I don't buy it. Xbox has for a while now pushed away from being a hardware platform to being a software platform. Specifically a gamepass platform. They don't need to sell Xboxes anymore, they need to sell subscriptions and they can sell these on many devices.

Also, what does a next generation console even mean anymore? If you look through the history of gaming the big jumps have brought big gaming enhancements that simply couldn't be possible on previous generations. Since Xbox 360 it's just more resolution and frame rate. The only real current gen gameplay feature through hardware I've seen is fast storage which allows for things like Ratchet and Clank to do that multiverse jumping.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You're forgetting the controller. Haptics, adjustable tension on triggers, etc. Also spatial sound.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Never had a controller pick up a drift quicker than my bought-new 2 series x ones, the other half my controllers being from like 2018 off eBay, used

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I had stick drift on one of my PS5 controllers as well. And Switch. Very annoying.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

The only real current gen gameplay feature through hardware I've seen is fast storage which allows for things like Ratchet and Clank to do that multiverse jumping.

This works on every modern SSD which is standard in most pc for years now and also a reason why this games works on pc without that 'feature hardware' in your pc.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Consoles have gone the way of cellphones.