When the Playstation 4 (PS4) came out in 2013, I had read a lot about it in website articles, watched Youtube videos reviewing it, and talked about it a lot with friends. I was one of the first people to buy it. I played it and enjoyed what I played. I felt comfortable in my purchase, but soon got bored of it due to lack of newer games to come out soon enough. Shortly after its release, the Xbox One hit shelves, and I soon switched over to it, and enjoyed what it offered over the PS4. It offered games I enjoyed already from when I had the original Xbox, like Halo, among others.

For the PS4, I would have been considered an early adopter (adopting the tech first, before it hit its peak), and I clearly had knowledge of its existence, and then researched more information about it, before buying it. My original enjoyment of it was clearly in the implementation stage of adoption, and I ended it here. I could see myself reaching stage 5 (confirmation), if I feel the games and price of the PS4, and the usefulness of my Xbox One are worth the adoption (measuring the pros and cons).

With the Xbox One, I heard about its release being riddled with controversy (due to Microsoft planning some features that many didn’t agree with, to prevent piracy). This was in the initial knowledge stage for me, prior to its release. Once released, I had heard these previously talked about features were scrapped and the Xbox One would function mostly like a traditional console, without any issues. During this time I was beginning to get bored with my PS4 purchase, and became interested in more information about it (the persuasion stage), and eventually I weighed the pros and cons of what I felt each console offered me in terms of quality for my money, and adopted the Xbox One.

My initial adoption went similarly to the PS4, I enjoyed it, and once I spent time with games that fit my style of play more, I fully confirmed my purchase and became an early majority adopter, since momentum of adoption was already starting to happen.e