Final Fantasy 14 director: "no real need" for next gen consoles

[Pemalite]

Ashadelo said:

Pemalite said:

With the state of Physical media, the Switch 2/Xbox series X/Playstation 5 is likely my last console generation anyway.

If I am forced to go digital... I might as well stick with PC where the games are cheaper.

The next generation should be a bigger leap than what we got with the move from Xbox One > Xbox Series/Playstation 4 > Playstation 5.
* A.I upscaling.
* A.I Frame generation.
* Neural Texturing.
* Mega Geometry.
* Neural Materials.
* Neural Radiance Cache.
* Neural Texture Compression.

And more should be a big enabler.

I have been this way for a while now. I actually stopped gaming for a few years while in Uni, and now I just steam game. Pretty much everything is on steam except for a few exclusives and Nintendo games. And now with steam deck everything can be portable to some extent. Most laptops and desktops can play most of what's on steam. 

5 years into the Xbox 360 and Xbox One life cycles I had about 200~ physical games.
Xbox Series? I have about 40.

I bought all the big hitters on Switch on the day of release... This time? The only 3rd party game I have bought is Cyberpunk because everything else isn't on cart.

Playstation 5 is fairing a little better, I am at about 80 physical games, but that's down from the several hundred I had on previous consoles.

I am actually spending less overall, because publishers don't care about physical media, so I don't care about buying them.

Still excited for next gen, but I'll be strictly PC I think for both my handheld and fixed devices, I have over 30 years worth of games I can draw from and bring forwards.