The war rages on between Sony’s Playstation and Microsoft’s Xbox One. Both of these consoles were a huge hit when released in November, but since then Playstation 4 has seemed to take over. The National Purchase Diary, which conducts consumer research, trends, and more, has recently released information about their financial standings. Turns out that Playstation 4 has the control in the console market right now, doubling its sales over their competitor, Xbox One.

A major factor that could lead to the success of PS4, is that it costs $100 less than their competitor. However, a big contributor to the success and failure of a console is the games that can be played. Microsoft hopes to turn things around in March when Titanfall is released, exclusive to Xbox. The game, Titanfall is predicted to be the new Halo or Call of Duty.  Playstation is also releasing a much anticipated super hero game, Infamous: Second Son. No one can predict how these games will be received and what the consumer’s consensus will be, but if they are both hits, the competition will continue. Here are some advantages and disadvantages of the consoles.

This all-in-one console, allows users to play video games, download apps, stream video, play DVD’s, and watch live television. Unfortunately, in order to use some of these features it will cost you $60 a year. The Xbox also includes a feature known as ‘Kinect’, which helps to identify the users face, contains voice recognition, and has a higher-quality image. The complaint that most users have is that it is hard to set up and has many technical issues, especially when connected to the TV.

Playstation 4 is more geared for video games, but does include different capabilities for the user such as watching DVD’s and streaming video. Compared the Xbox, many users have agreed that it is much easier to set up and is even faster. The PS4 is also much smaller but is considered to be more powerful. To use online services it will cost the user $50 a year. However, unlike the Xbox, the PS4 does not include features that the ‘Kinect’ capability gives to their users.

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The 2014 Winter Olympics are right around the corner, with 12 new events to captivate you. These additions make it the largest Winter Olympics to date. Which new events will you be watching?

Skiers, both men and women, finally get their shot at winning an Olympic medal in the halfpipe event. Will the ski halfpipe have the same level of excitement and creativity as the snowboard halfpipe?

Slopestyle skiing lets an athlete be creative and make an impression on the judges through the use of rails, jumps, boxes and other obstacles.  Keep an eye out for Bobby Brown and Emilia Wint from the U.S. team.

The snowboarding slopestyle event is similar to the skiing event – with rails, jumps, etc., that shows off an athletes originality and skill.  Chas Guldemond and Kelly Clark are well-known competitors in this event for the U.S.

This event is designed for speed and agility. Competitors compete by carving their way down the slope through flags on parallel courses. Justin Reiter is a U.S. hopeful in this event.

After being a men’s only event since the Olympics began, women are finally allowed to compete in the ski jump. This thrilling event has skiers reaching speeds of up to 60mph and jumping more than 100 yards.

Each team consists of two males and two females combining elements of cross-country skiing and target shooting.  The men on each team will travel 7.5km, while the women will cover 6km to finish the race.

This event will break up six figure skaters into four categories: men, women, pairs and dance.  The scores will be combined from each event to give an overall team score.  Ashley Wagner will lead this years U.S. team.

This new event adds an exciting twist to the typical luge and relay race that most of us know. The team consists of a doubles sled, a woman’s sled and a man’s sled that all compete in a relay format.