Hello everyone today I am going to compare two one of most popular consoles that every gamer dream of have it playstation vs xbox who is the real champion in console I will compare everything like history , how many players are playing , game purchase , games availability , easily available , requirements , how powerful both console are and stats so let's get started
Birth and best selling
Playstation is owned by sony and first playstation came in 1994 named playstation 1 and it became first console to shipped over 100 million units
Playstation 1 ( 1994 ) - 100 million +
Best selling game - gran tourismo ( 10.85 million )
Playstation 2 (2000) - 155 million +
Best selling game - GTA San Andreas ( 17.33 million )
Playstation 3 ( 2006 ) - 87.4 million +
Best selling game - GTA v ( 29.52 million )
Playstation 4 ( 2014 ) - 116.4 million +
Best selling game - GTA v ( 20 million + )
Playstation 5 (2020 ) - 10 million +
Best selling game - spider man miles morals
6.5 million plus
Xbox Is owned by Microsoft and first xbox launched in 2001 it's also popular gaming console
Xbox (2001 ) - 24 million +
Best selling game - Halo 2 (8.46 million copies sold )
Xbox 360 (2005 ) - 84 million +
Best selling game - kinect adventures ( 24 million copies sold ) GTA v ( 23 million copies sold )
Xbox 360 S ( 2010) - N/A
Xbox 360 E (2013 ) - N/A
Xbox one ( 2013 ) - 48.69 million +
Best selling game - GTA v
Xbox one S / X ( 2016 and 2017) - 6.5 million
Xbox series x ( 2020) - 3.5 million +
Best selling game
Xbox series S (2020) - 2.8 million +
Best selling game
Total users and active users
Playstation has massive 47.6 million playstation plus subscribers right now and 109 million monthly user which is huge
Xbox has 23 million xbox plus subscribers which is half of playstation and approximately 100 million active users right now which is a good thing
No.of games and compatibility
I will only talk about latest console from both of these companies in playstation 5 there is around 385 games and soon to add more and in xbox series s there is currently 279 games talking about compatibility playstation sucks sony confirms that PS4 games will be played on ps 5 but compatibility is always an issue with sony majority of games are not in next generation consoles but in xbox there is no compatibility issues you can play old games
Let's hope sony to fix this issue in future
Subscription features and cost
Playstation plus subscription includes every month two PS4 games will be included and it will be yours untill subscription ends online multiplayer mode with friends , discounts , 100 gb cloud storage , share play , exclusive game content
Subscription cost
1 month - 499
3 months - 1199
12 months - 2999
If you want playstation plus then buy 12 months subscription it will more value for money
Now coming to xbox game pass there is two best offers first xbox ultimate and Xbox console if you know someone who plays games on pc then buy the xbox ultimate
It will give you over 100 quality games , discounts , exclusive content , new games added same day will be available , and also included xbox gold pass and EA pass so xbox ultimate will be value for money
Xbox ultimate - 699 / month for pc and console
Pc - 489 / month
Console - 489 / month
In playstation you'll have to purchase new games in box ultimate you don't have to purchase much but in playstation there is more exclusive games available
Games cost
In game purchase from playstation charge more than xbox store because in playstation there is more exclusive games compare to xbox
GTA v premium edition cost in playstation - 2470 rupees
GTA v premium edition cost in xbox - 2099
Playstation 5 disc vs xbox series x
Both of these console are released in 2020 let see which is more powerful so let's compare these two gaming giant's next generation consoles
Playstation 5 disc
Let's start from playstation 5 user interface sony should work in their ui for thier users but the ui has improved from PS4 which is a good thing the weight of the ps5 is about 4.5 kg which is not quite handy now move to performance part the cpu of this console is custom 8 core AMD Zen 2 variable frequency upto 3.5 GHz talking about GPU it has custom AMD RDNA 2 , 36 CUs and variable frequency upto 2.23 GHz
, 10.28 teraflops GPU power and I/0 throughput is 5.5 gb /sec ( raw) and 9 gb / sec
( Compressed )
The performance you'll get is amazing smoothly run any game in 4k which is best thing about this console and resolution of this console is 4k with 120 fps and even 8k support talking about disc it's suport 4k ultra HD blue ray for storing game you need storage the storage 825 gb NVme SSD in this you'll get only 667.2 gb storage to store game you can upgrade space upto 4 tb there is few requirements for SSD
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Ram is 16gb GDDR6 ram and 512 mb DDR4 ram for background task memory bandwidth is of 448gb /sec now move on to
Fabrication of TSMC 7nm
connectivity ports in ps5
Wifi 6
Bluetooth 5.1
Gigabit ethernet
2 usb 3.2
1 usb 2.0
1 USB C 3.2
1 hdmi 2.1
These are the options to connect ps5
The ps5 is very powerful console apart from gaming you can watch movies on it and can play Spotify and Netflix also
The sound quality is custom tempest engine 3d audio there's Dolby Atmos and DTS : X support sound quality is one of the best in consoles
Xbox series x
Xbox series x ui is good but not the best but it look simple and minimalistic
Xbox series x is competetor of playstation 5 both are release in same year so let's start the weight is about 4.45 kg similar to ps5 buy the size of xbox series x is small in terms of performance the cpu is custom 8 core AMD Zen 2 3.8 GHz and 3.6 GHz with smt and moving to GPU it has custom AMD RDNA 2
52 CUs 1.825 GHz and 12.15 Teraflops these
two are more powerful than ps5 and it can runs heavy games smoothly the games can be run with 4k 60 fps to 4k 120 fps even 8k ultra HD gaming graphics quality of this console is amazing and 4k ultra HD blue ray
Support
now let's talk about storage there is 1tb pci NVme SSD gen 4 usable space is about 802 gb
This SSD is a little slower than ps5 SSD expansion option is there upto 1tb pcie 4.0
and I/0 throughput is 2.4 gb / sec ( raw) and 4.8 gb ( Compressed )
Ram is 16 gb GDDR6 and memory bandwidth is 10gb at 560gb/ sec and 6gb at 336gb/ sec
Fabrication is 7nm
Connectivity
Wifi 6
Gigabit ethernet
3 USB A 3.2 ports
1 Hdmi 2.1
So overall a good package from microsoft this console has features that PS5 doesn't have like resume game which is a great option and enhanced HDR gameplay , ultimate game pass which you'll able to play over 100 games
Pros and cons
PS5 pro's
Powerful
Exclusive games
Fast SSD
More game titles
Dual sense controller features
Real time ray tracing
PS5 cons
Expensive games ( above 5000 )
Compatibility issues
Limited internal storage
Limited availability
Pros of xbox series x
Powerful
Xbox ultimate game pass
Amazing backward compatibility
Resume gameplay from where left
Cons of xbox series x
Lack of exclusive games
Slow SSD
Only few games use Ray tracing
Only 1tb storage upgrade options
Controller
Ps5 dual sense controller has some great features like haptics feedback , adaptive triggers , gyroscope motion control and in built speakers
While xbox doesn't include many features but improved the controller and add a share button
Ps5 battery life is less than xbox controller because there is haptics and adaptive triggers which consume more power but both triggers are good in battery life
And in terms of compatibility microsoft controller is ahead of sony