It’s worth noting that the series S can play about twice as many games at 120fps than the PS5 can, just a lower resolution

Gamepass solves that problem

The play station 5 price is way above the series S even after buying an external drive

It is not trap. It is not same as ps5/series x but for price it is great console.

True, but halo, forza and cyberpunk as well as a few others do run 4K , all Xbox exclusives do,

It really depends on the game though, while certain games I totally agree, more mainstream games like call of duty, battlefield, need for speed, and even cyberpunk, run extremely well at 60 fps with max graphics

Then you have already made your choice, get a PS4

No, I'm not paying R$6.000 for Series X.

Xbox Series X

Emulators are pretty nice, they're not a priority though, I'm looking to play newer and more recent games, emulating PS2 is nice but it's the PS4 exclusives I want.

It’s worth pointing out that the Xbox One is capable of emulating almost all consoles and arcade games up to about the PS2, retroarch is an app that is available natively and you just need to download the ROMs for it, it can literally play over 100,000 games including the majority of the Nintendo back catalogue and more PlayStation games than you can play on PlayStation.

Game pass would be great for you then

Yes you can set it to 4k, but it still runs VERY few games at 4k or anywhere near with most games running around 1080p.

Most games are capped at 30 fps and don’t share a performance mode with series X and PS5.

This isn’t due to innate imitations, but developer choices. Modern vintage gamer (MVG) talks about his experience developing for series S - it doesn’t receive its own dev kit - series s and x have one dev kit between them.

That means you switch the dev kit to series S mode and reduce the features until the performance and resolution are stable. If development favours the series X (which it does), most devs resort to a 30 fps cap to get their game running on series S.

If frame rate AND resolution aren’t a priority for you, series S is great value.

If you want 60 fps and/or 4K - this is not the console for you.

• my commentary is not for first party games. This is for cross platform games.

I won't buy my games, i will either subscribe for PS Plus Extra or Game Pass Ultimate, i only earn around R$600 per month, some games here can cost R$350 or more, Resident Evil 4 on Xbox Store costs R$59, i would rather pay a subscription every month and have access to a catalogue with hundreds of games.

Series S is a trap. It's a cool system for its size and price point but it doesn't do what PS5/Series X do. It has super low storage and, as soon as you buy extra storage, you're already within the PS5/Series X price range. It actually puts you over the digital PS5 price.

Additionally, not having a disc drive costs you money in the long run. Finding games for under $10 (or even free) that are otherwise $60 digitally pays off any up front "savings" real quick.

If you're looking for something on budget, or need to save. The Series S is a great choice. But if you have the money, I'd recommend getting the Series X. All depends though. If you're a competitive gamer, get the Series X, it has a slightly better performance and I find the controller better. If you're more into chill, story games. Get a PS5. The PS5 has many exclusives, but mainly for linear, story games.

Some of it is down to your opinion. Also, if you own a SONY TV, the PS5 gets exclusive benefits.

It can run 4K there’s an option for it in video settings, and I have no problems, maybe your confusing it with the 1 S

The Series S doesn't run 4k. It's a 1440p, 120fps console. And even then, most games run 1440, 60 fps.

No overheating, frames are constant, runs 4K, crashes as much as series x (very little). Amazing system for its price

You can get PS4 physical games dirt cheap lately, and you can sell them or collect them. It's how I play my games mostly.

It's too early to say anything about current gen but I think for the last gen, PS4 rocks because it has many games that you can't play on its competitors consoles. Days Gone, Until Dawn, Detroit, Horizon 1&2, God of War (2018 and Ragnarok), Gran Turismo 7, Last of Us Remastered&2, Bloodborne, Uncharted 1 to 4, Death Stranding are the ones coming to mind. Many other stuff is cross platform so there's also that.

In short I'd go for PS4. Pro if possible but not necessarily.

Its a good console i went from ps4 to series s its good yes but in my opinion I prefer ps

Back when i had a PS2 i beat God of War 2 a bunch of times, what makes me want to play a game again is not replay value, it's setting, characters, story, i beat Dark Souls 2 nearly 40 times and i'm dying to play Bloodborne, i definitely won't play the exclusives once then forget, i'm going to replay them many many times.

Yes it is great i havr had it for 6 months now no let downs what so ever.

I would get an xbox. As a former PS4 owner, the exclusives are good, yes but they are the kind of game that you beat once and never come back to them again. With few exceptions most of them have zero replay value and you'll spend most of your time playing 3rd party games and those tend to be more expensive on Sony consoles.

If you really want the exclusives you can buy a ps4, beat whatever game you want and then trade it for an xbox.