Don’t listen to gaming subs if you want an unbiased opinion tbh. The console wars are still active especially on Reddit. But I recommend ps5 for the games more than anything, series X is good too, just stay away from Series S

Edit: look into steam deck too. Never had one myself and can’t speak to it, but it seems like a more powerful switch but with PC/Steam games instead of Nintendo

It really does depend on your preferences. I have a Series X and love Gamepass. Also Backwards Compatibility was a huge factor for me. But I also love good Single Player Games and many of them are on playstation. I guess you're PS4 has hickups, shouldn't be like that. PS5 is a very good machine.

XSX is better value with Game Pass Ultimate (GPU) as there are so many gems you get to try without expecting it, plus you can play co-op on 2 machines (Xbox and PC for example) with 1 susbcription.

PS5 is better for single player games (not saying xbox doesnt have any mind you) and third party optimised games due likely because of easier to use dev kits and only having 1 software development kit for a single hardware. Plus they also have PSVR2 now!

This coming from someone who owns all 3 consoles and a beefy PC.

But really, you can't go wrong with any. The best console is the one with the games that you like.

As you already have played the PS4 and Xbox One S consoles, you can expect the same vibes with the PS5 and Series X, but with more improvements. I would look into content for deciding which one you will be more appealed.

Xbox: Gamepass is the Troy horse, with hundreds of games and some on Day 1. Moreover, the new studio acquisitions will improve the content on the RPG and FPS fields.

PS5: Strong 3p narrative games, japanese presence with exclusives as FF XVI as well as innovating with PSVR2.

It depends on your preferences. I decided to stick with Series X and Switch, and I don't regret not buying the PS5 at the moment. But different people, different preferences.

Just get both.

It’s a personal choice with about 5 differences. It’s not that hard to choose. If you get one and don’t like it, sell it and get the other one. Or even better, get a PC

I'm in a "boad" where I own the series s the ps5 and a mid-range gaming PC, I can't afford all tree of them and I in any case don't have time for all tree any more. Futher more I also suffer from fomo, which don't make which part to get rid of any easier.

Ps5 is objectively better. I am kinda of tired of answering this question in details. But ps5 is way better, thats it. By the way I have both, so I can confidently say that ps5 is indeed a lot better

There's no answer to that, really. It all comes down to personal tastes and you have to find what console has more features that you particularly care about. I'll give you my personal opinion and why i would choose one over the other, if it helps.

In my case, if i had to pick one console i would get an Xbox. It has actual backwards compatibility to all xbox systems, you can easily put emulators on an Xbox to play pretty much every console until the ps2/gamecube era, gamepass offers great value and i don't care about Sony exclusive games, so if i didn't already had a pc, i would get an xbox. And i do have gamepass on my pc, and i'm having a blast with all the games available there.

I wouldn't get a ps5 because i don't care about the exclusive games on a PS5 and that is the biggest reason to get a PS5. The console doesn't provide good live services as the xbox, the "backwards compatibility" for consoles older than the PS4 are emulated and said emulation is hidden behind a paywall and the overall quality of the emulation is terribe ( see Legend of Dragoon , for example) and since i'm the kind of guy who enjoys older games and sees value in backwards compatibily, and doesn't care/like the exclusive games sony has to offer, i see no reason to get a ps5 because i can't see value on anything it offers.

So you should consider the pros and cons of both consoles to reach a final decision.

That steam deck actually sounds pretty legit. I’ve never heard of that. I don’t own a gaming pc so I haven’t really dove into the whole steam community but I do know it’s all the rage these days. I’ll have to look into that. Thanks. Does the steam deck require a pc to run or is it it’s own console???

I would love to. Unfortunately can’t afford a legit gaming pc right now.

I have both and I prefer the Series X by a good bit.

(Personal opinions)

I prefer the controller layout.

I prefer the exclusives, flight sim, forza, age of empires, football manager etc.

(Cold hard facts)

The ease and accessibility of everything is so much better, menu layouts are more intuitive, store is much easier to define by genre.

Everything on xbox is more seemless, like moving games, upgrading games, installing memory, fixing controllers with completely dead batteries, transfering saves from console to consoles, switching from wired connection to wireless (if i take wire out my xbox connects instantly to wifi, ps5 just doesn't at all) my xbox can control , turn on and change volume on my TV, I haven't worked out the ps5 yet to do this etc.

And the main thing that sets xbox apart is the quick resume feature. Being able to have 6/7 games ready to load up within 5 seconds exactly where you left off (don't have to watch any load screens, menus etc, just straight to where you left off) I miss this so so much when i play PS5, having to boot up every single game from its intro every single time

It’s completely standalone. Steam would be primary source of games but I think it’s able to run stuff like game pass too

You can with some effort and it's also great at emulation so almost anything up to ps3 and switch games run on it

Ah nice that’s really cool. Steam deck is a dark horse in the console game and I’m really interested to see how it evoles. Don’t even really know if it’s a console or pc, it’s like a hybrid

It definitely is got one for Christmas and couldn't recommend it enough I already had a big steam library but since steam games are so cheap, game pass and emulation you literally get spoiled for choice in terms of what to play, it's just niche to everyone outside pc gamers

All that matters is what games you want to play. Personally, I choose PlayStation 5 because it has loads of great single player games that I like.

Quick insert...
It depends on what you Want.

Ps5 is a bit stronger in terms performance, but xbox often has less visual hickups
Xbox also gets you gamepass...

Also, one last thing... they are now CURRENT GEN. lol

I had XBOX 360, then purchased PS3, PS4 Pro, then XBOX Series X and just traded in series X for PS5.

Content is king and tired of waiting for Microsoft to launch anything decent. Or even multiplatform non-exclusives such as Atomic Heart that come on Gamepass are tanking.

So next question. Is it worth it to spend more to get the one with more storage???

Haha very true

On the backwards compatibility, not all games can be played on the X through backwards compatitibility. I think theres about 630 X360 backwards compatible games and about 60 OG Xbox backwards compatible games on the X.

I’d recommend it if money allows. IIRC the cheapest one uses flash storage but the upgraded uses an ssd

That's a very good point, thanks for adding.

At the end of the day, it all will have to come to your references. I own both consoles and they are both very much worth every penny. Which platforms are your friend playing, or most of them are playing on? It can be a deciding factor for you.

As for how they're worth, the xbox series x/s are better in terms of value, they give you free cloud save, gamepass is a cheap way of getting you hands on a big library of games including some big AAA titles for only 16$/month. Despite some others may say about the series S tho, it is actually a blast when I had it (I switched to the X since I have lots of game discs). A lot of games can be played 60fps without worries and most of the new games are being released with the S optimized fpr 60fps, while the older games are being/already remastered/optimized for 60fps as well. With the price of 300$us with only 1080p and no 4k, it is hard to ignore if you have no problem with being fully digital. The X at 600$us, can do all the S can and then add in 4k 60fps, if you own a 4k tv/monitor, it would be super awsome to buy the X.

Ps5 both digital and physical can handle 4k, 60fps just fine with a difference of 100$us between the two. But they don't offer free cloud save, the feature is locked behind their subscription service, in which if you pay, you can also access a more variety of stuffs like their equivelent version of gamepass, game demos (for a higher price level of course). Haptic feedback on their controller is also a very nice feature, it provides some addition realistic feeling into your game, but most of the time I am to focus on the game than the feeling of the trigger on my hand.