The PS5 And Xbox Series X Will Usher In a Post-Console Generation Era

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The PlayStation 5 And Xbox Series X Will Usher In a Post-Console Generation Era

We can no longer tell when one generation ends and another begins. In a weird bit of clarification last week, PlayStation CEO Jim Ryan that the company will be creating games that take full advantage of the hardware. "We are thinking that it is time to give the PlayStation community something new, something different, that can really only be enjoyed on ," were his exact words. I'm not if anyone thought the opposite would be true, but I suppose there is some precedent from the past of cross-generational titles. While I do think it is nice that Sony is trying to give gamers a strong reason for upgrading this holiday season, I'm going to have to refute Ryan here. From what little we've seen of next-generation titles (limited mostly to Gearbox's Godfall teaser at The Game Awards and the recent Unreal Engine 5 tech demo), I believe that the PS5 and The will fully usher in a post-consoler generation era. THEGAMER VIDEO OF THE DAY Via: Microsoft Sony might have enough money to create games that fully exploit its new hardware, but other developers are certainly not going to have those same resources. Indie developers, in fact, will probably stick with the PlayStation 4 for quite some time as it has more than enough power to render what they'll be doing. We already know that Ryu Ga Gotoku Studios, famous for the Yakuza series, for at least a few more years. Ryan's comments also run counter to what . Despite launching in the holiday — likely around the same time as the PS5 — Microsoft isn't making Series X exclusive games for a few years. The company's big 2020 game, Halo Infinite, will even run on the original Xbox One console. There will clearly be a difference between each version, but Microsoft understands that diminishing returns will make it hard for many to justify spending $400-500 on a new box. The launch of the PS4 and Xbox One was plagued with similar problems. Both were fairly substantial jumps over their predecessors, but developers weren't up to speed on the new console architecture. As such, we were treated to a tremendous amount of cross-generation games and ports/remasters to tide us over until developers had enough experience. You could have stuck with the Xbox 360 or PS3 until 2015 and it wouldn't have cost you any unique experiences. Via: Sony Sony wants to end that trend, but I just don't see it happening for anything other than its own first-party titles. The company isn't being completely moronic and abandoning backward compatibility, but the line between what is "next-gen" and what is "last-gen" has all but vaporized. I can almost guarantee the largest difference we'll see in PS5 games is that they have a 5 on the box. This opinion could change after Sony's PS5 gameplay reveal event, but I'm not convinced. From what we've seen of gaming in the last few years, the real innovations for gaming will come from shorter loading times and more accessibility options. Those are absolutely things to champion, but they are definitely not what I'd call "next-generation." The post-console generation is almost upon us, and that is a good thing. Source: