Have consoles made themselves obsolete by becoming too close to PC's? I mean, in the past, you literally couldn't play most console games on PC. Now they are glorified AMD PC's. Perhaps you get better bang for your bucket in terms of hardware and some convenience.
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PlayStation 5 - Everything we know so far
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Indeed. More than half of my PS Plus games have gone unplayed and I doubt I'll ever get to all of them.
For me it's the games we know are coming out and those likely to be coming out.
Plus familiarity with the system (much prefer the dualshock) and now the backwards compatibility.
Mike Hoxbig
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Not this argument again. Just get what you want, what's the point of trying to convince everyone else on the internet?
I'm probably going to get the XSX initially, because my Game's Pass sub only expires late in 2021. And also because every multi-platform game that I got this generation, I preferred to get on the Xbox for various reasons (have a 1X and Pro). Pro has been collecting dust save for the odd exclusive that comes out for it.
Will get the PS5 in a few years time when the prices come down, for the exclusives...
I'm probably going to get the XSX initially, because my Game's Pass sub only expires late in 2021. And also because every multi-platform game that I got this generation, I preferred to get on the Xbox for various reasons (have a 1X and Pro). Pro has been collecting dust save for the odd exclusive that comes out for it.
Will get the PS5 in a few years time when the prices come down, for the exclusives...
Couldn't care less about the hardware or design of the consoles. Its about which games are coming out for the platform. The Last Of Us: Part 2 is a Playstation exclusive. So that's why I am buying the console.
Tabac
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Waiting for the PS4 bargains ...
My_King
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This. I would not have a Nintendo if it was not for Pokemon
Herr der Verboten
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You are number two in the queue.
Tabac
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No sir... I've been trolling the PS5 threads for a while now
But ... there will be plenty. I'd say R4K for a PS4 pro, 2 controllers and 3-4 games.
Herr der Verboten
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Remember to slap in a decent SSDNo sir... I've been trolling the PS5 threads for a while now
But ... there will be plenty. I'd say R4K for a PS4 pro, 2 controllers and 3-4 games.
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I'm leaning towards the Xbox Series X on the account it seems to going down the model where you can buy into their ecosystem without getting a console
It's only you xbox fans that started the argument
And I see that, besides your protestation, you too couldn't resist getting your pro Xbox feelings in....Based on all the preliminary reports, the next gen consoles are going to be very similar to each other. And if any has an advantage, it will not be visible to the human eye.
Be more for those sites with all the scientific hardware tests loved by some.
So it is going to boil down to games. And should Xbox come up with some cracker exclusives that I want to play, I will get the xbox as well. Until then, the PS5 is my baby.
Literally no one cares about that. Its about the exclusive games. As I mentioned earlier, if the PS5 ran on a rotten potato; I don't care. Can it play the games I am interested in? If yes, then that's all there is to know.
As @Splinter mentioned; if the Xbox Series X has exclusives that I want to play (Thinking Forza 8 ) then I will get that too.
gregmcc
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PS5 reveal event in just over an hour:
Vorastra
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Whoa, they're straight up unveiling it today?! That came out of nowhere for me.
Vorastra
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So assuming it's using the same custom RDNA2 GPU (I checked, seems it does), this is going to be slower than the Series X by quite a bit considering the Series X is [email protected]. That's not sounding good.
As well as the CPU which, again, will probably be a custom layout similar to the Series X of what's basically an R7 3700 but is slower than the Series X's at 8 x 3.8GHz or 16 x 3.6GHz with SMT. I'm going to assume the PS5 will also have SMT otherwise the Series X is going to smash it further in CPU too despite the already slower clock.
Also, more official news from Digital Foundry.
Inside PlayStation 5: the specs and the tech that deliver Sony's next-gen vision
Revolution meets evolution in Mark Cerny's PS5 blueprint
www.eurogamer.net
| PlayStation 5 | Xbox Series X | |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | 8x Zen 2 Cores at 3.5GHz (capped, variable frequency) | 8x Zen 2 Cores at 3.8GHz (3.6GHz with SMT) |
| GPU | 10.28 TFLOPs, 36 CUs at 2.23GHz (capped, variable frequency) | 12 TFLOPs, 52 CUs at 1.825GHz |
| GPU Architecture | Custom RDNA 2 | Custom RDNA 2 |
| Memory/Interface | 16GB GDDR6/256-bit | 16GB GDDR6 |
| Memory Bandwidth | 448GB/s | 10GB at 560GB/s, 6GB at 336GB/s |
| Internal Storage | Custom 825GB SSD | Custom 1TB NVMe SSD |
| IO Throughput | 5.5GB/s (Raw), Typical 8-9GB/s (Compressed) | 2.4GB/s (Raw), 4.8GB/s (Compressed) |
| Expandable Storage | NVMe SSD Slot | 1TB Expansion Card |
| External Storage | USB HDD Support | USB 3.2 HDD Support |
| Optical Drive | 4K UHD Blu-ray Drive | 4K UHD Blu-ray Drive |
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