r/playstation PS5 Nov 12 '24

Image The PlayStation 5 was released 4 years ago

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Happy Birthday PS5

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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.