9 Confessions Of A PS4 Owner After Buying An Xbox One

2. Where Your Friends Are Is Very Important

No matter what I've said previously, deciding on your preferred console is going to be down to where your friends are playing. The social media approach both companies have taken in designing their dashboard feeds and system features has meant that without a populated friends list, your console's main screen feels lifeless and boring.

And that's not to mention being excluded from the best online games this generation has to offer. As the years tick by its becoming more and more apparent that video games are becoming an inter-connected medium. Even single-player titles feature some kind of seamless social interaction, so you can't ever really escape the shared experiences that these releases have to offer. As a result it's not only small features that become isolating when your friends list is barren - it can be entire gaming experiences.

So when it comes down to it, the console you're going to get the most out of is the one all of your friends are also playing. Graphics, features and games can't make up for losing out on the social element that makes gaming such an enjoyable and memorable shared experience.