Ever since Microsoft arrived on the scene with the unveiling of the original Xbox back in the day (and I mean the real Xbox 1 here), the 𒁏feud between Sony and Microsoft fanboys has been going strong. It's an ancient feud going back generations— console generations that is (so like the early 2000s). If consoles are the nation-states of the video gaming world, then memes are our closest thing to weapons. They are the sabers by which we fanboys riposte and parry. A snarky meme may be worth a quick laugh to some, but it is a killing blow to the right gamer.
Memes are so much more than silly images you scan through on your lunch break. If you didn't already know, the word "meme" is rooted in the word memetics, which Apple Dictionary defines as, "an element of a culture or system of behavior that may be considered to be passed from one individual to another by nongenetic means, especially imitation." Memes are our cultural legacy, the very torches we pass down to our children and our children's children to teach them about our꧒ ideologies and values. Still think you've wasted your time reading a bunch of Xbox vs PlayStation m🎀☂emes? Take that, Mom — looks who's wasting his life now.
So when our ꧂alien overlords study the backlogs of our ancient internet for signs of which console won the🌳 war, they will most certainly look at our memes. Also, the memes on this list are, like, pretty jokes.
Here are 20 Hilarious Xbox vs PlayStation Memes.
20 🌟 Sony Stahp.
Microsoft knows Sony is playing the most dangerous game: giving people what they actually want. You have to hand it to Sony: this generation they have made a concerted effort to be more user-friendly to their customers. Not only that, PlayStation 4 famously undercut Xbox One’s price tag. Sometimes it can feel like game companies fix prices and only scale them back minutely when they have no other choice. That’s not a surprise. They want to make a profit, after all, and they’re entitled to it. But shocker, Sony has figured out that making an affordable, easy-to♑-use system that doesn’t cripple gameplay with arbitrary restrictions just might be the way of the future. Xbox One, please take note.
19 😼 It Took Seven Years To Decide On A Slightly Off-Blue X Button
PlayStation 4 fans have a bad reputation for being blind followers of Sony. According to their rivals over at Xbox One, it wouldn’t matter if Sony released the same exact console and system every year with a fake mustache and googly eyes — PlayStation 4 fanboys would still line the corners. Not unlike some꧃ followers of certain computer companies, the cult surrounding Sony is fervent. The smallest tweak to its traditional apparatus is met with cries of “genius!” Say what you want about Xbox One’s name, Microsoft is at least willing to mix things up once in a while. Sony knows it had a good thing going, of course. Their business model can be summed up as: if it ain’t broke, why fix it?
18 💯 Cultural Stereoty෴pes Can Be Fun!
Can anyone deny the Japanese make wonderful technology? I owe half of my beloved childhood memories to things that came from Japan, like the original PlayStation for example. True, the United States is also the Mecca of global entertainment, but when you take into account the relative sizes of their nations, it’s pretty mind-boggling that one island nation-state has haꩲd such a profound impact on our collective imaginations. And judging from this meme, they’re doing a better job of it too. America is supposed to be about freedom, not restricting it. That’s why the Founding Fathers put the freedom from forced DLC in the constitution. If Microsoft continues in America’s Big Brother mindset, we might well see a mass exodus to PlayStation 4 one day. It could happen.
17 🐓 My Money's On 𝔍Xbox One
This one’s gonna make some PlayStation 4 fanboys sore. And I’m not just talking emotionally; their arms are going to require a cast. There are a few ways this meme can be read, if we want to get deep about it. It’s true that Microsoft’s gaming console is well known to be a technological heavyweight. It’s also true that their gaming repertoire is impress💎ive. The Kinect is also revoluti🥀onary in its own right. Woody and Buzz, for some odd reason, offer commentary. Toys commenting on toys, I guess? Given Woody’s face, he probably just a bought a subscription to PlayStation Plus. Buzz won Andy’s love like Xbox One most likely has. We all know Andy’s the kid who banged all our moms on Call of Duty.
16 🅺 Minecraft In 4k on Xbox One
You’ve heard it before: “Xbox One has 4k!” It’s uttered like an incantation by every prepubescent whose mother has dropped him off at EB Games like it’s a daycare. The words of the prophets are written on Gamestop’s walls. You can turn your console inﷺto a graphic powerhouse and jack up the price all you want, but it’s not going to mean squat to one of the most successful franchises of all time. If you’re picking up an Xbox with the hopes of building a blocky town and maybe a pixellated farm, then Xbox One’s relatively exorbitant price won’t justify the purchase. As in all things, you have to ask what’s right for you. Maybe 4k comforts you in a way that our prepubescent boy’s mother never has.
15 Xbox One💙, Directed By Stanley Kubrick
If there is a the🥂me to these Xbox One memes, it’s the inherent connection between Microsoft and the NSA. It’s unsettling that the Kinect won’t allow itself to be unplugged. Gamers should receive the option. Microsoft seems opposed to giving play⛦ers any choice, though. Borrowing from the Kubrick classic, our anonymous meme artist has made the 'kinection' between Kinect and cinema's favourite sociopathic AI. Dave has spent a lot of time in cryo-sleep and what’s a guy to do after so long? That’s right, turn on a little Just Dance 2: Disney Party. All he wants is to switch off the camera so it won’t record him and make him the next Star Wars kid. Is that so much to ask?
14 ♑ Wow, The Rock Is Judgmental
Have you ever felt like you weren't allowed to tell people what you’re really into? Have you ever been out at with the gang, only to say t⛄he wrong thing when the age-old console questionও inevitably rears its head? It’s a reality some Xbox One fans feel daily. People, I know you’ve come for the lols and not the feels, but take it from me and this anonymous meme master artist, like the things you like and don’t care what anybody says. If you like Xbox One, great. But if what you like just so happens to be making fun of people who like Xbox One? Maybe not so great.
13 ⛎ They See You When You're Sleeping
They know when you will "enjoy" your time in bed. The idea that Xbox is in cahoots with Uncle Sam’s mission to spy through every peephole it can find is not a new one. Xbox fans have long taken flack for Microsoft’s Kinect, with many poking fun that its camera may be providing a feed to the NSA. If the CIA is spying on us through our microwaves, who’s to say it’s not also peeping through your favourite gaming console? The NSA knows that criminals love to pleasure themselves too, whether they’re using the Xbox’s browser for "adult" content or just marathoning a binge session of Just Dance: Disney Party 2. Suffice to sa💖y, Edward Snowden is 🅺a PlayStation fan.
12 ⭕ Somebody Ta🤡ke Xbox One's Car Keys
Ever write a pro/con list only to find one of the columns drastically outweighs the others? Xbox One fans might want to steer clear of this one. Among the cons listed, Xbox One’s lack of game exchanges is center-stage. PlayStation 4 comes across as that much more easygoing cool parent, letting players do whatever they feel like if it’s under their roof. Xbox One has that vibe of the parent who forces you to check in every two seconds, totally ruining the good time you were having. Notice Xbox One’s 24-hour suicide check. PlayStation knows its players won’t be driven to a bridge in the middle of the night by𓆉 their inability to borrow a friend’s game.
11 99 ౠProblems
On this point, I must agree.ꦺ It takes the immortal words of Jay-Z and an anonymous meme poet to express an inner conflict I have grappled with ever since I heard the announcement of Xbox’s latest console name. I know they’re going for the whole “you only need one console” definition of one, but it’s not intuitive. I’ve had to explain it to many people. I’m getting worked up as I write these words. It runs deep with me. PlayStation 4 may not get points for creativity but we can all agree that its name makes sense; it’s the fourth generation of PlayStation. Xbox should have stuck to the numbers arms race and named themselves Xbox 720. At least that would have made more sense than Xbox One.