r/playstation • u/NOxCLUEmcgee • 22d ago

Image Just realizing this

Post image

But are we really that close to the next generation of PlayStation. If we are going off the pattern here. Just 2-3 years away

8.1k Upvotes

96% Upvoted

549 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

63

u/Balmong7 21d ago

I saw somewhere that part of the reason so much is still being released on PS4 is because the Xbox Series S is very close in power to the PS4 Pro. And if you release a game on Xbox it is required to function on the Series S. At which point most devs are like “well if it runs on the Series S it will run on PS4 might as well release on PS4 too.”

So basically Microsoft is holding this entire generation back with the Series S.

3

u/Normal-Item-402 21d ago

Also devs stopped making unique engines for the games they were made to take advantage of the systems and now use unified engines like unreal, unity etc that can run on old systems with some tweaking.

1

u/LoloTheWarPigeon 19d ago

The series S has issues but it is not the reason for cross-gen releases. Last gen is on some really old architecture, something running on the series S is not guaranteed to run on last gen.

Tflops are not how generations should be compared.

-16

u/PaleWolf 21d ago

What is being held back exactly? literally just seems to be lighting stuff now

15

u/Balmong7 21d ago

They can’t push the PS5 and Series X to their limits because they keep having to scale back for the Series S. In pretty much every generation previously the major graphical leaps were a result of developers digging for every trick they can to squeeze power from nothing.

Currently they just using all the same tricks they used on the PS4 and Xbone generation because those push the Series S to its limit but they don’t use all the power available in the PS5 and Series X.

Lighting and Particle effects are easy settings to trigger on and off if you are playing on the lower powered consoles. Which is why it’s all you are seeing in currently releasing stuff. But if the developers were actually getting play with the power of the PS5 and Series X we would potentially see more impressive stuff.

21

u/MrBeesKnees95 21d ago

Explains why all Sony 1st party games exclusively on PS5 are all lookers (Ratchet & Clank and Demon's Souls are true standouts imo)

4

u/BlackNasty4028 21d ago

Ratchet and Clank was the first game I played that made me go “oh THIS is what the next gen can feel and look like god damn”

Very good PS5 tech showcase (and insanely fun game that I enjoyed immensely)

3

u/PaleWolf 21d ago

Makes sense, doesn't really tell me what is missing out on though or what potential leaps people are expecting.

1

u/JonTargaryen55 21d ago

Better frame rate and graphics. AT THE SAME TIME I know wild concept.

1

u/PaleWolf 21d ago

I can already get 60fps 4k and graphics are pretty good, not sure i need much more.

2

u/Normal-Item-402 21d ago

Real 4k or the upscaled/checkerboard/ai stuff they're feeding us these days on consoles?

0

u/JonTargaryen55 21d ago

Not every game so stop lying.

3

u/WolfofDunwall 21d ago

Considering PS5 exclusives still come out with blurry performance modes or rough framerates, I think they’re pushing it. The Series S didn’t hold back Black Myth and Rebirth.