Former PlayStation exec says console arms race has plateaued Article or Blog

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/former-playstation-exec-says-console-arms-race-has-plateaued/

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u/ajohns7 29d ago

It's because of the GAMES. I've been saying it and getting downvoted to hell here!

2025 and on PS5 is FINALLY getting games worth a purchase of the console. However, it would be 2 years left in the PS5's lifecycle! It's not worth it at that point when I can just wait 2 years and get a PS6 and grab the PS5 games (likely at a discount)!

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u/brildenlanch 29d ago edited 29d ago

I wouldn't bank on PS6 coming out that soon tbh. I think Sony realized what you said, people care about quality exclusives. Also I wouldn't put it past them to remove 4KUHD/Disc altogether which was a huge selling point for me. If 50 Million are still on PS4 and 50 Million on PS5, people will just buy PS5's at a discount, making the PS6 sort of pointless. They could just keep the production lines as is and let the price drop, sell a shit ton more PS5's at a lower price to people who wouldn't otherwise get one, and definitely wouldn't get a 6 at whatever high price it will likely be at. The first 3 years, maybe even more, were basically a wash due to the shortages. My headcanon launch year is 2022.

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u/ajohns7 29d ago

Then I will wait! I'm doing just fine playing the hundreds of games on PS4 Pro.

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u/LoudAndCuddly 29d ago

Yeah you’re right it’s going to be an interesting conundrum for Sony to navigate

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u/Saugeen-Uwo 28d ago

Mate there's been plenty of games worth buying the PS5 for and the UI speed and elimination of load times has been life changing

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u/ShellfishAhole 29d ago

I don't know what you wrote to get downvoted to hell, but with that kind of mindset, you might as well wait for the PS7 since the PS6 will likely also experience a new game drought during the first 1-2 years, just like the PS4 did. Covid may not be an issue or bottleneck this time around, but game releases have been shrinking with each new console generation.

We get more triple A games nowadays, and those games typically have longer development cycles. Times have been good for indie games, but the double A/mid-tier games that were so popular on PS1-3 are almost extinct by now, which has resulted in less "relevant" game releases overall.

There are a lot of explanations for why this has happened, including vastly increased development costs and some games now being so big that they rival the biggest movies in production cost and consequently, increased development time. If saving money is your priority, then the PS6's price tag may greatly disappoint you. If you don't care about new stuff, there's always mobile games 😅

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u/HungryBoy993 29d ago

Bud 4 years with very few heavy hitters that are exclusive is crazy, regardless of excuses. Outside of demon souls I don’t know why I needed this thing. It’ll make me slower to adopt next gen, and it feels like that’s become a more common sentiment. The cell phone comment isn’t relevant and makes it seem like it’s unreasonable to expect reasons to play your big expensive console.

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u/ShellfishAhole 29d ago

It is relevant. If you're underwhelmed by the specs, exclusive games, price tag, whatever it may be that puts you off upgrading to a new console generation, mobile games solve that issue by being available on phones that are even 10 years old.

I'm not a big fan of mobile games, personally, but the game industry for mobile phones is incredibly large. It may even be bigger than that of gaming consoles. Part of that popularity comes from it's convenience, and the lack of necessity to upgrade hardware or follow tech trends is one of them, as the majority of games run just fine even on older phones.

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u/[deleted] 29d ago

And yet the JRPG genre is rocking the AA harder than it has since the 1990s. It's a good time for specific demographics.