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Originally Posted by Since1984
Perhaps I got a ####ty controller battery then, I am very disappointed with battery life on my PS5 controller and won't be paying $90 for a new one when I can have longer sessions on my Series X. I am not missing anything by playing on Series X instead of PS5. I actually gain a lot more by having my back paddles on the Elite Series 2 controller whose battery life is pretty amazing.
Also I have found that the Dolby Atmos spatial audio on my A40's perform much better than the 3D audio and pulse headset of the PS5.
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This has been a significant factor for me for the last few years, exclusively being a headphone user. PS4 didn't have any software-side surround emulation, and the hardware-side options (like the surround in Astro's mixamps) are often horrid, tinny, and artificial-sounding. PS5 has introduced the proprietary Tempest 3D engine, but I find that it too tends to sound very claustrophobic, distorting of bass, and a bit too similar to solutions like Astro's (perhaps first party titles that are engineered with it in mind will do a bit better).
On the Xbox side, Sonic (available for free) and Atmos have been available for a while now, and I find that both are pretty good, and preserve a more natural "stereo-like" quality to the audio with more directionality. DTS for headphones is also available now (and is currently on sale for 19 bucks) and is perhaps the best of the three.
I like straight stereo sometimes for the purest experience, but it's nice to have the options.