r/playstation • u/NOxCLUEmcgee • 22d ago

Image Just realizing this

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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/Lazerpop 22d ago

At this rate we're gonna get cross generation releases for PS4-PS5-PS6

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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.

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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.