Roundup: Xbox Series X|S Review Impressions

Maybe I don't pay attention enogh, but I'm used to these "what are reviewers saying" articles to be only for games that Pure Xbox didn't review, so it made me giggle to see the first review quote was for a Pure Xbox review 😄

For clarity, just looked funny not saying it's wrong or anything. Man I can't wait for Tuesday!

Microsoft's vision of a more gradual evolution in gaming as opposed to the generational, revolutionary shift Sony is aiming for with PlayStation 5.

Hard to believe Eurogamer putting a review without seeing through the obvious marketing gimmick mindshare and false narrative.

Glad I got a Series X

I canceled my Series S pre-order based on the reviews of that unit. While it does offer good value it may not perform as well as Microsoft is saying it will.

I'll keep my eyes open for a Series X on launch day or just wait it out. Unless PS5 reviews are exceptionally stellar when those come out.

Series X is a beast, The most powerful console on the market..

Pretty good reviews all around. I’ve noticed the resident fanboy is upset at eurogamers comment. Makes you laugh really doesn’t it. Anyways, I will be getting a series x, but not till next year. Will be sweet christening the series x with Halo infinite.

Strange bunch of reviews.
The hardware of course seems amazing and super powerful, can’t wait for the 10th to try myself.
Software some great upgrades to series x, would have been more interesting to see the new assassins creed running and some comments on that game enhanced for series x as it’s also a new game.

@Medic_Alert

I agree. And Sony’s lineup has almost no PS5 exclusives too, so they better say the same thing about that huge, ugly monstrosity.

But the mainstream media is always biased against Xbox. They should be reviewing the hardware itself.

Eurogamer: "We believe in (marketing) generations!" That was a really weird way to write up the console hardware review. "There's more day 1 first party games on a different console, so we'll dock points." "Switch Pro 10/10!"

I get the fan argument that there's no need to buy one until exclusives arrive, somewhat, but the hardware review really makes no sense rating games based on "at the time of the review, prior to actual launch, there's no exclusives, so it's not as good as Playstation."

Weirder still that there's nothing truly exclusive day 1 for the other console either short of the Souls remake....just more 1st party published games with enhancements for it. I'd argue some of those were delayed from the prior gen just to launch them on next gen to look like "new games" - if Sack Boy and MM launched a year ago and got a free patch today, they wouldn't look so shiny for the PS5.

@Cyrus29

Pretty good reviews all around. I’ve noticed the resident fanboy is upset at eurogamers comment.

I don't see how questioning why DF think the PS5 is 'this' generational revolutionary shift (compared to the XSX) constitute someone as a fanboy, I really don't.

@KelticDevil

I can see your point, but - **And Sony’s lineup has almost no PS5 exclusives too** is not quite the same as having no exclusive line up at all. Don't get me wrong, there will be plenty of games to play on XSX as we all agree, is just that is missing a game to flex it's graphical prowess at launch.
Definitely agree on the look of PS5, it's definitely not good looking console

@Sol4ris he is basing it off comments from other threads.

@KelticDevil It has 5 exclusives at launch. Out of all of them only one is appealing like. But its a fair few.

IGN are incompetent and are comparing on a software numbers game rather than the actual hardware. Standard IGN.

@Jaxx420

What 5 exclusives? Almost all of them can be played on a PS4 and one is a remaster of a niche PS3 game. Lol.

@Sol4ris

I don’t consider games that can be played on a PS4 as “PS5 exclusives”. And Demon’s Souls is a remaster of a niche PS3 game.

Funny how the media always overlooks that stuff, but will take shots at Xbox every chance they get. 🙄

@Senua

I agree. These websites are ridiculous. What “generational, revolutionary shift” are they talking about? PS5 has almost no exclusives at launch.

And why do they need to bring up PS5 in a hardware review of an Xbox? And if they do, Xbox has FAR better hardware than Sony this time around, but do they mention that? 🙄

@KelticDevil

Look, I'm not trying to defend or elevate the PS5 launch up line. What I'm saying is, the PS5 has some shiny new games to show or represent what it can do, sure, Demon Souls is a game with systems from the PS3 era but it looks gorgeous and so does Spiderman MM.
The XSX doesn't have something similar at launch, that's all I'm saying.
As for the gaming media, most of it's journos are fans of one console/company or the other, we just need to filter out the white noise, in my opinion anyway.

Anyway I can't wait for 10th.

@Sol4ris

No worries. We’re good. 👍🏻

I just get upset that the mainstream video game media always love to take little pot shots at Xbox, but always make excuses for PlayStation.

MM is a lengthy expansion to Spider-Man. It’s that simple. Does that make it bad? Nope. But the media pushes it like it’s some big, new PS5 exclusive. And it’s not. You can play it on PS4, just like you can play Gears 5 or Forza Horizon 4 on Xbox One. And if someone hasn’t played Gears 5 or FH4 yet, it’s basically the same to them. It’s only a matter of release dates.

And I bought Demon’s Souls on PS3 back in the day. I hated it so much that I sold it soon thereafter. That is not the point, however. It was a niche game, at best. It sold so poorly that Sony didn’t even want to fund any more Souls games (A decision I’m sure they regret). It’s only getting all this attention because it’s a launch game on PS5, the rest of the launch lineup is suspect, & the success of the Dark Souls series that came later.

But Demon’s Souls is a remaster of a PS3 game, plain & simple. If Microsoft remastered Halo 3 & pushed it like it was some huge, new XSX exclusive, I would say the same thing.

The media loves to overlook all of this, of course. And it’s easy for them to take shots because of the Halo delay. But that was my overall point. I didn’t mean to make it sound argumentative towards you. 👍🏻

@KelticDevil

Read my second paragraph. I was agreeing with you. Lol.

You know me from previous threads I always game on both.

But IGN is and always will be, incompetent.

@Sol4ris you could argue that the dual sense itself is a generational revolutional shift. But regarding the fanboy, any mention of Sony he goes into fanboy mode. Look up most of their posts. They can’t seem to drop a post without mentioning Sony. Any post that praises Sony, the fanboy goes into delusional defence mode. Not bothered really, but also not surprised aswell.

Eurogamer (Digital Foundry), "Microsoft's vision of a more gradual evolution in gaming as opposed to the generational, revolutionary shift Sony is aiming for with PlayStation 5".

Why? Software and hardware backwards compatibility is not a priority for Sony but how PS5 is a generational revolutionary shift when the only next-gen game for launch is Astro's Playroom, the other being cross-gen games and a PS3 remake? From a hardware and software's point of view, the generations idea doesn't make any sense although it was what Sony promised. I don't get why the media is not a bit more critical and objective. Series X is everything that Microsoft promised minus Halo Infinite and PS5 is exactly the opposite of what Sony marketed. The biggest leap is Series X because of its more powerful and balanced hardware. Series X is fully backwards compatible, on top of that. No meme can turn PS5 into something better than that.

I never understand how you can review a console.
Are you reviewing the actual hardware, aka like you would do when a new GPU comes out and benchmark games?
Or are you reviewing based on the games available at the time?

Seems various different articles seem to vary on that front.

@Jaxx420

Sorry. Apparently I chose not to read correctly yesterday. 😂

@Sol4ris I agree Sony has more at launch (by a tiny margin). But I actually don't think anyone cares about launch games for either title at the moment. I might only be speaking for myself but I'm actually looking forward to better performing games overall. Something both pieces of hardware are going to deliver. It is weird but I am happy to wait for the 1st party games for both for now (maybe because my backlog for both Xbox and PS is still disgustingly large...).

Demon's Souls is a remake but I think some people (especially fanboys) are not giving it justice. It looks and plays great from what I've seen

I think the auto HDR that MS has developed makes some games look great too. Banjo looked more like an early xbox one than x360 game.

@BlueOcean I personally think there is a bit of biased across multiple media outlets for either console but I have to agree that certainly the last couple of months that Xbox has been getting criticism for their mistakes which is fair enough but Sony has been getting away with others. It makes sense considering the sales from this generation but they should of course be objective about everything they release.

I think we will see it play differently with the upcoming generation as MS starts to disrupt the market. Sony has a large grasp on the market but I think we will see MS start to loosen those fingers in the coming years.

@KelticDevil I agree with a lot of your points here but sometimes your salt about PS is seeping through which makes it hard to see this as an objective comment. I agree with regards to Halo 3 but I don't think the example was a good way to dispute this. If it turns out that the new Fable was essentially a remake of the first one with new features then this would be the same and I am OK with that. I would still be excited for it and would still play it day one and it still would be a major factor for which consoles I would purchase.

Your point about Demon's Souls and its popularity is right on. Which makes it a perfect excuse for a remake. It didn't take off last time because the market wasn't ready for it but now after Dark Souls and Bloodbourne etc. The market is ready to take this game on.

The media has been unfair to Xbox but that will change soon enough. Between fanboyism and clickbait most of the things I have read have been trying to convince me NOT to buy the competition. But yeah the fanboyism towards PS has been much worse this generation, especially towards gamepass.

@Alpha_Pulse

Like I said in another article to you, I just give me opinion. You don’t have to agree with it or take it seriously since I am a huge Xbox fan. That’s your choice.

Comment sections are for stating our opinions about the article & other topics. And if you think I am being harsh towards PlayStation, go back over to Push Square & see how many comment about Xbox. I am a lightweight in comparison. Lol.

@Alpha_Pulse that kelticdevil does not appreciate anyone’s opinions other then his own. When I posted criticising Xbox 1st party games(at that time) kelticdevil told me to go back to push square. And again he asked me 3 times within a week if I even had a Xbox, which 3 times before I told him that I did. And then he put me on ignore. I’ve criticised PlayStation a lot on push square & not once have I had anyone telling me to go back to purexbox. Kelticdevil even made a fake account & started posting on pushsquare, ripping into PlayStation. I called it out on the post & he magically disappeared off it. Fanboys exists in both sides,that will always happen. But deluded fanboys, that I don’t understand. And yes, game pass is an amazing value & the best deal in gaming. I wasn’t a fan of games as a service, but signed up after the Bethesda deal. I’m still buying the games, I prefer having physical copy’s of them. I’ve also signed up to ps now, which in my opinion is excellent. But the game pass is a phenomenal amount of value tho. Sorry for the long post-back to the excellent Gears 5 for me.

@Cyrus29 in fairness to both the Xbox fan base and the PlayStation fanbase most encounters are pleasant. I enjoy reading people's comments most have something good to say. There's the odd ones now and again that can't praise one without tearing into the other. I can't take those people seriously even when some of the things they say are good points. Salty fanboys from both sides make up for 0.1% of gamers!

@KelticDevil your opinion is valid and welcome. Its the immediate saltiness for anything outside of Xbox that makes it seem like FUD.

You keep saying go back to Push square and I see it in a lot of your comments for any criticism against the Xbox but I joined both on the same day and have far more comments in here. My go to is Pure Xbox. You are trying to put me in a category but unfortunately I don't fit in a single category. I am open minded when it comes to hardware and have always taken a platform agnostic approach.

The Xbox is not a flawless brand which is why the didn't get off to a great start at the start of this gen. Likewise for Sony during the PS3 release. I can happily praise and criticise both brands. You on the other hand are like a horse with blinders.

@Alpha_Pulse

I am a “horse with blinders”? 😂

Like I said, you were the one who came at me about my opinion. Not the other way around. If you don’t like said opinion, fine. Like I said, I couldn’t care less.

But here you are, giving me a history lesson I didn’t need & still waxing on about this. I don’t care if you play on an Xbox, PlayStation, Ouya, Jaguar, Virtual Boy, etc. You obviously have your opinion & I’ll have mine. 👋

@Alpha_Pulse best thing to do is to put the guy on ignore. He’s the type of fanboy who the ignore button was made for. But I agree with everything you said in your reply to me👍🏻

@KelticDevil and here you are indulging me... "I couldn't care less" but hijacks tons of posts telling people to go back to Push square and attacking other opinions yet cares enough to venture to pushsquare to see the comments there...

@Cyrus29 hahaha good idea I think you are right!

@Alpha_Pulse

“Hijacking tons of posts” & “attacking other opinions”? Huh? What are you talking about? I made an opinion & you have been attacking me for it for......reasons. I never wrote to you at all until you came after me.

And I don’t care about Push Square really. You just had that “stench” on you from there. Turns out I was right. 👍🏻

Anyways, I’ll hit that ignore button now as this is going nowhere. Bye. 👋

@Alpha_Pulse 🤣