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Next PlayStation Is Three Years Off, Sony Says (wsj.com)
Don't hold your breath for the fifth-generation PlayStation. From a report: Sony wants to spend three more years readying its next videogame move [Editor's note: the link may be paywalled; alternative source], the head of the PlayStation business said Wednesday. That would mark a slight slowdown in the six-to-seven-year update cycle for the console since the first one in 1994. The PlayStation 4 went on sale in 2013 and has sold more than 79 million units. [...] Speaking to a small group of reporters, Tsuyoshi "John" Kodera, who took over last October. said the network-services side of PlayStation is changing the way Sony thinks about product introductions. "We need to depart from the traditional way of looking at the console life cycle," he said. "We're no longer in a time when you can think just about the console or just about the network like they're two different things."
I am okay with longer release cycles. iPhone upgrades that feel like they come on before I even knew about the last one, other mobile phone providers constantly releasing new models. Previously we were bombarded by hardware upgrades for PCs (that has slowed too). Software upgrades, TV Upgrades. It seems for awhile there consumers were just bombarded with upgrades. I think a slower upgrade cycle is better all around. It will hopefully lead to more stable products and as a consumer feeling like you get more from your investment and are willing to spend again.
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We're no longer in a time when you can think just about the console or just about the network like they're two different things.
So... if I buy a PS5 I can ditch my ISP
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Now how are we going to convince our dupes to buy the same game again if we can't say "but it's on a new console"?
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Graphics look the same between PS3 and PS4. What is another order of magnitude of cores going to do?
Since Sony probably loses money on each console sold (and I lose money on each unnecessary console I buy) how does this benefit anybody ??
A PlayStation 5 would be ninth-generation; Sony got into the console business late. The original PlayStation was fifth generation--its stablemates were the N64 and the Saturn.
On some level, I wonder if they plan to have the FF7 Remake be a launch title. :P
I stepped off the merry-go-round when I figured I couldn't afford 50 quid a game anymore and charges for online play. Plus I couldn't find any quick, fun games that I could play with another human who might be on the same room.
To the right of the title where they have been putting it for single source pieces for a while now.
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Im in no rush, I have a powerful PC.
The title bar should only include a title, icons to define the category, etc. But hidding links in there? It's just a bad user interface.
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Not to mention that if we stop at 4K (or even 1080P) it means all future GPU upgrades will make the games look better at faster framerates instead of barely being able to keep up with the increase in the number of pixels.
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Especially the fact that it's low contrast, but it is the way it's been done for a while.
I don't know how long it took me to realize, but I noticed it months ago.
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The ability of even a modest platform to show HD resolution full motion video means that a AAA production budget (which is ultimately the real definition of AAA) is possible on current and even previous generation hardware. So from the stand point of pre-rendered (static) content all systems are equivalent.
What makes something AAA isn't limited to the technology, but there is quite a bit of production value. That includes art (2D and 3D and pre-rendered 3D), voice acting, sound, music, story, performance, and even a lack of bugs matters here. (those buggy unplayable games are considered failed AAA titles)
The difference in abilities between current and previous generation hardware to produce high quality dynamic content is relatively minor. And arguably a very polished (AAA) immersive game world is possible on a number of platforms today.
I don't think the term AAA will really start to mean anything again until the ray tracing capable graphics cards are widely available. (2-5 years?)
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It's Ok they have already installed the rootkit.
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As long as there's backwards compatibility, I don't think it's a big deal how often they release new hardware.
Too bad the idea of maintaining an ecosystem, rather than pushing a specific hardware platform, was only fashionable for a while. Now that all the major consoles are online, hopefully the manufacturers will come to their senses.
"Don't hold your breath for the fifth-generation PlayStation" this makes it sound like we're never getting a PS5, or it's some incredibly long ways off. 3 years doesn't seem too terrible, especially when the console makers started acting like they wanted 10 year cycles.