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[Voost Kain]

We already have had many threads showing people here are concerned about Sony's anti-consumer policies, only really looking forward to the PS5 for Sony staples, but that was put into question when MS brought out several studios and increased development efforts on their new console attracting third-parties away from Sony slowly overtime.

Now the news has come out that not only will the PS5 be weaker than the Xbox Series X but it's a landslide victory across the board. Here are the PS5 specs

GPU: 10.28 TFLOPs, 36 CUs at 2.23GHz (variable frequency) GPU Architecture: Custom RDNA 2. Memory/Interface: 16GB GDDR6/256-bit. Memory Bandwith: 448GB/s.

This is horrifying for Sony, they only put out this rushed conference in response to the Series X reveal to try to soften the bad press they would get. But as it turns out they may have grossly miscalculated.

Will you still buy a PS5 first even though it will be significantly weaker and filled with anti-consumer policies like censorship etc?

 

[Von Hugh]

Games make a console win, not power, you dumb-dumb.

 

[greencoder]

Why not both? Consoles don't cost more than $500. Is that a big deal for people from 1st world countries?

 

[TTOOLL]

What about price? Remeber the PS3?

 

[SentientStone]

The framing of the poll and OP is inherently biased.
I voted for the "anti-consumer" and anti-"freedom" team anyway like a rebel.

 

[Spukc]

proprietary SSD on xbox x series
not on ps5

i don't know OP.

 

[Ellery]

Trolls are in full swing right now downplaying and shittalking everything regarding Playstation I see.

Maybe they would do well as to watch the stream and see the insanity that Cerny is announcing right now (if they were to understand it which I doubt)

 

[EviLore]

What's your hourly rate, Voost?

 

[Voost Kain]

Games make a console win, not power, you dumb-dumb.

Xbox has the games because of the power, third-parties jumping ship look at Deepsilver and Volition.

 

[diffusionx]

Nobody cares about teraflops, nobody. Not a single person is going to the store and buying a console because one has more flops than the other. They buy a console because it has better games, or because that's what their friends play on.

 

[nani17]

Worst part of all these children is they're really in there 20s and really do care

 

[jeffyjaixx]

Still going Playstation/PC based on what we know so far, have a capable PC that can play all the Xbox games.

 

[DeepEnigma]

 

[Coolwhhip]

Haha.

 

[ipukespiders]

I'm still watching the Church Lady give the presentation, so fill me in. What are the anti consumer practices?

 

[Kagey K]

Nobody cares about teraflops, nobody. Not a single person is going to the store and buying a console because one has more flops than the other. They buy a console because it has better games, or because that's what their friends play on.

Yeah, that’s why people jumped from 360 to PS4 at the start of the gen,

Short term memories round here.

 

[I Love Rock 'n' Roll]

just no.

Neither in Europe and Japan. Sorry for your fanboy fantasy.

 

[dorkimoe]

god damn when will people realize its about games. Nobody even knows what the fuck a flop is

 

[diffusionx]

Yeah, that’s why people jumped from 360 to PS4 at the start of the gen,

Short term memories round here.

PS4 was cheaper and not saddled with the muh DRM baggage of the Xbox One.

Nobody cares about flops. It's just nerd shit.

 

[Grand Theft Scratchy]

Not surprised it's Voost Kain pushing his usual anti-consumer narrative.

 

[Sethbacca]

In a down economy a cheaper box with more exclusives will likely still come out on top. Then they can do a ps5 pro in a few years while MS has less room to improve on that front.

I mean I wanted more power, but X has nothing I want to play so I'm gonna stick to the 10% slower 20% less expensive box.

 

[Kamina]

You suck at this; go back to playing Stadia

 

[off duty ninja]

What's your hourly rate, Voost?

Motherfucker's got to be salaried.

EDIT: Oh yea, he's a freelance shill. I forget sometimes...

 

[Discusguy]

Too many negatives for me to even consider a PS5 before they discontinued PS4/Pro

 

[ElCasual]

Games make a console win, not power, you dumb-dumb.

But MS is buying game studios while PS closing his studios

 

[icerock]

Too early to start schilling, innit mate?

 

[JCK75]

I'm far more interested in the xbox at this point, but at some point in any generation the price will get to where I have to own them all.

 

[gimmmick]

Who ever has the best games wins

 

[Voost Kain]

Seems some people are getting paid by 10 teraflops an hour and are jealous of my 12. Tough times with the virus cutting hours, but you can always quit and get a better job at Microsoft.

You know the console with the new studios, and the third-parties, and the games, and the features, and the pro-consumer polices.

 

[darkinstinct]

Games make a console win, not power, you dumb-dumb.

9/10 games sold on a console from MS or Sony are third party games. The best platform for those wins, especially at the same price point.

 

[fallingdove]

We already have had many threads showing people here are concerned about Sony's anti-consumer policies, only really looking forward to the PS5 for Sony staples, but that was put into question when MS brought out several studios and increased development efforts on their new console attracting third-parties away from Sony slowly overtime.

Now the news has come out that not only will the PS5 be weaker than the Xbox Series X but it's a landslide victory across the board. Here are the PS5 specs

GPU: 10.28 TFLOPs, 36 CUs at 2.23GHz (variable frequency) GPU Architecture: Custom RDNA 2. Memory/Interface: 16GB GDDR6/256-bit. Memory Bandwith: 448GB/s.

This is horrifying for Sony, they only put out this rushed conference in response to the Series X reveal to try to soften the bad press they would get. But as it turns out they may have grossly miscalculated.

Will you still buy a PS5 first even though it will be significantly weaker and filled with anti-consumer policies like censorship etc?

You are kind of pathetic Voost. You should take some time and reflect on the decisions you have made to arrive at this point in your life.

If the horses you have bet on in the past are any indication of your accuracy with these predictions, the PS5 should be just fine. How's your Stadia doing?

 

[Entroyp]

I don’t think so, but MS will definitely close the gap by quite a lot.

 

[Handy Fake]

I wouldn't go with the "more powerful" schtick just yet. We don't know how their various system architectures interact.

 

[Stuart360]

If you're a console ONLY player, this is actually a good thing if you think about it. PS5 for exclusives, and XSX for multiplatforms and Xbox exclusives.

 

[Stuart360]

I wouldn't go with the "more powerful" schtick just yet. We don't know how their various system architectures interact.

Dude just let it go.

 

[Bankai]

Haha gotta love the title of this topic!

"do you like the red team because their stupid or do you like the blue team because they're so great"

Hahaha keep it up man, this is some quality entertainment right here!

 

[llien]

If PS5 consumes to much, PS4 Pro style, I might just wait a little longer for 5nm version.

 

[SonGoku]

If PS5 is priced $100+ lower it will sell much more

if priced similarly....

 

[darkinstinct]

If Spencer announces $399 at E3 and eats the cost to make up for it with Game Pass - Sony is dead.

 

[Romulus]

Basically 10.2 vs 12.1 means ps5 will spend more time at the lower side of the dynamic resolution to 4k. 95% of people wont even notice. Lol. Less than 2TF difference isn't much when resolution will be the most taxing factor. This is less than Xbox One vs PS4 difference.

 

[Jtibh]

Just looking at the title i knew its you voost.

 

[HarryKS]

If Spencer announces $399 at E3 and eats the cost to make up for it with Game Pass - Sony is dead.

This is not how Microsoft works. They don't have loss leaders. Not anymore at least.

 

[Handy Fake]

Dude just let it go.

I'm genuinely interested in how the bus width and SSD (along with other) features will push along the raw figures. I think it's foolish to just go off the specs of individual components?

 

[Stuart360]

Basically 10.2 vs 12.1 means ps5 will spend more time at the lower side of the dynamic resolution to 4k. 95% of people wont even notice. Lol. Less than 2TF difference isn't much when resolution will be the most taxing factor. This is less than Xbox One vs PS4 difference.

The PS5 wont be at 10.2 when anything pushed the machine, even Cerny himself said that. It will be at 9 something most of the time. Plus cpu faster on XSX, ram faster on XSX. PS5 has twice as fast SSD though so 5 secs loading on PS5 will take 10 or 11 secs on XSX. I know this is going to be pushed into a huge thing, as its the only thing to hold onto now, but its literally a few seconds we are talking here.

 

[grfunkulus]

If PS5 is priced $100+ lower it will sell much more

if priced similarly....

This. So many fanboys (site creator included) calling others biased over their interpretation of a spec sheet when the most important factor has still yet to be revealed.

History shows us that the most powerful console doesnt always win. In fact, most of the time it doesnt. But in the majority of those cases, there was something else working against those systems. If MS truly has their shit together, gets more exclusives this gen than last, and is priced the same or within $50, it's hard to see how they dont at least eat into Sony's lead substantially this time around.

For all those that dont seem to 'get' that there's a big difference between 10 and 12 TF, well, I dont know what to tell you but you're flat out wrong.

 

[Birdo]

I'm going with Series X now.

But I have no doubt that the PS5 will still be more popular.

 

[jts]

If Xbox is stronger + Gamepass etc I honestly might just give it a chance and reward the effort.

It will come down to price.

 

[Krappadizzle]

If Microsoft can match them on price, or within a $50 window, I'd really expect Xbox to make a comeback hard.

 

[VAL0R]

Xbox takes back 'Murica this gen. I'm willing to do a 6 month avatar bet.

 

[Deeper Underground]

Seems some people are getting paid by 10 teraflops an hour and are jealous of my 12. Tough times with the virus cutting hours, but you can always quit and get a better job at Microsoft.

You know the console with the new studios, and the third-parties, and the games, and the features, and the pro-consumer polices.

Holy shit this is pathetic. Why you aren’t banned, I don’t know.