Eh, both Sony and MS are disappointing this gen. It's just been a slew of cross gen PS4 titles on PlayStation which make me question why I even bought the PS5, and MS has been a desert for game releases.
MS's Bethesda acquisition needs time in the oven though. I doubt we'll be saying this when the next Elder Scrolls title drops, or even Starfield which is looking promising.
Sony on the other hand need to announce something that isn't comic book trash. I'm starting to feel like their whole approach to exclusives is turning too Disney.
Pretty much. I bought a series X in June of 2021, mainly because I did not have a Xbox One and I wanted to play the finally fixed Master Chief Collection.
While I have enjoyed GamePass quite a bit, and think it's a hell of a value...
I don't think there is a single game I own on the Series X that isn't available on PS4/XB1.
My son jokingly asked me to buy a PS5 today, and I asked him. Name one game you want that we can't play on the Series X or PS4.
He struggled, and finally said Spider-Man 2. Which I said isn't out yet, so that don't count.
I thought the PS4/XB1 era had a rough start, but this is bad. It is not just Microsoft (though they definitely could be doing better). Yeah PS5's are flying off the shelves and blah blah..
It doesn't change the fact that damn near halfway thru a generation we have maybe a handful of quality games solely exclusive to this gen?
My 4K TV is broken right now, getting a refund soon. So my Series X has been hooked up to our nice 49 inch LG tv that is 1080p for the past couple weeks. Thing is a champ, PS4 and Switch games still look great on it.
Why am not I surprised that when playing my Series X on it (the 1080p LG) whether it be Resident Evil 4 or Halo Infinite....
That the difference just isn't there? It all looks like a minor upgrade on this TV, like the Wii U to the Switch. I struggle to see a significant visual difference between gens on a 1080p TV.
To me, the jump to 4K was not worth it. Yes you can see a very crisp and beautiful picture on 4K, but the games for the most part just get a resolution boost, or a frame rate boost. It doesn't feel like a new gen. It feels like an expansion pak.
To be fair, I think this has a lot to do with TV manufacturers who keep pushing out new higher pixel displays when it's not really needed. Then they become the standard, and then by the time they are finally entrenched boom another standard comes out.
But it also has to do with dumbass gamers and tech goons. Like who the fuck needs a 4k screen on their fucking phone? Or a 10 inch tablet? It's this type of mind set I feel that is just fucking with gaming in general.
Microsoft shot themselves in the foot console wise by having all their games day 1 with PC. They didn't take the steps to try and unify development like Nintendo was forced to.
Now this whole gen is filled with half steps, unfinished games, patches everywhere. It's last gen but worse.
And people want an upgrade? PS5+ or Series XX? You are just enabling these motherfuckers to continue shitting out a generation.