year first off was the Gears of War Ultimate Edition which once again sold really well because it was bundled with systems during the holiday season next up and more importantly is Halo 5 which is the game that I thought was really going to tip the balance of which system sold more during the holiday season and in fact out of exclusive games on both systems halo 5 sold more than any other it just wasn't enough to counterbalance all the momentum the ps4 has going for it and last is rise of the Tomb Raider which for the holiday season was a timed exclusive for Xbox one and despite getting really good critical reception this game sold horribly mainly due the fact that was released on the same day as fallout 4 which completely overshadowed it so why did the ps4 continue to outsell the Xbox one so much during 2015 well despite the fact that the Xbox one had a really strong exclusive in the form of Halo 5 ps4 was able to counter that a bit thanks to the fact that it opened the year with a strong release like blood-borne also while they didn't have as many strong titles during the holiday season there was the promise of a lot of big games coming up this year in 2016 that made it a major holiday purchase as a gift now one other thing that I completely underestimated is the fact that Activision is showing a lot of love for ps4 which is causing a lot of the Call of Duty fanbase one of the most selling games in the u.s. to completely move over to that system selling 11 units worldwide on ps4 and only a little under 6 million on Xbox one now all that being said these are games that have already been released you've probably already read reviews on them and figured out which ones you like or don't like so the real question is what games do we have to look forward to in 2016 now given it's still early in the year so some of these might get pushed back but we have a lot of exclusive to look forward to this year more than we've seen in past where we saw two or three games for each system in 2015 we're looking at five to six on each one for this year for ps4 we just got the release of Street Fighter 5 which is also available on PC later in the year we're going to get persona 5 for those you that are JRPG fans horizon zero dawn which is one of the biggest attention getters in e3 2015 no man's sky an indie game that a lot of us have been waiting on since its debut The Last Guardian which was stuck in devil forever but is finally getting released hopefully Detroit become human for those of you that are fans of Quantic Dream and enjoy more intractable movie style games and of course one of the biggest exclusives that got pushed back to 2016 uncharted 4 now as for Xbox one we have a number of games that are called still exclusive to the system but are going to be on PC as well for instance we have quantum break a game that we've been picking up a little bits of information about over the years just trying to fuse gameplay elements with a sort of TV show approach to storytelling recore a game that we found out about at e3 2015 which is being overseen by the creator of Megaman Keiji Inafune a cuphead an indie game that's been getting a lot of attention due to its unique animation style sea of thieves a new game from rare which is a pirate style MMO and as of right now the only two games that sound like they're completely Xbox one exclusive and not getting a PC port are Gears of War 4 and Halo Wars 2 now as I said it's still early in the year so a lot can still change about these titles we might see some of them get pushed back to 2017 but they're definitely some of the biggest ones to look out for for this year so with all that being said if which system is right for you well my main argument that I've made in all of these videos and I still stand by is looking at which exclusives really appeal to you and go for that system and if that fails look at what system your friends are grabbing so you can make sure you could play stuff with them online in coop now if after this you're still stuck well the last thing I can say is if you just want to focus on games games games I do land a little more on the side of the ps4 mainly because when it comes to multi-platform titles you are going to see better performance on it whether that's a better frame rate or games having actual 1080p resolution as opposed to something that's sub 1080p that's getting up scaled on the other hand if you just want a multimedia device that also plays games the Xbox one was designed to be that from the start so that's gonna appeal to you a bit more as always guys thank you so much 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