Gaming PS5 vs Xbox Series S|X

Which do you think will release first?


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Have you played it yet? Or watched the video or any other content on the game that shows what you referred to as jumping between worlds momentarily is just an on rails segment of the game? Do you still believe it can't be achieved just because Sony tell you? Dear me.
I'm playing it now and I haven't seen anything like it... have you?

By afrocentricity's definition the only real next game either console has had is Flight Sim.
WUM, you almost had me for a split second there...
 
Or Borderlands 3 where you swap places with your dummy, or Dishonoured where you blink

Or any other game where you can instantly reposition within the same level..
A BMW M5 is fast, a Bugatti Chiron is faster. They can both get you from a-b real quick.... but you wouldn't make a habit of comparing them would you? or downplaying the latter's capabilities? or denying the differences?
One is clearly doing things the other cant, even though they both in a general sense, do the same thing, and are the same thing. For me... the differences are important, but not so much for you it seems.

Too bitter... it's a shame.

Titanfall 2!
Or Prey (before Portal)! Enjoyed that game, the portals were mind blowing back then...
 
A BMW M5 is fast, a Bugatti Chiron is faster. They can both get you from a-b real quick.... but you wouldn't make a habit of comparing them would you? or downplaying the latter's capabilities? or denying the differences?
One is clearly doing things the other cant, even though they both in a general sense, do the same thing, and are the same thing. For me... the differences are important, but not so much for you it seems.

Too bitter... it's a shame.

Actually it was you doing that. Dismissing games with next gen graphics and performance because: 'Next gen is something new that could not have been done before'

When in reality, Ratchet is the same as all those others. It looks great, and takes advantage of next gen hardware (to a degree, it's still early in the gen), and that's great. But it doesn't do anything that couldn't be done before from a gameplay or mechanic perspective which is what you made a big thing of. I agree the difference is important, but you weren't so sure a few months ago 'gears 5 is just shinier..'

You can say I'm a wum, but it's true, by your own definition the only next-gen game on either console is Flight Sim.
 
It's so true, there's no way it'd be possible to run MS Flight Sim on really old hardware.
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It's so true, there's no way it'd be possible to run MS Flight Sim on really old hardware.
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Another knock on afro's definition. It does new things that haven't been done before, and isn't on last gen consoles - must be next gen.
 
@Alock1 has lost the plot...

It's okay.. I'm sure you'll get games that do something new, not possible on last gen at some point. Shame that Horizon and God of War next year are both on PS4 though, I guess you won't be picking those up.
 
Also.. I've never paid attention to the results in the poll. Do people really think GTA will come after the next Elder Scrolls? I'm guessing most votes are a joke :lol:
 
Also.. I've never paid attention to the results in the poll. Do people really think GTA will come after the next Elder Scrolls? I'm guessing most votes are a joke :lol:

They are still piling in so much money from GTA Online. I can’t see Rockstar being in any rush to release a new game when the previous game that came out back in 2013 is still raking in so much cash for them.

Most likely will be released when the next gen consoles are rolled out.

Talking about Rockstar, don’t Sony have some sort of partnership with them and could that potentially lead to GTA 6 or any other Rockstar title being a PlayStation exclusive?
 
Those thinking you could run R&C RA on a PS4 are wrong. Those thinking you couldn't create a game that which was almost R&C RA on PS4 are also wrong.


The beat R&C game is Crack in Time anyway
 
Talking about Rockstar, don’t Sony have some sort of partnership with them and could that potentially lead to GTA 6 or any other Rockstar title being a PlayStation exclusive?
Not happening - either full exclusive or timed. Microsoft paid $100M in 2015 for timed exclusivity for Rise of the Tomb Raider. To get a deal for GTA6 would be ridiculously expensive for it to be worthwhile for Sony.
 
I think it can be confidently said GTA games will never be exclusives, timed or otherwise. Obviously MS or Sony could buy Rockstar and do what it wants but Rockstar operate in a bubble, the frustration is they release one game per gen on average.
 
It's pretty much impossible to get a Series X. Series S seem to be widely available though. And a lot more PS5's seem to come into stock in places too. Not sure how one of the world's biggest companies is struggling so much for chips vs a much smaller one in Sony?
 
It's pretty much impossible to get a Series X. Series S seem to be widely available though. And a lot more PS5's seem to come into stock in places too. Not sure how one of the world's biggest companies is struggling so much for chips vs a much smaller one in Sony?

Series S is a bit of a weird console but I think it's main purpose was to entice people to Microsoft who weren't on board before. I bought one myself because I wasn't sure if I wanted to join the Microsoft ecosystem and it's been great and all but I wouldn't mind upgrading now (if I could).

This is saying nothing about the technical parts, etc.
 
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Whole bunch of games :drool:
When FF13 is there, it throws shade on everything.
 
It's pretty much impossible to get a Series X. Series S seem to be widely available though. And a lot more PS5's seem to come into stock in places too. Not sure how one of the world's biggest companies is struggling so much for chips vs a much smaller one in Sony?

Precision engineering takes time innit. You'd expect that other monstrosity that clearly has no quality assurance to be making hardware more readily available.

I imagine some chips must have been held for Halo edition, and also worth remembering they've been upgrading their Cloud side to Series X. You'd think the numbers would be negligible but I guess when supply is so tight then even those could be having a noticeable impact.

Otherwise, I'm guessing Sony got in there first, market leader with more confidence (and also, first to finalize hardware) but also more buying power when you consider the consolidated buys they will make across mobiles, tvs, cameras etc. It isn't just chips that are in shortage right now, a lot of components are short supply (I think Phil Spencer specifically called out ethernet parts recently).
 
I think for Microsoft the Series S was worth it as it got the platform into the hands of more people who are traditionally PlayStation/Switch users, but they vastly overestimated the demand for the console (as shown by that part exchange promotion with Game) and would have been better off making more Series X and fewer of the Series S.
 
The Series S makes no sense to me personally. Tiny SSD and it costs the same price as the actual console to increase the HD space and is less powerful than the last gen One X. Either go X or go bust.

Shame it's impossible to get the X or I'd probably just bite the bullet and grab one, there are a few games on gamepass recently that I'd prefer to play on console vs PC.
 
I do love me some fish hook

Tell you what though, Wolverine by Insomniac sounds cool - but it's either a formulaic open world like Spiderman without the fun traversal, or it's an on rails linear campaign.

Sunset Overdrive was one of my favourite games last gen. Shame to see Sony turn Insomniac into a study that produces no new IPs and when they're not doing license work, making the same Ratchet and Clank game for the 8th time just a bit shinier.

Yes they're banging good quality games out but they're talented enough to be bringing something original to the party. What a waste.
 
I do love me some fish hook

Tell you what though, Wolverine by Insomniac sounds cool - but it's either a formulaic open world like Spiderman without the fun traversal, or it's an on rails linear campaign.

Sunset Overdrive was one of my favourite games last gen. Shame to see Sony turn Insomniac into a study that produces no new IPs and when they're not doing license work, making the same Ratchet and Clank game for the 8th time just a bit shinier.

Yes they're banging good quality games out but they're talented enough to be bringing something original to the party. What a waste.

Yep, Sony have become conservative. Tis a shame.