Is 2021 Sony's Worst Year, First Party Wise, in the past decade?

[Eagle367]

Kyuu said:

Eagle367 said:

We're talking about 2021 and not remakes at that. So DS, Tsushima, and Death Stranding don't count. Tsushima is in no way cross-gen. And it's not a solid year in any way. Tell me a game for September, August and October? And even if you include everything, it's not a solid 14 months(more than a year if you count everything). For the first year, the only actually big game was Ratchet and Clank. I don't see any universe in which this year was "solid" for Sony. Xbox doesn't have the best year either but at least they can cap it off with Halo Infinite which is like a half a decade type of game.

Sony's 2021 lineup is "okay/decent" but nothing special. PS5's first year is very strong; by far the best in Playstation history unless PS2's 2001 counts (US/EU's first year).

PS5 is leading in quality (critical and community reception), quantity, sales and engagement. It's only losing in quantity of nextgen exclusives. The transition from CrossGen is unfortunately much slower this generation.

The rest is subjective.

But if you had a PS4, what's the reason to get a PS5? I wouldn't call that solid under any standard unless your standards are so low that anything is amazing to you and nothing is just fine. I don't see any reason for a PS4 owner to get a PS5 this year. I do see good reason for someone who didn't buy PS4 to get it though. That to me is not a solid year. PA5 doesn't even have that one big game like switch had Zelda:BotW and Xbox series will finally get Halo. The Wii U had a better first year and the better 14-15 initial months. This is just marketing selling the PS5, not the games.