PlayStation 5: the specs and the tech
I&#x27;m not a big gamer, but at this point it seems like Microsoft and Sony are just selling the same hardware.  There are very minor differences, but I remember when N64 was such a vastly different experience from the PlayStation.  Even the original Xbox was differentiated - it had a hard drive and an Intel Pentium III and Nvidia graphics.  Now, they&#x27;re basically identical hardware.  Maybe the PS5 will load games a little faster and maybe the Xbox Series X will have a little more power, but there&#x27;s nothing radically different.<p>In a lot of ways, it feels like I should be able to buy one and then just buy a license to play games designed for the other system.  Why should I buy (basically) the same processor, same RAM, same graphics, etc. twice?<p>N64 and PS1 could do very different things and the consoles felt very different and led to very different games.  With XSX and PS5, I&#x27;d rather throw Sony some money so I can play PS5 games on an Xbox Series X (or Microsoft to play XSX games on the PS5) than create a lot of e-waste buying an undifferentiated platform twice.<p>Am I missing something about the consoles (other than the whole business&#x2F;market aspect)?