PS5 Coming at the End of 2020 According to Analyst: High-Spec Hardware for Under $500

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Does anyone else think that pushing further graphical fidelity is a waste?

This console generation has taught me more than others that while nice, pixel counting doesn't exactly equate to better games. It actually doesn't push sales like it once did either. So many games today that are the top sellers are not graphical power houses.

I say this as someone who greatly enjoys cinematic story driven games. The likes of Horizon, Uncharted, The Last of Us, God of War, my top games of the Gen. Yet..... I think we have reached a point where further fidelity is only putting your game farther from being able to make a profit. Minecraft, Fortnite, Everything from Nintendo.....these games are huge and didn't need it. This isn't to say every game need to be the same. There are just certain things that probably need to be pushed more with whatever added power the PS5 will bring.

-Performance: this finally needs to be more of a focus. 60fps and steady. If we can achieve this at 4k, so be it but I no longer care about pixel ratio.

-Features: This to the extreme! One of the best advances of this gen is the now standard video/pic streaming capabilities. Far better use of all that extra RAM. I would like to see more quality of life additions such as this. Like the ability to Run programs in duality. Such as PnP Game and Internet Browser at same time. Think the new Samsung phone method. Maybe a Playstation store that is speedy and runs like a dream.

-Return of Game Features: this is the most important. What if we used that extra power to not go full 4K but bring back Quality features such as Split Screen coop?! Before Pixel Wars it was things like this that really stood out. In particular Nintendo is finding much success with this. Maybe the return of NPC AI in traditional multiplayer games, as there blind focus on courting people for multiplayer has them missing those who still want to play their game but alone.

-VR to further progress is a given. I am very interested to see what the PS5 will do to make VR even better. With stronger tech maybe this will mean less demo-like games and we can get full experiences. No more floating hands. Give me the full Mirror's Edge experience in VR. Imagining games like Cyberpunk in VR.....

I just really feel we need a good gen where we don't try to push any more past 4K and just concentrate on making games that can more easily take advantage of the hardware. Akin to the era of PS2 before devs started going broke over graphics.