The average American gamer was forced to choose between Microsoft's Xbox One or Sony's PlayStation 4 this past holiday season. Many hardcore gamers, on the other hand, certainly went home with both.

So for those who could luckily afford both, the selection of games is a lot wider, which ultimately allows games to pick and choose the best game for the best system.

The most recent game gearing up to hit the shelves this month is the long-awaited installment of the Metal Gear Solid series, Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes. Due out March 18 in North America, the Kojima Productions developed game will serve as a two part storyline and continue with Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, which is currently in production. Zeroes will also pick up where Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker left off in 2010.

So the question hardcore gamers with numerous consoles will have to answer is, "Which version do I grab?" The game will be released in Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 formats.

Video game reviewer Gamespot conducted an early review of the game and said the best way to compare the two current-gen consoles' performances is to look at cross-platform games. The website argues that PlayStation 4 is winning the single-shooter game category. According to the review, Battlefield 4, Call of Duty: Ghosts and Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag run at higher resolutions on Sony's current console, and Zeroes does now as well.

Hideo Kojima, the games creator, said that the game runs at 1080p for PlayStation 4 but only at 720p for Xbox One. However, the Xbox One version runs at 60 frames per second. Kojima also tweeted that there are only "slight" differences in the two formats.

After seeing the two versions side by side, however, Gamespot said there is a noticeable difference and declared PlayStation 4 the better one. According to the reviewer, the differences are mainly in the 1080p to the 720p comparison where the Xbox One showed a downgrade in visuals. Despite both versions having impressive frame rate and lighting effects, Xbox One's version "looked rough around the edges."

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