Microsoft was very specific when introducing its next-gen system Project Scarlett, describing it as “the most powerful console we’ve ever made”. That may have been deliberate, as word on the street is that the PlayStation 5 is currently the more capable of the two devices, although that’s hearsay from the E3 2019 showfloor that we’re regurgitating from Game Informer executive editor Andrew Reiner’s Twitter account.
In reality, very few people probably know the truth – and there’s still 18 months before these boxes even release. The Cliff Notes guide to the new Xbox is that it’s four times more powerful than the Xbox One X, and is running on a custom Zen2 AMD processor. Much like the PS5, its headline features include real-time ray-tracing and a tailor-made SSD which will allow for faster loading times. Basically, they’re going to be the same.
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I’m waiting for the epic plot twist to drop — Switch 2 is more powerful than them both. 😉
I dont care does it have great games thats the only thing i care about.
Who cares. Until Sony stops censoring games I’m more likely to get an Xbox.
@Flaming_Kaiser You already Know Sony will bring the Games to take Advantage of all of that power
I'm going to be wherever Naughty Dog is at. And Guerrilla. And Sucker Punch. I see a pattern forming.
@thatguyEZ dating sim games on xbox? lol
@thatguyEZ Because MS even has any of the games Sony censors? It hasn’t had the chance to do what Sony is doing.
@Jaz007 That's what a PC and the Switch is for fam.
@Jaz007 I think the one of the few Games i've seen microsoft Censor is The Original Gal Gun in japan Thats why it never came to the Xbox in america
@thatguyEZ Those games will be even more heavily censored on Xbox because most of them won't even release in the first place.
Honestly...I don't care. They will outpace and be better with the games, so specs on Xbox don't interest me at all.
@thatguyEZ
Your delusional if you think MS won't sensor those kiddie fiddlers lovers games even more than sony with being a American company!
On topic I'm not bothered what one is more powerful, it's the games at the end of the day and expect the power difference to be minimal
Let's ask BAMozzy, he's probably already gamed on both of them. 😆
It's not about the power, it's how you use it. These consoles put so much effort into social media, streaming, who knows what else be t Gen, what's in the box may not be what's running the game.
And I'm not call g it Project Scarlett, Scarlett or ScarJo, just give it a name already.
@thatguyEZ lol dude that’s old news and you rarely hear it brought up anymore except by fanboys or trolls
of course ps5 is more powerful.xbox shot themselves in the foot.aka plaxico burress.sony is paying attention.and it's going to be a fatalities for team Sony against x 📦 box.flawless victory word up son
@get2sammyb I said I was more likely to get an Xbox, and I have no plans to get one. Xbox doesn’t have any Japanese games to censor, so it’s not a problem.
@suikoden. I’m not gonna try to reason with someone who doesn’t seem to understand what I’m talking about.
@dark_nightmare2 lol ‘shut up and enjoy product, buy more product.’
@thatguyEZ nah it’s just nobody buys those weirdo games so the majority don’t see it as a problem
I'm sticking with Sony next gen. I was not impressed in the slightest.if they make some nicer exclusives I'll think about it.
Someone please get @get2sammyb some medical attention before he overdoses on Haterade.
@thatguyEZ how will that help your situation if xbox will not have the kinky japanese games of which you crave? you realize how poor 3rd party japanese support is on xbox, right? you sound very self entitled and petty in your views. see ya!
@Flaming_Kaiser Based on the snoozefest of pre-rendered blandness they made us watch, the answer to your question is no.
@dark_knightmare2 Weirdo games? ...like Devil May Cry 5?
Just like the 'rumours" of some guy on Twitter who said he hear 'insiders' keep saying xbox console is more 'advanced', this one from Reiner shouldn't be an article on a serious site.
Backwards comparability will keep me in the PlayStation camp next gen regardless.
I don't care which console will more powerful. I'll probably end up getting both...about 5 years from now
I've seen a few sites paraphrase Scarlett being "4x more powerful" than XBX. But if i'm not mistaken, wasn't that in reference to the CPU being 4x more powerful, not the console overall performance? Given they're both using Zen 2 gen amd chips it'll probably be a battle of clock speeds & "mine has a bigger fan than yours!"
Like has been said, i'm more sold on the games...if sony still pump out narrative games, btwn other stuff then all good!
I already think games can look amazing on the PS4 Pro so both consoles are going to surpass that whilst also loading quicker and having backwards compatibility.
Games are the key to choosing one over the other and xbox are moving in the right direction buying studios, you've got to give them that.
I wonder what Sony are planning for it's launch to compete with Halo... PS4's launch relied on multiplatform games and Knack lol. They need a heavy hitter to sell consoles.
@thatguyEZ Yeah that makes sense considering you can't get those games at all on Xbox. I'd rather have them censored then not have them at all.
I think a lot is being taken for granted still with the next gen consoles. They are shaping up to be real beasts. Ray tracing is beyond the current best GPUs, our RTX 2080 can not make the cut but both consoles claim they can. MS told us yesterday that Scarlet will use GDDR6 for its memory, PS was rumoured to be using GDDR5, that will now have to change as it will slow down the infinity fabric linking the CPU, GPU and Memory. No one wants to be the next X box one, with the slowest memory dragging down performance. Both are using Intel style Optane style cache to execrate disk reads, will both use PCIe4 over 3? I guess they will need to or lose the performance race. Small differences will end up with hits to the performance race. And what about price, these are going to have to be sold at a loss to kick start the generation, who can eat the most loss to get a foothold?
On the games front PS will pitch is big hitting exclusives against MS game pass, all you can eat for one low monthly fee.
And both will be watching out for Stadia nipping on their heals.
There has never been so much money in gaming as there is now and the battle for king of the hill has never been this high stakes. Its shaping up to be a real battle of titans and I think the consumer is going to be the real winner this generation refresh !!
@porco. Not being for a policy that directly hurts developers and consumers doesn’t exactly make me selfish.
@PSfan4life22 Switch and PC. I was trying to illustrate how turned off Sony I am, as Xbox’s JP support is a joke. But I should’ve worded it better.
The real question is if the next Xbox will have a disc drive or not.
@Areus Even with less power their games will still look great i played Horizon Zero Dawn on a vanilla PS4 and i still was blown away.
Talk about stating the obvious MS, of course your next gen machine is going to be the most powerful console you've ever built! 😂
@jdv95 I wonder if they will still release two different sku's at launch as rumoured?
@JohnnyShoulder if not at launch than for sure later.
Heck I could see the ps5 also get a digital only version later in it's life.
I doubt anyone really knows for sure which is more powerful right now, so let's wait and see.
I'll probably get both.
I'll have to see how the new Halo looks, but I'll probably get both.
@Miiamoto that was censored on all systems the PS4 just had one extra little two second scene censored
@TooBarFoo Sony is using GDDR6 & DDR4 for the OS if the rumors are true, not sure where you got the GDDR5 Sony rumor from? stadia will be lucky to get 3% of the market
@thatguyEZ no doubt we'll be seeing you getting busted on one of those predator hunter live feeds at some point.
@east76landS That’d be illegal here in America fam.
@thatguyEZ Really sad half the comment section is just either people complaining that you brought up the possibility of getting an Xbox or claiming that you need a meeting with Chris Hansen.
On topic though, I'm split on consoles becoming so similar. Some of what made them special somewhat feels gone, even if this move is better technically for the developers and for the consumers since games are easier to make and port because of it. I am glad to see that consoles can rival computers again though, as the PS4 was just strong enough to be good competition specs-wise, the PS5 is seeming to be much stronger competition if the price is right.
@David187 I have some doubt there will be any DDR4 involved. If they are linking CPU and GPU over infinity it can only run at one speed dictated by memory bandwidth, so going all in on GDDR memory will give the edge to push a full console cycle. The memory would be on the SOC with very short trace lengths so very doable.
Both use the same specifications, so I highly doubt it'll be much more powerful than the Xbox Scarlett. Also, apparently, it'll no longer be about graphics, but programming. Very excited for that.
@JJ2 Reiner is too far from that kitchen, and he is a total clickbait. If it's one I thought about.
@AyanamiReign Never had a console before, and didn't play since student years, but I've bought PS4 as soon as it was GTA5 on it. Hope they will have GTA6 as a launch title, will buy it same minute as it will be announced. Will buy it anyway on pre-order.
As always with MS, I have no doubts about the capability of the system or the quality of its hardware. But if I was going to consider buying one I'd need to see more from the lineup of developers its secured. The ones that were shown at E3 just didn't look that interesting to me. I was really curious about what Ninja Theory's next game would be but was disappointed that it's an online multiplayer game. I need to see something like The Last of Us, God of War, Spider-Man, Final Fantasy VII etc to convince me to switch, and it just doesn't look like it's going to happen.
However, what I'd really like to see from Sony next gen is an attempt to one-up MS on the hardware side of things. The Xbox controllers and consoles (excluding UI/software anyway) are wonderfully designed and I'd love to see a bit of that with PlayStation.
@JoeBlogs Absolutely, but I'd be surprised if after making so many improvements they suddenly went backwards again. Sony made the world's most overpriced George Foreman grill and a controller with no rumble but we don't hold that against them now, do we?
The 360 was a funny one. Mine never failed me the entire time I had it but my brother in law went through like 8 of them. Not sure if it was bad luck or he wa sjust really bad at looking after his hardware, who knows. Likely a mix of the two I expect!
@thatguyEZ Sony did not censore Conan Exiles, but Xbox did , no nuditiy on the Xbox Console version of this game .
@Callmegil i wonder why Sony Did not show at E3, maybe wanted to see what xbox scarlet , had under its box, and sony might pull something out of there sleeve, that none of us know yet
They will no doubt be incredibly similar, with clocks slightly separating them. Unless MS aren’t bothered about putting out 2 models, with 1 priced high
I will have both consoles, but I will say I was not very impressed with that Halo Demo running on their new tech, as they claimed it was.
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