IGN published this video item, entitled “PS5 & Series X Problems: Scammers and Scalpers – Next-Gen Console Watch” – below is their description.
Welcome back to Next-Gen Console Watch 2020, our show following all the news and rumors on the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series. This week we talk about scalpers, thieves, and bots making it difficult for most to find PS5’s and Xboxes in stock, and some games performing better on the PS5 despite the Xbox Series X’s better hardware. We also have results from our pre-Thanksgiving week poll as well as a new poll!
00:00 – Intro
01:00 – Amazon UK PS5 Theft Ring
05:27 – PS5 & Xbox Series X Scalping Problems
08:16 – PS5 Scammers on eBay
11:07 – 3rd Party Games Performing Better on PS5?
14:30 – Why PS5 Might Perform Better than Series X Right Now
16:40 – Polls and Outro
What we talk about this week:
UK’S Missing PS5s
https://www.ign.com/articles/the-continuingly-confusing-case-of-the-uks-missing-ps5s
PS5, Xbox Series X and Sneaker Culture
https://www.ign.com/articles/ps5-xbox-series-x-scalpers-sneaker-culture
Console Scalpers Have 1000 Orders Canceled
https://www.ign.com/articles/console-scalpers-who-claimed-1000-next-gen-consoles-have-order-canceled
Microsoft Working on Why PS5 Outperforms Xbox Series X on Certain Games
https://www.ign.com/articles/microsoft-working-on-why-ps5-outperforms-xbox-series-x-on-certain-games
IGN YouTube Channel
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In This Story: PS5
The PlayStation 5 (PS5) is an upcoming home video game console developed by Sony Interactive Entertainment. Announced in 2019 as the successor to the PlayStation 4, it is scheduled to launch on November 12, 2020 in North America, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and South Korea, and on November 19, 2020 for the rest of the world.
The platform is anticipated to launch in two varieties, as a base PlayStation 5 system incorporating an Ultra HD Blu-ray compatible optical disc drive for retail game support alongside digital distribution via the PlayStation Store, and a lower-cost Digital variant lacking the disc drive while retaining digital download support.
The PlayStation 5 features a customized solid state drive designed for high-speed data streaming to enable significant improvements in graphical performance. The hardware also features a custom AMD GPU capable of ray tracing, support for 4K resolution displays and high framerates, new audio hardware for real-time 3D audio effects, and backward compatibility with most PlayStation 4 and PlayStation VR games.
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In This Story: Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is best known as a holiday celebrated in the United States on the fourth Thursday of November every year, usually through feasting, parades and travel to see family and friends, though celebrations were scaled back during the 2020 coronavirus pandemic.
The roots of the modern celebration lie in settlers celebrating their arrival in the Americas in the early 1600’s. It has been a public holiday since 1941 due to federal legislation, an annual tradition in the United States by presidential proclamation since 1863 and by state legislation since the Founding Fathers of the United States.
Traditionally, Thanksgiving has been a celebration of the blessings of the year, including the harvest. What Americans call the “Holiday Season” generally begins with Thanksgiving. The first day after Thanksgiving Day—Black Friday—marks the start of the Christmas shopping season.
In This Story: Xbox Series X
Xbox Series X and Series S are upcoming home video game consoles developed by Microsoft. They are both scheduled to be released on November 10, 2020 as the fourth generation of the Xbox console family, succeeding Xbox One.
Rumors regarding the consoles first emerged in early-2019, with the line as a whole codenamed “Scarlett”, and consisting of high-end and low-end models codenamed “Anaconda” and “Lockhart” respectively.
The high-end model was first teased during E3 2019 under the title “Project Scarlett”, while its name and design as Xbox Series X was unveiled during The Game Awards later in December. In September 2020, Microsoft unveiled the low-end model as Xbox Series S.
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