| shikamaru317 said: Definitely feels like MS has caught Sony with their pants down. Maybe not to the same degree that they did in gen 7, but MS definitely caught them off guard. MS revealed a next gen game and the design of the console and controller 3 months ago. Sony has had 3 months to prepare. And what do they do after those 3 months? A technical deep dive designed for developers rather than gamers. Sony could have gone big, revealed a next gen game or two, shown the design of the console and controller, even announce the price tag. Instead we get 50 minutes of Mark Cerny putting people to sleep talking about specs, specs which come in under Xbox Series X in all areas but one I might add. Then they seem to imply that PS5 will only have BC with around 100 PS4 games on release, while MS is teasing that the full XB1 library, including OG Xbox and 360 games, will be BC on Series X from day one, with enhancements like 4K and HDR that require no support from the original devs. It’s no wonder that the PS5 reveal video is like 1/3rd dislikes. |
IMO its not the case of ms caught sony pants down, its more like sony being overconfident that no matter how they put the message it will be a hit. But completely agree with you on all the points that Sony had three months to prepare, they could have nullified this tf war by making it a big event and showing off some cool demos.
PS. also about 100BC title, this was poorly conveyed by mark cerny.. what i understood is that there are three modes regular PS4, ps4 pro, and PS5 enhanced mode.. so when he spoke about top 100 ps4 titles he was referring to PS5 mode, just like PS4 pro early on had boost mode for regular ps4 games without patch.
