But what’s your point? I mean, I have all of the next-gen consoles, and own or owned most of the retroconsoles, and I gotta say that the Xbox controller is much better for general use. The PS4/PS5 touch pad is almost useless, and it’s used mainly for gimmick. It even reminds me a bit of some Nintendo gimmick experiences, but in a bad way. I mean, I love the DualShock/DualSense greatly, but I gotta be honest about the inclusion of its touchpad.

I play videogames since the 16-bit generation, although I had a Master System as my first console followed by a N64. Back in the 90s/early 2000, the consoles were underpowered, and we could see a FPS ranging from 60 FPS to 10-15 FPS in certain games, and honestly, I didn’t have much of problem because of this. The PS2/GameCube/Xbox/Dreamcast generation was much smoother with lot of titles running at fixed 30 or 60 FPS, and the PS3/Xbox 360 returned to unstable 20-25 FPS, although the fact that those consoles had a massive increase in graphics during this first HD era could be reasonable. But honestly, I had fun during all these eras (e.g: San Andreas used to run at <30 fps for instance) and the only place where I’d struggle to get a game running with acceptable FPS was the PC.

But it’s a bummer that games still have PS4/Xbox One graphics even if they are running at 60 FPS. I honestly would prefer to see a 30 FPS game with graphics from that Matrix Unreal Demo.

You are welcome. Hm, I’d say the PS5 is a better option because of its exclusives. Even if someone says this generation is still lacking exclusives (R&C: Rift Apert is the best next-gen exclusive you’ll currently find though) you can play enhanced PS4 games with your PS5 and that’s a good thing, because there are many PS4-only games you can find out there, and you can’t emulate PS4 at this moment even if you have a very powerful machine.

Since we are talking about a console+gaming PC combo, I can’t recommend the Xbox Series X/S at this moment due to its lack of exclusives, even if the Series X/S has some neat features such as a better controller (at least this point is subjective), and the possibility of quickly resume your games even if your console was turned off. You can easily play most of OG Xbox or X360 on your high-end PC through native versions and ports, or emulation, so backwards compatibility is out of question here.

In terms of hardware, both consoles are almost equal/same level, and these more modern videogame generations aren’t compared to what consoles were (hardware-wise) during the previous generations such as 6th and 7th generations, except the more accessible Xbox Series S, which is weaker compared to the less expensive PS5 Digital Edition.

So yeah, I really think that all things considered, the PS5 is a better choice.

Yes. I have Switch, Xbox Series X, and PlayStation 5 all connected to my 4K TV. When I want to play Nintendo exclusives or more casual games with other people I have my Switch. When I want to play PS4/5 exclusives, I have my PS5. And when I want to play Xbox (kinda) Xbox 360, Xbox One, or Xbox Series X/S, I can easily play with my Series X as well. Also, I have a retro room with all my retro consoles, and handhelds, so I don’t need to emulate them on my PC.

Even if I had at least one or two of the consoles above, I don’t have enough patience to change my GPU, CPU, RAM, PSU or SSD constantly like when I did in the past. I don’t care for playing on “Ultra very high settings” anymore, and I only use my PC (which is fairly good, but non-gamer) nowadays for playing specific old games, and for producing music.