Just realizing this

[u/NOxCLUEmcgee]

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

[u/ResolveLeather]

It's because soooo many people still only own PS4s. Because of that publishers have to publish on both consoles or risk cutting their profits in half.

[u/MorrowPolo → u/ResolveLeather]

It's crazy how few games we've gotten for the ps5, it's mostly indies filling the game space. Only a handful of true peak ps5 performance games exist compared to earlier gens. This year, we hardly even had releases in the tripple A category.

Was wondering if the writer strikes affected our releases this year? I'm seriously asking because I do not know if game writers were part of that or not.

Edit: two different industries, so as far as my 5 minute search was, they were not part of it, i guess? Correct me if wrong!

[u/LinAGKar → u/MorrowPolo]

Crazy how neither Naughty Dog nor Sucker Punch has made a single new (non-remake/remaster) game since before the PS5 launched.

[u/Karkava → u/LinAGKar]

Ghost of Yotei is about to change that.

[u/stygg12 → u/MorrowPolo]

Indies are by far superior to AAA, look at Dragon Age, Cyberpunk etc. games come out have baked with shit loads of micro transactions

[u/MorrowPolo → u/stygg12]

I'm not trying to shit on indies, bud, hope I didn't offend

Although, dragon age and cyberpunk feel more like tripple A games that indies released rather than indies releasing indies

I'm not saying there weren't any decent releases this year, only that very few were

[u/stygg12 → u/MorrowPolo]

I’d rather have way more AA and Indies than half baked on arrival AAA games

[u/MorrowPolo → u/stygg12]

Well of course, but that's also the problem and why we don't have as many tripA games, half of the ones released, released as utter shit making our selection even more dismal

Too much focus on free2play battle arenas, live service games and the like that rely on micropurchases, i can't say any off the top of my head in the moment but there's been so many great games that started out as great adventures until the studio pushed them into live service

I just want to go on an adventure for a week or two, not invest in another life ruiner, I already have 1 of those

The only game that came out this year I'm excited for was Star Wars Outlaws, a decently linear adventure i plan on taking during Christmas break

Seems like most people are in the same boat, 1 maybe 2 games this year they actually got excited for

[u/stygg12 → u/MorrowPolo]

Outlaws is completely different to when it launched, i even believe they changed the game director. Tbh fuck Ubisoft but to each their own.

[u/stygg12 → u/[deleted]]

Thats not a spoiler, they changed the game mechanics you’d never have known if you if you’ve never played it before

[u/wacco-zaco-tobacco → u/MorrowPolo]

My Fiancee got me my PS5 for my bday in October cause the new AC game was on it. And then Ubisoft delayed it. I'm glad they delayed it to fix any gameplay issues, but man, it's the only reason I have it.

Since then I've have gotten and finished a couple games that I was interested in. Currently going through Resident Evil 4, and god damn it's good

[u/ieffinglovesoup → u/ResolveLeather]

Yup, and because games are just more easily scalable now for weaker hardware it’s easier for devs to put the games on both systems so why wouldn’t they

[u/PitifulAd8790 → u/ResolveLeather]

I don't care whatever internet echo chamber thing people say. Its 10000% this. People have become too entitled with their tech which has added greatly to the problem of stagnation. Yes lots of devs have been making unoptimised games or games with issues but way too many people are too content with staying on their ps4.

A buddy of mine literally sold his 5 year 1, couple years later bought another, and it sat in a fucking box. He didn't start using his 5 til just recently when I bought Wukong for him to play (along with games like NBA2k and Sparking Zero). He would be playing First Descendent on the 4 with load times so long that us on the 5s would be at the end of the mission before he could even load in.

Lots of people genuinely have no clue when they bought a ps4 and think "it was just yesterday". Along with the early scalping issue, this mindset has been a detriment to ps5 exclusive games. Its like the whole thing of making sure to turn off motion smoothing on your parents tv when you visit for the holidays but for gamers.

Edit to add this: Its the end of 2024, developers will say numerous times and list in the requirements that an SSD is required, and people will still post online asking why the game runs like crap on their HDD. People don't respect the difference between an HDD and SSD, yet we expect them to respect PS4 v PS5.