You know you want a ps5, then just go for it. I own both consoles and both of them are amazing. So it can only comes down to what games you want to play, and since you want to play those ps5 exclusives, then go for the ps5. The Xb one can still last you another year at least before they fully stop making new games for it and if you buy the xb series in the future, any previous xb games can be play on it

Oh, I thought it was the other way around @_@. My bad

I think it was because of all the free to play online games on Xbox are totally free to play without the need of the subscription (gamepass ultimate/live gold), while Playstion offers the same for a limitted selection of games, despite they are free to play. And as a side note, Microsoft also has free cloud save while Sony Playstation needs a subscription to access that feature.

At the end of the day, it all will have to come to your references. I own both consoles and they are both very much worth every penny. Which platforms are your friend playing, or most of them are playing on? It can be a deciding factor for you.

As for how they're worth, the xbox series x/s are better in terms of value, they give you free cloud save, gamepass is a cheap way of getting you hands on a big library of games including some big AAA titles for only 16$/month. Despite some others may say about the series S tho, it is actually a blast when I had it (I switched to the X since I have lots of game discs). A lot of games can be played 60fps without worries and most of the new games are being released with the S optimized fpr 60fps, while the older games are being/already remastered/optimized for 60fps as well. With the price of 300$us with only 1080p and no 4k, it is hard to ignore if you have no problem with being fully digital. The X at 600$us, can do all the S can and then add in 4k 60fps, if you own a 4k tv/monitor, it would be super awsome to buy the X.

Ps5 both digital and physical can handle 4k, 60fps just fine with a difference of 100$us between the two. But they don't offer free cloud save, the feature is locked behind their subscription service, in which if you pay, you can also access a more variety of stuffs like their equivelent version of gamepass, game demos (for a higher price level of course). Haptic feedback on their controller is also a very nice feature, it provides some addition realistic feeling into your game, but most of the time I am to focus on the game than the feeling of the trigger on my hand.