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PocketDog t1_iramfxc wrote

It won't cause a war, we answer this in one form or another every day.

PS = exclusives

Xbox = Game Pass.

I'd say one is better than the other but 33% of people would disagree

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NotCameyPlayz t1_irbp64a wrote

The equals are exactly what I was thinking, while PlayStation has better exclusives, Xbox has a better subscription service.

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Anubra_Khan t1_irar9jp wrote

They're both good.

Xbox Series X

Positives - Xbox is available. I can walk into a store and buy a Series X. That's definitely a positive. Another is Game Pass. It's one of the best deals in gaming but is $180 per year (but more expensive than PC Game Pass). This includes a lot of Day One releases which could otherwise cost $60 alone. Very good deal. Backwards compatible with older discs. Although I believe the library of older discs it accepts is limited, it's still a positive.

Negatives - 2 years in and it doesn't have any next gen games. AFAIK, all Series X games can be played on XBOXone. Extended memory is proprietary and expensive. There are also no exclusives. Almost every game available on Xbox is also available on PC. Eventually, the Activision/Bethesda games will be console exclusive but will also have PC releases. If you have a gaming PC, there are very few reasons to have an Xbox.

Xbox Series S

Positives - in addition to Series X Positives, the Series S costs $200 less.

Negatives - in addition to Series X Negatives, the Series S is less capable and has less memory. It's a great machine for its price but, as soon as you extend the memory, you're close to the Series X price point. The lack of a disc drive will cost more over time, too. Digital games stay at full price until the occasional sale. Those sales are usually still more than a used disc. Being able to find $60 games for $10 (or even free via borrowing or under $10 from thrift stores, yard sales, whatever) can make up the $200 difference of not having a drive pretty quickly. Controllers are good but come with disposal batteries. Feels cheap and is an additional expense to buy your own rechargeables.

PS5 (Disc Version)

Positives - it already has next gen exclusive games; good ones that won multiple awards last year. In addition, you have the Sony exclusives that compete for (and often win) GOTY awards every year. Some of these exclusives, but not all, are slowly being released on PC 1 to 3 years after release. The new PS Plus pricing is really good. The base price point is $60 a year and gives you PS Plus collection and 3 to 5 free games a month. The PS Plus Extra price point adds about 400+ games (about the same as Game Pass) for $100 a year. And for $120 you get everything above Plus another 300+ older games. PS Plus does not include the Day One releases of Game Pass. It is a great deal for the price and even more so for people who are new to Sony because almost all of the exclusives from previous years are included. Internal memory is not proprietary and is a lot cheaper than Xbox. An SSD can be used as an extended drive to store and run PS4 games without reducing load speeds and internal storage reserved for PS5 games. Haptic feedback on the controllers is game changing on first party titles.

Negatives - you can't find one and it is still not readily available in stores. You will not have access to some xbox games like Halo or Forza. They may be losing access to future Bethesda games and some Activision games. Though, depending on which games you are interested in, you may have time to save up for a PC to play them. Controller battery runs out of juice after about 6 - 9 hours.

PS5 (discless)

Don't buy this. It's $100 less than disc version. If you buy 2 or 3 $60 -$70 digitally games when you could have bought $10 or less used discs then you're actually losing money instead of saving $100.

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Honest_Parsley5554 t1_irbsma6 wrote

Wow This summary is perfect and I agree that the discless ps5 is not worth it, especially in non-us countries where digital games are more expensive

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Anubra_Khan t1_irbxa80 wrote

Glad I could help! I actually didn't even think about non-US digital prices being higher.

I know different countries and games vary but do you know if used hard copies of games can be as cheap as they can be in the US?

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todayminusyesterday t1_irfpnip wrote

I prefer the digital PS5. Haven’t bought a physical game in half a decade. Though it doesn’t really matter, the digital also looks better.

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Anubra_Khan t1_irfqwjb wrote

Ok

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Anubra_Khan t1_irfrfzl wrote

Counter point to what? You're opinion? I don't care what consoles you prefer. I don't even know who you are.

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Anubra_Khan t1_irfsdee wrote

I responded to someone asking specifically for pros and cons, which I responded to. You butted in, unsolicited, to tell me you don't like a console.

Tell OP your opinion. He's the one who asked. If you want mine, just ready response to him.

Go to a bar and just blurt out beers you don't like to random people. Let me know how that works out for you.

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Anubra_Khan t1_irfu6rw wrote

Ok

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Shadow_MD17 t1_irangon wrote

Xbox- quick resume, xbox game pass

PlayStation- Exclusives, timed exclusives, exclusive content in cross platform games, larger playerbase

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BallsOfSteel86 t1_iranmum wrote

Xbox because of it has b/c games, most 360 games but that ain't a bad thing

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FunkinDonutzz t1_irbsk9v wrote

It plays about one third of the 360's library.

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BallsOfSteel86 t1_irbw5gt wrote

True but its most of 360 best library and some little og xbox too. Ps4 switch etc are charging u silly amount per month for the classics

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FunkinDonutzz t1_irbwj2c wrote

There's not that many 360 games on GamePass either.

Up or down, that's Microsoft's USP as their modern games are mostly garbage.

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BallsOfSteel86 t1_irbxcgh wrote

Don't care bout rental service like gamepass, most over rated thing on xbox . Prefer owning my games

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Nicoll514x t1_irc4y51 wrote

As much as i like game pass for not needing a disc and what not i love having a good old fashion hard copy. The people that go crazy over game pass play a game for like a month so its not worth them paying full price for a game. Me on the other hand feel that game pass has maybe 10 (if that) good games and maybe 8 of them i already own hard copies of.

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Significant-Neck9605 t1_ird1bmu wrote

I own both PS5 and XSX.

PS5 definitely has better exclusives. This was true also for PS4. Many of the best games I’ve ever played were exclusive to PS.

XSX with Gamepass is an incredible value. Tons of great games that are included. The quick resume and lightning load times are a win against PS5 imo.

Otherwise, both consoles are great.

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Mccobsta t1_irawqeb wrote

Cloud streaming on xbox is way better than play staion now you don't even need a controller for a lot of games

PlayStation has its amazing exclusives shame they're just re-releaseing a few of them on ps5 instead of enhancing them

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Lynkylo t1_irc1mtw wrote

The series x has a bit more teraflops and a bit more storage than the playstation 5, if i recall. Now you can all shoot me down if you wish, playstation fans (Btw just kidding don't shoot me pls I don't hate y'all playstation fans)

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shadowfax1899 t1_ircfzgw wrote

I like xbox over ps because I have had my xbox for 5 years and I have had my playstation for 1 and it has had a mechanical failure already

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Reasonable-Ad-9589 OP t1_iranrwu wrote

Tbh cant believe noone is talking hardware and people are only talking software

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Nicoll514x t1_irc54kf wrote

Because the fan boys don’t know the hardware nor do they care lol

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Significant-Neck9605 t1_ird1mlj wrote

Graphics are similar on both. Controller is really a personal preference though the PS5 vibrations and trigger resistance thing is cool.

Otherwise, hardware is unlikely to be the reason you go for one or another given they’re so similar.

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GR00VYGH0ULIE t1_irbzkm3 wrote

Shitpost Thursday folks. Thanks OP.

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spoonard t1_irbgq0a wrote

PlayStation: PS+ Premium, you get more games than Gamepass and a year long sub is cheaper. Better exclusives. Larger player base.

Xbox: Easier to find on shelves and online.

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Nicoll514x t1_irc4k1i wrote

Cheaper that 80$ CAD a year? Lol

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spoonard t1_irc6pc5 wrote

Unless you're buying unreliable codes from another source, that's not an accurate price. GamePass for Consoles for a 6-month sub is $60. Microsoft doesn't offer 1-year subs.

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Nicoll514x t1_irc9ot5 wrote

You buy one year of xbox live gold then you purchase one month of game pass and it converts the whole gold membership to game pass. You just need to learn how to think of these things.

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Transfotaku t1_irc00gp wrote

Playstation has a logical naming scheme.

Also they got superior exclusives, by far. Gamepass is better than PS+ but it's not something you'd want to decide a console on.

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