He doesn’t need to go out for a replacement 2.1 HDMI. The series x includes one and there is nothing wrong with it. It’s his tv settings and what his settings are in the Xbox for video output.

Quantity means jack shit when it comes to the stores. 99% of the games are shitty on steam

Keep everything exactly the same when you try both, i.e. just unplug the HDMI form the back of the PS5 and plug in straight into your Xbox. This way you're on the same port/input and using the same cable. Also make sure the Xbox is set to output in 4K and HDR and all that. There should not be a noticeable difference so something is up.

Yes, that's what I said in the post haha

I've noticed that the GUI looks much sharper on PS5 as well. That's just how it is. For games though you really have to take it case by case. XSX is marginally more powerful than the PS5 but it ultimately comes down to what the devs actually do the work. And I don't mean that it should be better on XSX but it should be equivalent. It may be an HDMI cable as others have said or it could just be a game where the devs didn't optimize the Xbox version like they did the PS version. Callisto Protocol for example.

Also, check if maybe Xbox version is in performance and the PS5 version is in quality mode or something like that.

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Consoles arent cheap. they let you off the hook when you buy the actual console, but after that, your bendt over grabbing your ancles by the console makers. No console store has close to the sales steam run all the time.Neither price or the the amount of titles. Buying your games at 100-110 bucks price tag, quickly renoves the investment saved on the the console, not to mention that the current gen consoles are already outdated. Sony is in the forefront of pushing prices higher on games, there playstation plus tiers and store are a complete joke.

You need to check every game you compare online for info. Also make sure to check the graphics mode on the game, performance vs quality. In general, it's rare for the same game to have the same settings on both platforms, and that's not even taking into account dynamic resolution.

For a good check take something that is confirmed to be the same, eg Quake 1, set it to the same graphics settings and then take screenshots of the exact same spot, eg main menu, level start, etc and compare those in some app pixel by pixel, praying the screenshot compression won't affect your results 😉.

It is native, you can clearly see all the pixels on fonts curves. The game icons can vary though, as well as the general resolution in apps like the store.

The most trouble I have with xbox is with dolby vision randomly washing out colors.

edit: Technically xbox is more powerful on paper, but They dont make good exclusives that utilize that power. ps5 has exclusive games that fully utilize next gen. Xbox for years has been lacking in AAA quality, and with gamepass seem to try to give more games for your money, rather than high quality for your money.

There are 3rd party games where the graphical difference is noticable. For example in no mans sky when in a space station you can see the graininess from the 4k upscaling on the floors and walls on ps5, but on series X it looks smooth. But so far with 3rd party this is really the only place I notice a difference

Digital download games go on sale on console quite regularly these days, there's a big January Sale going on on the PS4 & PS5 PlayStation Store at the same time you posted this. Maybe sales were less frequent on the PS3 PlayStation Store, but things have changed since then. Physical games on console are also still very much around, so unless you bought a PS5 Digital Edition or Xbox Series S you do have more than one place to buy games from on console.

It may have been mentionned, but make sure you have your HDMI plugged into your Gaming port (if your TV has one). My TV has one and all the gaming features are only activated when it detects a video game console.

LG A1

What's the tv model?

1st world problems right here.

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As far as I remember from all the Digital Foundry videos I binged, developers usually choosing higher resolution but not stable (small drops from here and there) frame rate for Xbox SX and lower resolution but stable frame rate for PS5. I remember Hitman 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 being like that for example.

But to my eyes if someone doesn't circle the differences in bright red and shows it to me I can't understand the small differences in shadow rendering techniques and whatnot. They should look almost same.

It makes no sense, Xbox Series X is, in paper, more powerful than a PS5. Xbox usually is better or the same as an PS5. It could be a bad HDMI cable, wrong HDR calibration or even something on your tv.

I don't mind paying when you take into account all the free games and not having hackers ruining games.

When I load a game a little logo from the TV pops up telling me it's in Dolby Vision mode. But I'll still try the cable option just to test it out

Just edited it. But I can't confirm if it's native 4k res, or upscaled or has some reconstruction technique.

Problem with Xbox..and US companies in general..they do lie and mislead a lot.

Still needs to be hdmi 2.1 for hdr and or Dolby vision etc depending on the model of tv.

Yeah I get that but someone else noticed it too. The writing in a game menu on my Xbox looks slightly more fuzzy compared to the sharp writing in the same menu on my roommates PS5. It's so odd because my Xbox does look 4K, it's just got like... Fuzzy edges around objects and text rather than sharp clear edges

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I have never calibrated it so it could be that but wouldn't that just make the image more punchy rather than sharper