I've noticed you have a tendency to add words that were not said. I at no point said anything about 'console breaking'. You and I can disagree on what is 'serious', but to me serious does not mean console breaking. That would be a 'fatal' flaw and I have never said the PS5 is fatally flawed. To me coil whine IS serious because it is uncertain if it will ever be addressed and I am reminded of it every time I turn the system on. The BC thing IS serious because another company is offering a significantly better experience for the same price. Things like the UI issues are serious because it affects my enjoyment of using the system. Most of these things can be fixed and I hope they will be with time. It is still missing the ability to upgrade it's internal storage and features like VRR and 1440p support are absent. No one is crapping on the PS5 I am just realistic about it. I suppose that comes from experiencing both consoles (XSX+PS5) first hand so I can see(and hear) the difference.
I have no idea. When a developer has to go back and write a specific PS5 version just to utilize its features that is a disadvantage. How long will it take for Biomutant to get patched? 3 months? 6? By the time a PS5 version is complete most of the games biggest fans would have already moved on. They are essentially saying it will get better just wait till some new patch comes out at some uncertain date. That isn't a great thing.
Who said that last gen advantages was proof of next gen superiority? MS approach to running games on their platform is certainly superior when a developer can make a game and get multiple outcomes depending of the platform it is running on. It is more than just BC because as people have stated over and over again the PS5 does BC so if that was case both results would be the same.
In many cases games run BETTER than their last gen version with higher resolutions and framerates. That isn't just BC. It is an objectively better way to receive games. Like how game saves work across different versions of cross gen titles and how smart delivery get you the best version of a game based on the platform. MS was just more thoughtful about how these things work. Just calling it BC is the best way to argue for brand over reality. The times they trade blows is ONLY when a native PS5 version of game is made. Perhaps in a few years time when ONLY current gen games will be made that will be fine but in a era when people are struggling to get newer consoles it matters now.
None of this being true takes away from anyone preferring to play Sony's first party titles so if that is the most important thing to you so be it. I tend to play more 3rd party stuff and in many cases it appears MS solution works best for me.
I was HOPING you guys would have some comments from at least this year! The best you can do it point out complaints made BEFORE the XSS even came out. On top of that none of them address things like SFS and VA things to specifically deal with RAM management. Since you guys did your research I'll give a link for everyone else.
[Editor’s Note: Updated on 10/21 at 11AM to ensure it is now reflective of the capabilities across both of our next-gen Xbox consoles following the unveil of Xbox Series S.] As we enter a new generation of console gaming with Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, we’ve made a number of technology...
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Sampler Feedback Streaming (SFS) – A component of the Xbox Velocity Architecture, SFS is a feature of the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S hardware that allows games to load into memory, with fine granularity, only the portions of textures that the GPU needs for a scene, as it needs it. This enables far better memory utilization for textures, which is important given that every 4K texture consumes 8MB of memory. Because it avoids the wastage of loading into memory the portions of textures that are never needed, it is an effective 2.5x multiplier on average on both amount of
physical memory and SSD performance.
2.5x multiplier on average. Do you guys happen to have the comments from the devs you posted from ages ago on how SFS will affect the complaints they made? Can you provide ANY evidence that these features will NOT address their concerns? Are you guys even AWARE that the XSS has the same feature set as the XSX? Are you aware that the XSS is NOT a 4K device and therefore will not need 100GB of memory. It has the same CPU, It has the same SSD. The comments the complaining devs made were not reflective of what development on the XSS will be with a mature dev kit.
Bernd Lauert
also made an excellent point.
Brings a tear to my eye. Someone gets it! Thank you.
After all that was said the XSS STILL produces a higher resolution image at 60fps with raytracing on games like RE8 than the X1X(which has more RAM!!) and higher resolution on Biomutant than the PS5 and X1X! Despite the complaints, despite the misinformation the XSS is still providing some pretty impressive outcomes and all that WITHOUT using some of the systems core features. I'll never know why people just can't accept that the XSS is a fantastic value that offers features more expensive consoles lack. It has to simply be console tribalism because at this point the XSS has proven itself at this point. More can be addressed if/when a REAL issue comes up.
) or dealing with bad faith arguments that completely derail the original topic. The amount of toxic discussion, mostly (not all of it) coming from "one side" is absolutely insane.
