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angrystingray t1_j022yqf wrote

Reply to Should I buy PS5 or Xbox Series X? by Academic-Expert-7345

I have both, but I've always been a Playstation first gamer.

For me, I find myself booting up my Xbox over the PS5 for 3 primary reasons.

  1. Quick Resume
  2. Game Pass
  3. Discord Integration

The first one I feel doesn't get talked enough about. I tend to play a few games at the same time. Being able to suspend each game and pick up right where I left off as if I had the game paused is a huge huge timesaver for me. This is going to be a godsend when I dive back into the Witcher 3 in a couple days. I play MW2 with my friends, so being able to jump back and forth without the need to cold boot the game each time is truly next gen to me.

Game Pass is awesome. I feel like I play SO MANY more games than I normally would and more willing to try stuff out I would never consider had I not had Game Pass. Vampire Survivors, Chained Echoes, Pentiment, all games I would never have even thought about downloading, but since they were on Gamepass I checked them out, and well, Vampire Survivors ended up being one of my favorite games this year. Really enjoying Chained Echoes at the moment as well.

Discord integration is HUGE. A couple of my friends we play MW2 with are on PC, so being able to all be in the same voice chat is a killer feature. On my PS5, I have to have Discord on my phone with an earbud in one ear, and my Playstation headset over it. Most of my friends say my audio is shitty. On Xbox, I can join Discord right from the dashboard. This apparently is coming to PS5 at some point though it's been delayed over and over and most recently seems to be an end of March expectation. We've had it on Xbox since September.

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I would say at this point the only reason I'd choose a PS5 over an Xbox would be if you REALLY love those 3rd person action adventure first party titles from Sony. I've kinda burnt out on them, so that probably also plays a large role in my current preferences.

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nowhereman1223 t1_j0221tv wrote

Reply to Best living room console? by beerovios

You could set up a raspberry pi with RetroPie.

Sadly nothing is inexpensive these days.

I believe the Nintendo switch has a price low enough now that even building a retro pie or getting a non-junk android game box becomes almost a waste of money.

What does an Xbox Series S go for?

You could also grab some old micro business pc cast off and load one of the many linux flavors for emulation. Then grab a few controllers and you're good.

But again the costs start getting close to an official console... I guess the big question is what is your budget?

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