52 T3 DECEMBER 2020PS5 vs Xbox Series X
settings, and your account’s games
library. You can also access things
like PlayStation Plus and PlayStation
Now, assuming you have
subscriptions to them.
Where there is a marked change,
though, is that when you press the
PlayStation button on the DualSense
controller, a narrow new bottom-
mounted shortcut menu appears that
lets you do various things (such as
access captures and notifications) as
well as put the PlayStation 5 into rest
mode. So, in-game or in menu, if you
want to quickly turn the system off
you can press the PlayStation button
and then select turn off.The PS5 is advertised as shipping
with an 825GB SSD, which on paper
sounds rather large. However, just as
the Xbox Series X only has 800GB
available on its 1TB drive, the PS5 only
has 667GB of usable space when first
switched on. That’s still enough for
plenty of games, and the PS5 has an
M2 expansion slot for more, but it’s
not currently active, and that needs
to change fast – hopefully in the very
first system software update that
Sony puts out for the machine.Ahead of the game
Speaking of fast, the speed of the
PS5’s SSD will have gamers pinchingMARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN:
MILES MORALES
Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales falls between
a story expansion and a full sequel. PS5 players
will be able to experience a fresh take on
Insomniac’s much-loved wallcrawling formula.
£49.99DEMON’S SOULS
The original Demon’s Souls was the progenitor
of precise combat mechanics, labyrinthine
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Games’ remake looks to retain all of the
original’s challenge, but powerfully upgraded.
£69.99SACKBOY: A BIG ADVENTURE
The cutesy mascot that helped LittleBigPlanet
become one of PS3’s most recognisable titles
lives on in the form of Sackboy: A Big Adventure.
This is actually a 3D platformer, as opposed to
the 2.5D setup we’ve seen before.
£59.99UNMISSABLE GAMES
themselves to check if they’re
dreaming. When playing Marvel’s
Spider-Man: Miles Morales, which is
the launch title exclusive everyone
should play, loading from menu or
in-game was just terrifyingly fast.
Things like this really hammer home
the raw power this console has on tap,
and it’s more than backed up by
in-game visuals, which run at 4K
HDR and 60fps with ray tracing
lighting effects and a fidelity that’s a
simply joyous experience. If your TV
supports a 120Hz refresh rate, you can
activate that too. Everything in the
game world is sharper, better lit, and
draw distances and model detailingThe speed of this
machine can put
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