Looks like a bunch of lems jumped ship and bought the PS5 ( 1 in 4 ps5 owners didn't own a PS4- IGN)

@Epak_: I think we can agree that lems are very special not to realize this.

@SolidGame_basic: That 9 still seems to be upsetting you cows I see

@Duckyindiana: Somehow you're more butthurt than cows, and this thread isn't even about Xbox. I want your opinion on the matter.

How is thread NOT about Xbox, if lems jumped ship, what did they jump ship from, the Switch???

I mixed this thread with another. Leave me alone 🙃

Well its true that you're not hard to confuse 🤣🤣🤣

When talking to someone that doesn't watch anything and talks his ass off, its real easy to be confused by that Aussie 🤷‍♂️

You're too easy, and its obvious you can't run game in multiple threads, i'd teach you, but you're not worthy.

You won't teach me anything, you don't even own a next gen console 🥱

the concept of having both consoles is alien to fannyboys HaH

@hardwenzen: You are an idiot and seem to like making yourself look stupid seems you’ve taken over from Protoss

Maybe. But honestly, early performance doesn't mean too much. The gen has just started and while there's a SERIOUSLY good chance you're right, both consoles are objectively strong out of the gate, bar exclusives which are nothing to shout about. Both 2021 line ups are pretty bad now apart from a couple of games aside. But both companies have a lot of studios working on games for 2022 onwards and it'll be interesting to see how MSs Bethesda acquisition helps them. And Gamepass Ultimate is starting out quite strong too.

Out of the gate coming off the PS4 with a strong brand, the PS4 will get off to a flying start. But I don't see Xbox being decimated like it was last gen. If the 7th gen was 50/50 for much of it and 8th gen was 80/20 to Playstation, I think this gen will be 60/40 to Playstation.

It'll be a more interesting gen than last gen. I think PS will do as well, Xbox will have a slow start, but even with what we are calling a slow start has been actually quite healthy, just not a run away success. I'm also interested to see what the Series S brings in in terms of gamers and where it ends up.

If you mean owning both consoles, I don't see the point to be honest. They have too much in common to spend $500 a piece. I don't think it's been worth owning both brands of consoles since the 6th gen. I couldn't justify buying a PS3 even during the 7th gen, There was only a handful of games different that I wanted to try. I considered it on several occasions.

Another day, another backfire.

Too funny. :P

@i_p_daily: Don’t be to hard on @Hardwenzen. He’s the one who stated ps5 and xsx can’t play 4K games and that you can’t update hardware.

AKA SCALPERS lol

@bluestars: unless you're a enthusiast and have a lot of free time, there's no point to spend $1400 for the three consoles. Most people are fine with one gaming machine. 😎

Why is this a surprise? People age. Every year new young people get their first console. Every year people exit gaming and never buy a console or gaming PC again. Every year younger people whose first console was by Nintendo graduate to one of the others or PC gaming. And what happens every year is amplified in launches.

Grass is green.

I love how seriously you're taking these forums. People like you are amusing to see 😂

Soon, Sony will update its hardware to RDNA3.0, and you will be in big trouble, buddy.

@HalcyonScarlet:

a real console gamer would have both...imagine not being able to play the 23 xbox studios games or the sony console exclusives?..if you haven’t got a pot to piss in and can only afford one fair doo’s...but to consciously stick to one system and miss out is mental to me.

@bluestars: real console gamer LMFAO

This is just sad at this point. 😎

@hardwenzen: And here you are almost nonstop posting utter drivel lol get outside boy

To you, everything is utter drivel because you're permanently butthurt about any subject that isn't praising Microsoft. The one that should go outside and get some sun on your skin is you 🙃

What's especially sad is he doesn't own any current gen console or a PC.

@NathanDrakeSwag: It doesn't surprise me since he's someone that pathetically ends every post with HaH lol

I can't believe posters actually believe scalpers opened all 1 million consoles they got and made PSN accounts lol. That's a surprising number though... I figured most PS4 owners would stick to PS5 and Xbox owners to Xbox. Mostly because of the huge digital game library that would transfer over this gen from last gen.

Or, it might have something to do with the fact that 1 in 4 (or more) have been scalped and people are simply buying them for bragging rights and to say they have the new hottest item.. even if they don't really plan on playing it. I certainly don't feel as though it has a lot to do with people jumping from one console to the other, and if it does there is nothing here to back that idea up.

Gaming is hotter than ever right now and kids in school are cool for playing and talking about games these days. My guess would be there are jumps in all three consoles that are similar to this from kids asking for the consoles and because of scalping.

If more people from other platforms are buying PS5's though that's cool. I hope they also get an XSX and a Switch. They healthier the industry the better as far as I'm concerned.

@WitIsWisdom: Yes, 1.5 million people bought one for bragging rights. And even though they won't use it, they created an account for it. Makes sense.

How many are spammers that are super horny for me?

MS games are cost effective to play through Gamepass on the PC or the Series S. So that's not an issue.

Don't get me wrong, how people decide to spend their money is up to them, but imo it's a waste of money to spend $500 on a console for a handful of games.

Dude before you judge people for not owning all systems, consider how many games people have access to these days.

For example is just my situaltion, everyone has their own. This is what I have access to. The amount of games on the PC is uncountable. Then there's everything Xbox Gamepass Ultimate offers. Then there's everything PS Now offers. Then I have a cupboard full of games for old consoles, most of which I haven't even played yet, got them to collect. I don't have the time to support all systems and games.

If that's not enough games and that makes me not a "real gamer", then I guess I'm not a real gamer. I don't know what to tell you. If this was the 4th, 5th and 6th gen, then I couldn't disagree with you.

@HalcyonScarlet: Don't take him seriously. He's like 10 years old and ends all his posts with "HaH"

Yeah.... other than the fact that I gave other reasons as well... it makes perfect sense. I never claimed that every PS5 sold was just for bragging rights, so why even try to quote me and just take one of like 5 different reasons I gave? However, yes, I do believe a good part of it is likely the whole Wii catch lightning in a bottle scenario and they are selling consoles to people who normally wouldn't get one. Some obvious reasons are the scamdemic and people staying at home more among many others.

I said 1. Scalpers 2. People buying them from scalpers for bragging rights (which for whatever reason is the only thing you picked up on) 3. I said gaming is more popular than ever, and kids are asking for consoles that haven't ever owned one. 4. I said there is no data to back up that people moved from one console to the other. 5. I said there were likely jumps in all 3 consoles for the reasons above as well...

Also... just for a little more context I didn't mean they would buy them and never take them out of the box.. by never playing them I meant hooking them up, creating an account, and them collecting dust. Yes.. that is a thing people do. Again, just for the record I am not saying that every extra console sold to people who didn't already have accounts fall into these categories, but I'm sure a large portion of them do...

Seems like a strange post to target, but you do you.

Oh, and for the record I have a PS5, but I don't meet the other criteria.

@ahrequenomori: Where are you pulling the 6 million from? Other than the obvious place of course.

Oh shit!

One could think that is the case looking at some of the crying cows.

^ What he said.

Why must it be migrating lems? OP, you do understand that every console a new generation of gamers also grow up and get their first hardware, right?

@wonderwinner:

you just got the one system kid?..emotional feelings towards it?

bless

hah

@HalcyonScarlet:

like you said.you dont see the point in owning multiple consoles..and like i said if you can afford it....get both and get all the games...you’ll see in cows reaction why having both matters when xbox new 7.5 billion studios announce exclusivity....

HaH

@NathanDrakeSwag:

oh the irony

hah

And why would xbox fans suddenly jump ship at the start of this generation? For the haptic feedback controller? Fomo created by the eBay scalper fiasco producing a larger demand for the product than it should be?

Both systems have absolutely no games worth owning as of yet. At least the Series X has Gamepass. At least they can play some games at the moment other than a remake from 2011 and a 4 hour DLC. So, I'll ask again... Why exactly would they jump ship?

@bluestars: I have all consoles and a beefy pc, you're just a sad user with one last gen xbox lmfao 😎

@wonderwinner:

of course you do kid.

HaH

@bluestars: you won't see me shitting on any platform here, because I own all them and love them, kid, unlike you that have feelings and loyalty towards the xbox.

😎

Why do you think they were XBox owners? They could be first time gamers, former Sheep, or PC gamers who picked PS.

Given the success of the XSX, I doubt it's a whole lot of XBox converts.

I couldn't disagree more. I think this gen will be like the 360 vs PS3. When MS has all those first party games that cannot be played on a Playstation, then we'll see what's what. Games like Elder Scrolls 6, Doom, Fallout 5, Halo, etc.; plus what is in the works from Double Fine, Obsidian, Playground, and inXile, will really give the XSX a boost, IMO, and could easily make MS the winner.

Even if MS does not "win" this gen, I cannot see a path where PS5 dominates like the PS4 did last gen.

Remember: In 2005, all the cows were saying "I'll wait for PlayStation" and were oh-so-confident the PS3 would crush the XBox 360. That... didn't work out too well for Sony and the cows. Before this gen, lems were confident the success of the 360 would carry on to the XBox One, and MS would drive Sony out of the market. That... didn't work out too well for MS or the lems.

History can, and often does, repeat itself. That being said, you can rarely tell what is going to happen in a new console generation by what happened in the previous generation.

Switch has even crazier numbers, probably 9/10 Switch owners didn't own a Wii U.

@bluestars: It's so cute when you try to pretend you aren't a lem lol.

HaH

@theam0g: some of them might want to play ps4 exclusives and thought their time with the xbox one wasn't worth it? There are several reasons why they'd jump ship. I'm having a hard time justifying keeping gamepass as of now it lacks games I haven't played elsewhere. MS need to step their game up to make GP seem appealing. Lots of the games I already played on ps and pc before... The xsx is a very good machine and Ms needs to support it better.

The whole premise of this thread makes no sense. I know we have low standards on SW, but this thread is just crap. Lems would be the last ones to buy a PS5.

Don't overestimate the PS5. It has very little to offer, for now at least. If I were new to Sony's consoles I would just buy a PS4 instead and get much better value for my money.

Last gen it made sense that people who never owned a PS3 would buy a PS4, since it got off to a much better start (hi Don Mattrick) . I was one of them. But it ain't happening this gen.

I don't know what has happened to cows lately. Maybe they are still in meltdown mode after the Medium, or maybe they are starting to realize that the win over Xbox won't be so easy this gen. Hey, if you want the PS5 to be this omnipotent console at least tell Sony to release a new design asap instead of that sandwich tower garbage. And release some more compelling games soon, cos Spiderman and a Souls game ain't much to brag about.