POLL: Has the PS5 and Xbox Series era been disappointing so far?

Has the PS5 and Xbox Series era been disappointing? I know that sounds like a very open-ended question, but with Xbox and Sony both announcing they are working on their next generation systems, I had a look at both my PS5 and Series X and felt that, overall, I was let down with my purchases. Xbox Series X has felt like a great console that isn't needed anymore, with Xbox launching all their games on PC and moving towards a "play anywhere" idea that doesn't need a system at all to play some of the biggest titles. Xbox is also moving to have its games appear on other systems, making the thought of getting an Xbox console for its exclusives obsolete nowadays. And for PS5, while there have been some great exclusive games for the system, especially around launch, it feels like the first-party offerings have been slim pickings in comparison to, say, Nintendo, which seems to offer a big first-party lineup for games for the Switch and Switch 2 every month. I'd argue that PlayStation has coming of the biggest IPs around in gaming, but doesn't seem to do much with them. Then there are also the fiascos. Does anyone here remember what happened with Concord and PlayStation's push for live service games for a while? Maybe you think, though, that one system has done better than the other. I can't deny there have been some positives to come out of this generation, but overall, when I weigh up the good and the bad, it all feels very disappointing and not worth the purchase of the system. I didn't even bother getting a PS5 Pro because it felt like there wasn't anything that was going to push the console to its limits on the selection of games. Really. This generation of games has been a story of third parties. Capcom has been killing it, we've had some amazing games from AA studios like the recently released Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, and it's been a mammoth few years for indie games from Lethal Company and beyond—games that didn't even come to any consoles. So I ask you, what are your thoughts? Did PS5 and Series X/S drop the ball this generation? Do you have a different take? Let me know in the poll or drop your thoughts in the comments below. The post POLL: Has the PS5 and Xbox Series era been disappointing so far? appeared first on Destructoid.

Jun 20, 2025 - 17:02

POLL: Has the PS5 and Xbox Series era been disappointing so far?

Has the PS5 and Xbox Series era been disappointing? I know that sounds like a very open-ended question, but with Xbox and Sony both announcing they are working on their next generation systems, I had a look at both my PS5 and Series X and felt that, overall, I was let down with my purchases.

Xbox Series X has felt like a great console that isn't needed anymore, with Xbox launching all their games on PC and moving towards a "play anywhere" idea that doesn't need a system at all to play some of the biggest titles. Xbox is also moving to have its games appear on other systems, making the thought of getting an Xbox console for its exclusives obsolete nowadays.

And for PS5, while there have been some great exclusive games for the system, especially around launch, it feels like the first-party offerings have been slim pickings in comparison to, say, Nintendo, which seems to offer a big first-party lineup for games for the Switch and Switch 2 every month. I'd argue that PlayStation has coming of the biggest IPs around in gaming, but doesn't seem to do much with them.

Then there are also the fiascos. Does anyone here remember what happened with Concord and PlayStation's push for live service games for a while?

Maybe you think, though, that one system has done better than the other. I can't deny there have been some positives to come out of this generation, but overall, when I weigh up the good and the bad, it all feels very disappointing and not worth the purchase of the system. I didn't even bother getting a PS5 Pro because it felt like there wasn't anything that was going to push the console to its limits on the selection of games.

Really. This generation of games has been a story of third parties. Capcom has been killing it, we've had some amazing games from AA studios like the recently released Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, and it's been a mammoth few years for indie games from Lethal Company and beyond—games that didn't even come to any consoles.

So I ask you, what are your thoughts? Did PS5 and Series X/S drop the ball this generation? Do you have a different take? Let me know in the poll or drop your thoughts in the comments below.

The post POLL: Has the PS5 and Xbox Series era been disappointing so far? appeared first on Destructoid.