Gaming PS5 vs Xbox Series S|X

Which do you think will release first?

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Alock1 said:
I wonder what Weaste's honest assessment of the hardware would be this upcoming gen

Back in early Xbox One days, MS was being ripped for being a software and not hardware company. And that PS was miles ahead when it came to the device itself.

In One S, One X and seemingly the Series S/X though - all seem to be incredibly well designed machines. Both in architecture and form factor (size, sound, shape, look)
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S is arguably underpowered in RAM and GPU which will hold back an entire generation of games on both PS5 and Xbox.

Dunno how you can say it's well designed!

Imagine GTA San Andreas being forced to run on the PS One to come out on the PS Two
 
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esmufc07 said:
@Redlambs would probably be best placed to answer that.

I've seen quite a few Devs praise the PS5 because it essentially 'carries on' from the PS4 so it's fairly easy to develop for, and the SSD is supposedly extremely impressive. Seen praise and some criticism for the Series X because it essentially moves away from a lot of the One X architecture? Or is that just Devs having a moan?

Either way I do think MS have learned a lot over the past 6/7 years. Still funny how badly they botched the announcement with the Xbox One and how much criticism they got for it, though since then pretty much everything they've done has been about the consumer (from what I've seen anyway), and I think they've managed to gain back a lot of the trust they lost.
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I’ve seen it said multiple times that the Series X is easy to develop for.
 
Don't console warriors get tired of this shit? It's 2020. Stop caring about this crap and grow up.
 
DixieDean said:
Don't console warriors get tired of this shit? It's 2020. Stop caring about this crap and grow up.
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NES was the first console I ever played, followed by the SNES. Super Metroid is probably my favourite ever game. In short, go feck yourself.
 
I had a 360 and with the last gen moved to PS4. I was firmly in the PS5 campuntil the Bethesda acquisition. After that I had a more in depth look at next gen XBox. I've quite liked what I've seen and I'm impressed with Game Pass. Probably still in the PS5 camp but I'm swithering. I won't be purchasing a new console until next year so I'll monitor how both are doing.
 
Reiver said:
I had a 360 and with the last gen moved to PS4. I was firmly in the PS5 campuntil the Bethesda acquisition. After that I had a more in depth look at next gen XBox. I've quite liked what I've seen and I'm impressed with Game Pass. Probably still in the PS5 camp but I'm swithering. I won't be purchasing a new console until next year so I'll monitor how both are doing.
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Proabably wise. I think both are going to be must own within the next 18 months or so.
 
VeevaVee said:
PS5 doesn't support saves from PS4 games? :lol:

PS5 is in the mud.
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Charge for upgrades too on first party games.:lol:

I saved Last of us 2 just to play it on the PS5. I swear if I have to pay for it again, I will build a doll that looks like @evil_geko and throttle it as he’s always going on about how that games amazing.
 
Bojan11 said:
Charge for upgrades too on first party games.:lol:

I saved Last of us 2 just to play it on the PS5. I swear if I have to pay for it again, I will build a doll that looks like @evil_geko and throttle it as he’s always going on about how that games amazing.
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Wait so if you saved it to play it on the ps5 then why didn’t you wait to buy it as well?
 
macheda14 said:
Wait so if you saved it to play it on the ps5 then why didn’t you wait to buy it as well?
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Because I was originally going to play it on PS4. Then got stuck playing other games, so thought I might as well wait for the upgraded PS5 version. I buy all my games day one rather than wait.
 
Xbox Series S looks like a pile of shit. You can clearly see that MS wanted people to get the Series X from two decisions: limited 512GB storage and expensive proprietary storage expansion. I'm not a fan of less RAM and no disc drive either. No thanks, I'm going with Series X.

As for PS5, I will wait for clarity on backward compatibility before I decide whether to buy this. On Xbox, as far as I know, you can just put old discs and Smart Delivery will make sure it works. Looking forward to playing Sunset Overdrive on the Series X. :lol:
 
esmufc07 said:
Still waiting for some gameplay footage from new games...:
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What games?
 
Next-gen video games cost £70 - this is something that has become apparent in the last month.

Sony, with the in-demand PlayStation 5 near launch, has decided Demon's Souls, Destruction AllStars, and Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales Ultimate Edition all cost £69.99 each. On ShopTo, Gran Turismo 7 costs £69.85 - 14 pence cheaper than RRP. So does PS5 game Returnal. Clearly, if you want to get into PS5 gaming, the true cost of next-gen is £70 games.
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But Sony is not alone in selling £70 next-gen games. I've had a look around, and I can't help but feel we're being shafted. PS5 launch title Godfall, published by Borderlands developer Gearbox, costs £70 on Sony's console. The PC version, exclusive to the Epic Games Store for now, costs £50. I know PC games, which are downloads not discs, tend to be cheaper than their console counterparts. But why is Godfall £20 more expensive on PS5 than it is on PC? That doesn't seem right. I asked Gearbox for an explanation for the cost of Godfall, but it has yet to comment.
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There's more: Hogwarts Legacy is £70. Gotham Knights is £70. Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is £70. It's clear: £70 is the new next-gen normal.

I get where Zelnick is coming from - to a point. I remember paying (I mean, my parents paying) north of £70 for Street Fighter 2 on the SNES in 1993. That we're getting to that point now nearly 30 years later speaks volumes that video game prices were due for a hike a long time ago.

But what we're looking at here is a hike of up to £20, and I have a big issue with that. And it gets worse when you convert currency. Demon's Souls is $70 in the US. At the time of publication, that's £55. Not £70.
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https://www.eurogamer.net/amp/2020-...ext-gen-video-games?__twitter_impression=true
 
I'd be happy paying £70 for games if the feckers lived up to expectations.
Thats the big problem these days. A lot of games fall short from the off
 
I'm happy that I am using the Series S for last gen games. Should run them well and smoothly and I don't need to fork out these prices!
 
Sony needs to go the Apple route and price the peasants out. Sick of their pissing and whinging.
 
People are overstating the need for more RAM for series S. You can still run games with 8GB or ram so 10 will be doable for the next three years. RAM is just one component of a whole list of other important components. Series S will do absolutely fine for 1080p gaming until we have have a mid-gen refresh.
 
Plenty of people were fairly adamant that the £70 price tag wouldn't stick. Were those anonymous internet commentors discussing video games wrong? Doesn't sound plausible.
 
Whether it sticks or not, I personally won't be paying those prices.... Y'all can do what you want though.
 
VeevaVee said:
Good to know we can get much cheaper games on Xbox, as opposed to the slightly cheaper games available on PlayStation, if you catch it at exactly the right time. Feels good to have made the right choice.
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Here's another game that seems outrageously priced: Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War. On GAME's website, the next-gen versions (PS5 and Xbox Series X) both cost £70 each.
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There is no way the two (three? Dunno much about Nintendo) won't price match on games, surely? £70 is a kick in the nuts.
 
Nobody is forcing anyone to pay those prices, similar to when nobody forced us to accept lootboxes and the like, if we end up accepting it we have ourselves to blame. Well, yourselves.... Like I said I won't be paying those prices.

VeevaVee said:
I don’t think you understand - we can get games off the likes of CD Keys. There’s barely any PlayStation games on there.
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"Well actually... PSN sales are quite good and then you have decent prices on physical disks at retail, often day 1. It's not that deep..."

How many people actually get games off cdkeys anyway?
 
afrocentricity said:
Nobody is forcing anyone to pay those prices, similar to when nobody forced us to accept lootboxes and the like, if we end up accepting it we have ourselves to blame. Well, yourselves.... Like I said I won't be paying those prices.


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"Well actually... PSN sales are quite good and then you have decent prices on physical disks at retail, often day 1. It's not that deep..."

How many people actually get games off cdkeys anyway?
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You will have to pay more for games. Whether you get them from the psn store or not, we will undoubtably have cheaper options than you.

It’s as simple as that. I don’t get why you struggle to understand this. Perhaps it’s on purpose. You look as silly as Elvis in these threads by doing that.
 
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