Forget 4K and Solid State Drives. The Controller Is the Best Reason to Get a PlayStation 5

As a new generation of video game consoles arrives, many have wondered whether the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X will actually feel "next gen"--that is to say, markedly better. New console generations used to mark major leaps in performance, fidelity and ways of playing (think of the graphical leap from the NES to the Super Nintendo, or the jump to 3-D games with the original PlayStation). But more recently, there's been less distance between one generation of consoles and the next. And today, high-powered gaming PCs already surpass the PS5 and Microsoft's Xbox Series X in the specs department, delivering higher frame rates and better visuals. All this was on my mind when I first fired up the PlayStation 5.