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When looking at the generational shifts between console gens. The PlayStation 5 didn't fix any problems the industry was having. Especially when you compare the jump in quality between PS2/Xbox and PS3/360, where rendering individual fingers didn't bring the games performance to a halt. Or the PS3/360 to the PS4/Xbone, where the consoles were given a usable amount of RAM that the devs needed from 256/512 respectively to 8GB on both.

But other than a slight performance boost and the new GPU buzzword "Ray Tracing" slapped on these systems. They cost more than the older systems did, and don't offer any new experience which the previous gen systems do.

Most consoles have had a life span of 6 - 7 years. PS5 is just over 3 years. Talk about the PS6 all you want but if it releases before 2027 I’m waiting.

Still rockin' a PS3. I feel ancient.

I feel like the PS5 just came out. Damn, the last few years just disappeared. Just kidding, it's only been out for 2 years. I don't see something can be at the end of its life when it's barely even came out.

It's going to be 4 years old this year in an industry that until recently had 5 year life cycles, it makes sense it's slowing down.

The PS3/Xbox 360 generation was artificially extended by the 2008 financial crisis (2005 - 2013).

It really looks like the PS5/XSX generation is going to be shortened by Covid.

I just bought one…only because my PS4 died (OG white, RIP). There was nothing on PS5 that ever came out that said “you have to buy this!” I got the original PS4 to play Persona 5 and Final Fantasy XV. I just never was inspired by the design (and I am a sucker for modern design!!!) nor the catalog. I am sure I am not alone.

Personal feelings agead: not based in facts.

Can we really say a "next generation" console is "in its latter stages of life cycle" when people like me have yet to buy a "next generation" console, and have bought every new game for said console?

I'm not denying it's got better specs. People always jump all over that, tripping over themselves to "um ackshyully" about how it really is superior in every way making it a "next generation" but come on.... If I can get the same or similar experience on "last generation" then is there really enough difference to call it a different generation?

Take my sister in law vs my me vs my wife. We are all millenials.

But SIL is start of the millenials, my wife is tail of the millenials, and I'm sitting around the 3/4 mark. We all had differing experiences growing up based on the years we were on our formative years, but we're all "the same generation"

My wife's best friend is a generation below us, but they have far more in common and should really be considered the same generation, IMO.

I hope I get my point across clear enough for someone to figure it out...

It just doesn't really feel "next generation" to me.

I'm curious how many people stayed on PS+ after that insane price hike with no benefit for the consumer. I canceled mine mid-way through the news article lol

Latter stage, lol

We hardly have any true PS5 games; this generation is pathetic

I'm not buying a PS6 until halfway through its lifetime, and only on sale as well.

The PS5 IMO is maybe the ugliest recent gen game consoles anybody's released. Thing looks fucking atrocious and it's huge. I'm pretty casual and don't give a lot of shits about bleeding edge whatever and literally it was the way this thing looks that swayed me away from buying one a couple years ago.

I still haven't seen a must play game on the ps5 or series x, especially not one that won't come to pc. Closest so far is spiderman 2, but I'll wait for the PC release.

It’s so weird that these consoles are in the latter stages of their life. Was it just this generation that was weird or am I just getting old?

It seems that they are not as popular as the Xbox one and ps4 were. Maybe I just checked out of modern gaming.

Line must go up!

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Sony now expects to sell 4 million fewer PS5 consoles in its 2023 fiscal year ending March 31st compared to previous projections, Bloomberg reports.

In its third quarter, Sony’s gaming revenue was up 16 percent versus the same period the previous year, sitting at 1.4 trillion yen (around $9.3 billion), but operating income was down 26 percent to 86.1 billion yen (around $572 million) due to promotions in the third quarter ending on December 31st.

According to Sony, the company plans to emphasize profitability over unit sales as the console approaches its fourth birthday.

“Looking ahead, PS5 will enter the latter stage of its life cycle,” said Sony senior vice president Naomi Matsuoka in comments reported by Bloomberg.

For this reason, we expect the annual sales pace of PS5 hardware will start falling from the next fiscal year.” Sony added it has no plans to release “any new major existing franchise titles” in its next fiscal year.

Later this year, Microsoft is expected to release a refreshed Xbox Series S and a disc-less Xbox Series X codenamed Brooklin with double the amount of storage as its existing model, while Nintendo is also expected to release a follow-up to its seven year-old Switch console.

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