Gaming fans were able to get a clear comparison of Microsoft's Xbox One and Sony's Playstation 4, which are both slated to hit stores for the holiday shopping period in November.

PRICE:

The first fact to take into consideration is the official prices of the consoles, which were revealed earlier this week.

The Xbox One will go for sale with a price tag of £429 while the PS4 will be offered to customers considerably cheaper at £349.

HARDWARE SPECS:

The Xbox One comes with a custom eight-core x86 CPU, 500GB Hard drive, 8GB of DDR3 RAM, USB 3.0, HDMI in and out ports, and WiFi.

The Sony PS4 will feature a single-chip eight-core AMD "Jaguar " x86-64 APU with a Radeon based graphics engine, 8GB of GDDR5 RAM and a Blu-ray optical disc drive.

Sony beats Microsoft by packing the 8GB DDR5 RAM opposed to Microsoft's DDR3 RAM.

Both consoles use AMD's custom graphic processor.

DESIGN AND CONTROLLERS:

The design and controllers of the consoles have both been refreshed.

The Dualshock 4 controller for the PS4 is slightly bigger than its predecessor with its touchpad and easier gripping.

The Xbox One's controller has only slightly been changed from the previous controller, which was already a success among gamers.

GAMES:

Exclusive titles have been announced for the Xbox One at the E3 2013 event. See the full list below:

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

New Halo

TitanFall

Ryse: Son of Rome

Sunset Overdrive

Killer Instinct

Forza Motorsport 5

Minecraft

Quantum Break

D4

Crimson Dragon

Dead Rising 3

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Battlefield 4

What Lies Below

Project Spark

Below

Kinect Sports Rivals

Rabbids Invasion

Zumba Party Fitness

Zoo Tycoon

Exclusive titles for PS4 are as follows:

Blacklight: Retribution

Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn

Daylight

DC Universe Online

Deep Down

Don't Starve

DriveClub

Gran Turismo

Infamous: Second Son

Killzone: Shadow Fall

Knack

Mercenary Kings

Oddworld: New n' Tasty

The Order: 1866

Outlast

Planetside 2

Primal Carnage: Genesis

Ray's The Dead

Transistor

War Thunder

Warframe