Man, I was soooo excited about the PS5, but then it turned into such a shit show to get one that I just put my money into my PC and I never even got around to picking one up when availability became more reasonable. I don’t think I’d ever really want to get back into the console gaming space anymore.
PS6 and next Xbox console are both aiming for 2027 release, separate reports claim | VGC
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thetrekkersparky@startrek.website 1 hour ago
baatliwala@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
What even happened in this generation? There was nothing that separated it lmao. Realistically the only thing the next gen can add over this is full ray tracing from ground up, even something like frame gen would be proper embarrassing because a console is supposed to have all graphics baked in.
If MS goes Windows on Xbox then that might genuinely be the way forward atp
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 6 hours ago
I have no interest with the way the industry’s going. Not to mention it will probably cost $700 or more.
frog_meister@lemmings.world 5 hours ago
Already?
Damn.
ThunderComplex@lemmy.today 4 hours ago
Had the same gut reaction but then realized it’s basically only 1 year ahead of schedule. It REALLY doesn’t feel like the PS5 has been out for 5 years now.
AstroLightz@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
It will just be a PS5 with a sticker on it and $500 more.
/s
makyo@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
But why? They are barely supporting the current hardware.
anugeshtu@lemmy.world 32 minutes ago
I’m guessing the cash cow needs some milking. Especially with new lucrative technology lurking around the corner. “Milk before it’s overdue”
TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
investors want new product
thermal_shock@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Gotta get those stock buybacks to raise the “value”!
creed10@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
the ps5 just came out, what do you mean
SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 6 hours ago
Right? It only has 3 games and they’re already talking about a new one? They should give it a few years at least before giving up.
And009@lemmynsfw.com 11 hours ago
Are we over the chip shortage, what year is it!
echodot@feddit.uk 12 hours ago
I think I’ve turned my PS5 on maybe 30 times since I got it. They just hasn’t been anything released for it that I’ve been interested in basically it’s not been anything released for it.
thermal_shock@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
I bought a 3070 and a pair of 1440 gaming monitors, maybe $1000 total, and I feel like an asshole not having time to play my favorite games.
PieMePlenty@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
Mine has seen some use… but its nowhere near what I was expecting when I bought it. I own it for the exclusives and while I did enjoy them (GT7, Ragnarok, Spider Man 2, Astro Bot, Death Stranding 2), I also think I could have done without them and waited for the eventual PC release. I hope Intergalactic (Naughty Dog) remedies my feeling towards the console, but so far, nothing it’s seen has been generation defining.
Most probably skipping consoles after this gen.jaschen306@sh.itjust.works 12 hours ago
Ghost of Yotei has been a banger so far. Otherwise, I haven’t even plugged it in for over 2 years.
Lfrith@lemmy.ca 22 hours ago
It seems soon because it feels like barely anything came out in terms of exclusives for the PS5. Naughty Dog didn’t even come out with anything that wasn’t a remake.
rafoix@lemmy.zip 14 hours ago
Sony spent this entire generation making live service games are were DOA or failed after years of development.
People generally buy Sony consoles for their single player exclusives. It seems like that is not a factor to consider for their next console.
I’m not interested in PS6. I’m more interested in building a Steambox to avoid Windows 11.
Lfrith@lemmy.ca 8 hours ago
Same I when it comes to my next upgrade I want to go AMD GPU next time around for the best Linux support.
RonniePickering@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
I like the cut of your jib, pal.
BombOmOm@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
The best situation for consumers is for games to come out on as many platforms as possible. Exclusives are cancer.
Lfrith@lemmy.ca 18 hours ago
Well for me Sony exclusive means Sony produced games, and they’ve just not released in that department. I’m PC now so its not exclusive for me anyways, but it does matter for console players choosing between Sony or Xbox. And Sony has really under delivered this gen with games from them.
mika_mika@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
Didn’t Microsoft buy up a shitton of studios- killing some of them? I wouldn’t consider exclusives a good indicator of health necessarily.
Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip 7 hours ago
Yes they did: FASA
Lfrith@lemmy.ca 19 hours ago
That’s been the only selling point of consoles for me. They mostly all come out on the PC now so more an observation of how Sony’s releases this gen has been really lackluster compared to previous gens.
thatradomguy@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
Better bet your ass that Copilot will be on whatever M$ decides to push out.
Coyote_sly@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
And then not release a single game built for or exclusive to it until 2035. Hard pass.
eight_byte@feddit.org 23 hours ago
Too early. It doesn’t even feel like the current generation has really established. Just got the PS5 Pro, and don’t think it’s such a big improvement over the base model. PS6? - na thanks!
GlendatheGayWitch@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
Not that the PS5 was a major upgrade to the PS4. Sure it can produce some better graphics, but the UI is such a downgrade.
I’ll never understand why they made an option to silence the beep at startup, but they push the boot up and login music through the TV when headphones are connected to a controller. That’s so much more annoying and last so much longer when you’re trying not to disturb other people in the room.
rafoix@lemmy.zip 7 hours ago
The one thing that the PS5 brings to this generation is blazing fast loading times. PS3 and PS4 games that load often are unbearable.
The UI is complete shit.
XBM is the best for a TV media box like a game console but corporate trends dictate mandatory enshitification because customers are stupid shit-for-brains idiots that must be advertised to at every possible opportunity or they will read The Communist Manifesto and start a consumer revolt. /s
timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.works 21 hours ago
Nothing is better than the xmb on ps3. I hate the new UIs.
newthrowaway20@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Big mistake. They barely have games for the current gen.
IEatDaFeesh@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
So… The PS5 pro lasted for a while huh.
Tikiporch@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
Three years or so.
ABetterTomorrow@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Too soon. I still haven’t got a PS5 yet.
Nima@leminal.space 1 day ago
sometimes it feels like the world is kinda moving off consoles for being too restrictive. and I wonder if there will be a future where these two companies just keep making consoles to fight each other while not selling any.
just two giant, hot black chunks of plastic locked in an eternal battle of corporate obliviousness for all eternity.
NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
…
The PS5 and Nintendo Switch 2 are both ridiculously successful.
dogslayeggs@lemmy.world 1 day ago
cordcuttersnews.com/playstation-5-shatters-sales-…
While it might not feel like anyone cares about consoles, they are still selling a lot of them.
BurgerBaron@piefed.social 5 hours ago
I just wonder what customer satisfaction is. You can get a fool to waste their money only so many times. Buyers Remorse was the PS4 for me.
umbrella@lemmy.ml 11 hours ago
i feel like barely any good games came out on it utilizing its hardware to its potential?
rafoix@lemmy.zip 6 hours ago
The hardware potential was reached on day one. Everything looks a little bit nicer than PS4 but games need to push ray tracing which is beyond what the system was designed for.
umbrella@lemmy.ml 10 minutes ago
i thought the ps5 had ray tracing hardware. i wonder how good gta6 will look on the ps5.
TechAnon@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
They should release consoles when there’s a significant leap in hardware that devs are waiting to take advantage of. The last few console releases have been boring. Don’t get me started on not only the lack of games but the lack of new types of games. Too many remakes and remasters demanding high prices.
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
We’ve got tons of new types of games that have emerged over the years, but they sprout up at different levels of system requirements. The games that need the new hardware the ones with the largest development budgets.
CosmoNova@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
At this point I‘m going to assume they‘ll both essentially be handheld PCs. It‘s the only device I could even imagine a market for in 2 years.
Katana314@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I wonder how much they’re paying Rockstar to delay The Only New Release of that generation; which will doubtless be available on PS5/XSX anyway.
jordanlund@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Good luck with the tarriffs…
The last time a console generation lined up with a giant economic crisis we got the Kinect and PlayStation Move instead and a proper console release was delayed until 2013.
I could see this being pushed to 2030, easy, if it happens at all.
JoeKrogan@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Dontcare.com
pumpupthejam@piefed.social 1 day ago
They can see the writing on the wall and know their largest market won’t have the spending power it has now, so make hay while the sun shines.
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Nah, this is about where the last two console cycles would release new hardware. It’s the confluence of a lot of things at work here.
yermaw@sh.itjust.works 23 hours ago
It just feels really early since covid fucked us out of a proper world for a while. Massive supply issues meant devs were forced to cater for the previous generation too. They’ve only really just got started pushing what this gen is capable of.
I got the Series S (the weaker xbox) and already it cant handle the new games. I mean it can, but the framerate suffers and it makes me nauseous when I turn the camera. Makes some beautiful screenshots, just cant actually play them.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 day ago
I can’t believe it’s already been almost 6 years.
And009@lemmynsfw.com 11 hours ago
Needs ai processor
the_q@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Oh boy.
unknown1234_5@kbin.earth 1 day ago
breaking news! new console to come out at the end of current generation.
Wigglesworth@retrolemmy.com 1 hour ago
slaps a sale sticker on his PS5
“was I a good paperweight?”
no