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Xbox Series X or PlayStation 5: Which Console is Best For You?

Microsoft and Sony have been promoting their brand, their consoles, and the games that will come with it over the past few months. Some people have been won over by Sony, while some have been leaning more towards Microsoft’s interesting new directive. With that said, which console is the best one for you, as a gamer? Let’s talk about that.

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darthv721370d ago

Im a hardware nut so both are best for me. The SX to play my existing library of XB/360/XBO games as well as new SX games to come. And the PS5 to play my library of PS4 (and hopefully previous PS games) as well as the killer PS5 titles on the 'horizon' (wink wink). Dont care about the price at this point.... bring on the new hardware and controllers. I'm planning on spreading my $$ around equally.

PeaSFor1369d ago

Ps5 with my pc, i dont need the xbox at all, but maybe if they get exclusive games down the line that its impossible to play on pc

outsider16241369d ago (Edited 1369d ago )

What was your first console? Do you collect them? Keep them in the same living room?

My first console was nintendo then sega and then it was playstation. But everyone of those consoles were busted some way or the other.(fall, lightning etc)
It was only the ps3 that i sold off to get the ps4.

OT- PlayStation 5 obviously for me.

Shadowolf1369d ago

Im showing my age with this, however, my first system was Coleco Vision. It was so awesome!

nirwanda1369d ago

Same as shadowwolf, I had ladybird, smerfs and zaxxon

LoveSpuds1369d ago (Edited 1369d ago )

I recall the excitement ment of my dad giving me his Atari 2600 for my bedroom when I was around 10 years old and I couldn't believe my luck.....that was until I saw what my dad had bought to replace it, the Commodore 64, I could barely believe what I was seeing 😂

I inherited that C64 a few years later and upgraded that to the Amiga which to this day, is still my favourite gaming system. Sadly, I don't have either of these anymore....... I gave them away to relatives when I upgraded to a PC and PS1 in my early 20s.

I don't have my PS1 or SNES anymore, but I do currently have a PS2, PS3 and PS4 along with a WiiU a Switch and a PC all hooked up to my TV. I recently sold the XB1 because it hadn't been switched on it more than 2 years and a friend needed to replace her son's Xbox which had broken.

darthv721369d ago

my first console was pong and then it just went up from there. The first one I bought with my own $$ was the Sega Genesis in 89.

Patrick21369d ago

Its actually nice to see that there are quite a few older gamers in here. I started gaming on Atari 2600 and colecovision before jumping to the NES in the late 80s. Never owned a super nes, but one day in 1996 I went to a friends house and he was playing this thing called a Sony play station that he had rented from Blockbuster video. I looked at that grey flip top console and it was love at first sight and I have been a playstation fan ever since. I own an nes, a sega genesis, a N64, a gamecube, a wii, a switch, an original xbox, a ps one, a ps2, 3 ps3's and 4 ps4s (one for each member of my family) and a PSVR.
I will be buying 2 ps5's at launch and 2 more shortly after. Will also buy psvr 2 when it releases. The future of playstation gaming is bright and U R not (red) E.

potedude1368d ago

Sega Master System for me. Alex Kidd for the win!!!

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gamer78041369d ago

fair enough, but we still don't know a lot of crucial info about these consoles, specifically around costs, of the console itself and the storage costs. games are going to be huge and 1tb is not even close to being enough.

Knightofelemia1370d ago

PS5 then Series X down the road that's how I always worked with an Xbox I skipped most of the 360 because it was an easy bake oven and a disc carver. I skipped the og Xbox and just stuck with Game Cube and PS2 I recently snagged an og Xbox for $10 and there are some impressive games for it.

darthv721370d ago

There are so many great og xbox games that have not been ported. That is how a few of my friends did it. They were mostly PS2 players but they got the xbox years later and were impressed with how well many of its games still hold up today.

UnSelf1369d ago (Edited 1369d ago )

Havent touched an Xbox One all gen. Might have to do it again next gen.

A great Crackdown 3 was all I wanted smh

neutralgamer19921369d ago

PS5 first and maybe only because with kids and works there is barely enough time for one console. I would like to get XSX later for gamepass

CaptainHenry9161369d ago (Edited 1369d ago )

I will be going with PC/PS5 next generation. No reason to get an Xbox at the moment

rlow11369d ago

I'm aiming for both. I'm really hoping for some good back and forth competition between the two. Plus with the faster hard drives I really want something that surprises me this generation. Hopefully we won't have to wait to long.

CaptainObvious8781369d ago (Edited 1369d ago )

Yup, same. PS5 all day.

I am open to getting an xsx down the line, but that would require MS to release quality AAA exclusives on a consistent basis and to show signs they will continue that support through the entire generation.

After MS's past history and Phil's constant lies and their focus on gamepass I won't hold my breath.

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Why Is No One Making AAA Horror Games Anymore?

Saif from eXputer inquires, "Despite the everlasting popularity of the genre, why hasn't there been a good AAA horror game in a while now?"

Jin_Sakai17h ago

Because the gaming industry is obsessed with live service games.

Rynxie4h ago

Because he touches himself at night to characters like lady Dimitrescu.

Crows901h ago

You're the one still thinking about her

Rynxie1h ago

@crow

Did I give away your secret? It's okay, if you sit on your hand and numb it, you can pretend it's her playing with your little stick.

MaximusPrime_17h ago

Good for me, I have no interests in horror games

-Foxtrot8h ago

Even when they do it's first person trying to copy Outlast, Five Nights, P.T etc

I think the Dead Space / RE2 / RE4 Remake and the Evil Within 2 showed you can have a good story based, third person survival horror game.

thesoftware7304h ago

Calisto Protocol was also fun with fantastic presentation.

Redemption-646h ago

Because outside of a fee games, most don't sell that well

Crows901h ago

So in other words...AAA publishers don't have creativity or passion for games.

CrimsonWing696h ago

Didn’t we have Dead Space Remake and Resident Evil 4 Remake last year?

thorstein6h ago(Edited 6h ago)

Among others

And isn't Dying Light 2 a horror game?

Scissorman5h ago

And Alan Wake 2 and Alone in the Dark.

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New and improved ASUS ROG Ally X battery life is just what it needs to compete with the Steam Deck

Yet another leak for the ASUS ROG Ally X points towards as much as 8 hours of battery, but how does that compare to the competition?

Vits3d ago

Honestly, I really like this updated version. But it doesn't solve the biggest flaw that the original had for me: the Z1 Extreme APU. Yes, it's an extremely powerful part, but it is not part of AMD's Adrenalin driver update program, so it's dependent on Asus for driver updates. And unfortunately, Asus doesn't have a stellar record of support for their devices.

Goodguy013d ago

Up to 8 hours basically just means the least demanding games. AAA gaming at highest wattage would probably be about 2-3 hours which is good compared to just about 1 hour with the current ally. The OLED Deck can do about 2-3hrs.

mrcatastropheAF11h ago

With much less performance so that makes sense.

The Steamdeck shines at the lower TDP end but gets absolutely mopped at the high end.

Similar longevity with much better performance is a big win for the Ally X

Killa781d 9h ago

Too bad Asus are all awful company.

PRIMORDUS1d 5h ago

They used to be the best when it comes to motherboards, now I will never buy anything from them again.

Firebird3601d 7h ago

8 hrs yea right. Running tetris?

Skuletor1d 5h ago

Only after setting the screen brightness to the lowest level, of course.

Notellin13h ago

They tested the battery life watching a game of Tetris in 360p. Running Tetris natively brought the number down slightly to 1 hour and 38 minutes. 😂

Asuka1d 6h ago

Nope. The only improvements I want to hear is better customer support. Otherwise, I can't be bothered.

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N64: Recompiled — Creating Native PC Ports Is A Godsend For Game Preservation

"In a time when companies don't care about preserving games, I have high respect for the creators of projects like N64: Recompiled." - Hanzala from eXputer.

gold_drake2d ago

it is, i might be finally able to play Snowboard kids 1 full screen ha.

purple1011d 11h ago

il beat you to the ski-lift,

framerate on snowboard kids was shocking, do you remember./?

talking of shocking framerate and kart racers style games,
Sony had a gem on ps3, with 'Modnation Racers' but again, framerate was so terrible, still fun though, indeed, when is drifting sideways not fun, the answer is never. we have not seen enough of that game, technically some people made race tracks/games in dreams and little big planet etc, but its just not the same,!!! grrrrr

morning rant over.

here, relive some ,memories. https://www.youtube.com/wat...

itBourne1d 8h ago

The load time on ModNation where also excruciatingly long... But man oh man I wish that game took off more, so much fun! Could turn off garbage rubber banding, I had karts with 100's of stickers to design some crazy cool stuff, custom tracks. Fantastic undeappreciated game

gold_drake1d 4h ago

SK1 had a fairly good framerate. sk2 maybe not so much ha

Redgrave1d 4h ago

Some food for thought:

Would you donate your physical copy of a really rare/expensive cartridge (Conkers's BFD, Bomberman 64 Second Attack, Ogre Battle 64, the two Castlevania titles, etc) to those managing this project for the greater good of getting them preserved online for all to experience at some point?

UltimateOwnage1d 4h ago

As long as it meant they never took money from Patreon and invited a DMCA takedown / lawsuit by Nintendo to take it all away. After seeing the whole debacle with Yuzu I now question how long any of these teams can maintain game preservation efforts through emulator development, or otherwise.

franwex1d 1h ago

I mean. They may borrow them…

Profchaos22h ago

Is it realistically needed though I would not personally give anyone my old carts for games that are already persevered and easily available online

Inverno1d 4h ago

The snippet of ray tracing at the end of the og trailer was low-key amazing. I found out thanks to Nerrel who also made a texture pack for MM, and i can't wait to see how much more great this game will be in the near future. With model swaps, ray tracing, retextures, and a more quicker process than decompilation, it's gonna bring new life to N64 games.

Profchaos22h ago

There might need to be a bit of clarification recompilation is not the same as decompilation.

This is basically a container to excite the rom within but allows for all sorts of beat additions and tricks like new lighting effects such as ray tracing to be added.

But decompilation would ultimately be king as it allows for a widespread porting capabilities and uses the assets from games to build a native install for PC or whatever the target system is e.g Mario 64 for PC or sonic mania for psvita / wii

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