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.

 

[Advil Lavs]

At this point, just buy a console (preferably easily moddable) and stay with it. It probably has enough old and new(er) games to satisfy you for a long time. And you're also not going to get anything different from another console

 

[Vexicrypt]

I'd say that buying a console is more about convenience and hardware nowdays. You get a much higher chance for the game running properly on a PS5 than on PC for example. Its also cheaper to buy a PS5 or Xbox (whatever the newer one is) because in PC world you'd only get a grathics card for that price, if you're lucky. There's gonna be people who will say "bro I can build a PC that will run every modern game on ultra for 100$", but they are either delusional or just americans who don't understand how bad hardware prices are outside of their country.

 

[BrawlMan]

I got a PS5 in 2023, because more Japanese/anime games were still coming out on either both system, and I knew games were being phased out on last gen consoles eventually. There were more than enough PS5 exclusives or games that I was interested in, so I felt it was time. I don't regret it, and the Series X and Microsoft can fuck off.

I don't do graphics heavy PC gaming. I prefer smaller and indie games on my laptop. Saves me a ton of space.

 

[Zerpina]

Yeah... there’s been nothing in the last two console generations I’ve wanted, and I’ve had to play. Hell, I didn’t even buy a PS4 until last year, and that was from a pawn shop. And that’s just to jailbreak it when the PS4 Vue, I think it’s called Mod, is fully ready to go, so I don’t have to drop 40+ bucks to buy a Blu-ray burner.

I honestly don’t care if they stop making PlayStation this or Xbox that or any other consoles. And Nintendo can go straight to hell. They haven’t done anything good since the Wii, and that’s hardly worth a mention. So nah, go ahead... line ‘em up, blindfold ‘em, Give'em a Smoke and ask them...

"What do you want on your tombstone?"

 

[BrawlMan]

And Nintendo can go straight to hell. They haven’t done anything good since the Wii, and that’s hardly worth a mention. So nah, go ahead... line ‘em up, blindfold ‘em, Give'em a Smoke and ask them...

I am not part of the Nintendo defense force, but I call bullshit. The Wii U was a total misfire, but Switch did great and sold many consoles for many reasons. I see no value in a Switch 2 right now, and I probably won't get one until at least 2 years+ down the line. Now my main problem with Nintendo is them never price dropping their first party games after the Wii U, because they claim it "devalues" their brand. That is total and pure bullshit. It's why I rarely get a 1st party game at full price, and either by them used, or trade in a different game I don't care about to cheapen the price. That said, Switch 2 is sell great. I have no need for the moment, mainly because most of the games on my Switch are not graphics heavy and wouldn't benefit much or don't need the performance upgrade. Most of the games on my Switch are 3rd party, and that's always been a pattern for me whenever I got a Nintendo console.

 

[Dyne]

Its definitely a baffling choice by Microsoft, and Sony.
I think theres no way Nintendo will follow suit.

It will be interesting to see if/when they totally reverse course after realizing nobody is buying their hardware

 

[Holic]

its crazy to think that on the 90's we had like dozens of companies on the console market, we had the standard of nintendo, sega and sony, but we also had 3DO, amiga, atari jaguar, neo geo even god forsaken fuckin apple with whatever the hell it was the pippin but its was there.
Today we have pc and two console companies, nintendo and sony, because lets be real here, microsoft is over.