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Sony & Microsoft Have Two Drastically Different Approaches to Next-Gen Gaming

Sony and Microsoft are approaching next-gen gaming in very different ways. Here's how the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S compare.

sushimama1344d ago

"New games, great games" is a damn good pitch for a video game console. From that angle, PlayStation has the upper hand.

ClayRules20121343d ago

I look forward to the “New/great games” that PlayStation will bring this generation.

lifeisgamesok1343d ago (Edited 1343d ago )

This. And next generation looks to be PlayStation's quickest start as far as quality games

Spider-man Miles Morales and Demon Souls alone is the best launch lineup

Not to mention Astro's Playroom and Sackboy

Chris121343d ago

So a remake and and some DLC are the best launch line-up. Standards and expectations are dropping.

lifeisgamesok1343d ago

@Chris12 The best looking and one of the most requested remakes ever

Spider-man Miles Morales is a standalone game but you already knew that you just refuse to believe it because you're salty

purple1011344d ago

Yer....one has new games. One has old games.

darthv721343d ago

correction, both have new and old games

lifeisgamesok1343d ago

Games will always win over services, features, etc

Valkron11343d ago

What is worse is games like Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War have 2 versions that say Xbox One/Series X, but only one will play the enhanced version and costs $10 more, the other is forever gimped on Series X and you can't even pay to upgrade it later. They are almost identical and list both generations.There is no need to even have Series X on it if you can never get the best Series X version from it. This needs to change!

NeoGamer2321343d ago

That is Activision for you.

MS provides a facility called Smart Delivery and PS provides a facility called Upgrade Program. If a publisher chooses not to use it for one or all consoles that is their choice. Not the console vendor.

And just so you know it the same on PS as it is on XB.

https://www.callofduty.com/...

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DF Weekly: FSR 3 frame generation comes to consoles - and we've tested it

Proof of concept for a promising new technology.

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purple1011d 21h ago

I did note that the Xbox frame-gen implementation is not perfect. There appear to be intermediate freezing issues when there's a camera cut during cinematics, but while a bit annoying, it does not intrude on gameplay (a quick look at PS5 doesn't see this issue manifest)

Xbox Can’t catch a break recently

Obscure_Observer1d 19h ago

"I did note that the Xbox frame-gen implementation is not perfect."

Grasping at straws I see.

In the video John literally says that FSR 3´s implementation on Xbox Series X is far better than the PC version on release, and they are very impressed with the results. Especially considering that they didn´t even expect such performance to be possible achieved from 30fps. Not even AMD itself recommends 30fps for frame generation.

And... perfect? It´s not perfect even on PC to this day, so I´m no sure what you mean by that.

Maybe it´s perfect on PS5, I don´t know. It would be nice if you post the source of the analysis video of the PS5 version you saw to back up your claims.

"Xbox Can’t catch a break recently"

Don´t worry about the Xbox. There´ll be PLENTY of upcoming first party games to take advantage of FSR 3 in the coming months and years.

Indiana Jones, Avowed, Fable, Shattered Space (Starfield), Gears of War 6, Perfect Dark, State of Decay 3 and many many more.

Also, I´m expecting a FSR 3 update for Hellblade II rather sooner than later.

Great times ahead.

purple1011d 4h ago

"It would be nice if you post the source of the analysis video of the PS5 version you saw to back up your claims.'

no I just quoted from the very article we are commenting on, these were digital foundry's words, saying xbox isn't perfect, but on the ps5 version, it doesn't see the issue manifest.

Tacoboto33m ago

Console warring over a framerate pause during non-interactive content in a first-of-its-kind implementation in a game no one gave a crap about when it released 9-10 months ago.

Gotta love N4G.

Eonjay22m ago

Its promising tech and what's even more funny is that it was DF that was saying it wouldn't work. If fact they were pretty emphatic about it. What's stupid about their claims is that consoles are just specialized PCs. Now imagine if they combine this with a different upscaler like TSR or the upcoming PSSR.

jznrpg4m ago

DF act like they know as much as the engineers that work on this software but they are not even close to as knowledgeable they only have tools that give them numbers and then they act like they are experts.

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Sony Pulls Neil Druckmann Interview, Citing "Significant Errors"

Sony removed an interview with Naughty Dog's Neil Druckmann, stating that it didn't "represent his perspectives and values."

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Eonjay2h ago

Welp at least they corrected the record but honestly why wouldn't they just use his words instead of paraphrasing for PR reasons? Glad to see Neil stand up for himself and get the truth out.

Notellin1h ago

What? He made a bunch of dumb uniformed comments about AI.

You fanboys keep latching on to the "redefine mainstream gaming" like that's the reason the article was removed and Niel is clarifying his statements.

The more educated gamer community was concerned with his stance on AI, which is where the controversy is coming from and why Sony pulled the interview down.

Cacabunga1h ago

Glad they did.. this guy must learn to shut up..

Babadook739m ago(Edited 38m ago)

"However, Druckmann later went to social media to clarify that the interview did not accurately report the actual words he said, even providing his own direct transcript to show that it did not match up."

Sounds like shoddy transcription of the interview. Whoops.

Eonjay32m ago

'The more educated gamer community'

Go fuck yourself

-Foxtrot28m ago(Edited 18m ago)

Crazy how people think this means his AI comments when it’s not that at all. He’s a big support of AI still.

The way people cherry pick who they slate over awful AI support is ridiculous

Sony misquoted his redefine the future response…that’s it. Any idiot can see that if they read into it and read Neil's twitter where he posted the exact part which was taken out of context.

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RNTody2h ago(Edited 2h ago)

This is pretty ludicrous to be honest! How did Sony get an interview with their own guy so wrong. If you read the transcript Neil put on Twitter compared to what was quoted about Naughty Dog's next game, it's laughable how badly he was represented. What he said was fine.

Glad he got the chance to clarify.

Notellin1h ago

No one is mad about the statement you're referencing.

The development community is concerned with the opinions he shared on AI.

S2Killinit47m ago(Edited 39m ago)

please read the article. It says that the released version was paraphrasing what he had said:

“Druckmann later went to social media to clarify that the interview did not accurately report the actual words he said, even providing his own direct transcript to show that it did not match up.”

What do we need to be concerned with exactly? He posted the entire direct transcript.

RNTody29m ago(Edited 28m ago)

Depends how it's used? AI has already been used in many businesses with success. If it's used to simulate voice actors without their consent, that's obviously bad. If it's used to streamline and automate certain functions or generic items during development, like data logs or background story information, maybe there's usefulness there.

AI is a hot topic and everyone is going to weigh in on it, but it is inevitable and it's up to us to speak out against misuse of it. Let the developers be excited about the possibilities, it's not like it's EA or some exec in a suit speaking on this topic, or Neil commenting on monetisation possibilities. He's a gaming guy, so maybe there's value there that he sees.

-Foxtrot20m ago(Edited 18m ago)

@S2Killinit

Jesus man, how about you read what Neil actually said on Twitter

FROM THE MAN HIMSELF

https://x.com/Neil_Druckman...

Nothing was mentioned about his AI comments, that's all 100% true, he literally makes a point of what part of the interview was misleading by screenshotting the exact part taken out of context. The part where he mentions "redefine mainstream perceptions of gaming".

Inverno2h ago

More like he got a lot of criticism, and it isn't the first time he's stirred up controversy so they want a do over.

RNTody2h ago(Edited 2h ago)

Lol dude, what he said was nothing close to controversial. The link to what he actually said is in the article. He never said Naughty Dog's next game would redefine mainstream gaming.

Inverno1h ago

So he did say hand animation is dated and AI is the future, just that their next game won't redefine gaming.

-Foxtrot1h ago

But his shitty AI comments still stand

Talking about using it for creative things like writing, dialogue, stories then pulling the same old "there's still ethical issues to address" which is what all AI lovers love to say at the end of bigging up AI so they don't get as much flack.

People keep thinking that the interview being pulled means everything he said was misquoted when the worst thing he actually did say during it wasn't misquoted at all.

RNTody28m ago

I responded above to the AI comments.

derek1h ago

He could have said anything and there are gamers that would triggered by it. Console warriors and cry babies who have never gotten over their videogame daddy dying in tlou2. Lol.

S2Killinit43m ago

Lol, most of those are just mad that there were gay girls in the game while manly father figure died. It was too much for them 😆

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MultiVersus Relaunches and Now Features Four Different Kinds of In-Game Currency

MultiVersus launches again today and features four separate kinds of in-game currency, each used to unlock different content.

Relientk779h ago

Modern gaming

What is this Destiny?

Inverno2h ago

I sure hope they include paid dlc on top of all the mtx currency types. Maybe if we're really lucky the game will shut down a year from now and i can feel extremely blessed to have enjoyed blowing money on cosmetics! I'm tingly just thinking about it!
I'll be trying it out again but they won't see a dime from me lol

JEECE1h ago

Well games that don't have heinous grinding and progression systems get dropped by their player base because "there's no reason to play." So I guess they are just giving people what they asked for.