Feels like we’ve hit the point of diminishing returns where the console cycle stops making sense. Does anyone really expect to ever play a PS6 game they just flat out couldn’t make at all on the PS5?
PlayStation 6 Console And New PS6 Handheld ‘Canis’ Specs Leak, It’s Claimed - Insider Gaming
Submitted 3 weeks ago by hal_5700X@sh.itjust.works to games@lemmy.world
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Coyote_sly@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Squizzy@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
This gen gave me the kick to leave consoles. Neither Sony or Nintendo seem that interested with me being a customer, constant paywalls and upsells while getting less and less in return. I’ll get the next 8-10 years of games through the ps5 after that I imagine everything will be on pc. VR is not my thing, neither is online or live service so I can get all the emulators without a monthly cost.
Consoles are dead.
yermaw@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
I looked at the ‘games on sale, x% off’ section on the Xbox last night, and like 80% of it is DLC for games and in-game currencies.
“GTA V for £4? Sweet! Oh, its a bunch of GTA money? Gay.”
rustyfish@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
If this is true I’m definitely out. I am barely playing anything technically demanding on the hardware. Mostly older or indie games. The Steam Deck has proven to me that handheld PC couch gaming is more than enough for me.
Come to think of it, I didn’t even had to buy the PS5. It just catches dust and unlike the PS4 I didn’t get anything like Bloodborne aka something I could pump countless hundreds of hours in to justify buying it.
Nikls94@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I got the PS5 for my GF to play Hogwarts Legacy. I myself have played AstroBot, FF7, FF16 and Expedition33.
I use the controller on my Mac playing PS1 and PS2 games though. That controller has seen more PS2 games than PS5 games lol
Nico_198X@europe.pub 3 weeks ago
Astro is the only one I desperately want as a PC gamer. Three cheers for Astro!
Nikls94@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
To be fair, I lend the PS5 to a friend just for him to be able to play it
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I don’t see how this thing possibly competes with a handheld PC. It’ll play the same games approximately just as well but with a tiny fraction of the library, and unless something changes, online play won’t even be free.
dormedas@lemmy.dormedas.com 3 weeks ago
The handheld PC and things like SteamOS have crossed the moat that console games used to have as a defense. The PC is coming to the living room, attaching to your TV, and playing games controller-first. The question will be how well will those games play and will they be exclusive
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I don’t think the Windows license factors into the math much at all, but otherwise agreed.
simple@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
The Vita had a shared library system where if you get the handheld version for free if you owned the PS4 version of games. I imagine they could do something similar to keep playstation users interested
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
That’s surely what they’re planning, especially since the architecture won’t be very different this time around, but that still pales in comparison to the value you’d get from a PC handheld for what will likely be an extremely similar price.
Blackmist@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
Leaked, or completely guessed at for clicks?
Vipsu@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Would guess this is more or less similar to PS5 with backwards compatibility with PS4, PS5 games. PS5 pro didnt really do a big splash so PS6 give bigger uprgrade for those looking for one.
Making those game libraries accessible on portable device would also be quite impressive. (Not quite Steam deck level but still.)
dwev@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
After SCE increased their prices in EU and Aus to help offset the US tariffs, I doubt I’ll invest anything into the PS ecosystem any more. I’d rather redirect into PC gaming from here.
ieatpwns@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Ps5 has the same amount of games as switch 2
Vipsu@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Ps5 has the same amount of games as switch 2
Playstation 5 has plenty of good games but only handful of exclusives. Many of these games are also available for PS4 and PC as well.
ieatpwns@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
If they’re on ps4 too they’re ps4 games
commander@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
They could probably get away with a PS6 that’s a PS5 Pro raster equivalent, improved ray tracing, and a modern AMD CPU and a bump in memory. Whatever can be sold for $500 in 2-3 years. Switch 2 is the baseline.
Microsoft can be twice as powerful, unless they had a multi year string of incredible exclusives, they’re not doing better than this gen and
regardless they don’t do exclusives anymoreAshtear@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Improved ray tracing is key. We’re at a point where hardware improvements aren’t for selling games to end users, they’re for cutting costs for developers. Project managers don’t want to spend time and resources handcrafting lighting anymore.
We saw it before where making SSDs baseline didn’t necessarily lead to a change in world design but certainly led to cuts in asset streaming optimization. Same with framerates.
RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Pupstation is real?
HeyJoe@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Some weird views in the article. Like comparing it to the price of the ps5 pro and will be lower. Of course it will be. It has to be since the price point of the average consumer will never buy it at that price. They need to get it back down to the $400-$500 range for it to work. Also saying the ps4 cutback on hardware compared to the ps3 may be true but it wasnt noticeable either. The jump between both consoles was huge and didnt seem like anything was sacrificed. That won’t be the case here since i doubt anyone will even notice the difference because games aren’t getting that much better looking anymore. They need to start focusing on features and other advantages to establish itself as a better option to having a PC.
Aielman15@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Are we already talking about next gen leaks? Damn, this generation passed by and I barely noticed it.
tane69@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
That’s because there are barely any fucking games this gen it feels like
rustydrd@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
What are you talking about? There’s a new remake or remaster every other day!
AdamBomb@lemmy.sdf.org 3 weeks ago
So many resources wasted on live service projects that got canceled or flopped, that’s why
Flamekebab@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
Yeah, I've been watching from the sidelines and still haven't seen anything that moves the needle sufficiently.
Where are the games?!
chewables@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
if you're not really there for it then sure, but i got a ps5 for ff7 remake, kh3 and ff16 and i personally think I got my money's worth. loved every goddamn second.
it helped that I got p5r and expedition 33 as well, what a beaut of a bonus they were
Fredselfish@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
They just ported all the PS4 games and slap PS5 on them. I bought a PS5 and not single game I have on it you can’t also buy a 4 version. Except for Dead Island 2, and it was meh. I have not used my PS5 in over a year it just collects dust. With PC games I get all I need and more. But I have looked at new games for it and not impressed with the lineup.
Mad__vegan@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
My psvr2 backlog would like a word with you…
EvilEdgelord@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Become a PC gamer and you don’t experience “generations” anymore.
AdamBomb@lemmy.sdf.org 3 weeks ago
The disappointment of the PS5 plus the surprise of the Steam Deck turned me, personally
Aielman15@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I am. I grew up with the PS1 and I really liked the simplicity, ease of use, affordability and reliability of older gens, but the newer ones seem to have all the cons of consoles and none of the benefits.
MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Instead you see GPUs release for the same price as, or more than, a current gen console every two years.
NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Part of the “problem” is that the current gen launched basically at the height of COVID.
But it is coming up on 5 years and console generations tend to be 6-8 years if memory serves. Considering how much work goes into prepping the hardware, it makes sense to see “leaks” now for what will likely hit shelves in the fall of 2027 or 2028.
But I think the bigger issue is that we kind of all know these are “just” computers and most games are multiplatform. Combine that with backwards compatibility and there really aren’t that many distinguishing games of a generation. Which is why it is a common refrain that this is probably the last “console generation” with the future being closer to PCs where you just have new hardware every few years and upgrade when a game you want needs it or you get bored.
Vipsu@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Many still play on Playstation 4 and suprising amount of games still get released for both.
Its also funny that in Fighting game locals most games are still played on PS4 with Tekken 8 being pretty much the only one requiring PS5.
zaphod@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
Same. At least for me part of the problem is that I got a PS5 two years after release because I couldn’t get one, I’m not going to pay scalpers.