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PlayStation cloud streaming vs Microsoft xCloud

Digital foundry doing comparisons of Playstation streaming vs Xbox's cloud streaming. Come see the results.

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shinoff218372d ago

Even though I'm not interested in streaming what so ever. I found this interesting.

crazyCoconuts72d ago

PS wiping the floor with Xbox even in the streaming department? I guess Azure wasn't as much of an advantage as some thought...

ThinkThink72d ago

"Wiping the floor"? You watched the same video I did?

Einhander197272d ago (Edited 72d ago )

@ThinkThink

"That brings us to the next crucial point: how PS Plus Cloud compares to Microsoft's Xbox Cloud Gaming. The service is still technically in beta, but it's been this way for years and is offered as an Xbox Game Pass perk on the Ultimate subscription. It's a fair point of comparison in this respect but, to be blunt, the Xbox cloud offering simply does not compete with the PS+ Premium service from a technological perspective, for a multitude of reasons."

"In image quality, for example, it's significantly worse, with a maximum 1080p resolution video stream against 4K on PlayStation. The bitrate is also visibly lower in step with that resolution target, something that's evident in just about every game we tested. A Plague Tale Requiem, compared running in its 60fps mode across PS5, PS+ Cloud and Xbox Cloud Gaming (image comparison further down this page), shows just how far Microsoft is behind here."

"There's an extra twist to this too. Not only is the video stream lower quality on Xbox's cloud gaming service, but users are being served the Xbox Series S versions of each game I tested - despite confirmation from Microsoft that xCloud datacentres are built on Series X silicon."

"Speaking of value, the cost of each has to be mentioned too. The PlayStaion Plus Premium tier costs £13.50/$18 per month or at a slight discount for £120/$160 a year. For that you currently get 851 games available to stream right away, 201 of which are PS5 titles. The catalogue varies by region too, but it's an impressive number. And as a bonus, specific additional PS5 titles are available for cloud streaming if you happen to have bought them through the PlayStation store already, such as Cyberpunk 2077. By comparison Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, the tier that includes streaming, costs a similar £13/$17 a month. In exchange, you get access to 402 cloud-ready games overall, including 225 for Series X/S."

helicoptergirl72d ago

I would not say 'wiping the floor'. But it seems the PS cloud streaming is just better at this point in time.

just_looken71d ago

Na this is one sided to me makes 0 sense buying a ps5 to play ps5 games on stream service.

With xbox you can stream on any device even android tv's with a controller.

They are comparing ps5 console streaming ps5 games vs a series x streaming xbox games on a remote xbox one s.

How about ps app android streaming vs xbox app android streaming no ps5 like a sane person would.

crazyCoconuts71d ago

@jlookin, this article is comparing streaming quality between the services, not about whether you like streaming from a console or not.

RaiderNation71d ago (Edited 71d ago )

Either way who cares. Cloud streaming sucks regardless and I want no part of it.

ConsoleAgnostic71d ago

Doesn't Playstation use Azure !? Lol

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shinoff218371d ago

Sorry about the video yall. I've never had to embed anything so I'm trying to figure it out.

ocelot0772d ago

That's actually fairly surprising. I had to rely on both Xbox cloud and PSN now a few months ago and both worked really well and didn't really notice any difference in them. Maybe that's because I streamed to a phone I really don't know.

ApocalypseShadow72d ago

Lol. Yeah. I think it was because you were streaming to a phone.

just_looken71d ago

@ocelot 100%

What you see here is them using a ps5 to remote stream ps5 games because that is the only way you can do that were as xbox is using a remote series S console.

psn android uses ps4 era hardware vs a series S so xbox is better there.

To me it makes no sense why i would buy a ps5 console to stream a ps5 game instead of downloading it to the hardware like a sane person.

shinoff218371d ago (Edited 71d ago )

I prefer physical, but I'd definitely rather download to the console then to rely on the internet

Lexreborn271d ago

Well if you have say a service that provides you ps5 digital games for “free” and you were on the fence or waiting for a deal and it’s there. Want to try it immediately and not use your storage the streaming makes a lot of sense.

If you are equipped to handle streaming and higher quality and the latency isn’t an issue or not twitch for say an Action or competitive game. Streaming can also work there, technology advances in options no reason to buckle down on an old method that isn’t going away.(well for Xbox it is)

badz14971d ago

@just_looken

what video did you watch? this is comparing streaming to PS5 and streaming to the Series X! the only thing xbox streaming is doing better here is having slightly lower controller input lag in Back4Blood and CP2077 while having worse graphics and framerates.

keep being in denial all you want but stop spreading false info.

ocelot0771d ago

What "sane" person takes the full ps5 console to the bathroom? Or keep moving the console to another room in the house. Or take the console to work? Doesn't sound like a sane person to me that.

just_looken71d ago

@lex

I have this service on my ps5 you can download or stream the game on a ps5 you already have access to every DD of each stream able ps5 game. There is 0 reason to stream ps5 games on a ps5

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Hypertension14071d ago (Edited 71d ago )

DF should also test the remote play on both systems.I tried remote play on both using Batman Arkham Knight as a test.

Interestingly, the differences I found were similar to the cloud streamings. The PS5 had a much clearer and stable image, while the Xbox lagged so much more but has slightly less input lag.

anast71d ago

PS is better at streaming than Xbox, ha. Xbox is definitely going all Android soon.

PhillyDonJawn71d ago (Edited 71d ago )

So the difference is that PScloud is streaming ps5 hardware while for some reason Xcloud is streaming from series S hardware instead of series X.

From my experience streaming via phone is pretty much unplayable while streaming on console was very good quality that's nearly like playing natively. I don't understand why

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Profchaos5h ago

Yeah it would have mattered especially since their huge game that year wasn't all that it was cracked up to be remember redfail was almost heavily promoted and hyped not to the level of starfield but still more promoted than the average game.

There was still a decent marketing campaign behind the game I'm sure millions were spent advertising it on websites and I saw a few billboards and bus stop signs in real life

jwillj2k44h ago

No it wouldn’t matter it wouldn’t bring in enough profit to offset their 100 billion dollar acquisition. It would maybe delay the inevitable by some months.

CrimsonWing694h ago

I would f*cking think so. Good games are what draws people to your platform. It’s why I adored the 360 era with Gears of War being one of the highlights for me. You make sh*t games and it just makes your platform that much worse and you start gobbling up studios I like and then killing them off it also makes me hate your platform as well… just sayin’

franwex4h ago

Unless the game would’ve been War Zone, or Fortnite level. No. Maybe even Hell divers 2 I doubt would’ve been enough.

Exvalos3h ago

No it would not have, the ABK deal was great for Microsoft but horrible for Xbox. Over 100 billion dollars in acquisitions. That money has to be made back. That ABK deal essentially destroyed Xbox as we know it.

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Persona 5 Royal Review - Gamerhub UK

Atlus wins over gamers yet again.

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Rutaprkl16h ago(Edited 16h ago)

Persona 5 Royal is my top 10 game of all time. A true masterpiece.

Barlos8h ago

Same here. Not only is it one of my favourite RPGs, it's also one of my favourite ever games. I keep coming back to it time and time again.

CrimsonWing694h ago

4.8? This game is literally one of the best modern JRPGs. I’d give it the perfect score.