The duel of consoles is hotting up again with the arrival of the new generation. Obviously personal preference is king, and people will always have their own favourite, but it’s always best to try to puzzle out, objectively, which of the two is better. Xbox Series X or PS5, so far we only know the technical details and what they will look like, as well as some potential games that will be in the catalogue, at least in the beginning.
Catalogue and functions
In terms of games, it’s a question of taste. But it is worth noting that if Sony continues with the sagas it launched for PS4, they’ll have gained a lot of ground in the battle of exclusivity. If sagas like God of War, Spiderman and The Last Of Us, or a new one from Sucker Punch, Ghost of Tsushima, make it to the new generation, Sony will surely come out ahead. There are also exclusive games for Xbox like Halo Infinite and Senua’s Saga:Hellblade II, but they’re diluted by the plan to also launch for PC, where they’ll perform better, too. That means you don’t have to have Series X to get these games. However, based on the movements in recent days regarding Xbox online and Halo multiplayer, Microsoft seems to want to be more aggressive in conquering multi-player games.
Technical capabilities
But which console is more powerful? Technically, Xbox could be more powerful if we compare the technical specifications in the box above. Whether this will really mean better performance and graphics than the PS5 is another question.
If we take a closer look at the hardware involved, it doesn’t seem like much of a difference between the two. The Xbox CPU seems to be a bit faster with 12 teraflops of processing power, compared to 10.3 on the PS5. Teraflops are the number of operations per second a component can do. That 1.7 difference can be decisive for some games, but developers don’t necessarily have to use all the potential power and especially third-party developers that launch their games for both consoles.
The SSDs can also have a big impact on performance and both consoles seem to have that covered. Above all in the loading screens, which should be much faster than before. Sony seems to be the only one that has given details on how fast their SSD can load games, as well as comparing it to others currently on the market. What is clear is that the Xbox Series X will perform better in terms of graphics.
In this regard, there’s nothing like personal taste. While Microsoft seems to have gone for a simpler, more basic design, a shoebox is always easy to store, Sony seems to have come up with something different, a bit more controversial, taking more of a risk. Although we must say that it looks better in dark colours, but the size could be a deal-breaker.
