Can we safely assume it’s not in Half Life 2: Episode 3 territory?
Agree with this. Plenty of life left in it yet.Good, I don’t need to see PS5 till 2021 or 2023.
Good, I don’t need to see PS5 till 2021 or 2023.
Holidays 2020
PS4 launched in 2013, by Q4 2020 it would be 7 years old.Makes sense. I wonder if Capcom's projected life span for Street Fighter 5 also leads some added evidence to the rumor of a 2020 launch for the PS5 as well. Given that they've indicated support the game up till 2020, and of course with them being partnered with Sony for the title, I wonder if their planning for that period of time also took into account thoughts for when the new consoles may arrive.
My bet is on more definitive rumors starting around 2019, with a dedicated hardware announcement early 2020, a pricing reveal at E3, and a launch around October - November of 2020. PS4 will have been 6 years old by that time, while the Pro will have had at least 4 years on shelves, enough time I feel where most will have been satisfied with the current console generation life span without feeling too stretched out like during 360 ps3 era. As for games, I doubt FF VII Remake will make it in time before the launch of the PS5, but I have high hopes for Death Stranding and Kingdom Hearts 3 given we've gradually seen more and more in game trailers at least. Here's hoping.
That would be like 10 years of active shelf life which is a bit unheard of and actually not what PlayStation needs.Agree with this. Plenty of life left in it yet.
That would be like 10 years of active shelf life which is a bit unheard of and actually not what PlayStation needs.
I am confident Sony will not drop PS4 like a rock just because PS5 is on the market and you will see a nicer supported console for a few more years after it. Think about the PS3 to PS4 transition for a frame of reference.
Ah my mistake, was thinking about the Japan PS4 launch date of 2014. Hmmm....that would put it on the same amount of time between the ps3 and ps4 roughly if I'm not mistaken. Seems like a window of 2020+ may be plausible.PS4 launched in 2013, by Q4 2020 it would be 7 years old.
Pro will become base model and PS5 will become more like the pro model. Hoping BC will be in place.
Ah my mistake, was thinking about the Japan PS4 launch date of 2014. Hmmm....that would put it on the same amount of time between the ps3 and ps4 roughly if I'm not mistaken. Seems like a window of 2020+ may be plausible.
A clean new generation with BC preserves your library and allows developers on the new console to focus on new games that take properly advantage of the new console just released. I would not want PS5 constrained by specs that developers themselves did not push because they were in turn constrained by the original PS4.
That would be like 10 years of active shelf life which is a bit unheard of and actually not what PlayStation needs.
I am confident Sony will not drop PS4 like a rock just because PS5 is on the market and you will see a nicer supported console for a few more years after it. Think about the PS3 to PS4 transition for a frame of reference.
Good, because I said that I expected Sony NOT to drop PS4 like a rock just because they release PS5 in say Q4 2019 .PS1 was available for retail for 12 years, PS2 13 years, and PS3 11 years. And games made through the entirety of retail availability.
We need creativity in game development and not specs. I don't understand why people are craving so much for specs. COD in 8k is still COD.
That's why the AAA market needs the indie market to succeed. There is less risk in indie games and so they bring most of the innovation, and AAA games get inspiration from them.Agreed.
I actually wonder: Does the industry need the PS5 so soon? Are developers that creatively bankrupt that better graphics is their only idea to increase sales/keep them steady?
The PS4 has a ridiculous low count of imaginative blockbuster games. We have Nier Automata and The Last Guardian. Most everthing else consists of iterative sequels. Even the heralded one-year- break of Assassin's Creed didn't reap any meaningful changes.
How about taking a step back and rekindling with the creativity that made games so stunning. But then I hear hype for yet another Bioshock and I lose hope a bit. Hardware power isn't going bring long needed changes.
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