How do I choose? - PS5 vs Xbox Series X

[James]

Buy Sony PlayStation 5

On Amazon (PAID LINK): https://geni.us/slHifS

On Best Buy (PAID LINK): https://geni.us/a3JF00s

On Newegg (PAID LINK): https://geni.us/olrxpXK

 

Buy Microsoft Xbox Series X

On Amazon (PAID LINK): https://geni.us/GMRv

On Best Buy (PAID LINK): https://geni.us/KxZvpQA

On Newegg (PAID LINK): https://geni.us/FtIu On B&H (PAID LINK): https://geni.us/zABF

 

We compare the Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 in terms of boot times, load times, and picture quality....but is it fair to mention the DualSense controller because that thing's rad!

 

 

 

[Red :)]

You just chooose. 4HEad 

[LeapFrogMasterRace]

PS5 for people with insecurities 

Xbox X for the full power

PC if you are cool

 

 

[Dr0y]

I will get the ps5 some day ... probably in one or two years ... I don't think I'll ever get an xbox cause I just really don't like the controller on those.  For now I'll play with my ps4 and my old pc. 

[VinLAURiA]

At least Gen9 looks to be off to a much more exciting start than Gen8 was. Series X|S and PS5 are significant leaps forward with excellent price-to-performance ratios and are the first time the new systems have been comparable to the latest gaming PCs since PS360, in contrast to Xbone and PS4 being underpowered from the start and the later Xbone X/PS4 Pro models only being a band-aid solution that barely kept them in the race against PC. In fact, the most exciting system in my eyes last gen was the even weaker Wii U due to actually trying something different other than just marginally higher numbers, and sadly that was the system no one tried to explore the potential of. At least this time, the higher numbers on the Xbox/PS side of things are a quantum leap rather than the base Xbone/PS4 being not much more impressive than a sort of "360 X/PS3 Pro" themselves even despite their move to 8c8t x86 chips (although the Jaguar SoC being derived from Bulldozer may have had something to do with that). Also, Switch is still just happily chugging along in its own little niche, so all three major players are in a decent spot this time.

 

I do plan to get an Xbox Series X eventually, for a couple of reasons. As someone who's played some Xbox stuff over the years but never actually owned an Xbox system, being able to get into all four generations of the Xbox ecosystem with just one machine sounds like a great entry point. And getting it through Xbox All-Access is a great deal, especially as it also includes two years of Xbox Live Gold and Game Pass Ultimate, the latter of which I can also utilize on my PC while the XSX remains a living room machine. My only real hang-up with getting an Xbox is its controller; I've been in a Nintendo household all my life, and Xbox's reversed ABXY layout from a Nintendo user's perspective is something I've never been able to get used to (it had certainly made playing PC games with a controller a real hassle for the longest time due to their adherence to Xbox's standard, at least until Steam's native support for the Switch Pro Controller came along - that update was a godsend).

 

 

Also the fact that there's no motion chip in the X|S controller, when it really ought to be standard at this point. Both the other brands have had motion chips in their main controllers since Gen7 and I was hoping this would finally be the generation where Microsoft catches up so that we can go full speed ahead on gyro support in games. Alas, no such luck. I get it's likely to keep parity whether you're using an Xbone or X|S controller since intergenerational compatibility is a big deal for Microsoft this time around, but it's still a shame.

 

I'll probably skip the PS5, at least for the time being. I've only owned the first two PlayStation systems (with far more time put into my PS1 than my PS2), and though I enjoyed what little I played on the PS3, the PS4 just seemed an utterly dull machine; I wasn't interested in its software lineup and all of the DualShock4's headline features went to waste on the system itself, even if PC integration has made a bit more use of them. For that reason, I might pick up just a DualSense by itself some time in the future due to its interesting featureset, which seems to build on the good parts of the DS4 along with some fascinating new features. That said, Astro's Playroom looks like a very charming game and I'm glad it's packed in with the system as a tour of the DS5 the same way Nintendo Land was with the Wii U GamePad, and I'm somewhat jealous of PS5 owners for that game alone (also helps that it's by the team behind the Ape Escape series, which is a favorite of mine). Still, I can't justify buying a system just for one game.