I've been out of gaming for a few years and have started to miss that fun and have started to think about saving and picking up a next gen console when they release. Would hope to find some fellow chapos to play with when that time comes, so I guess I'm wondering what console if any you all plan on picking up.
It seems like Microsoft doesn't really know which way they want to go, while Sony seems to have a pretty clear strategy.
AFAIK PS5s SSD is a pretty big difference in how devs can even conceptualise games from the ground up, like you wouldn't need to have any long tunnels because the console has to load shit.
Additionally it is said that they have been able to eliminate a lot previous bottlenecks in compression. Just to put the raw TFlops perfomance edge the Xbox has in perspective.
But in the end both will hopefully be cool and push the bounds further, not just graphically, but also from a story standpoint.
I was really surprised by Sony's SSD bet, in the beginning I dismissed it as just Sony being eccentric again, but seeing the visual difference between both machines it was clearly the better decision, more TFlops won't really give you that much in visuals, but a high speed SSD with compression could really improve the gaming experience and allow developers to dream up new experiences. Will probably wait until the machines are 1 year in but the PS5 looks like a winner again.
At first, I as well, though, meh every PC has an SSD nowadays. But this seems to be a bit more than just an upgrade to some off the rack SSD.
Waiting for a year is probably a very good take in the end.
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Sure EA won't do much different for their next FIFA or whatever. But I am pretty sure that first party will be a difference, because Sonys devs only need to think of one hardware that won't change. MS devs have to account for PC, which means compromise. And like the new Horizon Zero Dawn should already come out next year. All I really want from MS is that they just don't fuck up Infinite.
But, in the end I just hope both make good games, that aren't plagued by MTX and shit.