Design, Games, Price or Performance – A user survey on Twitter has now shown what factors are decisive for players when purchasing the PS5 and Xbox. We present the results of the survey.
What kind of survey is it? The initiator behind the survey is “Mortal Kombat” creator Ed Boon, who currently works for Netherrealm Studios.
Boon wanted to know from users which feature is most important to them for the new consoles, the PlayStation 5 and the Xbox Series X.
How many voted? By the end of the survey, a total of 50,295 users participated and voted on Twitter. The users could choose one of four options in the poll:
- Exclusives
- Better Game Graphics
- Backward Compatibility
- Price
The price seems to be the most important factor in NextGen
What is the result? After over 50,000 votes, it looked like this at the end:
- With 37.5 percent, the majority of users voted for a fair and reasonable price. We also asked our users, where they could vote multiple times: Here the price only landed in sixth place. Additionally, our readers revealed what their pain threshold for the price of the new console is.
- 30 percent of users on Twitter stated they want to play Last-Gen games.
- Clearly trailing behind are “Better Game Graphics” with 19.2 percent and “Exclusives” with 13.2 percent.
Why are the survey numbers so interesting? Currently, there is a lot of speculation about the price of the new console generation. And this survey also shows that the battle between PlayStation and Xbox will ultimately be decided at the cash register.
How important the sale price could be is also shown by the internal consideration of letting Sony and Microsoft take precedence at release, to then offer their own console cheaper than the competition.
What currently matters when buying a console? Anyone currently buying a console and needing to decide between PlayStation and Xbox One, is primarily interested in which specific games are only available on that console.
The PlayStation offers a significantly larger number of exclusives – Microsoft now offers many “exclusives” also in the Microsoft Store for Windows users.
Is it worth buying the current generation at all? We explain what reasons speak for and against it in our article:
