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PS5 / X Series
After a week or two after everyone and their mom on gaming sites and YouTube got their hands on an Xbox Series X, the first hands-on PS5 previews are starting to roll out, albeit mostly in Japan.
While the most obvious is how damn big the console is, something has been revealed as an update over the last generation that the Xbox Series X also shares, but neither company is really advertising. But for the average gamer, it will likely represent a significant improvement over their PS4 or Xbox Ones.
Both consoles are very, very quiet.
Despite the huge increase in technical power, early reports indicate that both the PS5 and X Series are nearly silent when running and playing games.
Here’s Jez Corden from Window’s Central on Xbox Series X:
And here is the Japanese site Dengeki saying the same thing about the PS5 (second tweet):
If you’ve played a bigger game on any of the consoles in the last generation, you’ve probably encountered the fans of each of them making a lot of noise trying to keep the console cool. I’ve noticed this especially on the PS4, even the Pro, where playing a game like Call of Duty: Warzone or The Last of Us Part 2 makes it look like an eagle is under my TV ready to take off. Not only is it loud, but the heat it pumps out is enough to make me seriously sweat in my office.
Nothing is known about the heat with these updates, but what seems to me is that both the PS5 and the X Series will perform more as, for example, the gaming computer that I am writing this article on. Even when I’m playing games on high settings, it never gets this loud, never this hot, and this ties into the fact that these new consoles have such powerful technology that they are… essentially mini gaming PCs.
Xbox Series X
This may not be a feature you pack in the box, but I wouldn’t underestimate the small benefits of things like this to make next-gen games feel better in every way. It’s the little things that you sometimes expect (I’m going to add a no more timeless “copy” patching phase on PS5 as something else I’ll appreciate), and yes, my console doesn’t sound like it’s going to explode as you play more AAA games they are definitely a bonus.
I haven’t gotten my hands on any of the consoles yet, so I can’t report firsthand how this feels in my exact office, but if it’s significant enough to mention in previews, it feels like a stark contrast to this generation. We’ll see if that persists throughout the generation or not.
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