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The PS5 Has Now Sold Over 61 Million Units Outpacing The PS4

press-start.com.au PS5 Sales Are Outpacing The PS4 With More Than 61 Million Units Globally

PS5 Sales Are Outpacing The PS4 With More Than 61 Million Units Globally

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I am upset some Senran Kagura games have not been fixed for PS5 :(
The success of this thing baffles me. I've been maining consoles my entire life and I feel like I have no reason to own any of the home consoles this gen.
- I bought it in the fall of 2022, when the shortages were just starting to end, expecting it would get more games. I wanted to get one before they did a mid-gen refresh that removed stuff like backwards compatibility, the disc drive, etc.
  
  It's been really disappointing so far. I still think I've put more time into PS4 games than PS5 games. Astro's Playroom was fantastic, but unfortunately it is still probably the best game for the console.
  
  Sadly, there are probably only 5 PS5 exclusives that got no PS4 release… I’ve got one too, I like it, but I think other than Astros Playroom, Spiderman, god of war, final Fantasy 16 and 7-2, there isn’t a single exclusive title.
- Thats how I felt about the prior generation. I went from a 360 to a series X
  
  i already felt like Microsoft was doing little to make their consoles an interesting option (if you didn't have a PC already), and most of their exclusives became cross platform.
  
  I think their next console will basically just either be a streaming device or just a fancy gaming PC with Windows.
- I need it so I can player the newer games betterer
- Ignoring current gen stuff, it completely changed the experience of last gen games for me, too.
  
  I like games at a difficulty level that's fair, but punishing. If I make the same mistake 20 times in a row, I want it to get me killed 20 times. There are plenty of games that do this reasonably well, but on PS4, those deaths might take 5 minutes to load back into. On PS5, it doesn't. There were several games where I wasn't willing to spend an hour to play 10 minutes because they were on a particularly challenging encounter, but were great experiences with the better loads on PS5.
  
  The triggers are also amazing, especially in combination with the high fidelity vibration. They add a lot of feedback in games that utilize them well, in a way that allows for much tighter precision of controls with a smoother learning curve.
Solid device but the games library is not there and we are at the end of the cycle. Seems like a new normal, games kinda maxed out now anyway.

Are people still buying COD every other year?
- How is this the end of the cycle? Is it because there are rumored mid-cycle upgrades like the PS4 Pro and Xbox One X coming soon, or have console cycles really shortened from 7/8 years to 4?
  
  i think i might have misspoke... they will release mid cycle upgrades this fall?
  
  But is anyone going to upgrade? Where is value prop?
  
  I think market is saturated at this point. covid demand is over.
  
  i guess let's see what happens
- I picked up all exclusives, before they went cross platform anyway. For me it was worth the buy.
  
  I don't think we'll see a PS6 anytime soon though. Visual progress is probably gonna stall a bit now, best they can do is aim for solid 4K 120FPS, which would require better hardware. But I don't think that'll happen anytime soon.
  
  Other than VR there haven't really been big developments in gaming for a long time. And most of the player base ain't ready for stuff higher than 4K. So I think it'll flatten out for a little longer.
- I subscribe to Gameranx and every year the do a before you buy on it. So must be hot. I played the original but not really an FPS fan. Well unless I can kill nazi's or even better nazi zombies.

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