Campaign promises: How PS4 and Xbox One compare to the original visions

Sony and Microsoft have both made a lot of promises to us over the last year about the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Some they’ve kept — others have yet to materialize.

It makes sense that the hardware companies would want to promise the world. After all, it’s difficult to get people to spend $400 or $500 on something that doesn’t play a ton of games yet. Naturally, this leads to the companies laying out bold visions of our livestreaming all-in-one future … visions that they don’t necessarily deliver on right away.