This isn't a console war, it's a console mercy killing....

[DinoRexMax]

Exclusive games are an essential justification for why you'd buy a game console. If it's the only place to play something, and you want to play it, you've only got one place to go.
As lame as Nintendo has been lately, they monopolized all their IPs. So if you buy a Switch 2 (don't buy a Switch 2) your getting exactly what you paid for (which is just DK, Mario Kart, and Metroid right now). What the fuck is there even on a PS5, or an Xbox whatever it is anymore?

I only bought a PS4 to get all my animu games (HnK:Lost Paradise, Godzilla VS, Gundam Breaker 3, SRW X & OG:MD) but refused to get a Xbox One because it only had 2 games I wanted (Rare Replay, half of which I already own, and KI 2011, which is thankfully on PC).

So, as of 2026/01/26, what is there to buy on a PS5 or Xbox Series that you can't buy anywhere else?

Avoid mods or homebrew, just boots on the ground stuff you can buy from a store. Besides, best consoles to jailbreak should be it's own thread.

Also, no PC Master Race shenanigans, or I'm raising the price of your ram chips again.

 

[NOTthatHARD]

Exclusive games are an essential justification for why you'd buy a game console. If it's the only place to play something, and you want to play it, you've only got one place to go.
As lame as Nintendo has been lately, they monopolized all their IPs. So if you buy a Switch 2 (don't buy a Switch 2) your getting exactly what you paid for (which is just DK, Mario Kart, and Metroid right now). What the fuck is there even on a PS5, or an Xbox whatever it is anymore?

I only bought a PS4 to get all my animu games (HnK:Lost Paradise, Godzilla VS, Gundam Breaker 3, SRW X & OG:MD) but refused to get a Xbox One because it only had 2 games I wanted (Rare Replay, half of which I already own, and KI 2011, which is thankfully on PC).

So, as of 2026/01/26, what is there to buy on a PS5 or Xbox Series that you can't buy anywhere else?

Avoid mods or homebrew, just boots on the ground stuff you can buy from a store. Besides, best consoles to jailbreak should be it's own thread.

Also, no PC Master Race shenanigans, or I'm raising the price of your ram chips again.

I agree with everything you said.

The future is looking grim for playstation and xbox.

 

[DinoRexMax]

I agree with everything you said.

The future is looking grim for playstation and xbox.

It's looking grim for the industry as a whole. I heard Gamestop claimed that the console wars were over sometime last year, and if that's the case, it's probably because everyone picked up their collective balls and headed home.

 

[bjork]

Some people are too married to those ecosystems and that's where their friends are, so that's what they buy. Not everyone is as plugged in as people who would frequent a gaming forum.