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I still need to play Control, but Quantum Break was criminally underrated.

Will be interesting to see what they come out with

I'd guess about $499. I don't see it being 599 but with the tech I get the feeling it's not going to be cheap

I hope he likes prison food

The fact they haven't shared sales figures, which is something all companies never shut up about when it's done great, means it probably hasn't done what they expected.

Or it did and just got squashed by Animal Crossing and their sales don't look as good as Nintendos

Microsoft have Halo at launch, but that will be big. They will also have a lot of stuff coming down the pipe later on. With gamepass, it certainly makes it the cheaper system, just because you get stuff from Xbox game studios day 1.

I think it will depend on what Sony have in their first year. Sony do historically let 3rd parties have the light at first, even now they have 2 games left for Ps4

It's certainly a unique design, and that's why I like it. We haven't had a console that looks like it before.

It will have to lie horizontally in my TV unit, the only way it will be able to stand vertically will be if it is in front of the tv

I signed up earlier, I've been waiting for this. Classic Disney is great, already watched Steamboat Willie and the Doc Ock episode of Spiderman lol

I will admit that Frozen is a guilty pleasure of mine, I would have liked Frozen 2

Well every other company seemingly is doing similar things, so it makes sense they'd do their bit. Only in Europe tho? So North America is still going full throttle?

I think that this pandemic has shown how the online infrastructure simply isn't upto snuff, and this industry wants to force cloud gaming on us? Lol

I've had no issues getting a match on Bleeding Edge, hopefully they will be able keep server issues at bay

AAA batteries are better. I can buy a play and charge kit, then when it doesn't hold much of a charge anymore its no problem because I can just buy another one. With an inbuilt battery I would have to buy an entirely new controller.

Yeah, I can see it coming at that price. We all remember "$599 USD", so I don't think either company, especially Sony, will want to go there again.

I still don't think either console will release this year.

@GunValkyrie I really hope we are lucky enough to get Fable 4. I think this gen, they have really pumped out Forza, Gears and Halo to be fair. But they went on a buying spree and the games those companies are creating are going to broaden the Xbox library in the same way Sonys developers have done for PlayStation. Don't forget, it was only with the PS3 that Sony started pumping out its own aaa games, with the PSone/PS2 they only occasionally released something that wasn't Gran Turismo, like Shadow of the Colossus

I thought it was excellent, and looked amazing on my Xbox One X. I always thought Resident Evil 3 was the superior game originally, but I'm glad Capcom have taken steps to go back to how it used to be, rather than the action horror of Resident Evil 6

How many disks did he break before he was able to pull off this impressive feat

@TheNewButler exactly, they have a target years away and build to hit it. They can't just change something at the 11th hour, it would throw up all sorts of problems, like cooling for one. Hence the reason people think Sony panicked and overclocked the PlayStation 5 is rubbish.

I don't think many would be surprised that they started on Series X a few years ago, the Xbox One X was only a mid gen upgrade, just an enhanced Xbox One, albeit a very powerful Xbox One.

I think when it comes down to it what we will probably see is amazing looking 1st party games on PlayStation 5, but 3rd party games looking better on Xbox.

Go Isabelle, go!

Animal Crossing is excellent, Nintendo really nailed it this time

To me, its not important. I always keep my old consoles anyway, but when I dive into a new gen I move forward with newer games, when I buy the series x it will be to play series x games, not Xbox One releases. But, I can see why people would like it

I wonder if game will do the same thing. I wouldn't want to be working in one of those stores right now

@Octane ah thanks for that. I still think it's probably overkill, do we really need 120fps? Certainly not higher, which would seem pointless.

I am however in the minority (as far as the Internet goes anyway) in that I'm perfectly fine with a solid 30fps. Yes, 60fps would be good but if a game is 30fps is literally doesn't bother me, I'm not sensitive to framerate like some people (pc elitist for example).

Can someone explain to me why some people get so worked up for 120fps when the human eye can only see 60fps? If it drops to 70fps they quite literally cannot tell.

But, at least it should be a showcase of what the console is capable of

Would buy it but Animal Crossing just came out. And Resident Evil 3 is out soon, so as good as it looks it'll have to wait for me

It would be good if you could take advantage of smart delivery and upgrade free, but it remains to be seen whether or not their Ubisoft overlords will let them

It's a good deal if you aren't planning on picking up a Series X straight away. Games like Gears 5 and Hellblade look amazing on Xbox One X, and with gamepass you can load up on plenty of stuff to tide you over until next gen

The games done when it's done, no sense with people ending up in hospital when they can take precautions. Hope they all stay safe in these desperate times.

I've found Xbox Live has started downloading stuff at a snails pace. Nintendo Switch Online seems okay so far (touch wood). I don't have PlayStation Plus tho.

Netflix has also reduced its quality to ease strain on isps. Even good infrastructure like what Xbox Live traditionally has will start to buckle when you have entire countries going into lock down.

Yeah the limited editions will be coming eventually. Personally, I want a white console. My PS4 Pro and Xbox One X are white, I never much cared for black consoles.

I'm ready for anything Ninja Theory make, nothing else out of that list interests me.

I don't think either will release this year. We don't know how long this will last, and with many countries locking down their economies are grinding to a halt which means recession. And if they do release this year, but in such small numbers its a lottery to get one, what would be the point? Better to delay a few months

It's not a big deal for me, when I go into a new generation I go forward with new games, but keep my old games and consoles. However, it's good news for those that do enjoy it, although I won't say no to playing an enhanced Gears 5 👍

I don't think it's changed my opinion because I was getting an Xbox anyway.

Yeah, it became apparent a few years ago that they were gearing up for next gen, going on a buying spree for one. They are actually in a good position going into next gen, unlike the Xbox One which was a train wreck, this seems like the Microsoft that unveiled the Xbox 360 in 2005.

It wasn't a good stream. I turned it off because, although he went off into tech town and I didn't understand what he was talking about, it came across as incredibly dull. And those people at the front weren't even real, so it made the whole thing just feel worse.

The problem is, Microsoft has been drip feeling little bits since they announced the console last year, and Sony has been radio silent. I get this was supposed to be for gdc, but they should have realised fans would tune into this and wanted to hear the kinda stuff Microsoft was talking about. Instead we got what reminded me of a very boring maths class at school. And it's less powerful than Xbox so there was no sort of drop the mic moment.

The Ps4 reveal was hyped, and it was a good watch. This was boring, and a missed opportunity. Although they were consistent with the Ps4 showcase in that we still don't know what the thing looks like.

I think going forward the momentum will be with Microsoft. They have the more powerful system, they have Xbox game studios working on no doubt amazing games... After this gen they are going to charge out the gate guns blazing. They have the better backwards compatibility, and so long as the price compared to PS5 doesn't make people raise an eyebrow, I think they'll be in the stronger position.

I doubt either console will be launching this year tbh. They might want to but I can easily see a postponement until early 2021

@TheNewButler I stopped watching because i found it a bit monotonous, and it went over my head.

But what was clear was Mark Cerny really believes that the blazing fast ssd is a game changer. You're right tho in seeing how that translates.

Ultimately it'll be seeing the same 3rd party games running side by side, and seeing a load comparison. If PS5 doesn't load and xbox takes 4 seconds will that really be a big deal? Microsoft are talking about speed as well but not to the extent Sony is. Ultimately, when the games start to be unveiled we will be able to judge. But both of them sound great.

The games coming out of Xbox game studios will be the ones to show off the difference in power.

Phil said they wouldn't be beaten on power or price... And I doubt either of these things will be cheap. But I think it will be worth it. At least next gen won't start out the gate as weak as this one did

Bleeding Edge is all downloaded and ready to go. Love Ninja Theory.

Will give Power Rangers a look.

@FragRed yeah I doubt it's platinum games. Some people speculated Sony was going to buy Capcom, would be an industry shaking announcement if Microsoft swiped in and nabbed them. In honesty I'm not sure who they could buy that's Japanese

@Ash_Rogers I'd like that, they are a company that don't get near as much credit as they should. Quantum Break was brilliant

Phil Spencer did say that it would be good if they could acquire a Japanese studio. They have a great amount of talent now, so if they can add another to it then it's just another potential great game rolling out

@TheNewButler really? If that ends up being the case then that's good news. I think we'll all be keeping an eye on game sizes going forward

Got it on gamepass but haven't got round to it yet. Am looking forward to it tho

Hopefully they do the same with Resident Evil 3

Doesn't the Xbox One X have a master chief on the motherboard? Nice little continuity going there

It will be interesting to see what Sony bring. If they announce a more powerful system and announce a couple of games then they might steal Microsofts thunder. But if its weaker Microsoft is going to run with the power aspect like Sony did with PS4. Will be a good watch regardless

It's come at a bad time for me. Animal crossing is going to take up too much time, then resident evil 3 and final fantasy 7. Will wait a while on this one, but I'm glad its impressed critics.

Well I suppose it depends on how many of them are affected. Obviously their health comes first so if it has to be delayed so be it, no decent person will be annoyed if they have to delay due to staff off ill.

I'm not even sure the PS5/Xbox Series X will be released this year. Even if China manage to get back to normal fairly soon Europe is in complete lock down, and this is going to send a lot of countries into a recession.

It has 1tb of storage so I'd imagine most will be taking advantage of expandable storage. Games this gen have gotten huge (look at Xbox One games Microsoft went back and added 4k support to, like Gears. Ended up with games hitting 100gb) so I'm expecting them to be massive next gen.

Hopefully the expanded proprietary storage isn't the PSVita memory card route and charges astronomical prices for barely any memory.

The super fast load times next gen will bring is great news. Load times are always annoying, tho some more than others, so to pretty much banish them is great to hear

It's the right decision imo. I can just buy rechargeable battery pack and slot it in, Jo problem. Then when it won't hold a charge anymore I can just replace the battery, rather than the controller.