10 Reasons Everyone's Giving Up On Next-Gen Consoles

4. You Have Less Freedom

When it comes to consoles, you're very limited in what you can do. Way back when, consoles were used to play games and nothing else. Nowadays they're all-in-one entertainment machines, featuring music, photos, web browsing, TV and video services along with the ability to play your psychical movies and even play games! With all of these features, it's hard to see these as game-centric platforms rather than underpowered PCs with a clunky OS. However, consoles don't have nearly the same level of flexibility and freedom that PC does. If you want better performance or graphics, you just have to hope developers do their job very well, which they don't most of the time. There's no way to upgrade your machine except to wait for a new model or console to come out, setting you back hundreds of dollars in the process. When it comes to the two big competitors, the only thing that can really be upgraded is the PlayStation 4's hard drive, since the Xbox One's 500GB drive cannot be replaced. Hardware isn't the only limitation that consoles have however. Want to change your username? You can't on PS4, and it'll cost money on the Xbone. If you want extra peripherals outside of a fight stick, you're out of luck, cause you can only use an Xbox controller on the Xbox One. When it comes to consoles, you just have to accept what you're given, which can be a huge turn off for gamers with higher standards.