PS5's New Backgrounds Seem More 'Dynamic' Than The Xbox Versions

Xbox has released a massive array of dynamic backgrounds on Series X and Series S over the past few years, and I've loved tinkering with them and finding new favourites along the way - I'm currently rocking the South of Midnight one!

That said, there's been some criticism that these dynamic backgrounds aren't exactly very dynamic, with most of them featuring extremely minimal movement. Sometimes, you have to look really hard to see what's actually moving.

Now, I'm not saying that's an awful thing, but I can't help but be a bit jealous of the new animated backgrounds that have just been released on PS5. Looking at a couple of examples on social media, there are some cool ones for the likes of Ghost of Tsushima and Ratchet and Clank that definitely stand out. Here's a look at both of those:

What's the catch though? Well, these new PS5 animated backgrounds are restricted to just the Welcome hub, which is basically a landing screen that's customisable - and unfortunately they don't appear anywhere else right now.

That's not a major downside by any means (after all, these are free backgrounds), but perhaps it explains why Xbox has struggled to make its backgrounds more dynamic on Series X and Series S. There's clearly only so much that can be implemented before it starts to affect console performance, and that's the last thing anyone wants.

It's unlikely that Xbox's dynamic backgrounds are going to change much before the end of this console generation, but would you like to see them evolved into a "2.0" style with more powerful hardware? Perhaps we could be allowed to customise them ourselves somehow? Or, do you just think they've been a massive waste of time?

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