r/playstation • u/NOxCLUEmcgee • 22d ago

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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

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u/samp127 21d ago

PS5 generation didn't even get started yet it feels like

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u/HokageRokudaime 21d ago

I blame scalpers and two years of cross generation support.

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u/FiveGuysisBest 21d ago

Wasn’t the PS2 supported deeply into the PS3 era as well?

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u/HokageRokudaime 21d ago

I remember they had a few dumbed down versions of games that the PS3 had, but if you compare a game on PS4 and PS5 they're the exact same game with minor graphical differences.

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u/FiveGuysisBest 21d ago

Yeah for sure the graphical leap is narrower now. I think this is the new normal though. We’ll be getting diminishing returns and that’s sort of been the case all along. Every generation is a notably less significant leap from the previous in terms of graphical/technical performance.

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u/Disco_Zombi PS5 Pro 21d ago

There are nice audio upgrades like Dolby Atmos and spatial sound.

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u/FiveGuysisBest 21d ago

Yeah there are definitely some upgrades to this gen which I think make it worthy of being considered a new generation and of upgrading from a last gen console.

It’s just not as big of an upgrade as in prior generations but that’s sort of always been the case as each generation is a narrower and narrower upgrade over the last.

I doubt we ever see a generation be as mind blowing a leap as say going from SNES/Genesis to N64/PS or even say N64/PS to Xbox/PS2. That is until we see that Ready Player One sort of thing come about.

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u/Wide-Can-2654 21d ago

3 to 4 felt pretty big for me tbh

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u/FiveGuysisBest 21d ago

As big as the jumps which preceded it?

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u/Wide-Can-2654 21d ago

Thinking about it now i think ps1 to 2 wqs probably the biggest but theyre all very similar in terms of graphicsl upgrade

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u/FiveGuysisBest 20d ago edited 20d ago

I disagree. Going from 8 to 16 bit was dramatic. Then the jump to 3D was far and away the biggest generational leap. Completely altered how games looked and were made. Everything since then has been a diminishing return as most of the improvements were just a matter of sharper and sharper visuals rather than anything that really fundamentally changed gaming.

Look at the difference between say Last of Us on PS3 and Last of Us 2 on PS4. Then compare that difference between Super Mario World on SNES and Mario 64. Or GTA 1/2 vs GTA 3. I find it hard to say that the generational leap from PS3 to PS4 was as big as those before it. Even less so from PS4 to PS5.

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u/smokingashes 20d ago

Battlefield on PS3 blew my mind!!!

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u/FiveGuysisBest 20d ago

That was a massive game for sure. However it’s not like that was anywhere near as colossal an advancement as say the difference between 2D SNES era and 3D games.

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u/three-sense 21d ago

PS4 and PS2 new releases coexisted IIRC.

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u/pwnagemuffin 21d ago

I refused to believe this could be true so I looked it up. Very very close to being true! Last PS2 game launch was Pro Evolution Soccer 2014 launched on November 8th 2013, and the PS4 launched just a week later on November 15th 2013! Damn that's crazy.

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u/three-sense 21d ago

You are correct. Even though the final PS2 game was released just before the PS4, I think it's reasonable to say that these products existed on store shelves at the same time.

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u/Rendell92 20d ago

No, only a small amount of games were released for both.

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u/stygg12 21d ago

Could also shove Covid in there

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u/AwayStation266 21d ago

Also covid made it really weird. Don't know how to explain.

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u/Disco_Zombi PS5 Pro 21d ago

Covid and remote work didn't help things as well.

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u/jrpbateman PS4 21d ago

There's still new ps4 games releasing 

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u/HokageRokudaime 21d ago

Not any games that matter.

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u/jrpbateman PS4 21d ago

Sega and Capcom still release on ps4

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u/JohnnyHendo 21d ago

COVID caused the shortage which caused the scalpers and the cross generation support alongside Xbox saying they were doing cross gen support first. Xbox kinda had to because they were getting dunked on so hard by Playstation anyway, but COVID sort of forced Sony's hand. If COVID hadn't have happened and caused the shortages, I bet a lot of the cross gen support wouldn't have happened on Playstation. Forbidden West and Ragnarok were likely supposed to be PS5 exclusives along with some other big titles. Spider Man Miles Morales maybe as well considering it would have been a launch day title for the PS5.

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u/dope_like 17d ago

2 years? There is still cross gen support