PlayStation 5 vs Xbox Series X: Popular Insider Reveals Some Interesting Information

Ahead of the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X launch, anything you hear from unofficial sources is like a rumor of a rumor. But there are certain ‘insiders’ in the industry that usually have some credible information. Dusk Golem is one such individual and is famous for his Resident Evil and Silent Hill rumors.

Now we know that Series X has a slight advantage in terms of hardware over the PlayStation 5. But according to Golem’s sources, it’s a whole different ball game. Take a look at his comments on a thread from Resetera.

“I’m not going to say too much, but from some murmurings I’ve been hearing, I’ll just say I suspect this topic is going to age “interestingly” when a few more details on both platforms are revealed.

I mean this in a few more ways, but to give the broadest idea, I’ll just say the Xbox X is by far more powerful than the PS5 if we’re just talking raw power, multi-platform games will run better on Xbox X is something people are going to have to prepare themselves for. Add to this Microsoft are ready to lowball Sony when it comes to price. They can more easily make a sacrifice and get back profits from Game Pass than console sales than Sony can from that comparatively.

How will Microsoft bring in Lockhart against the Playstation 5?

This is a very interesting take on the debate considering people have criticized the Xbox Games showcase and Halo: Infinite as well. A user posted a question that reads

‘Also if MS is going to lowball Sony so hard, what on earth is the point of the Lockhart?’ Dusk replied to this saying “Because most of their first part games for the platform only started dev about two years ago. They had a change of management in 2018, and went to finish previously greenlit titles by old management while greenlighting new ones/buying new studios.

That does lead to most of what they’re up to not being ready quite yet, but they are competing in other fronts. Sony does have an advantage in some other ways from how I personally see it, but as this topic is about how Microsoft I can mention I’ve been hearing about this for a while. The Lockhart has to do that whoever pulls the trigger kinda’ sets the precedent to be compared to.”

We know that Lockhart does exist even though we don’t have any official confirmation. But considering Sony doesn’t have plans for a ‘less powerful’ variant for the PS5, it’ll be interesting to see what Lockhart does for Microsoft.

More comments regarding the PlayStation 5

PS5 is easier to develop for overall and Sony has very talented studios behind it that will get the most out of the PS5, that I have no doubts about either, but this topic is about how Microsoft will compete so what I’m focused on. But when it comes to cross-platform games, they will end up performing a lot better on Xbox X. Xbox X will have the tech advantage over PS5, and it will be more than marginable.

A lot of the time this stuff sounds fake, but it keeps being said for a reason. Months ago I and others were trying to tell people the price for both consoles weren’t set and both Sony and Microsoft were waiting for the other to pull the trigger before prices would be announced. Many back then said the same thing you just did, “of course they know the price of the platforms,” and yes they do have a range of how low they can go and how high they think they can get away with, but here we are months later and look where we’re at. Truth is stranger than fiction sometimes.

“Xbox X doesn’t have the same problem and can push above that even in most cases.”

“… a few friends I have in the industry working on games for both platforms and a few other insiders I know. More than one source. The basic gist of what I’ve heard is the PS5 is really good to work on for games exclusive to it, but in practice the specs kinda’ get weird for multi-platform games. If multi-plat the usage of PS5’s SSD systems does help a bit, but not to the fullest, and I’ve heard some dev friends talk a bit about the struggle PlayStation 5 has for 1080p games running 60fps still, while Xbox X doesn’t have the same problem and can push above that even in most cases. “

Of course, this is a small selection of people I’ve talked to, there’s more to it, but I hear something that’s going to make this generation a bit interesting is the PS5 & Xbox X’s focus in other areas are going to make multi-platform games “interesting” this generation, to the point we may actually see less of them and far more games coming to one platform or the other (plus PC), as it’s actually kinda’ hard to make a game optimal for both platforms due to where they’re a bit differently focused.”

This bit of information seems believable only because Dusk has the track record to prove it. He has been spot on at times with his CAPCOM predictions and this could also be another topic where we could see the tide turn in the favor of Microsoft.

“Resident Evil Village reportedly run perfectly on Xbox Series X“

But he also clarified his statements by saying “Okay, so I guess I’ll just come clean here… I’m talking about Resident Evil Village. The game’s terrible performance at the PS5 reveal event with the terrible frame rate present in the trailer was kinda’ the current status of the game on PS5 as of a few months ago. The thing is, apparently the game runs perfectly on Xbox X, they’ve been having some troubles getting the frame rate stable on PS5 (which as Sony had a rule to record the PS5 event gameplay on PS5, lead to the weird frame showing in that trailer). But it’s running in the RE Engine, and they’ll be making more optimizations to take advantage of the game there.

The price stuff is from different sources, I said that earlier but will clarify here.”

There is a lot of information here that we may not have seen coming our way. Interestingly, this comes at a time when we are gearing up for announcements from both Microsoft and Sony. But a lot of people reportedly misquoted Dusk and called him out for his comments. In response, he tweeted

Even though this information comes from a seemingly credible source, it is still a rumor. We saw what happened with Obsidian’s Grounded. No one expected it to perform well and suddenly it was a Steam bestseller. While these may be points to discuss, only time will tell whether it is Sony or Microsoft who comes out on top.

Sources: Resetera Dusk Golem Twitter