PS5 has an awesome new feature Xbox Series X can't match

PS5 has an awesome new characteristic Xbox Series X can't match

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The PS5 has many flashy features similar 3D audio and adaptive triggers, simply ane of its almost useful new additions may have just been accidentally revealed.

PushSquare spotted a feature named Game Presets in a Recommended Settings video published by the PlayStation Support YouTube channel. The carte doesn't actually become covered in the video, simply if you intermission the video at around 2:27, you lot tin can see what options can be preset.

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In recent years, games have been making options like subtitles available earlier the start of the game, in a similar way to long-standing difficulty pick screens, in gild to allow players tailor things before even the first cutscene plays. Now you practice all of this once at a system level, with PlayStation's video showing you exactly how it's done.

Other adjustable options include different pre-sets for first-person and tertiary-person games, presumably both offering your choice of camera controls for these two styles of gameplay. Yous can also swap between performance and resolution modes for graphics, depending on if you generally prefer higher framerates or prettier visuals.

PS5 Game Presets menu — (Image credit: PlayStation Support on YouTube)

It's a thoughtful add-on by Sony for sure. We now take to hope that developers arrange their options menus in such a fashion that they are compatible, otherwise this expert thought will become to waste. Information technology's also something we haven't still seen from the Xbox Series 10 or Xbox Series S, which gives the PS5 an advantage over its rival for third-party games.

Another PS5-enhanced game

Lots of existing games have been announcing their motion to the new generation of consoles with revamped graphics and other improvements. And the latest 1 to announce its changes for PS5 (and Xbox Series X/Xbox Series Due south too) is Warframe.

This multiplayer title featuring wall-running infinite ninjas with simply-too-cool outfits has been popular for several years, and developer Digital Extremes has announced, via the Warframe website. 4K/60fps back up for both consoles and much faster loading times.

Warframe on PS5 — (Image credit: Digital Extremes)

That'southward simply the first phase nevertheless, as downwards the road DE has a texture overhaul and dynamic lighting rework planned that will not merely make the game look better, simply also reduce the size of the game on a console's SSD. An important factor given that both the PS5 and Xbox Series S accept had concerns raised nigh their smaller SSD sizes.

PS5 users will too run into some unique additions, like back up for the DualSense controller's adaptive triggers (with more haptic feedback features coming after) and for the Activities menu, assuasive players to quickly first specific in-game challenges from the main menu. DE has said it will share more about the Xbox Series Ten version "very soon," so we shall run into if Microsoft's console gets any unique features of its own.

The PS5 goes on sale from November 19, only is right at present available to pre-order — if you can find somewhere that's not sold out already.

Richard is a Tom's Guide staff writer based in London, roofing news, reviews and how-tos for phones, gaming, audio and whatsoever else people need advice on. Following on from his MA in Magazine Journalism at the University of Sheffield, he'south too written for WIRED U.Thousand., The Annals and Creative Bloq. When not at work, he'southward likely thinking about how to brew the perfect cup of specialty coffee.