PS5 and Xbox Series X: We Now Seem to Know Both Consoles' Boot Up Sounds

The Xbox Series X startup sound has been been revealed, and we may already have heard the PS5 equivalent. Earlier today, the Xbox Twitter account used the platform's new voice clip functionality to reveal what the Xbox Series X sounds like when it boots up. The 15-second-long clip sounds a bit like a hub world from Spyro with its soothing tones - it's very zen! Replying to another tweet below the clip, the Xbox Twitter account responded by saying that it sounds like "a choir of gaming angels singing in your ears," which, I mean, as long as they're not from a Modern Warfare 2 lobby, that's fine by me.

[new Xbox sound] pic.twitter.com/LK4vYNJ1RE

— Xbox (@Xbox) June 18, 2020

During Sony's PS5 conference, many speculated that the PS5 startup sound might have been snuck into the showcase. It was quite a short clip, but fans managed to catch the alleged boot-up sound (and accompanying console UI animation), posting it to Twitter last week.

So Sony snuck the PlayStation 5 boot-up screen into the middle of their presentation? pic.twitter.com/Zt8QfoWOGb

— Ben Hanson (@yozetty) June 12, 2020

The PS5's supposed startup tune sounds similarly mellow, albeit with a shorter jingle to accent your entrance to the system's UI when you tap the PS Button. With that, it appears that we've got both of our next-gen startup sounds. Which one is your favourite? Let us know in the poll below. [poilib element="poll" parameters="id=b792b676-9783-4daf-9e85-31e3a59daa8b"] For more on the PS5, check out our list of every game confirmed for Sony's forthcoming console. You can check out a similar list of confirmed titles for the Xbox Series X here.   [poilib element="accentDivider"] Jordan Oloman is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow him on Twitter.

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