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chakkra on 11 July 2020
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goopy20 said:
chakkra said:

What I gather from all your responses is that you seem to be more excited about what Sony says than what Sony shows. Jim Ryan promised you "something new, something different, that can really only be enjoyed on PS5" and that seems to be have been ingrained in your brain even if he shows something totally different from what he actually said, but again, do you.

But I don't understand why MS's strategy pisses you off so much. I mean, whatever MS decides to do with their 1st party games is not going affect the games you play on your PS5. I mean, Spiderman and Sackboy will continue to be "something new, something different, that can really only be enjoyed on PS5" regardless of what MS does with Halo, so their decision literally has no effect on you.

Well Sony hasn't shown much so that is kinda true. I was impressed with the glimpses we got so far, though. The thing is that new console generations aren't a new concept. Current consoles get outdated and after 7 or 8 years we all need to upgrade so we get to see things pushed to the next level. It's always been that way and nobody will get upset if support for their current console dries out and we move on. A complete reset is what drives new experiences conceived to be impossible on current gen and it's usually exciting stuff.

MS on the other hand is acting like we don't need next gen consoles at all. Its almost as if they're saying the ones we have are perfectly fine and the Series X is too expensive anyway. Why that bothers me is that I would love to play a true next gen Halo, Gears and hopefully some new ips. Also, I think MS messaging is super confusing for 3rd party developers. Like I said, as a developer would you invest in a AAA next gen exclusive when you hear Phil say "We don't care which console you buy"?

Well, I'm willing to bet money that the jump from Halo 5 to Halo Infinite will be bigger and far more noticeable than the jump from Spiderman PS4 to SP:MM.

And I don't understand your concern with 3rd parties, as it is always going to be their choice. I mean, we have already some developers choosing to be cross-platform and we have already some others choosing to ditch last gen (Like Godfall, Scorn, The Medium, etc) so it is always going to be their choice regardless of what MS or Sony say.