| Megiddo said: I'd rather be hearing about Series X/S vs PS5 comments since that's far more relevant to today. Like, how has there been seemingly no improvement despite there being much more parity between Series X and PS5 than the generation prior and also having a more budget friendly option in the Series S? And then there's also putting all their first party titles on Game Pass on day one along with several good to great third party releases? Like, how has there not been any change? It baffles me. |
Because ultimately gamers care more about the software side of things (games) than anything else (nintendo proves this, time and again).
The hardware and services, arn't ultimately as important as just steadily releaseing high quality exclusives.
Price of entry does matter, ofc.
Thats why the series S is like ~70% of all xbox "series" sales (with the remaining ~30% being the series X).
The differnce between the series X and the PS5, are basically a wash (often too close to call a clear winner, or one or the other, runs a game better by tiny margins). The PS5 digital is there though, and 100$ cheaper than the Series X.
So while the more budget friendly option is there in the series S, the PS5 has the cheaper "big" console option (for people that want 4k).
Xbox hasn't had a good AAA exclusive game release yet, that feels next gen, has it?
Like something like Halo Infinate, if you played that on a Xbox One X..... how massive is the differnce compaired to current gen?
Halo Infinite Campaign Comparison - Xbox Series X vs. Xbox Series S vs. Xbox One X vs. Xbox One S
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWwoAeFk_ic
"it's a good playing game, like its technically.... very good, its just that, its sort of about visual quality right? It doesn't stand out, maybe as much as errhh... other next gen exclusive games, would do" - Resero
8 mins into the video, they do find differnces in detail levels in the backgrounds ect.... but you can tell, if your counting tree's/blades of grass/rocks.... its not that major a differnce.
We re about 3 years into the gen, and xbox is kinda still missing that big WoW peice, of a game.
That makes you go "theres no way, this could be done on last gen".
Stuff like that matters.
The games that makes you go out and buy a console.
Also Brand trust is a big one as well, if your investing your hard earned money into a console.
Xbox burnt alot of good will, last gen. So its fighting a uphill battle.
