{"id":5477,"date":"2013-06-11T16:40:25","date_gmt":"2013-06-11T23:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bensbargains.net\/thecheckout\/?p=5477"},"modified":"2013-06-11T16:31:57","modified_gmt":"2013-06-11T23:31:57","slug":"shut-up-and-take-my-money-sony-playstation-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/bens-bytes\/shut-up-and-take-my-money-sony-playstation-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Shut Up and Take My Money: Sony PlayStation 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><a href=\"https:\/\/bensbargains.net\/thecheckout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/shut_up_and_take_my_money.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1512\" alt=\"shut_up_and_take_my_money\" src=\"https:\/\/bensbargains.net\/thecheckout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/shut_up_and_take_my_money-300x190.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/shut_up_and_take_my_money-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/shut_up_and_take_my_money.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>I have no allegiances to a specific console manufacturer. If anything, I&#8217;ve been addicted to the Xbox 360 for years; <a href=\"https:\/\/live.xbox.com\/en-US\/Profile?gamertag=AwfullyGood\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">my gamerscore<\/a> is evidence of that. My time with the PlayStation 3 has been relatively short, just one year in the nearly seven-year life span of the console.<\/p>\n<p>During that time, I&#8217;ve been on epic adventures with Nathan Drake, ripped gods to shreds with Kratos and stealthily wandered around war-torn battlefields as Solid Snake. I&#8217;ve also played scores of absolutely brilliant games on the 360, Wii U, 3DS, Vita and PC.<\/p>\n<p>However, the <a href=\"https:\/\/bensbargains.net\/thecheckout\/awesomeness\/20-hilarious-memes-recapping-microsoft-and-sony-e3-press-conferences\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">announcement of the Sony PlayStation 4<\/a> has made me take notice like no other console announcement. Without a doubt, there will be fantastic exclusive games on both the Xbox One and the PlayStation 4 over the coming years. However, Sony&#8217;s core philosophies regarding the PS4 have remained unchanged and that&#8217;s impressive. Here are three reasons why I believe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/PlayStation-4\/dp\/B00BGA9WK2\/bensbargaicenter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pre-ordering the PS4<\/a> is an absolute no-brainer:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I believe that I should be able to resell a game that I&#8217;m finished playing. There&#8217;s no getting around it\u2014gaming is an expensive hobby for the average American. If I&#8217;m going to pay full retail for a game (generally $60), I want to be able to recoup at least 40 to 60 percent of that cost on eBay after I&#8217;m done with the game. Sony reaffirmed their belief in that philosophy, while Microsoft is taking the opposite approach with the Xbox One. Unless publishers want to start charging me $30 for a new game, I&#8217;m not interested in losing the ability to re-sell my purchases.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/PlayStation-4\/dp\/B00BGA9WK2\/bensbargaicenter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5492\" alt=\"PlayStation 4\" src=\"https:\/\/bensbargains.net\/thecheckout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/playstation-4-1024x682.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"620\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/playstation-4-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/playstation-4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/playstation-4.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>When my Internet Provider sucks, my ability to pass my time with awesome single player games shouldn&#8217;t suffer. I should be able to play games as long as I want without having to connect to the Internet. It&#8217;s a silly restriction that Microsoft really needs to rethink. But if I go with the PS4, it&#8217;s something I&#8217;ll never have to think about.<\/li>\n<li>As a value proposition, the Sony PlayStation 4 ($400) is 33 percent more expensive than the standard PS3 bundle ($300). Alternatively, the Xbox One ($500) is 66 percent more expensive than the standard 360 \/ Kinect bundle ($300). If you are considering purchasing a new gaming console, taking the step from the PS3 to the PS4 is physiologically less daunting than jumping from the 360 to the Xbox One. I bet I&#8217;ll be able to snag three PS4 games on a &#8220;Buy 2, Get 1 free&#8221; deal at Toys R Us this November with my PS4 and still spend about the same amount of money as I would have on an Xbox One.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Don&#8217;t get me wrong; I&#8217;ll probably end up with both consoles at some point by the end of 2014 or 2015. But the console that&#8217;s going to be installed in my home entertainment center this holiday season is the Sony PlayStation 4. There&#8217;s simply no doubt about it after the two press conferences yesterday. And I&#8217;ll be encouraging everyone else I know to do the same.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"button green\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bensbargains.net\/history\/playstation-4-console-103261\/\" >Check for PS4 Deals on Bens<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Microsoft Xbox 360 Versus Sony PlayStation 4<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bensbargains.net\/thecheckout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/specsification-comparison-xbox-one-ps4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5489\" alt=\"Xbox One versus Sony PlayStation 4 specs\" src=\"https:\/\/bensbargains.net\/thecheckout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/specsification-comparison-xbox-one-ps4.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"623\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/specsification-comparison-xbox-one-ps4.jpg 623w, https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/specsification-comparison-xbox-one-ps4-300x152.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 623px) 100vw, 623px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have no allegiances to a specific console manufacturer. If anything, I&#8217;ve been addicted to the Xbox 360 for years; my gamerscore is evidence of that. My time with the PlayStation 3 has been relatively short, just one year in the nearly seven-year life span of the console. During that time, I&#8217;ve been on epic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5492,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[380,494,401,493,25,378],"class_list":["post-5477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bens-bytes","tag-microsoft","tag-playstation-4","tag-ps4","tag-sony","tag-video-games","tag-xbox-one"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5477"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5477\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5479,"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5477\/revisions\/5479"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}