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The DeanBeat: Will you choose the Xbox One over the PS4? Depends on who you are

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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  • 4 min

After months of debate, it’s time to decide. What next-generation console will you buy?

Having played both, I don’t have to decide. I’ll be playing games on both the Microsoft Xbox One and the Sony PlayStation 4 for years to come. But most gamers aren’t going to purchase both machines. They’re going to choose the blue pill or the red pill and go down the rabbit hole. I’ve marshaled my best advice in preparation for questions from shoppers.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.