If Xbox Series X nabbed these 5 PS5 features, it’d be all the better for it.
The Xbox Series X is a terrific console, but there are some PS5 features that I really miss whenever I boot up Microsoft’s diminutive tower of power. Some are minor, I’ll admit, and would ultimately be nice to have. Others, though, feel almost essential – and would only serve to improve the Xbox Series X experience as a whole. I’d never want both boxes to be homogenous, of course – not only would this stifle innovation, but it would also make owning two consoles practically pointless – but when a competitor delivers a feature that works so well that you immediately notice it’s gone, that’s when a company should consider implementing it too. It may seem lazy to steal ideas from a rival, but this sort of practice happens all the time – either during a console generation or after. Microsoft quickly added a headphone jack to its Xbox One controller after the feature was so well received on the PS4’s DualShock 4 pad, and the Xbox Wireless Controller for Series X and Series S now includes a share button. The Xbox Series X has some excellent features of its own, of course, like Quick Resume for instance, and I’ll be turning the focus onto which Xbox Series X features I’d like to see on PS5 in a follow-up article. But for now, here are five PS5 features I wish were on Xbox Series X. Perhaps the most surprising success story about the PS5 is the DualSense controller’s adaptive triggers. I’m utterly enamored with them, to the point where I’ve found myself leaning towards buying third-party games on PS5 over Xbox Series X just to feel how they’ve been used. When Sony first announced how the DualSense triggers would change resistance to mimic the sensation of pulling back a drawstring on a bow, or replicate the kickback when firing a gun, I was initially skeptical. But once I experienced it for myself in game’s like Astro’s Playroom, still my personal next-gen highlight so far, it became clear that adaptive triggers were a revelation rather than a gimmick. Now, while I still prefer the Xbox Series X controller overall – partly due to the asymmetrical analog layout and superior trigger shape – the fact that Sony’s pad comes alive and helps add an extra dimension to gameplay really makes me long for it on Microsoft’s console.
