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Big-Swing2849 t1_j4c7bu7 wrote

They’re essentially identical. I find I lean Xbox because that’s what my friends have. A while since I’ve had PS (PS3) so things have probably moved on but prefer Xbox interface and controller, but that will also be familiarity.

They’re both brilliant. Arguing about it is stupid.

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angrystingray t1_j4bwnl3 wrote

I've always preferred Playstation to everything else since the PS1 days. I've always owned an Xbox as well, but last generation I didn't get a new Xbox until the One X came out. The One truly was a piece of shit IMO.

That said, I got a Series X a few months after getting my PS5, and while initially I was still booting my PS5 up more often than the Series X, things sort of changed throughout 2022 and now I find my PS5 is mostly just an exclusives machine these days. Things like Quick Resume, and the overall UX of the Xbox I find to be a tad better than PS5. Not to mention Discord integration which has been huge being able to VC with my PC friends not having to rely on the in game voice chat services.

Of course there's GamePass as well, but I won't go too far into that since everyone knows the deal there already. Yes, it's great. Yes, I find myself playing way more games than I normally would due to GamePass, but I digress.

Overall, I've found myself falling more and more out of love with the main Playstation exclusives. 3rd person narrative driven action adventure titles just don't really do it for me anymore.

I personally don't see myself booting up my PS5 until FF16 comes out. Until then, everything is getting played on the Series X. And man, this year looks like it could be real big for Xbox. Won't hold my breath because, ya know, fool me once and all that. We shall see we shall see.

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JimAdams7 t1_j4bw2hn wrote

Forza and halo are the only good exclusives on the xbox while there are so many good exclusives on the Playstation along with the fact that Sony is a more consumer friendly companys.

Nintendo through beats both at the exclusives so i own both a playstation and a switch but not a xbox (i can play most of the xbox exclusives on pc anyways)

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star_jump t1_j4buovz wrote

This is all kinds of wrong. Consoles don't work that way. Unless one of them allows for a streaming application to run which would enable you to stream from a running PC elsewhere on your network, it's not possible to run a program written to run on an entirely different OS from the one which runs on the host system. E.g. Playstation 5 does not run Windows, so you can't run Windows applications on a PS5.

Your options are either to connect a PC (or laptop) directly up to your TV, or use a set top box like the Nvidia Shield which does support the use of PC streaming apps like Moonlight to stream content from your PC to your TV (with a very minimal, but sometimes noticable injection of latency.)

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MasterChrom t1_j4bseux wrote

Not at the moment. Game Pass is a great deal, but PlayStation's first party games are better. PlayStation's UI, Game DVR, Share Play, and Share Screen features put the console on top for me.
Xbox still has a ways to go. They haven't had a compelling first party game in years. They have one now in Starfield, but we don't even know if that's coming out this year.

In the future? It's possible, but it all depends on how they utilize these acquisitions and what these studios can create in terms of a first party library. Xbox also needs to work on appealing to a broader market outside the United States. PlayStation is more popular because Sony does a better job marketing their system in more console markets. Xbox also needs a better game DVR and more social features like Share Screen and Share Play.

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