• M500@lemmy.ml
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    9 months ago

    It’s so weird that these consoles are in the latter stages of their life. Was it just this generation that was weird or am I just getting old?

    It seems that they are not as popular as the Xbox one and ps4 were. Maybe I just checked out of modern gaming.

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      9 months ago

      It still doesn’t feel like there’s been a proper ‘next-gen’ game yet. There were a lot of cross-gen games that seemed to dampen the feeling of the gen starting. Maybe FFVII Rebirth will change that for me; I dunno.

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        9 months ago

        It’s the cross gen fade. So, ps5 had lots of great games, but half or more also came out on the ps4 as it dragged out past its expiry, and this was intentional because ps4 has a much larger install base than ps5 had for the forst 2-3 years, so it made sense to do that. The second half of the ps5’s life should yield better looking games that won’t be ported to ps4, and eventually games that will land also on ps6 in a few years. The lines between generations are blurry now.

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      9 months ago

      I know what you mean and I think it’s because it had a rocky start. This generation of consoles was plagued by availability issues due to the chip shortage which made the transition period from the ps4 to ps5 a drawn out affair.

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        9 months ago

        That’s kinda what I’m thinking too.

        It’s going to be weird seeing them introduce next gen stuff at some point. Already my steam deck is like a high end Xbox one and I’m happy with graphics and performance. I can’t imagine seeing any noticeable changes in graphics in the ps6.

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          9 months ago

          I can’t imagine seeing any noticeable changes in graphics in the ps6.

          I’ve been thinking that since the original Quake came out… there’s always room for improvement!