I reckon this gen has shown that exclusives do matter. The consoles are more similar to each than ever in terms of capabilities and in terms of broader libraries, so it really is the key point of differentiation at this point.
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I mean MS were down and out before they had even launched the Xbox in Tier 1 countries, tier 2 countries to follow later.
Sony came along and kicked MS’s teeth in with a more powerful and cheaper console, which everyone bought to play Call of Duty and FIFA.
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Originally posted by Super Monkey Balls View PostThere's no such thing as a next gen console any more. The days of killer launch titles are gone. It's just like upgrading your PC to get better graphics than your old one now.
Playing Doom Eternal on the X, which looks and runs like nothing else I've seen, the last thing on my mind is splashing out £500 to replace it.
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Originally posted by Atticus View PostPlaying Doom Eternal on the X, which looks and runs like nothing else I've seen, the last thing on my mind is splashing out £500 to replace it.
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The XsX offers faster loading times, resume function, increased resolution, higher frame rates (up to any caps) and HDR on backwards compatible games. It’ll be an enhancement with existing and forthcoming games even over the X. Whether that’s worth the price at launch is down to each of us to decide.
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That all sounds great ... but lots of little reasons don't necessarily make one big reason.
Saying that I know it's only a matter of time, I'll want to resist but probably won't be able to ... but the interim consoles like the Pro and X do make it far more gradual/less of an event/easier to consider holding off.
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Originally posted by CMcK View PostExclusives aren’t as big a deal as folk make out. The best selling games on PS4 and Xbox One are the usual FIFA, Call of Duty, Red Dead Redemption / GTA V, Star Wars etc.
And Fortnite dominates them all in terms of revenue.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_in_video_games
Both consoles are going to be amazing, but it's clear the Series X will be the best for 3rd party ports
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Originally posted by Team Andromeda View PostVery true , though MS made another bad call with the focus on Online , rather than single player... To go along with the underpowered GPU .
Both consoles are going to be amazing, but it's clear the Series X will be the best for 3rd party portsLast edited by Brad; 09-04-2020, 18:31.
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I suspect when we get the inevitable side by sides, the PS5 will load faster and offer better textures...IF optimised for it.
That PS5 hdd speed and near zero bottlenecks mean most of the graphical performance can be focused directly where the camera is pointing....IF 3rd parties bother to use it fully.
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Originally posted by Brad View PostDon't agree with that last part. Too tough to call. Different approaches from Sony and MS, speed vs parallelism basically and traditionally speed (ps5) wins. That said, devs and tool are becoming more used to writing for multi-core, it just depends how good they've become. I don't see 3rd parties bothering to write for greater parallelism because it's hard. I do think that MS 1st party could produce stuff that looks better than the best that PS5 can do though (a reversal of the last 2 gens (base consoles, not including Pro and One X))
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