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ORIGINAL: Greybriar

ORIGINAL: Protonic2020

Playstation 5 or the new Xbox?

Neither. I do all my gaming on my computer.

Good PC goes long way. If you have 10 years old desktop PC with high end graphic adapter of the time (more $$ than top end console), many new games should run on it. Just earlier this week I made a test with a new game (Phoenix Point Year One Edition) on my 11 years old laptop, and game works on it. With numerous graphical glitches. In case of desktop computer, all it takes is change of graphic adapter and increase of RAM to get new games going with less than high graphics settings. But let's face it: good desktop game PC cost double the $$ of a game console without a monitor, and decent upgrade cost just as much as new console. Used hardware goes for less, but it apply to consoles too.

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So gamer with $400 (or cheaper) laptop isn't going to enjoy playing Cyberpunk 2077 on it, and game console would be cheaper investment than new desktop PC for that game.

I recommend this one [pet miniature Yeti not included]:

Not able to buy either, so no real point. Hype will die when units are finally available in May.

I just built a new computer, so computer is the way to go for me right now. I never owned a PS4 so I may not ever own a PS5. I do have a PS3. Wow, the graphics are so bad.

Long story short - most games I want to play are on the computer. So, that is where I am right now.

Couple videos from last year by JayzTwoCents. In the first one Jayz and his team make comparisons between 10 years old top end computer and new lower end one. In second video Jayz upgrades the old computer with around $300. Upgrade alone cost as much as Xbox Series S, the cheaper one of new Xboxes.

"Hold on, give my hard drive some time!"
* Facepalm

A nice summary of how CP2077 runs on a PS4

https://youtu.be/n8RTgWC23ng?t=74

BTW, Given how much the game is ridiculously broken at launch, they are offering refunds - which is more I can say about a certain other game sold by this very company (if you know me you know what I'm talking about [8|]).

ORIGINAL: LarryP

I am tired of the hardware for PC's being the main issue of whether I can play a game or not. There are many games on Steam I have to pass on cause of my CPU or GPU or both. That's the best thing about consoles, if it's built for it, then it works the same on all. No RAM issues, yeah!!!

I prefer shooting on the console any day over the mouse and keyboard. No comparison for me, controller wins every time. I use the controller on the PC for games if they support it. It's an individual preference, neither is better, just a preference. Press L2 to aim my bow, R2 to shoot. Walking around on the PC using WASD is just plain stupid for me. My fingers get confused all the time. [&:]

WOW I'm the opposite. No idea how you can aim quick and accurate without using keyboard and mouse. The first online shooter from both console and PC gamers to go head to head against found the PC players owned the console players due to using mouse and keyboard combination (they dropped the PC players with console players feature). So without the obligatory "aim assist" option console owners need then mouse and keyboard comes out on top for fast accurate control. As for he bow example for PC right click mouse to aim then left click to fire. Also you need both wasd and mouse to move around, wasd on it's own would be very difficult indeed.

Finally regarding the need to upgrade, console owners also have to upgrade every new console with a PC if you buy well you can get away with just the need of a graphics upgrade over the same lifetime of two new console releases before you really need to upgrade any thing else. I find the piece by piece upgrade of a PC suits me fine as rarely I need to spend more than £300 in one go on a new PC upgrade which is far less than what a new console layout would be.

What I paid for my PS4 three years ago cost close to the same as a good video card for my PC. I've played dozens of games on the PS4 and never needed to be concerned about anything except for Sony's lousy system updates that sometimes mess the entire system up. [:@]

As far as WASD vs Controller, to each their own. Neither is wrong, both are a means to a task. I adapted to the controller like a duck adapts to the water. Quack quack! [;)]

ORIGINAL: LarryP
As far as WASD vs Controller, to each their own. Neither is wrong, both are a means to a task. I adapted to the controller like a duck adapts to the water. Quack quack! [;)]

I find the controller to be more relaxing, but I can't imagine playing the new Doom or other action-heavy games like Control with it. WASD + mouse can push the "act/aim/react" cycle far beyond what a controller allows.

I just started Death Stranding on PC and I'm using a XBox controller (today they released a sort of "cross-over content patch with Cyberpunk 2077 - oh, the irony [:D]). When I launched the game, BTW, I thought that the landscapes reminded me of Valhalla Rising (the movie - I know, it would be great name for a game too) only to discover that Mads Mikkelsen and even Nicholas Winding Refn "play" characters in the game [X(] One can only wonder...

I played Death Stranding quite a few hours, then I gave it up cause I got tired of the black stuff ruining the flow. Too weird.

If you are a fierce anime player and follow the latest in the gaming industry, then you need to take the PS5, since most Japanese games are released on it. If you are a mere mortal who plays 2-3 hours a day, then definitely XSS.

There's been some complaining about censorship in Sony's consoles, at least since PS4. This Omega Labyrinth Life video makes fun of it (turn on subtitles and translation).

Both the PS5 and Xbox Series X are great devices for ESO, but now we've been blown away by the PlayStation 5's superb controller, fun and fresh user interface, and more robust launch lineup. The similarities between the two consoles are striking, but both are quite unique in their own way.