Well, and that's if you want to limit yourself to DF's analyses, which aren't always as comprehensive as they should be and leave out details. Some people like to limit DF when it's interesting for their narrative, but then they don't hesitate to open threads and even turn to censored sources when they discover something that interests them for that narrative.
But If you look at other well credible sources (Brazilpixel, NXG), you'll find that many games that DF considers virtually identical aren't actually quite the same, and the XSX version shows advantages, sometimes quite clear ones.
-AC Sadows is known to have a DRS advantage on XSX in all modes and also shows greater graphical detail in Performance mode.
+Wukong on XSX displays between 70 and 100% higher native resolution depending on the graphics mode. Higher frame rates and better texture detail quality and LoD. But if there was any doubt, the latest patch shows how XSX runs at higher resolutions and better frame rates in that performance mode. Vegetation cut on PS5 while on XSX it remains the same as on Pro in this "new" performance mode.
And you can give examples like Sniper Elite . Games that DF ignores due to their lower interest and only defines DRS highs and lows, but not the average. Thanks to sources like Brazilpixel, we know how the difference can be quite large in this regard.
It's funny that they want to rule out any game that has any connection to Xbox Studios (dozens) when the vast majority are multiplatform-based and have been working on PS5 since launch. The fact that they did want to include cases like Ghostwire or Hifi speaks volumes about how to adapt the narrative.
And finally, there's the fact that there are many cases (and this past year even more so) where advantages in favor of XSX are seen that are much longer than any where PS5 was once better. And this is well into the last five years, where XSX is the platform with the smallest user base, with all that entails in terms of optimization time and preferences, and PS5 is the common development base and priority release. A year ago, the same people were telling you that the situation was going to get worse for XSX, and here we are.
