Playstation 5 vs Xbox Series X

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PS5, Microsoft makes garbage games.

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Internal SSD's baby.

The core processors for both are cutting edge for even high end PC rigs (for now), powerful enough to run 4 different games simultaneously. Able to pause and switch between games seamlessly from a suspended state, even with the console off

That's ****ing loco, but also great a UX change

[Axe]

Internal SSD's baby.

The core processors for both are cutting edge for even high end PC rigs (for now), powerful enough to run 4 different games simultaneously. Able to pause and switch between games seamlessly from a suspended state, even with the console off

Really? Intriguing.

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Internal SSD's baby.

The core processors for both are cutting edge for even high end PC rigs (for now), powerful enough to run 4 different games simultaneously. Able to pause and switch between games seamlessly from a suspended state, even with the console off

i wonder if microsoft also has an NVME slot that will accept any NVME SSD. bc it sounds to me they will sell an expansion card themselves vs you being anle to use any SSD.

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i wonder if microsoft also has an NVME slot that will accept any NVME SSD. bc it sounds to me they will sell an expansion card themselves vs you being anle to use any SSD.

Looks like MS have custom internal SSD's to run synonymously with their new Seagate external ones. With a slot on the back to add another SSD, but it will only accept the Xbox Series X Seagate Expansion Card (mandatory to run new Series X games). For Xbox One games and older you can still hook up your 3rd party external

PS5 storage expansion otoh won’t require a proprietary solution and has an expansion bay for an off-the-shelf M.2 NVMe SSD.

“You can continue to use your existing USB 3.1+ external hard drives on Xbox Series X and you can run Xbox One, 360 and OG Xbox games directly from the external USB HDD,” explains a Microsoft spokesperson. “Games optimized for Xbox Series X and the Velocity Architecture need to be run from the internal SSD or the Expandable Storage Drive.”

So if you’re looking to extend your storage on the Xbox Series X, you’ll need an expansion card for all of the newer games and titles that will gradually get updated. Microsoft has not yet revealed exactly how much these cards will cost, though. External USB storage drives come in a variety of forms right now and are often a lot less expensive than equivalent NVME SSD drives.

Seagate will be the exclusive launch partner for these expansion cards, too. “At launch, the Seagate Storage Expansion Card for Xbox Series X will be the only Expansion Card available,” reveals a Microsoft spokesperson to The Verge. “We look forward to sharing more details in the future.” It’s not clear whether Microsoft will have its own branded expansion cards or just how many other third-party drive makers will be able to create expansion cards. More providers will increase competition and drive prices down for consumers, so it would be surprising if Seagate is the only manufacturer after launch.

This new expansion card support and built-in NVME SSD will mean significant improvements in load times. Microsoft demonstrated a 40-second improvement over the Xbox One X today, showing just how much SSD storage will impact gaming on the next-gen Xbox. It also allows Microsoft to enable multiple game resumes from standby or even after the console is rebooted for an update.

[highwhey]

Looks like MS have custom internal SSD's to run synonymously with their new Seagate external ones. With a slot on the back to add another SSD, but it will only accept the Xbox Series X Seagate Expansion Card (mandatory to run new Series X games). For Xbox One games and older you can still hook up your 3rd party external

PS5 storage expansion otoh won’t require a proprietary solution and has an expansion bay for an off-the-shelf M.2 NVMe SSD.

xbox shooting themselves in the foot with that.

PS5 it is.

[Smoke117]

The specs mean absolutely nothing. What matters is exclusives and Sony kills microsoft in that regard...ESPECIALLY if you have a gaming PC like I do and all their exclusives are on PC anyway. There is pretty much no incentive to invest in the future new Xbox when you could just build/buy a gaming pc anyway.

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Yeah, i think it's more practical to buy a gaming pc if there is no exclusives at all for such a powerful console.