Xbox One vs. the PlayStation 4: A battle over services, not chips

If you start counting from the Magnavox Odyssey, we've been playing console games for seven generations now. Yes, it's crazy to think of, but it's even more alarming to realize that the industry has been in an all-out "war" since generation three. For better or worse, competition became a part of the hardware cycle.

via Tech News Headlines - Yahoo! News http://www.engadget.com/2013/11/18/xbox-one-ps4-differences?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000589