Destin Legarie follows it up saying that "MS absolutely blows the PS5 out of the water", when you couldn't even say that about the PS4/XB1. These "journalists" honestly will never hold themselves accountable, even these years later they're still proving that they should just keep their mouths shut instead of commentating on things they have next to no interest in getting to the bottom of themselves. I'm sure if they actually reached out to a "developer" they would also find out that the difference between these consoles is smaller than it's ever been, and the biggest percentage difference is in the SSD, with a 120% gain, vs around 15% in other categories. IGN… reach out to actual developers working on games for both machines before you "inform" your impressionable audience on things that serve to exacerbate the console war narrative that you claim is "inevitable".
I said this before… what the absolute hell is going on with Xbox/MS proponents in misrepresenting the state of affairs, and the specification of both consoles? I don't remember the FUD brigade being this lopsided.
Microsoft heads have historically responded to and promoted people like Timdog and MisterXMedia, who basically thrive on spreading fanboy sensationalism or FUD.
We even had Microsoft's senior director of product planning come onto the last forum and downplay the performance deficit between the PS4 and Xbox One, claiming there's "no way they were giving up a 30%+ hw advantage to Sony".
And remember Aaron Greenbergs "You realise you will see every game in 1080p as your output right?" Tweet to Timdog?
It gives the impression that this culture of disingenuous sensationalism and online sentiment from others is something Microsoft are or at least were happy to support so long as it benefited the brand.
Given that, I'm not entirely surprised there are Xbox centric journalists like Brad going with Github as fact, contrary to what Cerny has said nor the fact that the official specs differ to the Github rumours, or that he's comparing the PS5 to a Honda Accord and the XSX to a Bugatti Chiron.
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