Well even before we discover that, considering they made the demo for PS5 so it would be strange if they didn't praise Sony for the system as well.

Would be good if Gabe gave his reason, even if it simple "the specs are higher, GP, play anywhere, etc" even though that is probably what he thinks even without saying.

Ah yeah he was saying that in 2011 :P  Wii U launched on the tail end of 2012 and then other consoles released in 2013.

And he was talking about the specs from Wii U from Wii. Which, to be fair is a big jump from the latter.

I didn't express my opinion on either console...

Just more damage control after two mediocre xbox game events!  Says it’s better but can’t answer why?  

I also found it odd that they had almost day in and day out someone from Epic praising the SSD, I even commented that it was just copy and paste from the last speech someone from Epic had talked.

On the "it run on XSX", well that was pretty obvious since it is listed on UE5 support (even smartphones are). What the other sites are missing is that the demo the way it was show really could only run at PS5 at that moment, to run on XSX it would need some scaling back on streaming due to the over 2x SSD spec difference (and sure could be scaled up for GPU/CPU demand), same for those "that same demo is running on a PC weaker than PS5 and with slow SSD" but that notebook was just showing a recorded video.

I don't think this answer from Gabe is because he isn't objective, from technical perspective everything so far leads to conclusion Xbox is stronger with the caveats of SSD impact and the sound chip that we will need quite some time to see the effects. I'm just a little sad MS didn't took the chance to really show that power in any of the two shows so far.

I don't have a preference between the XSX and the PS5 except I probably will favor the PS5's controller, and I definitely like the look of the XSX more. I also understand that the XSX will have at least some backwards compatibility (what the Xbox One currently has...initially anyway) all the way back to the original Xbox, so I definitely prefer that to only one system's worth of BC. I don't even really have an opinion on Gabe. I really like the Half-Life games (excepting Alyx, because I haven't played it) and appreciate a lot of what Steam has to offer (not its current UI, though). So, I really have no opinion or reaction to Gabe's opinion.

All of that said, I can understand why some people are or at least someone would be annoyed by Gabe's statement because I am a little annoyed by Gabe's statement. Again, it doesn't bother me that he prefers one console over another, nor do I care which console that is. It's not him saying that the XSX is better. It's him saying, "Because it is." When I used to teach, one of the hardest things to do was to get students to differentiate between opinions and facts and to be sure they provided supporting evidence or at least argumentation for the latter. "Because it is" is not stating an opinion. It's stating a fact. And, maybe it's true in particular contexts (e.g. raw computational power). Or maybe, unbeknownst to all of us, it's true in every single context. Regardless of which is the case, statements such as these need to be supported with facts/evidence/argumentation/etc.

If I say, "Linux is better" (and you consider me some sort of relative and relevant authority figure), you'll likely ask "why?". If I respond, "because it is", not only is that dismissive (which I think was his intent, if I had to guess), but it's also not terribly helpful. There's a certain amount of condescension in that type of response. If Gabe's answers were born out of a desire of not wanting to be asked the initial question (which dismissiveness and condescension can suggest), he could have said, "I'd rather not answer", "I'm not sure yet", or not gone on a talk show where such a question was a near certainty. Likewise, if Gabe's answers were born out of a desire of not wanting to be asked the follow-up question, he could have answered with supporting facts (e.g. processing power/Game Pass/BC/etc.), supporting opinions (e.g. look/controller/games), "I just like it more", or even "I'd rather not get into that". However, if Gabe's answers were born out of a desire troll people, frustrating academics, rhetoricians, and particular segments of gamers, then I think he answered about as pithily as he could have.

Since he doesn’t actually make games anymore, he’s basically another spectator.

alyx isn't a game?

I meant that Gabe couldn't care less what you think.

A 12 teraflop system is better than a 10 teraflop system ... wow I'm shocked.