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Xbox gained a lot of ground this console generation/second half of PS5 gen has been terrible in comparison despite console sales (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 1 day ago by overload@sopuli.xyz to c/unpopularopinion@lemmy.world

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With game pass popping off the last 18 months it seems like Xbox has really hit their stride as a publishing house. Admittedly they've largely done this by throwing billions upon billions of dollars to buy IP, but Expedition 33, Palworld, blue Prince and other hits popping off shows this hasn't exclusively been the case.

Meanwhile, Sony have had the most expensive flop in video game history with Concord, PSVR2 basically being DOA, and a perplexing pivot to chasing live service trends has meant that the system has missed out on several potential first party hits. Their subscription service pales comparatively to game pass, and there is very little of interest coming in the pipeline.

The PS5 has won this gen over Xbox in terms of sales, but I think customer confidence in their approach has dropped massively, at least for me.

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[–] qwestjest78@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

Yeah PS5 has killed consoles for me I think. I have always had a Playstation, but when I got a Steamdeck and I was able to play every game ever and online was free. It showed me Playstation's major limitations. Then they released that terrible Steamdeck like controller with the screen where you could only stream games to it from your PS5 and it was super expensive. Sony is out of touch with what consumers want.

I've been super disapointed by the PS5. Games sucked and I basically only played my PS4 games on it. I'll build a PC now before I buy another console.

[–] Kyle_The_G@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I like everything about the PS5 better: I LOVE the controller, UI, games play awesome on the machine and in general I prefer their more story-entered games BUT PS+ straight up sucks, there's nothing on there for me and its outrageously priced. Xbox on the other hand still runs great, everything about the controller and UI is just fine but game pass rules. Its also overpriced but at least they have a massive catalogue of games I actually want to try.

[–] overload@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 day ago

I forgot to mention the controller! God I wish those haptics took off, the tech is really cool. I worry that Sony will abandon it as an experiment that didn't take off.

[–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Agreed, as a lifelong PS fanboy. The only redeeming quality is that I can play my PS4 disks on my PS5, other than that XB seems better in every way

[–] Nikls94@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Idk man. I bought a ps5 2 years ago when that Harry Potter game came out. Mainly for my gf because she’s a pothead or whatever those fans are called. She was disappointed by the game because it was boring and repetitive and, if not for the universe, it would be a very bad game. She’s only played about 3 games up to that point in her life.

But other than that, the 2 ps5 exclusives I played have been fun. I’m using the controller for ps2 emulation on Mac ever since. Love it since I’ve installed HALL sticks

[–] overload@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 day ago

Admittedly I enjoyed Astrobot and Demon's Souls a lot, and didn't buy an Xbox series console. But the other exclusives have been few and far between, games have been overly expensive on their digital storefront, and their recent console price rise has been a downer. Harry Potter being a Warner Brothers multi-platform being mid is kind of on the side for me.