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curl-6 on 05 June 2021
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Kyuu said:
curl-6 said:

Demon's Souls isn't an exclusive as it's on PS3, and if we're gonna include Returnal then we should include Resogun on PS4, so 8th gen's first year is still comfortably more impressive in my view.

We shouldn't equate a $70 AAA (or more accurately "AA") to a PSN Indie (later ported to PS3 and Vita), you're just not being objective here. This generation's weaker start is entirely Microsoft's fault. PS5's early exclusives are of higher quality than PS4's, MUCH higher if CrossGen is included. Which is very impressive in the context of PS4's excellent last year lineup.

I think the relative lack of wow factor is partly the result of diminishing returns, not Sony's choices. If Rift Apart didn't impress you, then nothing will at this point. I think the other reason is we're gonna have to wait for the engines to be redesigned to accommodate the massive jump in CPU and storage system. These were the two areas where PS4/XONE had a modest jump over Gen 7.

The UE5 demo shown last May impressed me. I want to see that level of fidelity in an actual game.

Diminishing returns are definitely a factor, we're in agreement there, but I feel like having to cater to low end 2013 CPUs and mid range 2013 GPUs, not to mention HDDs in crossgen games can't be discounted as a factor either.