There are few word pairings that make my eyes roll faster than 'console wars'. Whether that's tied to the interminable debate that plagues each new console cycle, game exclusives releasing on the same day on different hardware, or players hitching their wagon to one faceless multi-billion dollar company or another – wider video game culture has a long held tendency to pit cool things against one another because… well, I'm not entirely sure why. Mario vs Sonic. Sega vs Nintendo. PS5 vs Xbox Series X. Stop me if you've heard this one before.
In the coming weeks and months, we're staring down another two of these potential scenarios. Baldur's Gate 3 has already stormed the scene on PC, but it's now gearing up for its PS5 launch – on September 6, the same day Bethesda's long-anticipated Starfield lands. A few weeks after that, on October 20, Marvel's Spider-Man 2 arrives on PS5; as does Super Mario Bros. Wonder on the Switch.
