Xbox is a better system relative to legacy support and those that prefer shooters and racers.
PlayStation has always had the upper hand when it comes to those generation-defining story-driven experiences.
I said in another article I preferred Halo over Ratchet - as true as that is to me, it's impossible to deny just how well-made Ratchet was. Such a cohesive well-realized pristinely-paced story, a wide array of unique weapons, huge set pieces, a Big Head Mode and fun collectibles, all on the disc in a campaign you can 100% in a reasonable 15-20 hours. Ratchet follows in a long line of titles like the Spider-Men games before it, The Last of Us, Ghost of Tsushima, God of War, Horizon, so on and so forth.
It really sucks that a person can give one of the most well thought out, balanced and fair bits insight in N4G history and still get down voted/ratio’d.
Anyhow, agree with you wholeheartedly here. Hoping both platforms continue to pressure each other into delivering the content that they each currently lack. Love the new approach to Halo but I almost wish the story was written by Naughty Dog haha.
I've been saying to get rid of the voting system for a while now. If you like, or have an issue with someone's opinion, then voice it. Don't just hit a little button and call it a day.
It just allows the majority to publicly label someone's comment wrong without even offering a counter argument.
For many years this website has had a heavy Sony fan presence in comparison to fans of other platforms, this is not a bad thing, except for the super immature ones that will downvote you even if you post facts that they do not like. For example if you say something like "X game runs at native 4k on Xbox and 1440p on Playstation" you will get downvoted even if its correct information. You don't even need to read a ton of comments around here to see that this is true.
N4G people indeed be N4G people. Some like to troll, some deflect and distract, some can't let go of the past... some seem to exist here only to do all of that.
The best thing to do is keep talking about what we enjoy, and how what we disagree with could be better without inflating our negativity towards that.
Do ppl really concern themselves with the vote/downvote system? If you want popularity just mention Playstation is #1 and they make the best games a couple time. the opposite rings true for your just need to question their practices (price hike, charging for upgrade, etc) and you will start to get some recurring downvotes on all your posts.
Personnally I see the system as a way to gage my usual fanbase who seem to hit the disagree button on all my posts (even things like I enjoyed playing X past games).
Hey at least it make me chuckle to see that some ppl waste their time going to all my post and spam the downvote like it's gonna teach me or something :)
Both systems are great, but given the market conditions, they cost double of their street price or more. I naturally like Playstation and Switch for the exclusives, but the former will have plenty of stuff on PC nowadays, so I'll just wait. The consoles I really liked have been Snes, PSX, PS2, Gamecube, Dreamcast, Switch, and PS4. PS4 Pro was a good 30fps machine when an SSD was attached to it. Nowadays I can wait for the PS exclusives to land on PC, because when they are presented in native 4K60 with slightly better details than on console, they still look extremely competitive a couple of years late graphically, and always narratively are above what you find on PC normally. I also don't like the input lag of PS5 and Xbox Series X.
You can get every Switch game on PC as well through emulation. And you don't have to wait a couple of years...it's there day one. There was even a Kotaku article about it. Only place to get switch games with actual good framerates.
Currently i dont have the Series X but that will change soon enough. I do have the Series S though and that has been a great little box. I have it next to my PS5 in my bedroom and use it almost daily. I don't have as many PS5 games at the moment so I have not been using it as much but that will change once I get GT7 and Horizon and especially God of War.
I have the serie X and would tell you that your Serie S is more then enough for the moment (unless you need it for the disc drive). 4k is a overrated marketing ploy that even TV companies changed in favor of HDR and tv screen types (oled) for promotting better images and the reason is quite simple the human eyes lose details when you look from to far. So what's the ideal distance to see the 4K difference according to Sony?
"For 4K models Recommended distance for viewing 4K TV is 1.5 times of the TV vertical screen size. Viewed from this distance, individual pixels cannot be differentiated by naked eyes. This means that pixels effectively disappear when viewing 4K images. This creates the impression of watching TV pictures with the same detail and resolution as real life." 55 inches tv = 3.28 feets
If you are watching a 1080P screen the same effect apply at 3X time the viewing distance 55 inches = 6.89 feet
So basically you will see a difference if you are sitting between 3 to 7 feets from the Tv and after that well you can't spot the difference. And again this info comes from Sony support site https://www.sony.com.au/ele...
Series S is the little-console-that-could for its price point and intended use, but it's more than just resolution at this point now. It went from being the best-performing 120fps machine in Halo's first tech preview to being capped out at 60fps by only the second TP.
I would bet it's because the campaign mode buckled its resolution even further below where it was in MP in order to sustain that, which was already very muddy in that mode. Guardians of the Galaxy on it doesn't have a 60fps mode, the best they have is an unlocked fps mode. Doom Eternal and The Medium are rare RT titles on Xbox Series, but neither include that feature on the S, and Metro Exodus runs at a very low sub-HD resolution.
Nothing against XBOX BUT I did not have to read the article to know that PS5 brings the real innovation, add a portfolio of innovative games and you have full package. (For those who think I am an hater ... I have a ryzen 9 + RTX 3080 with which I enjoy each and every XBOX game on PC). Ciao
ps5 is the only one that feels new and will carry on being very popular. the games will keep coming plus theres VR2 around the corner and its got the best controller
ps5 is the only must have since thats the only console with exclusives. Xbox has all their games on PC and you can also just use the cloud. You dont need an xbox to enjoy xbox games. Maybe playstation is heading the same direction but not quite 100% yet.
I feel like MS and PS are going to be neck and neck with exclusives now. Each of them having some heavy hitters. Where PS pulls ahead is in the controller.
Did I miss something?? How are ps5 and onex going neck and neck with exclusives? Because the only "heavy hitters" on MS side I can recall are halo and Forza horizon....
Disagree, Xbox will have way more big name exclusives that everyone knows about. Starfield, Doom, Halo, Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Wolfenstein, Gears, Call of Duty, Overwatch. Vs God of War, Horizon, Spiderman, The Last Of Us. Casuals, Cod players, Shooter fans, and Bethesda fans, will all be flocking to xbox. Sony will remain best at story driven 3rd person campaigns.
hmmm.. I have both consoles and thanks to gamepass, my ps5 gets used about a fraction of what my series X gets used.
I agree the ps5 controller is cooler, and I hope ms follows suit there. I have 4 ps5 games installed and the entire 2tb of storage I have on my Series X is full if that says anything.
My PS5 sits until an interesting exclusive comes out, or I want to play a random PS4 game, and the Series S I was given is an emulation machine that I also have some 360/Xbox back compatibility games on. A little Forza and Halo when I don't want to boot up the PC. Quick resume is pretty cool.
I get more playtime out of the Series S, but they're both just secondary gaming machines for me, personally.
I still say Series S with Gamepass is the best value for your money in the console space right now.
The opposite for me. I play my PS5 all the time & only play my XBSS here & there when I'm in the mood to play Halo Infinite other than that Gamepass mostly has XB first-party different generations of classics with a couple of current average multi-plats & indies to play. Gamepass may save one money but their library isn't all that. To each their own.
@Dave1980 Again...EA doesn't have any current games that are interesting to me to play. I don't care about the current Battlefield because it has no campaign. Extraction is getting mixed reviews including I didn't like Rainbow Six Seige but I'll try Extraction & see how it is. I don't really care about the Hitman games,I have the first 2 in my library from PlayStation Plus & I still haven't played them. I don't really care about the Yakuza games. I find Gamepass library very limited for my taste though there are a few indies on Gamepass that I'll eventually try. Again I can see it saving one money if one is interested playing what's on Gamepass but I won't be paying 15 every month until it has something I really want to play.
I have a gaming computer that's getting to this midrange so I'm in this boat where I'm not sure if I want to beef it up again or just buy a Series X just for the convenience of it.
Convenience is key. At least when you see a game is listed for series x you know its going to work. On a PC you dont until you look at the requirements and even then you have to figure if you meet the minimum what sort of difference in performance will it be compared to the recommended.
Yeah I'm leaning towards just getting a series X. Maybe Starfield or whatever fall bundle is available later in the year. Probably trade my Xbox One towards it.
Honestly, i have to admit that i've been playing my Xbox way more this Gen but i know without a doubt the most of my most memorable experiences will be on the PS5 if Sony's studios are gonna churn out Bangers like they did last Gen, all in all, is a great time for the gaming Biz. All aspects of gaming is working at full speed and anyone thats to blind to see the good in all of this should into Nascar instead of gaming, lol.
I don’t regret selling my series X and getting a PS5. Since the Xbox 360 I’ve felt that the Xbox 1st party games have gone stale. Playing spiderman, horizon, and ratchet and clank has been a refreshing experience. So far I love the dual sense. Performance wise, the PS5 is great. The series X was awesome too. I feel 1st party games on the series X perform and look slightly better but that might be because I don’t have it anymore. Either way, both machines are great
I'm sorry but I can't take seriously an article that says how Halo and Forza don't feel next-gen because they were compromised due to older hardware but keep praising how great Spider-man Miles morales, load, feel, looks when the game is also on Ps4.
Or post false information regarding 3d spatial sound because Dolby Atmos do works on all headsets and Serie X can also use Windows sonic for 3d sound (you have to enable it in the console option). And funny that the author left the part about 3d tempest audio not working (at the moment) on home theater.
So instead how about ppl post their own experiences (good and bad) with PS5 and Xbox serie X
What made me go wow. The controller feels robust and sturdy as hell and I was surprised with series X controller but this is on another level. Clearly, this feels like top-notch quality.
The new UI is pretty intuitive and love the related titles in the view product windows, also, seeing your complete digital library appear after the 1st booth left a good impression. The Playstation welcome package is a heck of a deal.
Performance-wise I was very impressed by how Days gone runs at 60 frames 4k versus my Ps4 pro counterpart. and loading are speedup too (it feel like a complete experience). Really looking forward to replaying God of war and HZ. Nice to see how the PS5 improves some PSVR games ( It feels a bit brighter and cleaner).
Last ill say that I have spent some quality time with Astrobot and it's quite underrated the game made me laugh for the numerous reference at past titles but some of the ideas are pure gold (just go listen to the GPU song and pay attention to the lyrics) This game got me to laugh a lot. https://www.youtube.com/wat...
Now my peeves Unfortunately, I have many and I hope Sony will fix them
Only 3 std USB slots ( and there's a difference between them) Just saying that the external disk and PSVR camera goes in the back only the other PSVR USB can go in the front slot and voila no more free USB. Remember external disk and camera will only work if plugged in the back.
Have a damn Insta download save from the net or instant upload from the net option turned on because when I started Beat saber I was back at square one. same with Days gone so I made sure to download some savefile from PS+ but now I always have an upload error in the notification the moment I play these games.
Damn, I miss smart delivery...... Now I have two versions of Mk11 installed. Each game do have a little ritual on how to get the damn Ps5 patch. Some games are mentioning you that you can download a PS5 or a Ps4 version from the games library but for some you will have to discover for yourself ( for some reason I can't have the ff7 patch despite having the disk)
Overall It's a great experience with some peeves that I'm sure they will fix (especially the damn can't upload saves). I highly recommend it if you only have vanilla Ps4.
Last but not least, please add some test audio option :)
Spider-man Miles morales, got raytracing added, 3D Audio added, all at 60fps and is seriously impressive when your moving around the city, its a next-gen experience, without it being a next-gen game
forza got a 60fps mode for the first time, so for me it gets a pass, as a next-gen experience, but nowhere close to being as impressive as a fully raytraced city, some of forza's more advanced features are cut when you play at 60 fps, halo is just halo, seriously held back by last gen
just playing hell let loose with the PS5 controller felt like a next gen experience
I guess that just speaks to the quality of horizon 4 then... it still holds up to this day. And 5 being only a little above it means they found a formula they didnt need to make too many fixes to but instead just make the proper improvements to get even more quality out of it. Locals are what really changes and going from the roads of England to the vistas of Mexico is pretty great in how their environments differ while also being familiar.
Personally, I feel that Forza feels like... Forza because it's exactly that! a copy and pasted sequel just like Miles Morales feels like the previous Spider-Man game. Now my issue is how the author talks about both games in order to push his narrative when both games have similar treatment versus their current-gen counterpart. (resolution, framerate, loading times, etc.).
And it frustrates me, even more, when the author omits to mention aspects that wouldn't support his narrative Like how come the author didn't talk about Smart delivery and how easy it is to just continue your game between platforms versus uploading your save/downloading your save to a new platform (if you have Ps+)? In fact, what about Playstation users who don't subscribe to PS+ I'm sure they must enjoy game save right? How come 3d audio is only mentioned in regards to headphones? Does everybody use headphones? I have a home theater and Dolby atmos work perfectly with my 7.1 system. Or why does the author needs to remind us about PC for Xbox only? Isn't Uncharted 4 complete launching on PC and ps5 day1? Didn't PC just got a couple of Playstation games recently...
And the sad part in this story is that I truly believe that both consoles are incredible pieces of hardware and quite a steal for the asking price and I have no problem recommending either of them but seeing an article written by a fanboy who basically twist some aspects to promote his choice in a respected outlet that does piss me off.
Uh... no, it's not clear that PS5 is the one to own. I actually have both and this is the first gen that I've owned an Xbox. While I am playing my PS5 more at the moment, I expect that to change as I finish some games.
Honestly, they are BOTH fantastic consoles, and they both have their pluses and minuses.
I really don't think one is superior than the other.
How about everyone just play what you want to play and knock it off with this back and forth about which is better when it is all anecdotal in the end. There is no right and wrong even if the majority says otherwise.
Xbox series x have better hdmi 2.1 support. I didnt buy 3k gaming tv to wait hdmi 2.1 features MANY years. With xbox VRR, ALLM do work. Dolby atmos work for home theatre too. Usually games are higher fidelity on xbox, exept sony exlusives are uncomparable to anything and win best graphic prices every year.
Playstation controller is much more advanced, even i like xbox thumbstick layout more and its looks. Dualsense is better. The touch plate, speaker and mic, better vibrations, adaptive trickkers.
Exclusive games are on playstation and those are goty level games and many of them. Xbox have the gamepass which is awesome. Usually with new console you buy 1 to 2 games and thats it but with xbox you get Alot of triple a x|s optimized games. Its exiting and overwhelming. You get to play alot of different kind of games.
Then there is psvr2 coming. Sony is the most industry defining company with new visions. Only thing i dont like is their surrender on lgbtq propaganda becouse they take idiots on twitter too seriously. I dont need LGBTQ++ SECTION on PSN store. They butchered the last of us 2 with propaganda over story. User score is true and low.
I own both and would say the situation for end user is DRAW. Both are awesome. But Sony may hit it out of the park with psvr2.
Honestly, at this point, it comes down to what exclusives you most want. I couldn't care less who wins. I want both to be successful as they drive improvement in both.
Microsoft buying up a bunch of AAA studios is proof they know they're losing and are just throwing money at the issue. Sony is big but not microsoft big, so wouldn't surprise me if they brought in a heavy weight partner like Google or Amazon something to help even the odds money wise.
Xbox is a better system relative to legacy support and those that prefer shooters and racers.
PlayStation has always had the upper hand when it comes to those generation-defining story-driven experiences.
I said in another article I preferred Halo over Ratchet - as true as that is to me, it's impossible to deny just how well-made Ratchet was. Such a cohesive well-realized pristinely-paced story, a wide array of unique weapons, huge set pieces, a Big Head Mode and fun collectibles, all on the disc in a campaign you can 100% in a reasonable 15-20 hours. Ratchet follows in a long line of titles like the Spider-Men games before it, The Last of Us, Ghost of Tsushima, God of War, Horizon, so on and so forth.
Currently i dont have the Series X but that will change soon enough. I do have the Series S though and that has been a great little box. I have it next to my PS5 in my bedroom and use it almost daily. I don't have as many PS5 games at the moment so I have not been using it as much but that will change once I get GT7 and Horizon and especially God of War.
Nothing against XBOX BUT I did not have to read the article to know that PS5 brings the real innovation, add a portfolio of innovative games and you have full package. (For those who think I am an hater ... I have a ryzen 9 + RTX 3080 with which I enjoy each and every XBOX game on PC).
Ciao
ps5 is the only one that feels new and will carry on being very popular. the games will keep coming plus theres VR2 around the corner and its got the best controller
ps5 is the only must have since thats the only console with exclusives. Xbox has all their games on PC and you can also just use the cloud. You dont need an xbox to enjoy xbox games. Maybe playstation is heading the same direction but not quite 100% yet.