As always, there's been a lot of chatter throughout the year about an apparent "console war" between Xbox and PlayStation, but Microsoft really doesn't seem too bothered about this with the arrival of the Xbox Series X|S.
In fact, Xbox boss Phil Spencer has even confirmed to GameSpot he's planning to get a PlayStation 5 in the near future, and has laid eyes on the PlayStation 5 development kit multiple times when visiting various studios.
"I haven't played a retail PlayStation 5 so I don't have one. What happens when we go into studios is there's development kits from all the platforms around, so like we all kind of know what we're all doing. I think Sony's done a really nice job with the PlayStation 5. They're doing something different than us, which is fine. I think it's good that you have different platforms doing different things.
I know their launch is imminent, I will say good luck to Jim Ryan, Mark Cerny and all the teams there because launches are kind of cool, great events and congratulations to the team there and what they've done. But no, I don't have a retail unit yet, I will get one and I look forward to it."
Various members of the PlayStation team congratulated Microsoft on the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S launch yesterday, including Hermen Hulst (head of PlayStation Worldwide Studios) and Shuhei Yoshida (former head of PlayStation Worldwide Studios).
Additionally, Shuhei Yoshida went one step further, posting a picture with his new Series X:
What do you make of Phil's comments on the PS5? Give us your thoughts down below.
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Love this. If only the tiresome fanboys could take note
@themightyant this is nothing new hes an avid gamer and usually if im not mistaken always games on all three.
So wont quieten the fanboys sadly. Magicing up console wars is all that gets them through their day.
The "traditional" console war died in the early 90s with the mega drive vs snes imo.
These days its just conjoured up by social media and trolls unfortunately.
What? That's blasphemy.. 😆😆
@Jaxx420 Indeed! I’m well aware of Phil’s gaming pedigree and that he plays across platforms. Was just happy to see it publicised.
The vast majority within the industry are gamers and own many systems and have friends on all sides.
The console war that goes on here and elsewhere is boring, childish and tiresome. Wish the fanboys would learn from Phil, Shu, Corey etc in their openness to other ideas and platforms.
He couldn't get a pre-order either then.
If I could afford it and had the time to enjoy them, I would definitely own both a Series X and PS5 (and Switch and gaming PC and...).
The 'console war' ended months ago when Xbox stated they don't mind if you don't buy a new console as they're focused on software/subscriptions. The only people interested in any 'war' are fanboy/girl morons. Both consoles are great, only reason I have stuck to xbox is because of Forza.
I've owned something from everyone at some point, multiple platforms at the same time a few gens as well. It doesn't matter what you play on. It's a person preference. Doesn't make you a better player or person nor does it make you a worse player or person just because you like something that's different.
I hate cilantro... doesn't mean that the whole world should hate it as well.
What platform other than those you own now would you most like to get?
I'm itching to try open worlds in VR — Skyrim, Fallout 4, No Man's Sky, etc. But either a gaming PC + VR or a PS4/5 + PSVR is more than I can afford right now (on top of my core gaming on Xbox).
I'd be more surprised if he wasn't getting one. What self-respecting gamer would ever limit the number of games they could play? I've never understood the console wars, at least from a consumer standpoint.
Phil, the true gamer who happens to run a gaming company... And Shu Yoshida is still a classy, classy guy. Such a shame he was relegated to the basement by the current C-suite crew over there.
I really doubt Jim Ryan will be playing a Series X. I also doubt Jim Ryan will be playing a PS5, so it's all a wash.
@Nexozi considering they dropped preorders unannounced, I can just imagine him on the phone with Walmart working out the preorder details and inventory scheduling for XSX while frantically refreshing F5 for the PS5 page with the rest of us
@Krzzystuff Cilantro is nummy. Get back into your cave, parsley troll!
@NEStalgia who likes parsley? Before we came to Canada and it was just my dad and my older brother back in Poland we had a saying "zeliszna jest trucizna".... basically green things are poison. It was mostly applied to heavy use of parsley by some in potatoes or kotlety...fried burgers basically.
But cilantro is just an aliens cornhole I'm pretty positive...it's no good! It's a herb that has no middle ground....you like it or you don't.
Shuhei Yoshida also had a Wii U and owns a Switch. Fairly certain Doug Bowser owns an X1 and a PS4. Anyway, Phil getting a PS5 is pretty cool (even though I have zero plans of getting one, myself).
This is what gaming is about. Nice to see that after all the business side to it, that we are all gamers. It’s a reason why I’m always posting about fanboys on here. So it doesn’t surprise me to see that the usual fanboys on here have not left a comment on this post. Which is exactly my problem with them, enjoy the games whatever platform, but don’t discredit rival platforms. Everyone of them have there positives & negatives, but with the Xbox, Sony & Nintendo, they all have fantastic experiences that should be enjoyed by everyone if possible. The one s was my 1st ever Xbox console & im loving the backwards compatibility of it. I’ve always been a PlayStation gamer, but have never owned a Nintendo console. But with the switch the games are really appealing to me, so that will be next for me. Or I may delay getting one till if the rumours are true of a new switch comming out next year.
@Kefka2589 hmmm that's two of you with disfunctional taste buds. @FraserG we need an official pure Xbox poll on cilantro
Love this and doesn't surprise me. That 0.1% of "gamers" that see gaming as a war...
I might just plug my series X HDMI 2.1 into my PS5 and vice versa just to make the fanboys squirm a bit.
Loving the Series X at the moment. What I find interesting is that the Series X running Valhalla is quieter than my PS4 Pro in rest mode... 👀
Why not, it's called knowing thy enemy in his case. The more he know of what they're doing the better he can be at knowing how to compete with it.
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