The new Xbox One and PlayStation 4 have been placed on many Christmas lists for this year. Microsoft and Sony have battled head to head numerous times throughout history, but the competition is fiercer this time.

According to the company’s website, the PlayStation4 introduces new gaming worlds and a deeply connected gaming community. It has over 180 games in development and the system has been created by the greatest game developers in the world. The system is centered on a powerful custom chip that contains eight x 86-64 cores and a state of the art 1.84 TFLOPS graphics processor with 8 GB of ultra-fast GDDR5 unified system memory, making rich and detailed graphics.  The PS4 controllers feature new innovations to deliver more immersive gaming experiences. With the huge change from the Play Station 3 to the 4, many Sony lovers can be proud of the new upgrade.  Time will tell if the new PlayStation is a good match for the new Xbox one.

For the first time in history, Xbox has created a state-of-the-art gaming OS and fused it with a Windows OS so, gamers pretty much get best of both worlds. The Xbox One is the perfect balance of power and performance.  Programmers have created lightning fast experiences unlike anything audiences have ever seen or used. They have over forty technological innovations in the new system. New Impulse Triggers deliver precise fingertip feedback for more realistic experiences. It’s the best controller they have ever made. More responsive. More intuitive. Its unparalleled voice, vision, and motion technology lets players reach into games and entertainment like never before.  It’s a Kinect, which is a motion sensor, but built for a new generation. The graphics are as real as life. You are able to see the fine details and build realistic, cinematic experiences of the highest fidelity possible reports marketers of the new gaming system.  Gamers can use their voice as a command to wake up the Xbox One. You can navigate throughout your Xbox without even using the controller. The Xbox One is the all in one entertainment package.

“Demand for next-generation gaming continues to be very strong,” said John Love, director of video games at Amazon. “At peak demand, customers were ordering the Xbox One console at over 1,000 units per minute.”

But without a doubt, both consoles fit the needs of virtually any gamer. Both the Xbox one and PS4 have made millions of sales on their release dates.