Should Sony release the Playstation 5 before or after Scarlett?

[Mnementh]

Hiku said:

The_Liquid_Laser said:

There were some games on the SNES and Genesis that were the same, but there were also far more differences than the PS4 and XB1.  At least 80% of XB1 games are also on PS4, so they really look the same.  The SNES and Genesis libraries didn't have nearly so many identical games.  There are quite a few instances where the SNES and Genesis have two games with the same name, but they are actually two different games.  The game libraries were actually a lot more different back then.  But even though their game libraries were different, Genesis still attracted fans of the NES.

Right. But I'm saying there were no obstacles for developers to either put those same games on the system, or games that look and sound significantly more impressive than what people were used to in the previous generation. The Genesis selling point was similar to that of the SNES. (Though personally I prefer the SNES' library, mainly due to its RPGs.)

The_Liquid_Laser said:

You are right that a system's main selling point is the games.  However Switch has lots of games and the rate they are releasing is still accelerating. 

I'm not saying it has few games. (Wii had lots of games as well.) But that their libraries are quite different, because of the hardware differences. And it's not going to get any easier/cheaper porting Gen 9 games. So if you want certain games, you'll need a certain system.
Developers still commonly go for higher budget games for the more powerful systems because there's a market for that as well.

It's interesting to see you both discuss. Let's see…

Liquid_Laser is right, the games on Switch and PS4 are very similar, as they have similar *gameplay*. You are right, the games on PS4 and Switch are very different, as both have different *looks*. There are different gamers out there, that focus on different things. For the ones focusing more on gameplay, they'll feel like Laser. For the ones looking for technical superiority (aka the graficz), they will feel like you. I can't say anyone of you is per se right or wrong, you both have a point.

And by the way, this is different than Wii vs. PS3. Because in the Wii days, games not only looked different, they had also mostly different gampelay on Wii.