Choosing Xbox Series X or PS5

[grommet]

I am trying to decide between Xbox Series X or a PS5. Currently I am playing Lies of P and Resident Evil 4 on my MacBook Pro and it is wonderful but there are only about ten games in the App Store and the ones I try for macOS on Steam crash.

I want to be able to play AAA games with very good graphics like the ones I have been playing. I am new to gaming. Is one console better for AA games? I already have a PS4 controller for use with my Mac, so I looked at the PS5 but I did not know games could cost $60 and that is too much. Xbox has a kind of subscription that would let me play for less money but maybe Sony does too, I do not know.

I would like opinions and advice please. Thank you.

 

[Raggamuffin]

Is a gaming PC or laptop out of the question? As if you want AAA games with the best graphics and framerates, then PC remains the peak.

I had the latest Xbox and I sold it within a couple of months as the framerates and graphics weren't up to the standard of my PC. Although the plug n play aspect to consoles is appealing. As PC games can require some Googling and tweaking to get the best performance.

Ed

 

[grommet]

Is a gaming PC or laptop out of the question? As if you want AAA games with the best graphics and framerates, then PC remains the peak.

I had the latest Xbox and I sold it within a couple of months as the framerates and graphics weren't up to the standard of my PC. Although the plug n play aspect to consoles is appealing. As PC games can require some Googling and tweaking to get the best performance.

Ed

Thank you very much. I have a fast gaming PC. I don't want to turn it on because it gives off so much heat and it is so hard to just play anything on it. I want easy. I found out two weeks ago that there is gaming on a MacBook Pro and I tried and it was great. Using my AirPods the sound was great and the screen is excellent and I can start and stop playing a game in seconds any time I want. So much easier.

I am sorry you did not like your Xbox enough to keep it. I wonder if it would look good enough to me on my HDR tv, it has a games setting.

 

[AGXStarseed]

I'd say PS5 personally.

 

[Stuttermabolur]

I don't play games on consoles and have never owned an Xbox product, but if price is a consideration, I'm pretty sure cheap Xboxes are more abundant than PS5's. GamePass (on Xbox) is also a significantly better value in terms of games than the PlayStation subscription offering. Just be aware, that though the Series S model is cheaper, I've heard that it has problems running several games, so a model X would likely be better.

 

[grommet]

I don't play games on consoles and have never owned an Xbox product, but if price is a consideration, I'm pretty sure cheap Xboxes are more abundant than PS5's. GamePass (on Xbox) is also a significantly better value in terms of games than the PlayStation subscription offering. Just be aware, that though the Series S model is cheaper, I've heard that it has problems running several games, so a model X would likely be better.

Thank you

 

[grommet]

I'd say PS5 personally.

Could you say more?

 

[AGXStarseed]

Could you say more?

I'll be honest and say it's due to personal bias on my part - I've played PS1, PS2 and PS3 (not played PS4 as it was too expensive and I'm not as much into gaming now as I used to be), so I naturally gravitate more towards the Sony products in that regard.
I've played Xbox and Xbox 360 in the past but I never really connected with either console. As such, you might decide the Xbox series is better for you. One thing to note, however, is that Xbox is apparently planning to go "full digital" with its games in the future - while Playstation and Nintendo won't be doing that until a few generations later according to this article:
Analyst: next-gen Xbox to go full digital, PlayStation and Nintendo a few generations later

 

[Metalhead]

Get a Series X just so you can game with me. We can whore out grindy achievements together.

 

[DrBadStrings]

Personally I went with the PS5 and the main reason was for some of the games that are exclusive to Sony, well at least for the first year or two of their release. God of War, Spider Man, Horizon Zero Dawn. All incredible Playstation only game originally. Some of them did eventually make their way to the PC side.

As for the war between XBOX and Playstation when it comes to their latest iterations there really is no difference apart from a few games exclusive to each system. One system may have a slight edge on the other in terms of processing speed, but honestly, outside of benchmark testing where you have the specific stats to see the 0.002% performance difference, you won't notice yourself. And anyone saying that they do notice a difference is fooling themselves. It's like TV's going 4k, then 8k, the vast majority of people unless they are looking specifically for the difference can't notice the difference between 1080 and 4k let alone 8k.

That being said I also have a gaming PC and Laptop and since getting those I rarely touch the PS5 unless it's a game that can only be played on PS5, or if it's a game I want to play that I've already bought. There is no comparing XBOX or PS5 to a good gaming PC. And moving forward as tech improves I can just upgrade the video card or add more ram. Something you can't really do with consoles.

 

[grommet]

Personally I went with the PS5 and the main reason was for some of the games that are exclusive to Sony, well at least for the first year or two of their release. God of War, Spider Man, Horizon Zero Dawn. All incredible Playstation only game originally. Some of them did eventually make their way to the PC side.

As for the war between XBOX and Playstation when it comes to their latest iterations there really is no difference apart from a few games exclusive to each system. One system may have a slight edge on the other in terms of processing speed, but honestly, outside of benchmark testing where you have the specific stats to see the 0.002% performance difference, you won't notice yourself. And anyone saying that they do notice a difference is fooling themselves. It's like TV's going 4k, then 8k, the vast majority of people unless they are looking specifically for the difference can't notice the difference between 1080 and 4k let alone 8k.

That being said I also have a gaming PC and Laptop and since getting those I rarely touch the PS5 unless it's a game that can only be played on PS5, or if it's a game I want to play that I've already bought. There is no comparing XBOX or PS5 to a good gaming PC. And moving forward as tech improves I can just upgrade the video card or add more ram. Something you can't really do with consoles.

Getting the PS5 has been the best decision. My PC is always difficult for me to use and I would need to buy a very expensive monitor to get as good a gaming experience I am getting with my HDR TV.

I am playing Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2 and it is the best game I have ever played, it is incredible. I am loving my PS5.

 

[DrBadStrings]

Getting the PS5 has been the best decision. My PC is always difficult for me to use and I would need to buy a very expensive monitor to get as good a gaming experience I am getting with my HDR TV.

I am playing Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2 and it is the best game I have ever played, it is incredible. I am loving my PS5.

I'm lucky in that my PC / Laptop / PS5 / PS4 / and Switch all run through the same HD TV. Had to get a splitter for it but it works. And while I haven't played Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2 I have seen it and it looks great. On my list of things to eventually try.

 

[grommet]

I'm lucky in that my PC / Laptop / PS5 / PS4 / and Switch all run through the same HD TV. Had to get a splitter for it but it works. And while I haven't played Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2 I have seen it and it looks great. On my list of things to eventually try.

I wanted to connect my PC to my tv but the cable would have to be long and my landlord because of tripping hazards won't allow it. Also I wondered if there would be a long delay. With the PS5 I can play in real-time, no delay. It was been wonderful for me though I keep having connections problems with the PS5 site. I re-start the PS5 and sometimes that helps but silly problem.

 

[grommet]

Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2 is God level. This game is so amazing. I just sniper crawled for an hour, stalked a guard, shot him with a supressed pistol, looted him and dragged his body into a cave so no one would see him. Crawling through the foliage is aspie dreamy to me, in the world around people but they cannot see me

 

[Joshua the Writer]

You might as well set your Mac up to dual boot Windows 10 or a Linux distro of your choosing. PC gaming is far ahead of consoles right now. But if you did have to choose between consoles, go for PS5 because it has both good exclusives and good 3rd party support. If you have trouble actually finding one, go find an Xbox Series X.

 

[grommet]

You might as well set your Mac up to dual boot Windows 10 or a Linux distro of your choosing. PC gaming is far ahead of consoles right now. But if you did have to choose between consoles, go for PS5 because it has both good exclusives and good 3rd party support. If you have trouble actually finding one, go find an Xbox Series X.

I got a PS5. Gaming on my PC was not fun. Starting up my PS5 and playing is really easy, the games look incredible and I can use my AirPods Pro so the sound is perfect. On my PC I had to use my montor which is small and not very good. My AirPods would not work with my PC and starting everything up was always difficult.

The PS5 has been perfect for me. Easy, no decisions, start it and play and I can use my tv which has HDR so the picture is amazing.

PC gaming nor PS5 is best. It is what the person likes and enjoys. You said PC gaming is "far ahead of consoles". It is not for me. What I have now is wonderful and what I always wanted. I was miserable using my PC, which is fast, but learning how to use and maintain it was miserable. I just want to play.

 

[Joshua the Writer]

I got a PS5. Gaming on my PC was not fun. Starting up my PS5 and playing is really easy, the games look incredible and I can use my AirPods Pro so the sound is perfect. On my PC I had to use my montor which is small and not very good. My AirPods would not work with my PC and starting everything up was always difficult.

The PS5 has been perfect for me. Easy, no decisions, start it and play and I can use my tv which has HDR so the picture is amazing.

PC gaming nor PS5 is best. It is what the person likes and enjoys. You said PC gaming is "far ahead of consoles". It is not for me. What I have now is wonderful and what I always wanted. I was miserable using my PC, which is fast, but learning how to use and maintain it was miserable. I just want to play.

Nice! I would buy a PS5 in the future, possibly. Although I'd have to keep my Xbox One.

 

[grommet]

Nice! I would buy a PS5 in the future, possibly. Although I'd have to keep my Xbox One.

I hear about people having both. I am so busy with my PS5 I cannot think of also trying an Xbox. I wonder what I will play when I am done with this game, Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2. Today I tried a few minutes of Assassin's Creed Syndicate. So far I do not like it much.

Today I was playing and I think the devs did something unfair. Everything in the game is reality based, real rifles, real bullets, trees and, soil, wind, it's a reality based. But today there was a problem to solve that had no real world solution, it was a video game type puzzle. Without any context to know they are going to create a challenge that is no longer reality based but something like puzzle solving in a video game castle by touching bricks in the right order (an analogy not what happens in this game), how are any players supposed to be able to solve it?

It was based on no pattern anywhere else in the game. I tried and tried every obvious solution then had to go to YouTube and it was shown. I think it was silly and unfair. What was the point of suddenly doing that. I want to know how the first person solved the puzzle with no clues at all. Their solution might as well have been to run around the building three times, wait ten seconds, sit down quickly jump up, look at the sun then walk backwards to the door that will then open.

Everything until then used bullets and explosives and hand-to-hand fighting, then to finish a mission you have to do something that cannot possibly be guessed because there was nothing else like it in the game.

What do you think?

By the way I am trying to be vague so I do not spoil the game if someone else plays it.

 

[Joshua the Writer]

I hear about people having both. I am so busy with my PS5 I cannot think of also trying an Xbox. I wonder what I will play when I am done with this game, Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2. Today I tried a few minutes of Assassin's Creed Syndicate. So far I do not like it much.

Today I was playing and I think the devs did something unfair. Everything in the game is reality based, real rifles, real bullets, trees and, soil, wind, it's a reality based. But today there was a problem to solve that had no real world solution, it was a video game type puzzle. Without any context to know they are going to create a challenge that is no longer reality based but something like puzzle solving in a video game castle by touching bricks in the right order (an analogy not what happens in this game), how are any players supposed to be able to solve it?

It was based on no pattern anywhere else in the game. I tried and tried every obvious solution then had to go to YouTube and it was shown. I think it was silly and unfair. What was the point of suddenly doing that. I want to know how the first person solved the puzzle with no clues at all. Their solution might as well have been to run around the building three times, wait ten seconds, sit down quickly jump up, look at the sun then walk backwards to the door that will then open.

Everything until then used bullets and explosives and hand-to-hand fighting, then to finish a mission you have to do something that cannot possibly be guessed because there was nothing else like it in the game.

What do you think?

By the way I am trying to be vague so I do not spoil the game if someone else plays it.

Zenless Zone Zero is fun. It is available on PS5, and is free (Free to play friendly gacha game). It has a fun action combat system and an excellent art style and musical direction.

I am saying I'd have to keep my Xbox One because I still have some Xbox One games (and a few backwards compatible X360 games).

 

[saturnv]

If you like games where you sneak around you might like a genre called immersive sims. I can recommend Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, Prey, and Dishonored which are all on PS5 (and included in the subscription). These games give a lot of freedom to use different play styles. You can pick different character upgrades and items to focus on shooting vs sneaking, for example. I like sneaking around in games, so I always pick that play style. You can even optionally complete the games without killing anyone, which I like.