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Alistair on 23 September 2022
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Soundwave said:

If you really look at it for the first two years or their product cycle or more the PS5 and XSX are basically just "Pro Pro" models of the PS4 and XO.

There's no exclusive games, even this fall's big gun Sony game is God Of War Ragnarok which is also on the PS4.

You just get better graphics on the newer hardware, which was basically the same thing the PS4 Pro and XBox One X did for PS4 and XBO.

Nintendo could do the same, even though the new hardware they have is intended to be a generational leap over the predecessor, they could just have it operate like a Pro model for a couple of years until they want to transition over more fully.

Most games have backwards compatibility because it takes 5+ years to make many games now. Rockstar made 5+ games for the PS3 but only ONE game for the PS4.

The PS5 is not at all similar to a PS4 Pro Pro. It has a MASSIVE increase in CPU power allowing for game engines that won't even boot up on the PS4. It has 100x faster storage than the PS4, again, allowing new engines that can't even load up on the PS4.

And GPU wise, yeah it is only twice as fast, but it is RDNA2 and has many features that the PS4 can't use. Not just ray tracing, but DirectX 12 level features. The GPU is the smallest improvement, mainly allowing double the frame rate of old PS4 Pro games until those features are put to use.