NEXT GENERATION consoles are almost upon us – and with Nintendo off doing their own thing, it’s a two-horse race between Microsoft and Sony to be first out of the gate.
But will it be the Xbox 2 or the PlayStation 5 that we get to see first, which will be more powerful and which will we be playing games on first?
What do we know for sure? Well, Sony are skipping E3 2019, while Microsoft is planning to make a big splash at the huge Los Angeles gaming shindig.
Analysts think that Sony has to reveal the PS5 soon in the face of slipping financials, while “most” Sony studios are working away behind the scenes on next-gen games already.
Meanwhile, Microsoft is going full stream ahead on Project xCloud, and might even have another Xbox One up its sleeve before its ready to show off the Xbox 2.
Conflicting signs, certainly.
Which will be more powerful?
Well, it’s being suggested that both consoles might actually have the same AMD chipset at their core.
The exact nature of those chips and what’s around them will have a huge impact on their performance, of course, so even knowing that doesn’t tell us very much.
It does indicate that we shouldn’t expect them to be revealed or released too far apart from one another, though.
The PS4 Pro and Xbox One X both run on AMD Jaguar chips, running at different speeds, and the Xbox One X has a definite performance edge.
Will the Xbox 2 or PS5 come out first?
Last time around, it was essentially a dead heat.
The Xbox One and PlayStation 4 were released in (much of) Europe and the United States in November 2013.
There’s every reason to expect that they’ll end up similarly close next time, because neither Sony or Microsoft will want to give up any ground to the other.
While Sony definitely won’t be tipping their hand at E3 this year, because they’re skipping the show for the first time ever, they might show off something in September at the Tokyo Game Show, or at the expected PlayStation Experience event in December in the US.
So all eyes will be on the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles this June to see if Team Xbox blink first.
What games are there in development for them?
This is where things start to get sketchy.
From Microsoft’s side, we know that Halo Infinite is coming at some point, and this seems very likely to be after the launch of the Xbox 2.
For Sony, we know they have a lot of irons in the fire, but nothing definite.
It is being suggested that Death Stranding, Ghost of Tsushima and even possibly The Last of Us Part Two, which have all been shown off on PS4 Pro hardware, could end up launching on the PlayStation 5 too as cross-generational titles.
The fact all three took centre stage at E3 for Sony last year and yet none yet have a release window is certainly suspicious, if not a definite sign something is afoot.
Meanwhile, the likes of Bethesda have Starfield and The Elder Scrolls 6 in the works for next-generation hardware.
Bioware have also confirmed that players of Anthem, will be able to take their save games over onto the next generation of console hardware.
It’s not all about new games, though — a patent filed by Sony in 2019 suggests that the PS5 processor would be able to pretend to be the processors from older consoles, and thus play their games natively.
What other differences are there likely to be?
It seems very unlikely that the Xbox 2 will have any sort of Virtual Reality system attached to it, with Microsoft saying it was focused on delivering games you can experience on your TV.
Sony’s PSVR system hasn’t seen mass adoption, but seems likely to carry on plodding along.
It is possible, though not confirmed, that Sony could ensure that existing PSVR systems can work with the PS5 too — or they may just start from scratch.
Sony’s 2TB 500 Million special edition consoles with double the storage of any of their or Microsoft’s previous offerings could indicate more internal storage could become the norm for PlayStation fans, but it seems more likely the two will match each other in this regard.
Rumours suggest that the PlayStation controller may be getting a little bit more Xbox,with images showing a bulkier version of the DualShock emerging online.
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But who will win?
This is the opposite of Alien vs Predator – whatever the result, we all win.
There will be plenty of amazing games for both systems, and hopefully with plenty of opportunities for fans of both to play with each other.
This feature is a work in progress, and will be updated with more information as it becomes available.
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