The only big-gun title that Sony released in 2000 for PS1 was Spyro. Insomniac has always been an independent studio though, so Sony had no control over when Spyro YotD released. 

We are talking about how Sony can't release a next gen console in 2019, because there are still so many big Sony developed or published 2019 PS4 games to come out. So including games from 2005 as part of the argument doesn't work. I can't think of a single heavy hitter game published by Sony in 2006 for the PS2. 

For 2013 PS3 just got TLoU for a big name game, developed or published by Sony. 

PS3 was around for seven years, and that's without a mid-gen refresh. PS4 should also be a seven year system, especially because the Pro exists. Sony doesn't care one bit about MS right now. They've crushed MS this gen, and have enough big exclusive developers to crush them for years to come. Even with 360 launching a year ahead, Sony still waited to put out PS3. PS1 and PS2 both had six years until the following system, but that was in a different era of tech. 

MS doesn't want to launch in 2019 because they already have the XB1X, that came out late 2017. 

Still seeing "no way the PS5 hits in 2019, cause the PS4 is doing good and new game releases" comments.  I'm going to repost a section of a past post.

3rd party PS1 releases in 2000, the year the PS2 launched - Vagrant Story, NFS: Porche Unleashed, The Misadventures of Tron Bonne (Mega Man Legends spinoff), MK:SF, Threads of Fate, Strider 2, Chrono Cross, DQ VII, Spider-Man, TH's Pro Skater 2, Vampire Hunter D, Destruction Derby Raw, Donald Duck: GQ, Mega Man Legends 2, Capcom vs SNK: M 2000, Incredible Crisis, The World Is Not Enough, FFIX, The Emperor's New Groove, TR Chronicles, 007 Racing, Batman Beyond: ROTJ, Harvest Moon, Disney's Aladdin: NR, Evil Dead: HTTK,

Sony PS1 releases in 2000 - Wild Arms 2, Spyro: YOTD, Crash Bash

The PS1 also sold ~21M in 1999, the year before the PS2 launched.

Notable 3rd party PS2 releases in 2005, the year the PS3 was originally going to launch, and 2006 - Mercenaries: POD, Shadow of Rome, Xenosaga Ep II, FIFA Street, Tekken 5, Fight Night Rnd 2, DMC 3, MX vs ATV Unleashed, Timesplitters: FP, Dynasty Warriors 5, Splinter Cell: CT, Lego SW, Midnight Club 3, Psychonauts, Burnout Revenge, MK:SM, Indigo Prophecy, RE4, Soul Calibur 3, COD 2, SW Battlefront 2, Guitar Hero, NFS: MW, DQ VIII, Drakengard 2, MGS3: S, FFXII, KH 2, TR: Legends, Jaws Unleashed, Hitman: BM, DOC: FFVII, Disgaea 2, Xenosaga Ep III, Lego SW 2, Okami, Just Cause, Scarface, MK:A, Spyro: ANB, Bully, NFS:C, COD 3, Guitar Hero 2, TH Project 8

Sony PS2 releases in 2005 and 2006 - The Getaway: BM, MLB 2006, GOW, Rise of Kasai, Genji: DOTS, Sly 3, SOCOM 3, Jak X:CR, SOTC, Ratchet: Deadlocked, Ape Escape 3, Siren 2, MLB 06, SOCOM: CA, Ape Escape: MM

The PS2 also sold ~20M in 2005, the year before the PS3 launched.

Notable 3rd party PS3 releases in 2013, the year the PS4 launched - DmC, Ni no Kuni, Dead Space 3, Crysis 3, MG Rising, TR, Bioshock: I, Injustice, Dragon's Dogma: DA, Metro: LL, Grid 2, Deadpool, Dynasty Warriors 8, Dragon's Crown, Saint's Row IV, Splinter Cell: BL, FF XIV, Diablo 3, Rayman Legends, GTA V, Disgaea D2, Lego Marvel, Batman: AO, AC IV: BF, BF4, COD: Ghosts, XCOM, NFS: Rivals, Minecraft, TWD: S2

Sony PS3 releases in 2013 - Sly Cooper: TIT, MLB 13, GOW: A, TLOU, Puppeteer, Rain, Beyond: TS, R&C: ITN, GT6

Now, the sales argument doesn't quite work for PS3, as sales were starting to decline due to the length of the gen.  Though, using VGC's estimated sell-through of 13M+, we can guess shipments were still a respectable ~15M in 2012.

The point is, neither of those factors mean anything when it comes to when a console's predecessor will launch.  When an affordable chipset is developed/available that gives a generational jump, they will jump on it as soon as possible.  Sony usually waits 5-6 years before jumping, which 2019 would be 6 years.  They also have been working with Ryzen CPUs, which is obviously going into the PS5, definitely a generational leap.  And rumor has it Navi has been co-developed with, or at least made to meet requirements from, Sony.  Meaning that is what the PS5 will have.  Now, it will be possible that things don't go perfectly as planned and Sony has to wait until 2020 to launch.  However, I think if things actually do go according to plan, we will see a PS5 in late 2019.  They definitely want to strike while they are hot, while not giving MS a possible year headstart.

My bad. I thought GoW Ascension was a port of a PSP game.  Naughty Dog had a very long track record of producing excellent games at that point. Gran Turismo 6 is fine too. But that's still only three games versus 5 (Dreams, Death Stranding, Ghost of Tushima, Days Gone, TLoU2). I just don't see them releasing PS5 in 2019 with so many PS4 games still in the pipeline. 

X1X improving X1 games to a notable degree is all the more reason why cross-gen games are completely unneeded this time. Sony should keep TLoU2 a PS4 title and simply patch it up to PS5 specs (If it's backward compatible.)

That being said, cross-gen games, typical (lazy) remasters, and patched games don't offer anything substantially above what the base game has to offer, especially in terms of design, mechanics, and visuals. TLoU vs TLoUR, MGSV PS3 vs PS4, Tomb Raider X1 vs X1X, and even Destiny PS3 vs PS4, the differences between those weren't remotely close to generational. Hell, in most cases they're resolution/performance buffs and little else (it isn't financially viable to fully optimize/re-engineer one game on multiple platforms of varying specs. The few exceptions include Ni no Kuni 1 and Dragon Quest XI which both probably didn't cost much to make on DS/3DS). If PS4 Pro is treated as a lowest common denominator, PS4-Pro exclusives (shared with PS5 via the misleading "forward compatibility") won't visually -maybe not even structurally- be close to the hypothetical PS5-Exclusive form of the same game (designed from the ground up specifically for PS5) With the CPU jump considered, we're talking TLoUR vs TLoU2 level of difference.


I wouldn't criticize MS for supposedly making X1X forward compatible since unlike Sony, they've never been clear about what the system exactly represents. Consumers bought or skipped it with that mystery in mind, so they'd only have themselves to blame if they end up disappointed of MS taking it to an undesirable direction. Furthermore, the X1X is not as weak as PS4P, so making it the lowest common denominator for a few years won't be quite as bad.