This was very similar to me. My last Xbox was the 360, which I loved. I had stopped gaming for a while so I missed the PS4 and Xbox One launches. When it came time to grab a new console, I chose PS4 based on the fact that I couldn't live without MLB The Show, and everything I read about the Xbox One at the time was bad news. PS4 ended up being amazing, so I have no regrets in the way it worked out for me. And now, I also have a PS5 and I think it's definitely great. I'm playing through Ghost of Tsushima right now and it runs/looks so good on PS5.
Having said that, it took me a while to get a PS5. I was searching for a Series X for my nephew when preorders first started up, and I was able to snag 3 preorders. I cancelled one, one was for my nephew, and I figured what the heck...no luck getting a PS5 preorder because of the shit show that was, and I did absolutely love the OG Xbox and 360...screw it let's give the Series X a shot.
Fast forward to now, I absolutely love my Series X. Part of it might be the fact that I didn't have an Xbox One, so some of the games I've been playing are completely new to me. But I also did the 3 years of Gold to Gamepass trick, and bought a handful of other games myself as well. And I don't say this to knock the PS5, but I am just so much happier with my Series X than my PS5. I play my Series X every day for hours, whereas I fire up my PS5 only every few days.
I think everyone's case in this scenario might be different. And again I'm not trashing PS5 because I think it's awesome as well. The PS4 spawned some great franchises that I'm heavily invested in and can't wait for new iterations on PS5 of them.
But yea, I can't stop playing my Series X. I also love the Series controller over the Dual Sense. It just feels so much better in my hands.
As far as games, check out both Oris if you've never played them. Such an amazing franchise and I pray that someday we get a 3rd game. I've been playing the heck out of Gears 5 multiplayer, and having never played a Gears campaign, I started my journey a week ago by starting the campaign in Gears UE. I will play through 1-5. I also want to do the same thing with Halo. I think I played the Halo 2 campaign way back in the day, but don't remember a single thing about it. I have the Master Chief Collection downloaded and hope to run through every Halo campaign before Infinite comes out. I also bought/played through Hellblade recently. I never played it on PS4, and saw that Ninja Theory was now owned by MS so Hellblade 2 will be an Xbox game so I figured let's give this a shot. I HIGHLY recommend that game, especially if you have a headset to use while playing it. The game is amazing!
I'm not one who cares for cars or racing games, yet I can't stop playing Forza Horizon 4. I downloaded Streets of Rage 4 off Gamepass and absolutely loved it. Streets of Rage 1 and 2 were my jam when I was a kid, and 4 was just so fun to play through.
I could go on and on, but yea I am just so happy I jumped back into the Xbox ecosystem. Sure I'm playing Xbox One games, but a lot of them are optimized and look/run great on Series X. Paired with my LG CX, I'm I'm gaming heaven every time I turn this thing on. And the future of Xbox looks very bright. It's an amazing time to be an Xbox fan. Oh yea, my favorite sports franchise in MLB The Show is now on Xbox as well lol. Just can't praise Xbox enough for my experience thus far with my Series X and what I hope is to come in the future for Xbox.
Last edited:
