Console Wars

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🗓️ 6 November 2020

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Consoles: They're new, they're shiny, they'll be here next week. Sony's PlayStation 5 and Microsoft's Xbox Series X launch a couple days apart, and together, they're expected to usher in a new era of gaming. But which features actually matter? Is support for 8K resolution even something you'll be able to use? Which console makes the most sense to buy? And is cloud gaming ever going to make consoles obsolete?

This week on Gadget Lab, we talk with WIRED service editor Alan Henry about the ins and outs of the new systems, and what the future of gaming will look like.

Show Notes:

Read more about the Playstation 5 here, and the Xbox Series X here. Read more about cloud gaming here. Read more about the politics of Call of Duty here. Follow all of WIRED’s video game coverage here. Follow Wiredmag on Twitch.

Recommendations:

Alan recommends the game Genshin Impact. Lauren recommends the show The Queen’s Gambit on Netflix. Mike recommends Soulboxer cocktails in a bottle, specifically the brandy old-fashioned.

Alan Henry is @halophoenix on Twitter. Lauren Goode is @LaurenGoode. Michael Calore is @snackfight. Bling the main hotline at @GadgetLab. The show is produced by Boone Ashworth (@booneashworth). Our theme music is by Solar Keys.

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0:00.0	Lauren.
0:00.8	Mike.
0:01.5	Lauren, it has been a long week.
0:03.5	Longest week ever.
0:05.1	And while everyone may be still talking about the presidential election, we are going to take a little break from that here.
0:10.9	So have a seat.
0:12.2	Turn off Twitter for a minute.
0:13.8	Stop refreshing the map.
0:15.6	And let's talk about something super fun.
0:17.7	Ooh.
0:18.5	Um, kittens?
0:20.0	No, we're going to talk about video game consoles.
0:22.6	Hi everyone, welcome to Gadget Lab.
0:31.6	I am Michael Colori, a senior editor here at Wired, and I'm joined remotely by my co-host,
0:36.6	Wired Senior Writer Lauren Good. Hello my co-host, Wired senior writer Lauren Good.
0:39.5	Hello, hello.
0:40.6	And we are also joined by Wired Service editor, Alan Henry, who also leads our Twitch live streams on our Twitch channel and runs all of our video game coverage here on Wired.
0:50.8	Hello, Alan. Welcome back to the show.
0:52.5	Hi, hi. Thanks for having me.
0:53.8	As always, of course.
0:55.9	Today we're talking about the two new video game consoles that are out in the world, the PlayStation
1:01.0	5 and the Xbox Series X both launched next week, just a couple of days apart. Both promise a whole
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