I have to admit, I don't have a lot of time for gaming these days. I have even less desire to waste money on the next wave of content whose format won't live more than a couple of years. It's one of the reasons why I'm starting to second guess my choice of buying Blu Ray movies when cloud-based content is starting to take off. Frankly, the only use case that doesn't push me more completely in that direction is the sometimes-connected state I find myself in. If that were to go away, I'd be completely cloud-based though I have to admit the pricing model for that content still doesn't match my expectations.
With the holidays coming up, I am beginning to wonder if it isn't time for a new gaming console. I have both an Xbox 360 and a PS/3. The latter was purchased originally as a player for Blu Ray and secondarily as a gaming console. To be honest, the games I have for the PS/3 are very few. As a gaming platform it just never took off; at least not for me. The Xbox 360 on the other hand offered good games. So alas I ended up with two consoles. Not my preference but done out of necessity to get the best of both worlds.
So now I'm back to my quest for deciding between the latest/greatest platform. Should I get the Xbox One or the new PlayStation? Not sure yet, but given that the Xbox will play Blu Ray tells me I can consolidate down to one console. Finally - Yes! I'll be doing some more reviewing and considering, but I know me - in the end I'll probably stick with Xbox because let's face it - I pretty much use every other piece of Microsoft technology out there so what's one more?
Edit:
Seems that Vudu.com is helping to make my decision. They are an Xbox One partner, so delivery of my cloud movies is now available via the Xbox. Nice!
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