Forget the generation, the power of the consoles, the services on offer, and anything else: the most important thing is always the games! That’s what will sway people one way or another, after all.
PS5
Numerous second-party studios have announced day-one support for the console, including Insomniac Games, with Spider Man Miles Morales, and Bluepoint with a promising remake of Demon’s Souls. The latter is rather interesting since its one of the games currently retailing at $69.99, alongside Spider-Man Miles Morales: Ultimate Edition, the only way to play Spider-Man Remastered. All the different versions of the game feel a bit of a mess, between the PS4’s backwards compatibility and save transfers, which are difficult to understand. Whatever happens, anyone who picks up the PS5 on day one will have plenty to do on their new console.
Discover the exclusive games that will be available from November 19 for the release of the Playstation 5.
Xbox Series X
Despite boasting a number of important first-party studios, even more so following the acquisition of Bethesda, the Series X has no exclusive titles to speak of at launch. Instead, it can rely on its Game Pass, with its incredibly extensive back catalogue, and on simultaneous releases from third-party developers. These include titles such as Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed Valhalla and Sega’s Yakuza: Like a Dragon. There should have been Halo Infinite, which was also intended for launch, but ultimately was pushed back to next year after its gameplay demo was release at the start of the year. While they wait, Xbox players have plenty of games as well, with the wave of multiplatform releases arriving the end of the year, including Cyberpunk 2077.
The release date of Microsoft's new game console is becoming clearer, it will be at the same period as PS4: in November 2020.
