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SvennoJ said:

Current gen is just as much limited by 5400 rpm HDD as last gen. There was zero improvement in random access speed. So yep, we mostly got bells and whistles this gen, but still some actual game play improvements thanks to ram increase (see my previous post).

Developers could have been preparing for next gen for years already by making game engines optimized for SSD. PCs have those for years but developers won't restrict their games to only be run from the fastest SSDs. (Unless your Star Citizen)

I'm starting to think gamers play games because of a lack of imagination lol. Leaving HDDs behind is a god send for game design, yet all I hear people come up with is scale able graphics, native 4K 60/120 FPS, ray tracing. What does that have to do with game play. (Well ray tracing offers some game play opportunities with reflections and light. 4K 120 FPS, not so much)

No one is denying the advancements in technology. Advance and new tech is always a great thing to have however you don't need super fast SSDs to make great games.

I believe you have it the other way around, imagination comes from developers not hardware, as i mention before, its up to the developers if they believe there games requires tech advancements. Everyone is talking about next gen and the improvements in AI due to the CPU increase in the Series X and PS5.. yet AI wasn't an issue on the N64 which has games running better AI than whats running on CPUs light years ahead of its time. It falls on the developers and there investment into there own game designs.

It also doesn't matter how many devs utilize the new hardware, gamers will still be flocking to games like Fortnite and Minecraft and the next big thing etc. If some games need advancements in tech to be made, than that's why we have games like Crysis and Star Citizen, however a game like Command & Conquer Remaster does not need a super fast SSD to be fun. In fact the new Age of Empires 4 game due out soon is the same. 

I brought a PC because i wanted to play the current games better, not crossing my fingers hoping games use my hardware to create new ideas. I just enjoy playing games especially older games like Half Life 1 with more graphic options, i don't need them to redesign the entire thing to remove corridors in my games. If the game is fun than it doesn't matter to me.