The PS5 and Xbox 2 thread - it's happening

[Great Deceiver]

After spending an inordinate amount of money on a PC upgrade and looking at upwards of 1k USD for a new videocard, these consoles sound like a much better proposition. I probably should have gone with a PS5 + OLED display instead of splurging a ton of cash on a PC upgrade to play popamole anyway.

I could have retained my old 3570k + 1070 to play monocled games for a long time still. Feels like shit to 'waste' money but I hadn't upgraded my processor in 7 years and since I've been building and upgrading my computers for 25 years it was grating on me.

If you just upgraded everything else then you can slap a 3070 in there and beat console performance significantly for the same price, so I'm not sure I understand this post.

How is it "for the same price" if I wrote that I have just spent a shitload of money upgrading everything else? If the new consoles cost 500 bucks, that's the price of a 3070 alone. I've spent 1k on new cpu/mobo/ram/psu/nvme.

If it wasn't clear, I meant that I should have perhaps kept my aging rig for awhile longer and invested that 1.5k+ in a top of the line new OLED and one of the new consoles, with some change to spare.

 

[JDR13]

What's the current ETA for the PS5? I know the new Xbox is scheduled for November. Is the PS5 supposed to be around that time too?

 

[DalekFlay]

How is it "for the same price" if I wrote that I have just spent a shitload of money upgrading everything else? If the new consoles cost 500 bucks, that's the price of a 3070 alone. I've spent 1k on new cpu/mobo/ram/psu/nvme.

If it wasn't clear, I meant that I should have perhaps kept my aging rig for awhile longer and invested that 1.5k+ in a top of the line new OLED and one of the new consoles, with some change to spare.

Yeah, I thought you meant "I just spent all this money and it's a waste because I'm going to get an Xbox Series X for $500," which wouldn't make sense. I didn't get that you meant you regret building the PC.

I find that a hard thing to respond to because as a PC gamer I would never consider "going console" and playing shooters with a pad or having limited options and back catalogs and whatnot, so I just can't relate to the idea of switching instead of upgrading. However I will say... if you just built it, slapping a 3070 in there will probably last you many years. The whole generation probably if you stick to 1440p. You'll also have much more flexibility to choose the framerate/graphics mix that's best for you, ray tracing will likely look and perform significantly better and of course you'll have the control and tweaking options PC gamers expect. You also won't have to pay for multiplayer, which adds significant cost to the console price over time.

 

[Markman]

I own both PS and Xbox and I dont play shooters with gamepad. Thats something I could never get used to.

You can still be a PC gamer and own a console.
I dont look for something that can replace the PC but more as an extra device that I can game at.

For me, One X was a decent upgrade for my 4k TV, both for 4k gaming and watching movies in 4k. You do get ultra HD Blu-Ray drive with it. For 350 euros it was an amazing purchase. I did own OG Xbox and 360.

PS 4 i got cause i traded my old xbone for it as a bonus to sit in bedroom. Its a piece of shit compared to the X but does its job.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

wait is it really called the xbox 2?

 

[Pegultagol]

Looking at the PS5 showcase...it seems that Sony is trying to push the diskless PS5 more as it is the featured version on the title.

EDIT: eh...maybe not, it's kinda obscured in closer look

 

[fizzelopeguss]

£450 notes lol. Ouch.

 

[Sam Ecorners]

so it is 499/399

 

[Tehdagah]

$500 for 800gb of storage space

 

[Wirdschowerdn]

That just killed off the Xbox Series S.

 

[Markman]

Oh man, they losing 100 bucks atleast per unit.
Couldve easily priced both 100 more and nothing would change.

$400 for digital is tempting as fuck.
Might get it next year on a black friday sale or something.

 

[The Decline]

Oh man, they losing 100 bucks atleast per unit.
Couldve easily priced both 100 more and nothing would change.

$400 for digital is tempting as fuck.
Might get it next year on a black friday sale or something.

Or wait a few years and get a cheap refurbished unit, assuming there are enough exclusives to justify buying one.

 

[Kem0sabe]

Series s is dead before it even was a thing. Sony aggressively pricing the digital ps5.

Also, FF exclusivity, demon souls looking absolutely gorgeous and god of war blowing it out of the park.

 

[CrunchyHemorrhoids]

Urge to pay five hundred bucks for a good souls game again rising.

 

[DalekFlay]

Good for gamers that Sony are being aggressive and not counting on their current market dominance to carry them. I wouldn't say Xbox is fucked now though, as GamePass and $300 is still tempting for Madden types I bet, but Sony reduced the damage by a good bit. They still need to prepare for a subscription and multi-device future though, IMO.

Demon's Souls is apparently coming to PC? That's cool. Horizon 2 apparently coming to PS4? That's interesting.

You can still be a PC gamer and own a console.
I dont look for something that can replace the PC but more as an extra device that I can game at.

Of course. I'm not trying to come into the next-gen console thread and shit all over consoles. There's tons of reasons to own one. None of them really apply to me because of my setup and genre interests, but there's tons of reasons. My back and forth with those guys is all about the idea of ditching a gaming PC to get a Series X instead, and why I think that's silly.

 

[NJClaw]

Urge to pay five hundred bucks for a good souls game again rising.

Also Available on PC.

 

[Dexter]

Both FF16 and the Demon's Souls Remake got Announced for PC too in their Reveal Trailers:

 

[DalekFlay]

With those being on PC and Horizon and Spider-Man MM being confirmed for PS4, what are the actual next-gen console exclusive games we know about? I mean... are there any? I'm struggling to think of one.

 

[Zed]

With those being on PC and Horizon and Spider-Man MM being confirmed for PS4, what are the actual next-gen console exclusive games we know about? I mean... are there any? I'm struggling to think of one.

Probably God of War, teased at the very end.

 

[Tehdagah]

I wonder if console exclusives like FF16 are result of developers refusing to make multiplatform games on the Series S

 

[DalekFlay]

Some are reporting Demon's Souls being on PC as well was a typo.

 

[Markman]

Good one

 

[Kem0sabe]

80 euros...

 

[Tehdagah]

But Astro's Playroom is free

 

[CrunchyHemorrhoids]

Bundling all the PS4 "classics" with the psplus subscription seems like a strong proposition for non-playstation gamers.

The DeS "timed console exclusive/also on pc" message just looks like someone pasted the wrong thing on the image.

 

[†††]

80 euros...

80€ are the equivalent of $95, what the fuck