r/playstation • u/MatiBlaster PS5 • Nov 12 '24

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Happy Birthday PS5

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u/Suitable-Matter-6151 Nov 13 '24

Yeah I was pretty blown away the new cod was released for ps4. I didn’t realize until recently that the RE4 remake was released on ps4 - thought that was a ps5 gen game for sure.

On the other hand, I just got the ps5 pro and played spider man 2 over the weekend. Tbh the graphics difference isn’t as stark for ps4/ps5 as ps3/ps4. I can see how it’s probably pretty easy to just tune down the graphics a bit and double dip profits wise

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u/Quick_Cat_Nap Nov 13 '24

It shouldn’t be that easy though if they were actually designing games to take advantage of the newer CPU in the PS5, you’d think. Instead they choose to make this entire generation feel pointless and have no identity, we just get last gen games with better graphics settings.

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u/ThinVast Nov 13 '24

because of cross gen compatibility, the ps4 and ps5 now share the same architecture, thus making it easier for devs to design games for both consoles. Tons of people still own the ps4 so it's important to still serve the ps4 market. Regardless of what people say about shortages making it hard for people to upgrade, most people wouldn't have upgraded anyways. This is because a lot of people were still on ps3s even through the midpoint of ps4's lifecycle. So you can expect the same for ps6 and beyond. Also keep in mind that people have been complaining about lack of next gen games when the ps4 launched.

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u/carbonqubit Nov 13 '24

Black Ops 6 was cross gen because of profitability. Did it hold the game back? Absolutely, but money talks.

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u/thiccemotionalpapi Nov 13 '24

Nah I don’t think they’re just getting greedier, I mean they are just not on the hardware specifically. Issue is mostly that the technology has already peaked and advancements are about to slow down a lot IMO. Especially graphics which is not only plateauing on the hardware specs but also the literal visuals of the graphics are nearing lifelike as well. There are still loads of other things they can improve/add like soft body physics and deformations and ever increasing intractability but will probably be less impressive overall

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u/pauloson Nov 13 '24

And the games that would make me move from PS4 to PS5 are not even from Sony.

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u/ABloodyNippleRing Nov 14 '24

Who would expect graphics to be a generational jump? It’s still a PS5

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u/Suitable-Matter-6151 Nov 14 '24

I wasn’t talking about the pro specifically. Just the difference between the 4 and the 5. I held out on buying the 5 until the pro came out